Tag archives for Opus Theatre
Make A Joyful Noise
SARAH MILNE Henry Ward Hall, formerly Opus, reopens with a community concert and the launch of a Hastings music ; On 1 July of this year, His Place Community Centre…
Is the Theatre Really Dead?
Kent Barker, HIP’s Arts Editor, asks how theatre provision in Hastings compares with some of the other arts. We are forever hearing what a thriving artistic environment Hastings is. Yes,…
St Mary on the Market, Opus to Close
St Mary in the Castle, the Grade II-listed church turned arts and music venue beneath West Hill, has been put on the open market for sale or lease. Freehold owners…
Interesting People #1
Mike Willis The Community Ledge series ended with an homage to the whole town (See HIP Issue 152 Community Ledge #12). But this isn’t the end of our exploration of…
London Mozart Players Kick Off Opus Theatre Residency In Triumphant Style
Saturday 30th November Review by Andrew Myers @twoblackcats11 HIP readers don’t need me to tell them that there’s no shortage of outstanding home grown music talent on offer in Hastings.…
A Night at the Grand Olde Opus
Discovering one of Hastings best music events Everyone knows that Hastings is a great place for music, nurturing lots of home-grown talent as well as a place for aging rock…
St Mary Loses Its Friends
St Mary-in-the-Castle, the Grade-II*-listed structure built as a church in the 1820s in neo-classical style as the grand architectural centrepiece of Pelham Crescent beneath West Hill, remains one of Hastings’…
His Place Funding Appeal
His Place, the large grey-stone Victorian church that straddles Cambridge Road and Robertson Street opposite the ESK emporium, combines a place of Christian worship, a well-used community hub, and arguably…
Letters I Haven’t Written
Gwyneth Herbert at The Opus Theatre Hastings Director Susannah Tresilian Designer Tom Rogers Bass Sam Burgess Guitar Rob Luft Piano Tom Gibbs Drums and percussion Corrie Dick Video artist…
The Composer and the Crane
Penny Loosemore at the International Composers Festival It’s not often a Japanese composer and a contemporary dance troupe wash up on English shores, but this weekend they did. As part…
Opus Theatre launches World Series
Opus Theatre launches its second season of events this June. It is called World Series and unlike the similarly named baseball tournament, this one takes a genuinely global perspective. In…
Opus: A new venue for Hastings
Polo Piatti at the Opus Theatre ⓒ Peter Mould With the widely-anticipated Opus Theatre on the verge of opening in Hastings, HIP interviews British-Argentinian composer Polo Piatti, the driving force behind…