The Genius Who Lit Up Hastings
By David E P Dennis It took the Briton Francis Crick and American James Watson 880 words to define DNA for their joint Nobel prize and yet, in just 80 words, the genius scientist Michael Faraday ‘invented’ the entire world…
Grounded: A Season of Screendance
Reviewed by Merlin Betts Screendance is a hybrid genre that does what is says on the tin: brings together the norms of screen, particularly cinema, and key elements of dance. Sometimes, but not always, this will mean actors dancing on…
Government Arts Recovery Fund Too Limited?
The government recently announced how it plans to assist arts organisations through the £ recovery package announced last month. In a first round of funding distribution, Arts Council England will oversee the allocation of £500 million for theatres, music and…
Creation in Isolation
It’s not easy being an artist in lockdown. Our worst enemy is isolation: not having something to create about. That can be terrifying, with or without lockdown. But it’s not like suddenly being unable to show in a gallery stops…
Arts Diary
New Queers on the Block On Saturday 7 March, New Queers On The Block, a touring series of shows programmed by the Marlborough Theatre in Brighton, present a double bill at Masonic Hall, Hastings as a tour finale in conjunction…
Shape The Future Of The Observer Building!
The project to renovate the Observer Building (OB), the iconic ex-newspaper factory at the heart of Hastings town centre, is entering its next exciting phase – developing designs for the ; By Beth Woolf With the 5,000 square metres of…
Arts Diary
Beacon Jazz Fans of avant-garde music are in for a double treat at the Beacon in October. Free jazz trio Somersaults are touring their new album ‘Numerology of Birdsong’ (West Hill Records) featuring local bass hero Olie Brice, Dutch reeds…
SUB/MISSION
An exhibition by latex artist Michelle Mildenhall31st August to 4th December The St Leonards Pub, London Road. Reviewed by Mia L. Michelle Mildenhall brings more than a little kink to this year’s Coastal Currents festival, with her bold and delightfully…
Blindfolded and Bloody
On Saturday 14th September a selection of volunteers from local XR groups took to the streets in an unconventional protest: an arts performance. Taking a new tack, rather than the usual placard-waving and death-mimicking, they walked blindfolded and hands bloodied…
Coastal Currents: Favourites
Open Studios at Six The GreenEarlier this year the house hosted a production of the play, Price On Application (by Lisa Harmer-Pope) and it will now be holding open studio days for the fourth year running. Artists on show are: Benjamin…