Tag archives for Peter mould
Masked Truths
John Knowles, playwright, actor and impresario, explains the hidden world behind the latest play in his Twelfth Night ; I have found, late in life, my obsession – Shakespeare. He…
Calling out around the world
Welcome to the International Composers Festival 2022 The International Composers Festival – the only event of its kind in the world – will be returning between May 20 and 22,…
Piano competitors bridge political divide
The Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition (HIPCC), being held for the first time in three years after abandonment to Covid-19 restrictions in 2021, opened on 24 February, the same day…
Beastly Dark Heart
Kent Barker reviews the latest work from Hastings playwright and director John Knowles. I’ll tell you something for nothing: the three people I would least like to be stuck in…
REVIEW: More than Revolting Children
White Rock Theatre’s Summer Youth Project returned last month for the first time since 2019 with ‘Matilda the Musical Jr.’ Ben Cornwell watched the opening night. I know Roald Dahl’s…
Matilda Junior Set to Rock Hastings
By Ben Cornwell The White Rock Theatre’s Summer Youth Project is back for its eighteenth production. This year the local theatre group will be performing a junior production of the…
Keep on dancing
How Hastings School of Contemporary Dance survived tough times. The pandemic hit small businesses hard, particularly those in the arts sector. Fortunately one at least has responded to a succession…
ARTS DIARY
Literary Festival Competition Hastings Literary Festival is offering 12 writers the chance to see their work published 48 hours after a unique workshop with experienced editors. Winners of a competition…
Cockroach from the Ashes
By Patrick Kealey – artistic director of Theatre Nation What does a rapidly emerging Hastings theatre company do when Covid stops it dead in its tracks? Forced, last Spring, to…
Ready for the Next Act
Someone who has worked hard to keep theatre living and breathing is local writer, producer, performer and theatre-maker, John Knowles. Fiona McGarry spoke to him about what’s in store for…
Stables doors open
A cash injection of £71k from the Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund is cause for celebration at Stables Theatre Hastings. The news comes as the volunteer-run venue prepares to open its…
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…
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…
ARTS DIARY
Glad to See You Conquest Hospital Summer 2019 Zoom Arts are delighted to be exhibiting an eclectic mix of members’ work at the Conquest Hospital from now throughout the summer,…
Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser
Production: The Stables, Director: Peter Mould Reviewed by Colin Gibson Anyone familiar with the 1983 film of the same name starring Albert Finney as “Sir” and Tom Courtenay as Norman,…