Arts

Music, food, and art will all be part of the Easter festival which returns to the Stade Open Space on Easter Saturday April 20 from 4pm-10.30pm.

1. Film. In advance of rock duo Sleaford Mods coming to the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill this weekend you can appreciate frank and fierce documentary Bunch Of Kunst (18) at Kino-Teatr in St Leonards on Friday April 19 from 7.30pm. The film follows the two year journey from Nottingham bed-sit to chart success, and acclaim from the likes of Iggy Pop who called Sleaford Mods “the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band,” while fans think of them as the true voice of Britain. Tickets £9.

Sussex Concert Orchestra will present a sparkling spring concert in St Peter’s Church, Bexhill Old Town, on Sunday April 28.

The Bishop of Lewes will be visiting the local area at the end of the month to conclude the anniversary celebrations of a St Leonards church.

More than 100 local children will take part in The Wind In The Willows in Bexhill this weekend.

Art lovers are cordially invited to an art show entitled ‘In the Footsteps of Robinson and other stories’ at Southwater Area Community Centre, Stainsby Street, St Leonards, April 19-May 2.

Following a successful event last year, the Easter Music And Arts Festival returns to The Stade Open Space in Hastings on Easter Saturday from 4pm - 10.30pm.

Ark William Parker Academy joined other local schools for a presentation event at St Richard’s Catholic College, Bexhill to announce the winner of the 1066 Schools Book Award.

For many decades Rod Harman taught at Hastings College and headed the art department.

This April St Leonards will be exploring a classic British novel for the third time.

1. Theatre. Opening on Friday April 5 at 7.30pm is a double bill of Peter Shaffer one act comedy plays at the Stables Theatre in Hastings. White Liars revolves around Sophie Lemberg, an eccentric fortune teller and two young men — Tom, the lead singer in a rock band, and Frank, his business manager. Cast is Josie Body, Daniel Grint and Daniel Giles. Black Comedy is set in a London apartment with a harrassed hero trying to impress his posh fiancee’s father; when there is a power cut, the characters find themselves groping around in pitch-black darkness. Cast includes Dave Fricker, Elly Tipping, Ian Klemen, Garham Pearcey, Victoria Fay, Nick Carn and Tessa Boase. Tickets £13.50.

1. Film. Join Rye Players in a fun singalong dressed-up screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show with supper on Friday March 29 at Rye Community Centre, starting 7.30pm. Tickets £10 available from Adams, High St, Rye. It’s a fundraiser for the group which is busy rehearsing their next show in May. Prize for best costume.

It’s never to early to start planning a party night out so get your tickets now for Show Me Love at the White Rock Theatre next year.

Bexhill Museum’s 2019 Costume Gallery catwalk exhibition pays tribute to the Fabulous Fifties and Swinging Sixties with vibrant colours and bold imaginative designs.

1. Variety. Music Hall Tavern at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre on Friday March 22 from 7.30pm. The UK’s premier comedy drag show is back for its sixth year with a brand new hilarious and glamorous show. Join Mrs T and the “girls” from MHT in a feelgood night that will not only entertain and amuse, but will leave you with unforgettable memories. Starring the sensational Paul Carroll as Mrs T, Lee Sanderson as Peggy Lee and featuring the Showcase International Dancers. Tickets £20.50

1. Theatre. Dyad Productions presents Orlando at the Stables Theatre, Hastings, on Friday March 22 at 7.30pm. Dyad is a professional theatre company which recently visited with Austen’s Women, and this new radical solo production, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, is performed by Rebecca Vaughan, written and directed by renowned playwright and director Elton Townend Jones, whose work has been performed in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the US. Tickets £13.50.

Runners will be taking to the streets of Hastings at the weekend as the 35th Hastings Half Marathon gets underway.

Colin Jones has been described as the “George Orwell of photography” - find out why when a new exhibition of his work opens at Lucy Bell Gallery in St Leonards.

1. Theatre. Caroline’s Kitchen continues at the Devonshire Park Theatre with performances on Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16 at 7.45pm, with Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. See page 56 for review. Tickets £18- 25.50; book on eastbournetheatres.co.uk or 01323 412000.