Arts Diary
Glitterbug A fundraiser screening of Derek Jarman’s Glitterbug – a lovingly compiled montage of Jarman’s Super 8 footage fused with a multitextured Brian Eno score, posthumously assembled by his friends. The film constitutes a breathless journey around the director’s favoured…
Umbrella Parade and Preservation Sunday
Families and Mardis Gras revellers are invited to join the parade on 23rd February! Muster at the Stade by and the procession will then depart at midday and head to the White Rock Theatre for Preservation Sunday. Hastings Fat…
Bringing Waiting For Godot To The White Rock Theatre
By Tom Daldry I asked a friend of mine if he’d come and see our production of Waiting for Godot. “I’ve seen it once. Never again,” he said. I asked the friend’s father too and got another refusal. My mother…
Getting Creative With Careers Advice
Culture Shift is a local organisation with a fresh approach to careers advice through its Creative Café careers programme. Set up by Culture Shift in 2012 to bring creative professionals and students together, the idea is that it’s easier for…
Lost Words Trail
By Alan Bolwell Families in Hastings are encouraged to get outside and practise their communication and literacy skills this summer with a new Lost Words Trail around the town. As part of the Get Hastings Reading campaign, the trail will…
Bohemian Rhapsody
Council votes funds for feasibility study The Labour-controlled cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) voted on Monday evening to pursue a feasibility study for the development of a combined sporting and cultural centre in the White Rock area off Bohemia…
Piano Concerto Performances To Be Beamed Live To Priory Meadow
By Julian Norridge Performances in two rounds of this year’s Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition will be live-streamed to a large television screen at the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. They will also be freely accessible on the HIPCC website, 2018…
White Rock Theatre Improvements
The White Rock Theatre will undertake a full refurbishment of the original wooden auditorium flooring in 2019, changing the seating configuration and giving the venue greater flexibility to present standing concerts in the main house for the first time since…
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
White Rock Theatre Hastings Reviewed by Russell Cruse Having announced that this was their Christmas show, and with fairy lights strung around a couple of mic stands, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB), opened with that ubiquitous staple of…
Arts News in Brief
Hastings is bursting at the seams with inspiring and offbeat individuals, cultural events and activity. As Christmas draws near, some more traditional events appear alongside the usual counter-culture. Here’s what’s on our radar. New York Ultramax Take in the sights…