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Calling All Charities!
Charities from Hastings and the surrounding area are invited to Hastings Voluntary Action’s ‘Let’s Celebrate!’ Charities Fair to promote their organisation and activities FOR FREE. The aim is to celebrate…
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…
“Fiesta” A Night Of Passion
Hastings Sinfonia tell us about their upcoming presentation Conductor – Derek Carden Artistic Director – Polo Piatti Leader - Peter Fields This exciting programme, mainly…
East Sussex College Sees Digital Boost In New Skills Partnership
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP), whose role is to boost economic growth across the counties of East Sussex, Kent and Essex, has obtained funds from the Department for…
The Tenth Anniversary – Tuesday gets fatter
At the time of going to press, the main musical event of Fat Tuesday, 5th March, had yet to get under way. But already a schedule of gigs, parades, workshops…
Corbyn Conquers Hastings
By Kent Barker, Political Editor HIPSome of those lined up outside St Mary in The Castle waiting for Jeremy Corbyn were wondering why he was in Hastings and not Downing…
Hastings Steels the Show
Mark Steel is back in town. This time he’s coming to Hastings. Mark Steel, St Mary in the Castle, Wed 10th October Review by Andrew Myers The BBC are coming…
Emerging Jazz Festival Puts Hastings On The Groove Map
By Andrew Myers ‘We do like to groove beside the seaside’ was the tagline for the first Emergence festival last weekend (28-30 Sept 2018), but it could equally well have…
Hastings Early Music Festival
By Jane Gordon and Caf Fean Hastings Early Music Festival returns this Autumn, featuring world-renowned choir, THE SIXTEEN. One of the newest festivals in the area, the line-up presents established…
Giles Duley, Presents Work in Hometown for the First Time
July 4th, July 5th St Mary in the Castle Felicity Laurence and Dan Matthews, Hastings Community of Sanctuary The internationally renowned documentary photographer Giles Duley has been working tirelessly with…
Coffin Club
Needing something weird to review in Hastings, I didn’t have to look far. Coffin Club is reviewed by Angelica Campion. Coffin Club at St Mary In The Castle, run by…
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…
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne at St. Mary in the Castle. Reviewed by Colin Gibson Newcastle folk rock band Lindisfarne has produced, in its various incarnations, an extraordinary collection of great material spanning almost fifty…
New Hastings-based Theatre Company Debuts with Hamlet
TOM DALDRY of Theatre Nation tells HIP about this production Patrick Kealey (Artistic Director) and myself (Writer/Producer) initiated Theatre Nation last summer. A(nother) theatre company, a local one; one that…
Art Exhibition to Raise Funds for Local Rescue Cats
Bluebell Ridge Cat Rehoming Centre in Hastings is holding its first art exhibition from which all proceeds go towards helping local rescue cats in need. The exhibition is free to…
Holocaust Memorial Service Success
A packed St Mary in the Castle saw a moving, thought-provoking Holocaust Memorial Day service on Saturday (27th January) themed around the power of words. The mayor of Hastings, Cllr…
Theatre
BY THOMAS DALDRY Although it’s often under the radar, Hastings has a thriving theatre scene. It is stocked with a wealth of venues, projects and professional theatre makers that operate…
Music Month – 13 February – 17 March
SALLY LAMPITT REPORTS: Do you love great music? The music scene across Hastings and Rother gets hotter every year and we want to celebrate that. Music Month shines a light…
L’incoronazione di Poppea 11 November, 2017, St. Mary in the Castle, reviewed by Thomas Denman
From left, Sarah Parkin as Poppea and Lucilla Graham as Nero, photo by Chris Parker On Saturday last weekend, another brave and innovative production from Barefoot Opera, electrified a packed…
L’incoronazione di Poppea, St Mary in the Castle by Thomas Denman
Judith Charron, Sara Parker, Lucilla Graham in rehearsal Barefoot Opera – Hastings and St Leonards’ very own opera company – for one night only, at St Mary in the Castle,…
Kicking off a bumper August for performance
Catch the next issue of HIP for a round up of the many interesting and unusual shows on offer in Hastings and St Leonards throughout August. Don’t miss out on…
Hastings Story Telling Festival
Two Clowns Trapped in a Cardboard World was played out in a set made entirely of cardboard at St Mary in the Castle as part of the Hastings Story Telling…