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…
Two Upcoming Films at Kino-Teatr
McQueen 2018 (Dir: Peter Ettedgui and Ian Bonhôte) 12th &13th July Anyone who saw the V&A exhibition of Alexander McQueen’s work, Savage Beauty, will need no persuading to see this. It’s an opportunity to revisit many of the collections, to see…
Eden Stell Guitar Duo
Mark Eden and Christopher Stell, Kino-Teatr, 14 July Internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity, the Eden Stell Guitar Duo will be performing in St Leonard’s this month at Kino-Teatr. Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading guitar ensembles,…
Jason Singh and Anna Helena McLean: Flight Music
A medieval Sufi prince and a Nordic goddess. What kind of music would they make together? Had you been at the Kino-teatr on Saturday, 30th June in St Leonards you would have found out. It was astoundingly good. Thrillingly original,…
PREVIEW – Let’s Fly, Let’s Fly
Jason Singh and Anna Helena McLean (Mo Fo) Mix It Up at the Kino-teatr A Sonic Return to the Source is previewed Can you imagine a form of music that arises from a mix of the dawn chorus, hip-hop, classical…
Robyn Hitchcock
Kino-teatr May 19th.’ Reviewed by Keith Rodway Robyn Hitchcock is one of those names that has cropped up again and again in my life. Many years ago I was asked to contribute to a Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd tribute CD.…
The Square
Dir: Ruben Östlund Kino Teatr, St. Leonards Ostensibly a film about the chronic bullshit afflicting the upper echelons of the art world, this fascinating film gradually leads us, by way of cleverly-honed vignettes, down another path. It opens outside a…
Sea, Sun and Classical Music
HIP talks to violinist Jane Gordon on what it has been like to move to St. Leonards and set up a new festival here one year on. PICTURE: Ben Borley What is it like for a classical musician living in…
A Necessary Woman
REVIEWED BY JULIA ANDREWS-LIFFORD A Necessary Woman Performed at the Kino-teatr ‘A Necessary Woman’ is a long overdue tribute to suffragette Emily Wilding Davison and all the important yet unrecognised women who have worked in Parliament – from the first female…