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1 :: ART ONLINE :: some sites to browse this week featuring arts with a Hastings
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T'AI CHI CH'UAN :: INTRODUCTORY CLASSES :: BEXHILL ::
Mondays 7.30 - 8.30pm
I shall be starting a New Introductory Class
in T'ai Chi Ch'uan at the St Peter's Community Centre Church Street, Old Town,
Bexhill-on-Sea on Monday Evenings 7.30 - 8.30pm.
If you are interested in joining this
series of classes, please ring me on 01 424 421 372 to register. I shall
run a free class on Mondays 26th April open to all interested, then because
of the Bank Holidays on Mondays 3rd & 31st May, I will run the 10 week
Introductory Course starting 10th May until 19th July.
The 10 week course fee will be £50 per student and will cover introductory Chi
Kung and Part One of the Long Yang Form, some lecture notes will be included. I
expect to continue teaching with this group at the same time and place in
September, the whole form can take 18 months to learn. It doesn't matter what
T'ai Chi you may have done before all students start at the introductory
course.
Classes are limited to10 people,
if there is sufficient interest another class will be run from
8.30pm
More information can be seen at the Twin Arts
website site in Zimbabwe where I was teaching from 1989 until 2002 www.twinarts.co.zw/tcc
Best
wishes
Chris Hamblin
Email :: chrishamblin@tiscali.co.uk
Web :: www.twinarts.co.zw & http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/twinartsCeltic
Music, Violin Tuition & T'ai Chi Ch'uan
SOUTH EAST PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2004 ::
southerncounties
Entry for this photo competition has now closed. There was a
fantastic response with more than a thousand entries. The judges will be hard at
work selecting finalists and soon you'll have the chance to vote on the ultimate
winner. Keep checking the site for updates or take a look at some of the entries
received.
The three judges for the competition are
the Hove based photographer, Nicholas Sinclair (Chair), Editor of Kent on
Sunday, Ian Patel, and BBC Inside Out presenter, Paul Ross.
A selection of the photos entered from
Surrey and Sussex will appear here on the website, and the judges will select
five finalists in each category. Visitors to the website will be able to vote
for the winners.
The winners and the 'best of the rest' will
go on display at prominent locations across the South East during the spring and
summer. Locations confirmed so far are Gatwick Airport, Brighton Station,
Ashford Station.
eta. is a development organisation that
creates opportunities for visual artists of all types in the south east of
England.
We understand the peculiarities of working
as a professional artist. Not only are we artists ourselves, but all our work is
informed by what other artists tell us. For example, we recognise that there is
no defined career path for artists and that many work in isolation. We
appreciate that artists have to be multi-skilled and self-managing. Above all,
we know how difficult it can be for artists to gain access to serious, unbiased
critical appraisal of their work.We offer training, professional development and
project management to help artists in their careers.
Our main services are:
Artists' Mentoring Scheme (AMS) :: Makers' Mentoring Scheme
(MMS) :: Artists' Training Programme (ATP)
We also offer a range of publications, reports and articles on
topics of relevance to visual artists. eta Services contains more information
about all our services.
eta. is a not-for-profit company. The
underlying ethos is to create a non-hierarchical environment in which
influential professionals, many of whom are artists, are able to contribute to
schemes and projects in ways that are appropriate to their levels of experience.
We work with a team of arts practice and arts management specialists who apply
their talent and expertise to our projects. eta, therefore, is built around
co-operative groups of colleagues who bring an excellent pool of knowledge to
the work.The result is that we can provide services that are artist-centred and
of high quality.
Our mission is threefold:
To improve the prospects of artists living and working in the
south east.
To provide opportunities for artists' continuing professional
development.
To disseminate information about interesting and successful
models of practice.
We are also guided by three key principles:
Art practice is a process, and as such is inseparable from the
economic and organisational aspects of an artist's work, means of successful
production and artistic development.
Artists need to be multi-skilled to develop articulacies
beyond the specialised activity of making art alone.
Artists are central to the health of cultural industries.
JON HIGHAM :: Illustration & Photography
Jon Higham
writes ::
"aside from my illustration
www.jonhigham.co.uk I've branched
out into photography now, so I have a new site at
www.jonhighamphotography.co.ukI've
also currently got a shot on the BBC south east photo comp page but it may not
survive the whittling down to 10 stage, which is immanent. "
HASTINGS CREATIVE MEDIA
COMMUNITY
There is currently an online community of 100 local
creative people who discuss things and share needs, wants and ideas by email.
The group is a 'yahoo' community called 'Hastings Creative Media Community' -
HCMC. It was one of the instigators for the Hastings Arts Forum.
If you are interested in joining
this online community, you can find out more at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/H-C-M-C/
If you have a 'yahoo' email address, log in and then go to this page - it makes
the sign up easier.
When you go through the
subscription process, there is an option to receive any messages sent during one
day as a single email, which some people prefer. It is under the 'Message
Delivery section' and it is called 'Daily
Digest'.
'hastings arts' is an organisation which
promotes contemporary local artists to a regional, national and even
international audience, by using traditional and new methods of marketing. The
website is open to all artists in the area, whether they are inexperienced
students of art or well-established figureheads.
Current topics :: Pelham Square & St Mary-in-the-Castle //
Arts Venues // Hastings Arts Forum Issues // Community Networking
The ‘Hastings Arts Forum’ is a community-based, not-for-profit
arts organization dedicated to the development of Hastings as a major centre for
the arts. Email: info@haf.org.uk
PAINTINGS BY ANNA BATSFORD @ ELECTRIC PALACE, Old Town
Hastings (3 - 30 Apr) **this week**
3 April at 3pm 39a High Street, Hastings (Old
Town) TN34 3ER
Tel :: 01424 720393 email :: info@electricpalacecinema.com Website ::
www.electricpalacecinema.comAll are welcome
to preview of Anna's beautiful paintings at the Electric Palace on - the
exhibition continues until the end of April. Inspired by old films and
photographs Anna's images are hunting and mysterious. Snapshots of elusive
memories captured through collage and oil paint.
STITCHED TEXTILES by June Barnes & CERAMIC POTS by Nital
Patel@ Stables Art Gallery (10 Apr - 9 May)
Saturday 10 April to Sunday 9 May Open 10.30 am to 1.00 pm daily
Inspired by water and a recent trip to Australia, June’s work consists of
at least three layers of cloth held together with stitch. Exploring many
avenues—piecing, stitching, embellishing, shrinking and dyeing—developing
discoveries, which in turn expose new ideas. Currently using natural fibres in
neutral shades to create textured surfaces with stitch and shrinkage, finally
adding colour to the finished piece.
She has exhibited widely, collecting awards in Britain, Europe and the
USA.
CERAMIC POTS by Nital Patel
‘A sumptuous cocktail of colour and texture inspire my work. Each has its
own characteristic: a string of found sea objects worn like a necklace or a
belt, even a prickly textured spine with a glazed interior. Taking references
from the sea and its inhabitants, my vessels are hand built to be organic and
pod-like.’
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR @ HAGM (20 Mar - 25
Apr)
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Johns Place Hastings TN34 1ET
Tel:
01424 781 155
www.hastings.gov.uk/hmag/home/
Mon - Sat 10.00 - 17.00, Sun 14.00 - 17.00
Touring Show :: The
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition is organised by the Natural
History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine. It is the most prestigious and
successful event of its kind in the world. 'Every year we're impressed by the
even greater achievementsof the photographers, and this year's magnificent
collection of images is no exception.' said Sarah Kavanagh, Competition Manager.
'The exhibition will be a must-see for all lovers of art, nature and photography
and adventure, as the competition has long been recognised as a showcase for the
very best international photography of the natural world'.
The competition's aim is to find the best wildlife
pictures taken by photographers of all ages from around the world, which show
the wonder, splendour, drama and variety of life on Earth and inspire people to
value and appreciate it. At the same time, it aims to show the artistry involved
in wildlife photography and encourage a new generation of photographera to
produce visionary and expressive interpretations of nature.
This year's winning image of a young boy looking through
a zoo window at a majestic gorilla was among more than 20,500 entries, from over
60 countries. 'Gorilla and Boy' has captured a moment when two primates appear
to be caught in thought - the gorilla resigned and looking out of the picture
and the boy seeming in earnest thought, himself incarcerated in gloom. The image
forces us to re-evaluate our resposibility to our fellow creatures.
The Gallery @ White Rock :: Meeting of all Gallery users and
interested parties (29Apr)
The Gallery is situated upstairs in the theatre, to the right of the café
and through the bar. The Gallery is usually open to the public from 11am to 5pm
Monday to Saturday. Please call Beatrice Cole, Education and Outreach Officer,
for more information and for confirmation on dates and times of shows 01424 46
22 85.
Thursday 29th April Meeting of all Gallery users and interested parties in
the Café at 6pm
Proposed Draft Diary of Events
17th May to 28th May – Anita Chung Aids
Awareness competition winners
27th June to 9th July – Vanessa Fowler and Chris Milton Ceramics and
Paintings/illustrations
12th July to 23rd July – Kim Thrower Paintings
26th July to 6th August – Rooth Calvert-Ennals Abstract/landscape
paintings
9th August to 13th August – Susan Thomas Paintings
16th August to 27th August – Anita Chung Disability and Discrimination
competition winners
30th August to 10th September – Allena Tyrrell Paintings – modern
works
13th September to 24th September – Alison Purdy and Cliff Watt Glass works,
mirrors and paintings
4th October to 15th October – 4:1 MIND the mental health charity’s touring
national show of photographs
18th October to 29th October – Richard Hoodless Paintings of the local area
and urban scenes
15th November to 26th November MIND – Workshop results. Photos by members
of the public in response to the show.
DUNGENESS :: photographs by Nigel Green @ Rye Art
Gallery ( - 16 May)
Rye Art Gallery, Rye
Until 16th May,
2004
Dungeness: Photographs by Nigel Green is a lavish new
Photoworks publication and accompanying exhibition that presents a young British
artist’s in depth response to one of the most extraordinary places on the
British coastline.
[More details: http://www.artsoutheast.co.uk/diarysingle.cfm?diaryid=2586 Arts Sourt East Editor's Note - I saw this at the Sasoon gallery
in Folkestone, and it's well worth checking out if you get the chance. Some
wonderfully monumental images in the key of Andreas Gursky, including some
amazing shots of the inside of the power stations.]
AN ABSOLUTE TURKEY :: AUDITIONS @ Stables Theatre (25
Apr)
Sunday 25 April at 6.30 pm
Open auditions for
An Absolute Turkey, a farce by George
Feydeau
Newcomers to the theatre are welcome to audition.
Scripts will be available from the Stables box office for a
£5.00 deposit.
The play will be performed at the Stables 6–14
August.
VILE VILLANY VANQUISHED !! or As the Actress Said...!
@ Stables Theatre (27 Apr - 8 May)
Tuesday 27 April to Saturday 8 May at 7.30 pm
No
performances on Sunday or Monday
An entrhralling & entrancing entertainment of not one, not
two, but three, yes three! presentations of victorian melodrama. The Brave
Bugler or Up the Khyber Pass, the Wages of Sin or Perfidious Piecework, and The
Tram Track Tragedy or Little Nellie’s Dilemma.
Each piece so heart-warmingly,
spine-tinglingly, nail-biteingly, tear-jerkingly, teeth-clenchingly, and yet so
side-splittingly enacted by unparalleled performers. Our vital, vivacious and
voluptuous vocalists will sing solos of a select (and refined!)
variety.
Our audience is invited to wear costume,
and to hiss, boo, laugh, cheer and sing along at will! Saturday nights are gala
nights! Join us afterwards for a free glass of bubbly, and prizes for the
wearers of the two most authentic costumes.
An Off the Wall Theatre production directed
by Bruce Veness. Musical Director: Richard Eldridge
Technical Director: Frank
Jenks.
Past productions directed by Bruce Veness
at the Stables include The Madness of George III, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Great Expectations, Romeo and Juliet and Witch Boy.
Tickets: £8.50 (£6.00 For members &
under-18s)
THE JUST WILLIAM LADY @ Stables (29
May)
Written and performed by Alison Neil
Saturday 29 May at 7.30 pm Tickets: £8.50 (£6.00 for members
& under-18s)
A lively and affectionate one-woman play remembering Richmal
Crompton, who wrote the much-loved William books.
Born in Queen Victoria's
reign, she witnessed two World Wars and was still writing as space rockets
circled the earth. She was a suffragist, a classics mistress and later a
prominent literary figure. Crippled with polio as a young woman, she turned
personal tragedy into lasting success.
The play was adapted and broadcast on
BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
Alison Neil has been seen at the Stables in two of her
other plays:
Bella-The Story of Mrs Beeton and Truly Yours, C.B. about
Charlotte Brontë.
The Magic Of Variety Royal Hippodrome
Evenings at 8.15pm on Tues & Wed 9 March - 5 May Easter Sunday 11 April
Tues, Wed, Thurs 11 May - 3 June Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs 7 June - 16 Sept
Tues, Wed & Thurs 21 - 30 Sept Tues & Wed 5 - 27 Oct Matinees 8 July, 5
Aug & 9 Sept at 2.30pm
Zipp! Monday 19 - Saturday 24
April 2004 Devonshire Park
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sunday 25 April Congress Theatre
About Alice Monday 26
April - Saturday 1 May 2004 Devonshire Park
Sooty
& Friends - Comedy Chaos Show Saturday 1 May 2004 Royal
Hippodrome
Whole Lotta Metal Sunday 2 May 2004 Congress
Theatre
Outside Edge Tues 4 - Sat 8 May 2004 Devonshire
Park
The Counterfeit Stones Saturday 8 May 2004 Congress
Theatre
Tell Me On A Sunday Mon 10 - Sat 15 May 2004
Congress Theatre
84 Charing Cross Road Mon 10 - Sat 15 May
2004 Devonshire Park
4 :: WORKSHOPS &
TALKS top
5 RHYTHMS MOVEMENT & DANCE from Gabrielle
Roth @ Pinks Gym (16 May)
3 one-day workshops in Hastings with Philip James
Sun May 16th: Dance of Life
Sun June 20th:
Connections
Sun July 18th: Ocean of Being
Pinks Gym, Hastings. For more information contact Philip James
01424 718483, email dawn.ray@virgin.net
SPRING LECTURE SERIES 2004 :: The Burtons’ St Leonards Society (Apr
28) **this week**
36 Marina, St
Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38 0BU
Open to all, the lectures will be held at The Burtons’ St Leonards Society,
36 Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. Call 01424
422 090 / 722 090
April 28 Hastings and St
Leonards in the Burtons’Time :: Brion Purdey
Brion
Purdey, talented local historian and former chief librarian makes the past come
to life.
The Burtons’ St Leonards Society is dedicated to fostering good design,
while commemorating the founder/builder of St Leonards on Sea, James Burton, and
his son, the renowned architect, Decimus Burton
The Burtons’ St Leonards Society, founded in 1967, is
dedicated to fostering good design and preserving the best of the past while
ensuring appropriate regeneration for the future.
The lectures will be held every Wednesday evening at 7.30, from April 7 to
May 26. They are open to all. For further information, please call
422090.
May 5 Changing the Image of Hastings
and St Leonards :: Jeremy Birch
Jeremy Birch, Leader of Hastings
Council will discuss the changing image of the area over recent times and the
planning in progress for the wellbeing of all.
May 12 Lighting as Public Art. :: Michael Hambridge
Michael
Hambridge, Public Arts Officer, discusses and illustrates ways of enhancing the
built environment.
FRIENDS of the PESTALOZZI ESTATE Guided Walk (Sun 2
May)
Sun 2nd May 2004 Spring Butterflies & Other Insects
:: Guided Walk
Walks and talks are free to all members of the Friends unless
otherwise stated.
£1 charge for other people.
Pestalozzi
International Village Trust Sedlescombe, East Sussex, TN33 0RR. Tel: 01424
870444
Meet by Pestalozzi Village Reception at 3pm Tea and Cakes available
afterwards for £1.00
Anyone is welcome.
ANNIE - Summer Youth Project 2004 (Audition Day
6 June)
Audition Day - Sunday 6th June :: Project Dates :: 15th -
28th August 2004
9 - 25 year olds Singing, dancing and acting
Call 01424
462285 for more information or an application form.
Beatrice Cole :: Education and Outreach
Officer
THE ILLITERATI :: Writers Group
The
Illiterati - fiction writers meet to discuss work in progress 1st Monday of
every month at French's Pub, Robertson St.
MANDOLINS @ BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE 2004 (7,8, 9, 11, 21
May)
Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra
Friday 7th May 8 pm at St. George's Church in St. George's Rd Kemp
Town
Brighton. Tickets £8, £5 concessions
The unique sound of this
country's most prestigious, 25-piece, plucked orchestra.Baroque & Roll to
contemporary repertoire. The
orchestra's 8th celebrated return to Brighton
Festival.
Come & Try' Mandolin Workshops
Tuesday
11th May 7.30-9.30 pm £10 at St. George's Church St. George's Rd Kemp Town
Brighton
A rare opportunity to play instruments of the mandolin family: the fretted
version of the violin family. Introduction to mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos,
mandobass with experienced tutors.
Mostly Mandolins
Trio
Friday 21 May 8 pm tickets £7 £5 concessions St George's
Church, St George's Road, Kemp Town
Tapestry: Alison
Stephens, Lauren Scott & Russell Gillespie
Sunday 9th May, 4 pm,
Friends Meeting House, Lanes, Brighton
Manduetto: playing
their 'Bach to Bartok' programme
Tuesday 8th June 1.10 pm. Tickets £2 :: Lunchtime Concert at Chapel
Royal, North Street. Brighton.
Website by two excellent monthly promotional
magazines about events in and around Hastings
Fri. 23rd
April
Reservoir Cats, Pissarro’s, Hastings
Sundog Blues Band,
Harpers, Hastings
6Ts, Yelton, Hastings
Reload, Anchor, Hastings
Kevin
Jones, Plough, Hastings
Focused, Folk Night, Stag, (Old Town) Hastings
Gambit Jazzmen, £5/7, Assembly Rooms, Masonic Hall, St. Leonards
Helter
Skelter, Warrior Gate, St Leonards
Big Blue, Ypres, Rye
Billy Wiz,
Rumples, Peasmarsh
Driven, Swan, Wittersham
Brotherhood, White Hart,
Catsfield
Collaborators, Plough & Harrow, Littlington
Sat.
24th April
Pete Prescott plays Sinatra, Pissarro’s, Hastings
Emma
Sills, Plough, Hastings
Collaborators, Yelton, Hastings
Mile High, London
Trader, Hastings
Driven, Crown, Hastings
Intraverse, Carlsisle,
Hastings
Disco, Kings Head, (Redlake), Hastings
Well Stuffed, Marina
Fountain, St Leonards
Helter Skelter, Royal Albert, St Leonards
Fifth
Avenue, Fishermen's, Club, Eastbourne
Sonic Oblivion, Prince Albert,
Eastbourne
Sun. 25th April
Chris Barrett Quintet,
Lunchtime, Pissarro’s, Hastings
Recovered, 4/7pm, London Trader,
Hastings
Mumm'ra, French’s, 4/7pm, Hastings
Neil Young Day, Part 3,
Smugglers, Hastings
The Leprechauns, 1/3pm, High Beech Hotel, St
Leonards
Sect, 2pm, Bull, Battle
Flying T-Pots, 4/7pm, Jack Fullers,
Brightling
Smokestack, Union Inn, Rye
Fifth Avenue, Fishermen's Club,
Eastbourne
Mon. 26th April
Clea, Harpers,
Hastings
Pass The Cat Duo, Smugglers, Hastings
Smokestack, Hastings Arms.,
Hastings
Folk Club Night, White Horse, Bodle Street Green
www.jack-in-the-green.co.uk/ JACK IN THE GREEN (30 April - 3 May)
Keith
Leech writes:
Friday April 30th 8.00pm Louis Turpin and friends. The Social
Club St. Mary Star of the Sea The Bourne Plus Music sessions in the Stag, and
Royal standard.
Sat May 1st :: Dawn, Dance Up the Dawn @ Ladies Parlour.
12.00 Morris Dancing Winkle Island and all afternoon in the Old Town
8.00
Ceilidh. Hastings Pier Ballroom :: with Hekety and Fee Lock
Sun May 2nd
10.00 am Morris Service. All Saints Church with Wendy Callan a Morris Dancing
Priest
Lunchtime onwards Morris Dancing George Street and Butlers
Gap
12.00 Music Session at the Duke of Wellington.
4.00 Lecture. The Green
Man with Clive Hicks photographer for the book by William Anderson : Green
Man.
8.00 pm Stables Theatre. Boden and Spiers with the Tabbush
Sisters.
8.00pm Hastings Pier upstairs. Ceilidh with the Late Nite Band and
Gordon Potts.
8.00pm Music Sessions in the Old Town
Monday May 3rd. 10.15
am Jack in the Green Procession start from Fisherman's Church
11.00-12.00
Morris Dancing in George street.
1.00 Jack in the Green Slaying plus Morris
Dancing and Craft Fair. Hastings Castle and Ladies parlour.
CANCELLED :: HOPE FESTIVAL OF SOUND 2004 :: Bodiam
Dave Ripp writes ::
"BAD NEWS. IT'S OFFICIAL :: IT'S OFF!!!!
NO HOPE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR DUE
TO UNFORSEEN PROBLEMS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR .KEEP CHECKING THE
SITE.
WE ARE GOING CAMPING DOWN THERE THAT WEEKEND ANYWAY
FOR A HOPE FAMILY WEEKEND.
THERE WILL BE NO SOUND STAGES OR CAFE. YOU PAY THE
FARMER FOR CAMPING. THERE WILL BE SAUSAGES ROUND THE FIRE.
THIS IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY.
THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR AN
EVENT."
Further info contact: dave@plumbandbass.co.uk web ::
www.hopefestival.co.uk/
6 :: FILMS top
FILMS @ ELECTRIC PALACE,
Old Town Hastings :: 22 - 25 April **this
week**
Thurs 22 April 8pm
Fri 23 April 8pm
Sat 24 April
8pm
Thirteen
18
Catharine Hardwicke 2003
100mins USA
Thirteen is co-written by teenager Nikki Reed, who also stars in the movie.
Tracy , a serious student, finds herself needing to express her anger and
resentment at her fractured family life. To rebel, she pursues a friendship with
the reckless, alluring Evie (Reed), who seems to have all the cocksure freedom
that Tracy desires. What follows is harrowing and compelling: Tracy becomes
enmeshed in a relationship with Evie whilst her mother, struggles desperately to
hold on to her daughter's love. Thirteen makes every step on this path utterly
convincing, with a vivid script, energized direction, and astonishingly alive
performances. Jolting, sad, & mesmerizing.
Sun 25 April 3pm & 8pm
Maltese
Falcon
PG
John Huston 1941 99mins
USA
Who murdered Miles Archer? No one knows. But what Archer's partner, Private
Eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), does know is that Archer was killed while
investigating the disappearance of a priceless statue...and now Spade has three
mysterious clients who want him to find it - at any cost! This film noir
masterpiece co-starring Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, was
nominated for three 1941 Academy Awards. This suspense-filled classic remains
one of the most enthralling mystery-thrillers ever made.
NEWS
Exhibition of paintings by Anna Batsford
All are welcome to preview of Anna's beautiful paintings at the Electric
Palace on 3 April at 3pm - the exhibition continues until the end of April.
Inspired by old films and photographs Anna's images are hunting and mysterious.
Snapshots of elusive memories captured through collage and oil paint.
Buddhist Film Festival
The Electric Palace will be
having a small Buddhist Film Festival from 19 - 22 May in celebration of the
Dalai Lama's visit to the UK.
£4 / £3 Concessions (Unemployed, OAPs, Full-time Students, Under 16s)
Tickets can be purchased 30 mins before screening time. We are unable
to take advance bookings
FILMS @ CURZON PICTURE PLAYHOUSE, Bexhill-on-Sea :: 25
- 29 April
CURZON PICTURE PLAYHOUSE
www.curzon-pp.co.uk &
www.curzon-pp.comWestern Road,
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Telephone: 01424 223950
FOR ALL PROGRAMMES THERE IS ONE PERFORMANCE EVERY
EVENING FROM SUNDAY TO THURSDAY.
WE OPEN AT 8.00. DOORS CLOSE (AND NO FURTHER
ADMISSION) 8.25.
THERE ARE NO PERFORMANCES ON FRIDAYS AND
SATURDAYS
Programmes are subject to change or
cancellation.
Sunday 25 April to Thursday 29 April. Cert. 15.
Ends at
approximately 10.35
A film by Alejandro González Iñárritu
21 GRAMS
Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clea
DuVall, Melissa Leo
Life has a way of coming up with resonant metaphors, incredible ironies,
and surprising coincidences.
Chained to death's door, Paul receives the gift of life, only to surrender
it so that another can go on.
A devastating event in the present forces Christina to return to her past
and reject her future.
Trapped by his spiritual mission, Jack carries such great guilt that hope
and redemption seem beyond possibility.
At the crossroads of life and death, all three collide in a whirlwind of
revenge and forgiveness.
21 Grams is the weight we lose when we die, the weight carried by those who
survive. 21 Grams: the gravity of life.
"Superb" - Empire
"Thrilling" - Heat Magazine
"The performances are
pure gold. Great, great stuff" - The Sun
"Absolutely outstanding
performances. Exhilerating, virtuoso cinema" - The Guardian
"Provocative ...
movie making at its best" - Metro
"This movie has more than just a heart -
it's got real soul" - The Independent
Also back are hot drinks. We now offer white and black coffee,
white decaffeinated coffee and hot chocolate. In the interests of safety may we
remind customers that lids should be kept on all hot drinks until reaching your
seat in the
auditorium.
7 :: COMMENTS
Any readers/artists comments/reviews are invited for
publication and discussion, please send in ... top
LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES IN ALEXANDRA PARK?
Lanie Whiting writes::
"Allow me to introduce myself... My name is Lanie Whiting and I am the
Hastings District Producer at BBC Southern Counties Radio
Some of you may know me from my previous life as Arrow FM news editor and
Breakfast Show bimbo and my other previous life as a Hastings Observer reporter.
Anyway, I'm currently working on some stuff to mark
the re-opening of Alexandra Park and I'm looking for some interesting stories.
Have you ever had a life-changing experience in the park?... Have you ever
made an important decision whilst walking through the park?... Did you
once fall in one of the ponds/ fall asleep under a bush after the Beer
Festival?...
Please feel free to get in touch by e-mailing me
directly at
lanie.whiting@bbc.co.uk
if you have any interesting or juicy stories to tell or just a nice
memory, you'd like us to cover."
DANCE YOUR SOX OFF!! Sara Lee Trust Fundraiser @
The Carlisle (8 May)
MOVEABLE FEAST SUPPORTED BY
DRUMFIRE
8.00pn-12.30am UPSTAIRS AT THE CARLISLE
TICKETS £5 IN ADVANCE
FROM KATIE'S PANTRY OR 'PHONE ME(SUSAN) ON 813183.
Susan Barnard writes
:
Hi! I am Susan Barnard, community therapist with the SARA LEE TRUST. You
may already know of our work or read about us in the Local Rag. We are a totally
self funding LOCAL charity based in St. Leonards providing complementary
therapies, counselling, sanctuary days, a drop in centre and much, much more
FREE to people with cancer. There is no organisation quite like ours in the
country and the Sara Lee Trust has become a centre of excellence providing a
full range of complementary therapies to help support people physically and
emotionally at their most vulnerable time. We have beautiful and tranquil
treatment rooms in St. Leonards and now offer therapies to people in their own
homes. We work closely with the hospice and the medical profession. The trust
was set up in 1995 in memory of Sara Lee who died of cancer at the age of 31.
Through complementary therapies Sara was able to retain her independence and
dignity until the end of her life. It was Sara's wish that others could benefit
from free access to the type of therapies that had so helped her. So
PLEASE help us to continue this valuable work by supporting THE
TRUSTS FIRST EVER AMAZING MUSICAL FUSION EVENT. Sue
http://www.hastingsrock.co.uk/
Hastings Rock 107fm RADIO is back for 1st May 2004
A radio station
playing the latest music from the likes of Busted, Chilli Peppers, Linkin Park,
Good Charlotte, The Strokes and The Darkness plus classic rock from Deep Purple,
Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd etc... On air to Hastings, Bexhill and the
surrounding area on 107fm and worldwide, on the internet, from the 1st
to 28th May, 2004. e-mail: dj@hastingsrock.co.uk
8 :: MISCELLANEOUS adverts, arts for sale, contact details for
teaching top
Chris Hamblin is based in St Leonards-on-Sea and currently teaches Violin
at St Ronan's Prep, Hawkhurst. He is on the Panel of Teachers for East Sussex
Music Service. Some information about his work developing string playing in
Zimbabwe 1989 - 2002 can be seen at
www.twinarts.co.zw/twinarts/string.htm
- Weds 5th May 9.00 - 11.00pm @ The
Stag, All Saints Street, The Old Town, Hastings "Admission
Free"
BARN DANCES
Celtic String Band can play for many types of events including Barn Dances
with Caller Vivienne Hamblin. Special arrangements of "First Dances" can be
made for Weddings with Country Dances.
"...hearing the music on the video afterwards, we couldn't believe what
beautiful sounds had been going on in the background !!"
CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASSES (Humphrey/Limon) with Vivienne
Hamblin
Weekly: At a studio in Hastings.Open class for all levels from
age 17 +. With live music, a thorough warm up and stretch class, linked to
Humphrey /Limon technique. Phone Vivienne Hamblin 01424 421 372 email
vivhamblin@tiscali.co.uk
9 INTRODUCING ....... ARTS EVENT LIST :: HASTINGS &
SE
Editor Christopher Hamblin writes:
This is a weekly information Email about Arts Events
in the SE region centering on Hastings, it works
on the idea that reminding people who are "interested in arts
events" makes them more likely to attend.
At the moment it is sent out to
over 300 readers. To make this new listing really effective, we need to expand
the readership. Please encourage people who you think would like to be
informed to send an email to chrishamblin@tiscali.co.uk
WEBSITE
HOW TO GET YOUR EVENTS
INCLUDED
If you would like details about events at your venue to be
included please send them in by email (Plain Text or HTML). The deadline
for inclusion is Weds at 12 noon.
DONATIONS/SUBSCRIPTIONS
It is better to have lots of people informed than only a
few paid up subscribers. So, if it is evident
to you that the service is effective, please send a subscriptions by cheques
payable to "Twin Arts Ltd" at PO Box 189 TN37 0ZR
BACKGROUND
For three years I have run a similar Arts Event List
in Zimbabwe which, is sent weekly to over 1000 readers who care about Arts
Events. ( see www.twinarts.co.zw/ael/current/
). This Arts Event List has also functioned as a forum for comment and
discussion about the arts in Zimbabwe.
I look forward to hearing about events you are
organising.
best wishes Chris Hamblin