Archive: Month: <span>February 2017</span>

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Saturday 4 March – come and be part of The Stables success story

The Stables Theatre is at the top end of The Bourne, Hastings TN34 3BD.

Posted 23:26 Tuesday, Feb 28, 2017 In: Performance Tags: 1066 Youth Theatre, Chris Lacey, Stables Theatre, The Dresser

More than just words – The Jane Eyre Project: a review

Aruna Vasudevan of The Literary Shed reviews the current exhibition at Hastings Arts Forum.

Posted 22:47 Monday, Feb 27, 2017 In: Arts News Tags: Alice Maylam, Caroline Sax, Charlotte Bronte, Hastings Arts Forum, Helen Scalway, Jane Eyre, Jean Rhys, Jen Painter, Judith Shaw, Katherine Reekie, Mark Fisher, Sally Meakins, Wide Sargasso Sea

Heavenly piano competition into second round

Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition has a reputation for bringing the best out of the talented contestants. It’s also a moving experience for the audience, as HOT correspondent Heidi de Winter found out when she attended the opening round. Photos by Richard Grebby of RG Studios.

Posted 20:59 In: Music & Sound Tags: Giuseppe Guarrera, Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Heidi de Winter, HIPCC, Koki Kuroiwa, Rachmaninov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yeon-Min Park, Youkyoung Kim

Magical guitar duo hit Hastings jazz scene

A memorable evening is in store for jazz lovers, guitar lovers and music lovers in general when a formidable duo of jazz guitarists come to Hastings. Jazz Hastings’ Julian Norridge sets the scene.

Posted 15:50 In: Music & Sound Tags: Chasing Tales, Colours of Time, Jazz Hastings, Jeff Beck, Juan les Pins, Julian Norridge, Nick Meier, Pete Oxley

A fresh look at Jane Eyre

HOT’s Erica Smith creeps into The House of The Heroine and is immersed in a whole new world of Jane Eyre.

Posted 15:37 In: Performance Tags: Alice Beadle, Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Ellen, Erica Smith, Explore the Arch, Freud, Gail Barrow, House of the Heroine, Jane Eyre, Juliet Beadle, Juliet Beedle, Maria McAteer, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Vladimir Miller

Fat Tuesday takes centre stage

The Fat Tuesday festival is upon us! A long weekend of music and fun running from Friday 24 to Tuesday 28 February. Full details are available on the Fat Tuesday website, from which Nick Terdre has culled the following essential details. Photos (mostly) from Fat Tuesday.

Posted 14:50 Saturday, Feb 25, 2017 In: Music & Sound Tags: Dr Savage, Fat Friday, fat tuesday, George G-mac McDonald, gypsy john, Jimmy Gulliver, King Size Slim, Marie White, Matilda's Scoundrels, Off Axis, Preservation Sunday, Rufus Stone, Sunday Sonics, Umbrella Parade, UnConvention, Unplugged Saturday, WE-Are-Z

Community centre site up for sale this week

The old West St Leonards primary school site in Bexhill Road (at the bottom of Filsham Road) is again under threat, this time of ‘mixed use development’. Bernard McGinley takes a look at the green space while it’s still there, and also took the photos.

Posted 18:04 Thursday, Feb 23, 2017 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley, Cllr Kim Forward, Development Management Plan, East Sussex County Council, ESCC, Hastings Planning Strategy, HBC, South Saxons Action Group, South Saxons Wetlands, West St Leonards, West St Leonards Community Association

SOS for our NHS

In London on 4 March, there’s a demonstration in support of investment in our NHS and against investment in Trident: people from Hastings are attending and you’re invited to go along with them. Why are they participating?

Posted 05:39 In: Campaigns Tags: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, CND, Hastings Against War, Health Campaigns Together, National Security Strategy, NHS Not Trident, Our NHS, Save Our NHS, Security Not Trident