Godot – Still Waiting
Beckett’s enigmatic characters, Vladimir and Estragon, have been waiting for almost 70 years for their titular protagonist to appear. To celebrate a landmark Hastings production of the play we offer a trio of reviews and some background. CREDIT: Peter Mould…
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Become a lifeguard Last year RNLI lifeguards, who cover 177 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands, protected an estimated 20 million visitors. Now the charity wants to hear from potential lifesavers to help keep people safe this year while…
Blooming Opera
Seventeen-year-old music student Tom Bruges reviews Barefoot Opera’s community production of BloomBritannia, having taken part as one of the choirs brought in to amplify to performance. As the final rendition of Ajde Jano (a traditional Serbian folk song) concluded…
Arts Diary
Premonitions A new mixed media exhibition is showing at Zuzushii Arts Laboratory until 29th August, featuring work by Fumico Azuma, Alexander Brattell, Ben Browton, Tim Can, Kathleen Fox, Jill Rock and Keith Waller. Normal opening times Wednesday to Sunday, 10…
Bloom Britannia Sets Up for Act 2
It’s an exciting and busy season - and year - ahead, for Barefoot Opera. Hot on the heels of a sold out performance of just one act of a new ‘people’s opera’ – Bloom Britannia – earlier this year at…
L’incoronazione di Poppea, St Mary in the Castle by Thomas Denman
Judith Charron, Sara Parker, Lucilla Graham in rehearsal Barefoot Opera – Hastings and St Leonards’ very own opera company – for one night only, at St Mary in the Castle, will present what promises to be another unique and scintillating…