Chris New is in the middle of a busy year at The Stables Theatre in Hastings with three new plays and a busy teaching schedule. After graduating from RADA Chris enjoyed huge success in the West End, starring opposite Alan Cumming in the 2006 revival of Martin Sherman’s Bent for which he won an Evening […]
Local professional theatre company Theatre Nation is back with a bang with a wonderful witty live entertainment The Life and Rhymes of Archy and Mehitabel at the Stables Theatre on Thursday May 28th and Friday May 29th at 7.30. It’s a one hour bravura one person show in which veteran actor Patrick Kealey performs over […]
The local Arts community has woken up this morning to news of a £1.1m boost from the Culture Recovery Fund. The grants have been awarded to the following organisation in Hastings and Rye: Electric Palace Cinema CIC – £20,147 Kino Digital Ltd – £111,266 Kino-Teatre Ltd – £42,865 Sweet and Dandy – £29,920 Hastings Contemporary […]
It has been a very difficult year for all who work in the arts, coping with the Covid restrictions, false starts and the constant uncertainty to our industry writes Neil Sellman Chairman of The Stables Theatre. But here at the Stables we have been working behind the scenes to maintain the theatre, carrying out essential […]
The Stables is planning for its re-opening for its December season on Sunday (Dec 6th). Local artists Steve Scott, Heather Alexander, Claire Bolt, Orion Powell and Mike Keegan take the roles in It’s a Wonderful Life on Sunday, Dec 6th with Natalie Roberts and Helen Ward-Jackson in Leading Ladies, on Tuesday Dec 8th, Thursday 10th […]
With a grant of £71,187 from the Culture Recovery Fund The Stables Theatre and Art Gallery says the cash recognises the presence it is forging in the local community. Chairman Neil Sellman says: “This grant is a fantastic lifeline and secures not just the future for the theatre but recognises the presence the Stables is […]
Are you a performer? Would you like to be a performer? Do you just want to show off? We’re living in strange times, we’re told we need to stay at home, to isolate ourselves from others, the news is all a bit depressing. At Hastings In Focus we’ve been thinking about what we can do […]
There’s a very special play coming to The Stables Theatre next month that will be entertaining, amusing and thought provoking all at the same time. It’s particularly poignant too that with International Women’s Day happening on Sunday rehearsals for Blue Stockings, directed by Aisling Tigwell, are ramping up in advance of opening night in a […]
There’s some of good old fashioned variety coming to The Stables next month with a bit of something for everyone. There’s This is Me featuring Helen Ward Jackson performing an acoustic set of songs by Adele and ‘other Divas’ who have inspired her; these include Etta James, Celine Dion, Dusty Springfield and Whitney Houston! Helen […]
