Tag archives for Theatre
What’s on Your Mind?
We would love to hear from write to: Please be aware we may need to edit letters for reasons of space and we will only withhold names if this is…
Letters 219
St Mary Quite Contrary Dear HIP,Several years ago, there was a proposal to close the road behind the White Rock Theatre and extend the theatre backwards, with an opening onto…
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,…
We Have the Talent
Matt Hastings, one of the town’s most successful actors, says a dedicated professional theatre space is desperately needed. Hastings has long been awash with talented musicians and artists with plenty…
Shakespeare-on-Sea
In an interview with HIP, John Knowles, Hastings’ actor, director, producer and founder of Fetch Theatre, argues that radical action is urgently needed to revive the idea of theatre in…
A Room Somewhere
Patrick Kealey, Artistic Director of Hastings’ Theatre Nation, offers a personal manifesto, a provocation and a call to arms. Great theatre can happen anywhere in principle – a room, a…
Programming Juggling Act
Neil Sellman, chair of the Stables, outlines his vision for Hastings’ only independent theatre, and the dilemmas of mixing in-house amateur productions with those offered from touring or outside companies.…
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…
Every Woman Every Man, Join the Caravan
Of love. Oh those old-fashioned rhyme schemes bumbling along there. So disarming. Local company Theatre Nation's excellent play Caravan of Love is soon to return from this year's socially distanced…
Hastings’ Two Week Celebration of World-class Artists
Press release provided by Hastings International Piano FestivalThe Hastings International Piano Festival will run from 26th February – 8th March 2020 at White Rock Theatre and St Mary in the…
Opera for the Community Continues!
It’s an exciting and busy season – and year – ahead, for Barefoot Opera. Hot on the heels of a sold out performance of just one act of a new…
A Billion Ways – the Musical about Climate Change – to be Premiered in Hastings.
Press Release provided by the brand new musical on climate change will open in Hastings this month at the Kino-Teatr, featuring an impressive cast of local talent. Script writer Sally…
Beloved Clara – A Tale of Love And Loss
Press Release from Hastings International Piano Concerto CompetitionSunday 10 November 3pmSt Mary in the Castle, HastingsAward-winning British actors Lesley Sharp and Sir Simon Russell Beale with pianist Lucy Parham. The…
Celebrate Hastings’ volunteers at Electric Palace cinema this Volunteers Week
This is a press release from Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings. The Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town is hosting a special event during Volunteers Week (1-7 June) to celebrate…
A Look at La Traviata with Opera South East
Opera South East are performing Verdi's La Traviata this weekend (April 12th-13th)with the Sussex Concert Orchestra at Hastings White Rock Theatre. The Director is Fraser Grant and the Conductor is…
Streets of Battle back for 2018
The festival of Sussex street art will return to the heart of Battle this Saturday, 28th April. Loved by all ages, Streets of Battle has charmed visitors to Battle's High…
It really is Time2Dance
Academy Time 2 Dance reached its 16th birthday at the White Rock, this February. It’s a huge, three-day dance extravaganza involving over 870 students, from 32 schools and numerous community…
Morgan Creative Bring Philip McDonagh’s Crime and Punishment to Kino-teatr, 1–5 November 2017.
Morgan Creative Preview by Simone Witney Everything points to this being a hugely exciting performance. Luke Morgan reads Crime and Punishment every January and his passion is clearly shared by…
Highly Inflammable – Poly Styrene in Hastings, by Cheryl White
Marianne Elliot-Said, AKA Poly Styrene by artist Paul Quinnell A play inspired by Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex is coming to St Mary in the Castle in June. Here Cheryl…