Arts Diary
Glitterbug A fundraiser screening of Derek Jarman’s Glitterbug – a lovingly compiled montage of Jarman’s Super 8 footage fused with a multitextured Brian Eno score, posthumously assembled by his friends. The film constitutes a breathless journey around the director’s favoured…
A Billion Ways To Save Our Planet
Kino Teatr, St Leonards Rod Webb went along to see the musical A Billion Ways and was blown away. A Billion Ways is a massive achievement; an idea sparked off in February this year leading to three night’s performance of…
A Billion Ways – the Musical about Climate Change – to be Premiered in Hastings.
Press Release provided by the brand new musical on climate change will open in Hastings this month at the Kino-Teatr, featuring an impressive cast of local talent. Script writer Sally Holloway says she wanted to write a “feel-good” musical about…
Bette Davis Supports Ethiopian Dance Centre?
Over at the Electric Palace, Glenys Jacques is hosting a fantastic weekend to kick off October, with a performance of Bette Davis On The Edge on Saturday 5th and then on Sunday 6th, a screening of In This, Our Life,…
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…
Milestones Play The Music Of Miles Davis
Kino TeatrSaturday 17th August By Andrew Myers Well, this is embarrassing. I had every intention of reviewing the Milestones: Kind of Blue 60th anniversary show at the Kino. I went so far as to remind my jazz buddy M about…
ARTS DIARY
Terry Seabrook’s MILESTONES Play Kind of Blue KoBIn 1959 Miles Davis and his sidemen (Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Cobb and Paul Chambers) made musical history when they recorded the iconic album Kind of Blue. They created a unique…
Archy And Polyamory?
Merlin Betts previews two productions from Theatre Nation Last week I met up with Tom Daldry and Patrick Kealey, founders of Theatre Nation, an innovative Hastings-based theatre company that works to keep young people engaged with the arts. Patrick acts…
HASTINGS LITFEST UPDATE Have a chat with Sarfraz Manzoor
You may know him as a journalist in The Guardian, documentary presenter on Radio 4, or a cultural commentator on Newsnight Review or Saturday Review. You may not know him at all. But here’s a chance to meet him in…
Norman Road Rocks?
Stretching from Warrior Square to within a few feet of the oldest pub in St Leonards, Norman Road used to be a vibrant shopping street complete with an active church, a car showroom, a cinema – and a Russell &…