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…
The shock of imprisonment
Each year in the UK, 200,000 children cope with having a parent in prison. Parental imprisonment is more prevalent than divorce, and these children are twice as likely to suffer from mental health problems than their peers. Some people suffer…
The Future of Hastings Town Centre
In the light of the council’s long term development plans for Hastings, what might the future hold for businesses, customers and employees in the town? By Emma Harwood PICTURE MONTAGE: Colin Gibson Hastings Borough Council’s Area Action Plan (AAP) highlights…
White Rock Theatre to work more closely with community
By Emma Harwood HQ Theatres –the company which runs the White Rock Theatre –has finally had its contract extended until 2024 by Hastings Borough Council. Under the terms of the newly signed agreement the council-subsidised company –which received over £649,000…
OPERA SOUTH EAST – Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky
White Rock Theatre, Hastings Friday 20th and Saturday 21st April 2018 This year marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Opera South East, then known as Hastings Opera, first performing at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings, with a production of Bizet’s Carmen…
Siberian weather suits Russian piano winner
Julian Norridge reports The snow, ice and freezing east wind flaying the outside of the White Rock Theatre last weekend found suitable echo inside the auditorium as this year’s Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition reached a scintillating climax. Of the six…