Five Glorious Years of the Bavard Bar!
It’s a fairly unique format. Every month, on the third Wednesday at the Kino-Teatr in St Leonards, three people take to the stage and share their passions for around 15 minutes each. But no-one knows the speakers, or the subjects,…
Kamikaze Komedy
By Lucy Pappas, Susie Barnard, Sam Summerscales and Vicki Jones The stage was set for two hilarious comedy acts, Josephine Lacey and Tony Law. The audience was welcomed by a sparkly Susie Simms and warmed up at least three times…
Journey to Freedom
Damien Pestell, meets Tim from The Bavard Bar and finds out about his journey from the courtroom to the stage and his search for freedom. Those who have been to see The Bavard Bar will know that it is a…
Bar Talk With Tim B’vard
The Bavard Bar has now been running for nearly three and a half years at the Kino in St Leonards and in ;Following its return to the Kino on 16th September, Fiona McGarry asked its founder, Tim Crook, about its…
Back to the Bar
By Fiona McGarry It was good to see the return of the Bavard Bar to the Kino on Wednesday – the first live Bavard since lockdown. The event normally involves three volunteers talking for 15 minutes each about a subject…
It’s Not Hard To Love The Bavard
Wed 21st August, Kino Teatr Review by Andrew Myers Full disclosure – I am a Bavard addict. The third Wednesday of the month has been a highlight of my (admittedly rather threadbare) social calendar for the last two years. I…
MINI:GOLF: The Windmills Of Your Mind
International cricket teams no longer play in Priory Meadow, and the world tennis pro circuit calls in next month at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, not Hastings or St Leonards. Nevertheless the town retains its claim to a place on the international…
Kino Keynotes
Bavard Bar review This month’s Bavard Bar at the Kino Teatr was a winner, diving headfirst into neuroscience, politics and paranormal theories without ever letting the pace drop. Rod Webb’s talk on ADHD shed light on the difficulty the trait…
Hastings’ Community has TED Talks?
Well, not exactly. Described on its website as “TED talks meets The Moth” and mixing in a drop of Who’s Line is it Anyway, the Bavard Bar (from the French “to chat”) connects locals with an ever-intriguing array of subjects.…
Kino Keynotes
Mini reviews of a selection from this month’s events at Kino-Teatr Politics of Tintin; The Forgotten Paradigm; Confessions of a Middle-Aged Vlogger. Passions and Transformations at the Bavard. Kino-Teatr on 18th July Reviewed by Simone Witney If you pass the…