This year's Council run Coastal Currents festival has completely taken off - we've been treated to the sensational and stunning Sticky, which saw 5000 flock to Alexandra Park for the outdoor sound, theatre, music and light spectacle.
The magical hour long performance entranced the crowd and there was more than one rapturous face in the audience.
Sixteen local volunteers were lucky enough to take part in the project. Sticky left the shores of Hastings & St Leonards for ones slightly further away - its next performance took place in Australia!
The first ever street festival took over the town centre one Saturday in mid- September - foot stomping music, mime, theatre and a random bullfight entertained the expectant and not so expectant crowds. The majority of events were put on by local groups - some of who ran workshops with young people throughout the Summer in order to perform.
Others were international artists. Brighton based Zap Productions organised the event and local groups and artists rose to the occasion with the artistic talent that Hastings & St Leonards seems to foster so well.
Add to the success the dozens of open studios and exhibitions at venues across the town of local artists' work and there can be no doubt that Coastal Currents does what it says: offers a mind blowing amount of local arts talent for our consumption and the festival is now riding the crest of an almost national wave!
As this year's festival draws to a close, we've pulled the highlights out so that you don't miss a thing!
Mario Rossi & Judith Stewart
The importance of photography, film and art explored.
October 18th 7.30pm
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
Installation at Warrior Square Station
Collaborative project between the Fellowship of St Nicholas and Ian Lawrence
October 18th - 19th 8am - 5pm
De La Warr Pavilion Workshops
The Big Draw - A national day of drawing
October 19th 11am - 4pm
The Pine Gallery - Exhibition
The Lion and the Unicorn by Dab Community Arts Group
October 23rd launch event 6pm-8pm
October 24th - 29th 12am - 4pm
Claremont, Hastings
Shot by the Sea
Hastings Digital Film Festival
October 28th - November 3rd
Electric Palace, 39a High Street
For the full programme of workshops or for further information call 01424 437899 or Hastings Information Centre 781111 or check out the website on www.shotbythesea.com
De la Warr Pavilion
Unlimited Edition
Steven Bode from Film and Video Umbrella talks about the history of this organisation.
October 29th - please book in advance
The Icehouse - Shot by the Sea
A video and sound installation
by Rebecca Marshall and Finian Lynch of Hive Productions exploring memories of the Icehouse
October 25th 7pm (open evening)
October 26th - November 3rd Daily
St Mary in the Castle
Danceworks
- new work an evening of dance film, performance and music Followed by Wavelength Theatre - Real People Real lives, a unique performance of live theatre, spoken word, music, drama and film telling the stories of real lives.
October 31st 7.30pm £6
There are also dozens of exhibitions still taking place. See the Coastal Currents Programme or www.coastalcurrents.org.uk
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