Now give me money
How can a professional musician survive on the £10 per gig that some venues in Hastings pay? Now the company behind Coastal Currents and Audiotrope has produced a Charter to demand better pay and conditions for artists. But can pubs…
Extracts from the Audiotrope Good Practice Charter
The charter is a set of principles that cover freelance musicians’ working conditions and sets out minimum terms and conditions for musicians working in the sector. Venues are encouraged to sign up to the charter and work towards meeting these…
ARTS DIARY
Budding Butterworth Darling Buds of May actor Tyler Butterworth tells the funny, moving and unashamedly nostalgic story of his much-loved parents, the nation’s first female TV impressionist Janet Brown and the inimitable Carry On star Peter Butterworth. With classic film…
Cockroach from the Ashes
By Patrick Kealey – artistic director of Theatre Nation What does a rapidly emerging Hastings theatre company do when Covid stops it dead in its tracks? Forced, last Spring, to cancel an Arts Council funded tour of Waiting for Godot…
Culture Recovery: Round Two
Local arts, music and theatre organisations are bidding this month for a second round of awards to be offered under the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The formal deadline for submission of applications to the Arts Council, who are administering the…
Everyman or No Man
Gareth Stevens speaks with theatre producer, writer, director and actor John Knowles. John and I meet on an under-promenade bench framed by a white arch that somehow seems perfectly designed for risk-assessed social distancing. You may not be aware of…
Bohemian Rhapsody
Council votes funds for feasibility study The Labour-controlled cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) voted on Monday evening to pursue a feasibility study for the development of a combined sporting and cultural centre in the White Rock area off Bohemia…
The Tenth Anniversary – Tuesday gets fatter
At the time of going to press, the main musical event of Fat Tuesday, 5th March, had yet to get under way. But already a schedule of gigs, parades, workshops and parties crammed into the first four days of the…
Who Doesn’t Love A Story?
Eight years since its first appearance, Hastings Storytelling Festival returns once again for a diverse series of events happening all over town between 5th and 11th November. There’s something for everyone here – adults, families and of course local children,…
Streets of Battle back for 2018
Streets of Battle returned in April after a team of local producers was granted Arts Council Funding for 2018’s event. The festival brings top-notch street performers and entertainers to public spaces around Battle. Reviewed by Naomi Robinson At the first event…