Category: <span>Arts & Culture</span>

Meet Gen-Zedder Brandon Relph

19-year-old Brandon Relph is one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and the world’s leading youth specialist. He is currently the CEO of Studio BE – a disruptive technology and production company that lives in the intercept of traditional and digital media, focusing on the under-24 market. He was formerly the youngest CEO in the UK, (for a year and a half). This is why Anastasia Witts invited him to participate in The Platform arts and technology conference which was due to open the #AltPitch Festival. Sadly, The Platform has had to be postponed to later this year because of Covid-19, but HOT’s Erica Smith caught up with Brandon in cyberspace to learn what makes him tick.

Posted 19:46 Tuesday, Mar 17, 2020 In: Festivals Tags: "arts and technology festival" AltPitch Anastasia Witts Artist Digital Arts Brandon Relph digital Generation Z Hastings

Theatre Nation does Beckett

Hastings-based company Theatre Nation brings Samuel Beckett to Sussex later this month. Waiting for Godot, the company’s third major production, opens at the White Rock Theatre on 25 and 26 March, before moving on to tour the country. Here A. Vasudevan talks all things Godot with producer Tom Daldry.

Posted 18:38 Tuesday, Mar 10, 2020 In: Performance Tags: Beckett Godot Hastings theatre companies live performance Patrick Kealey Samuel Beckett theatre Theatre Nation Tom Daldry Waiting for Godot

Derek Jarman in all his glory

‘Friends of Derek’, the latest exhibition at Norman Road’s Lucy Bell Gallery, is a joyous celebration of the filmmaker, artist and activist Derek Jarman, writes A. Vasudevan

Posted 17:42 In: Photography Tags: Artist Derek Brown Ed Sykes Friends of Derek Jarman Lucy Bell Gallery Photography Prospect Cottage campaign The Garden

Winning combination brings piano festival to joyous climax

Pasadena Roof Orchestra with the Puppini Sisters: St Mary in the Castle, Saturday 7 March, 2020. Hastings International Piano Festival brought two class acts together to reach a joyous climax at the weekend. HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick is among the many who are keen to see it return in two years’ time. Photos by Peter Mould.

Posted 14:01 Monday, Mar 9, 2020 In: Music & Sound

25th anniversary tour brings Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman to St Mary’s

Husband and wife folk duo Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman will be playing at St Mary in the Castle on Wednesday 18 March as part of a UK tour celebrating 25 years of making music together. Venue manager Sean Berkeley reports.

Posted 10:45 In: Music & Sound Tags: Folk Kathryn Roberts Nick Terdre Sean Lakeman st mary in the castle

Claire Martin brings an evening of jazz to the piano festival

An Evening of Jazz, St Mary in the Castle, Thursday 5 March 2020: The newly launched Hastings International Piano Festival aims to cover all aspects of the piano, and so brought a jazz evening to St Mary’s, led by Claire Martin, as HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick reports. Photos by Peter Mould.

Posted 12:59 Saturday, Mar 7, 2020 In: Music & Sound

Virtuoso performances at piano festival gala concert

White Rock Theatre, Saturday 29 February 2020: Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition has gone biennial – it will next take place in 2021 – and the intervening years will host the Hastings International Piano Festival, the latest addition to the town’s cultural offer. Last week saw the first events, including a gala concert attended by HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick. Photos by Peter Mould.

Posted 11:10 Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020 In: Music & Sound Tags: Brian Hick Fumiya Koido Hastings International Piano Festival Ian Roberts Martin James Bartlett Sylvia Jiang Vanessa Latarche

New Annual Awards event at Conquest Hospital Radio

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone involved. Apologies on behalf of HOT for posting this later than intended – but really want to honour the people who’ve volunteered their time and energy providing a very necessary service for people in hospital who want a personal and local connection – to stay in touch with the outside world.

Posted 10:23 Monday, Mar 2, 2020 In: Music & Sound Tags: Conquest Hospital Radio Maxine Wright-Moore