Written by BBC award winning writer, Sarah Hehir, ‘Zero Down’ tells the story of three female care home workers employed on zero hour contracts at a run-down care home. The play was performed last year at The Stables as part of the Hastings Fringe Festival – and is due to move to the Edinburgh Festival later this year, if they can raise the funds with their Kickstarter campaign. Please help spread the word, writes Zelly Restorick.
The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company will soon be back in Markwick Gardens in St Leonards along with their new production, Macbyrd. Picnics are encouraged, blankets to be spread on the grass and then sit back and enjoy the unique, high quality entertainment this theatre company provides.
FREE creative workshops for women aimed at developing and sharing strategies for self-expression using photography, drama, writing and other art forms.
Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust invites you to a special event to discuss the potential for collective investment in local property for the benefit of the local community.
“Not your idyllic Springwatch in a Sussex bluebell wood, but an observation of the processes that drive out protected species to prepare the land for tarmac.” This is local artist Emily Johns’ description of her new exhibition, ‘Drawn to Witness’, documenting the changes in the Hollington Valley local wildlife site over the past year, as local residents struggled to stop the Queensway Gateway road being built on top of it. Andrea Needham writes.
This year – 2016 – is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Hastings’ attitude is celebrate while you can – why wait 50 years when you might not be around to commemorate the 1,000th? So this year, Hastings is marking the date with an international contemporary festival of the arts, ROOT 1066. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went to talk to Festival Director, Polly Gifford about what will be happening.
Old Town resident Amanda Nicol, known locally more for her landscape paintings than her writing, re-launches new editions of her three novels this month – each with amazing covers by local artist, Roland Jarvis. Writing skilfully, compellingly and often very humorously about topics close to her heart, she is a tenacious and talented author who deserves a high degree of success. Zelly Restorick asks Amanda about what drives her to create – especially when things get tough – her creative collaboration with acclaimed local artist Roland Jarvis and her publishing journey.
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