After the success of Bloom Britannia, Barefoot Opera returns to St Mary in the Castle to tell the tale of Cinderella – with added bling. Erica Smith sings the praises of this local company that brings high opera to the streets of Hastings.
Marvel at a diverse selection of films of all genres, including films made in Hastings, and short and feature films that push boundaries, at this weekend’s Hastings Rocks Film Festival, says Annie Waite.
As Hastings enters a second period of lockdown, and the few performance venues which had reopened must close their doors once more, the question of how they can survive and eventually return to activity is a crucial one. Bea Rogers, who has a close associatiom with several of the town’s leading venues, offers her view on the way forward. Photos by Russell Jacobs.
White Rock Theatre has started to announce new events taking place there as from July 2021, but the Hastings Musical Festival has had to announce it is ‘going virtual’ for 2021 and the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition is postponed from March to late June 2021. Chris Cormack asks what this says about the future of live music in Hastings.
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.
If jazz and laughter create your desired atmosphere on Valentine’s Day, an evening with Mike Hatchard and Herbie Flowers at St Mary in the Castle could be just the place for you, as venue manager Sean Berkeley explains.
String music is the theme at St Mary in the Castle this Friday when the London Mozart Players return to Hastings for the second concert in their LMP by the Sea series. The finale will see them joined by 100 young string players from the area, writes Nick Terdre.
The Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition recently issued the following
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