New Queers On The Block National Tour Visits Hastings
NQOTB comes courtesy of Brighton’s Marlborough Theatre and travels around the UK, developing relationships with venues and showcasing a local artist alongside touring performers. Performers Marikiscrycrycry and Adam Frost will be showing at the Printworks on 20th September. Marikiscrycrycry, taken…
Falafel And More
By Safiya Young A few years ago, Nadia El Hafiani noticed the lack of vegan or halal street food. Most people’s reaction to this would be to sigh, perhaps brand it as ‘a shame’; but Nadia, equipped with her passion…
Of Moths and Modulation
Our Arts Correspondent takes a look at the history of a much-loved local institution Hastings and St Leonards based lovers of analogue electronic music will by now need no introduction to the marvellous Ore Synthesizer Club, whose outstanding multi-media show…
First Time Knotty Festival Sells Out
The inaugural Knotty Festival of Performance ‘happened’ across Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill from 6th-10th June. The sold-out programme, curated by Katy Baird of Home Live Art, saw over 15 artists take over a range of spaces, including the De…
Basic Income
By Anna Arnone The idea of a basic income for all, adults and children alike, sometimes referred to as a “universal basic income” or “basic income guarantee”, has been gaining traction in the last couple of years. It can be…
HIP – LGBT LIT
We want to tell you how… A new anthology of poetry and prose written and edited by gay women features two of Hastings & St Leonards’ most celebrated lesbian print and performance writers. We want to tell you how… is…
TOUCHED: Live – Hastings
“Hastings has never seen a line-up like it!” Japhy () Touched: Live takes place in Hastings on 19th May 2018. It will span two venues, Borough Wines and Printworks, featuring a line-up of live electronic music and DJs that includes…
It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Song?
Reflections from the Lantern Society, Hastings’ Candlelit Acoustic Club, by Trevor Moss The Lanterns seemed that much brighter this month, as did the sense of society, as a select crew of determined adventurers sheltered from the raging blizzard. ‘I’m going…
David Thomas Broughton, Saturday 18 November 2017, Printworks
David Thomas Broughton, photo by Greg Butler David Thomas Broughton – folk singer/avant-garde performer and man with a guitar, a loop pedal and a seemingly longstanding desire to be punched in the face by a member of the audience –…