KINO-TEATR

Our Summer exhibition explores each and every layer from our plan chest with works produced on paper in all shapes and sizes, from the 1940s up to the present day, both abstract and figurative. We started at the bottom drawer with early, original hand made prints and one-off drawings, all acquired and recently framed for this new exhibition. We then worked our way up, in each drawer finding original paintings and designs on paper. 

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Our most recent discoveries include works by David Hockney and well known textile designers from the 1960s, with original painted designs on paper, many of which are also held in the V&A collection. Included are international artist Dzevad Hozo from Serbia, David Tindle, Mark Godwin, Diane Bell, Brigitte Dehnert, Catherine Netherwood, Russell Baker, Antonia Baker, Derek Boshier, John R Myers, Monika Veriopoulos and many other carefully chosen works. 

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This exhibition coincides with the 10th Anniversary of Kino-Teatr and also celebrates a long history of looking at images made on paper.

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This year's 4k restoration of the Milos Forman masterpiece Amadeus, winner of eight Oscars, marks the 40th anniversary of the film’s release. A towering achievement, an opulent drama that re-lives the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a gripping exploration of envy, genius and obsession, the film stars F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce. Peter Shaffer adapted it from his 1979 stage play Amadeus, originally inspired by Alexander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri.

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Lavishly staged and impeccably performed, it's a film that earns its place among cinema’s greatest by blending historical grandeur with deeply personal storytelling.  Amadeus also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director).

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​’There are films that take your breath away before they’ve even begun. The first four minutes of Milos Forman’s Amadeus – the credits, in fact – contain more drama and pathos than many directors manage in 120’ The Guardian

An illustrated talk by Olga Mamonova, Artistic Director of Kino-Teatr.

A 1999 biopic directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Pierce Brosnan in the role of real-life Hastings schoolboy turned Native American "Grey Owl",  Archibald Belaney (1888–1938), and Annie Galipeau as his wife Anahareo.  

Grey Owl became a famous writer and campaigner against fox hunting, trapping and for the preservation of the wilderness. The screenplay was written by   William Nicholson, a native of Lewes, who in the past attended the Kino-Teatr special screening of his latest film Hope Gap.  William Nicholson is a playwright, and novelist who has been nominated twice for an Oscar (Shadowlands & Gladiator).

Erich Maria Remarque (1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1927), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created a new literary genre of veterans writing about conflict. Many believe it was his lover Marlene Dietrich who inspired the character of Joan Madou in Arch of Triumph. A number of Remarque’s novels were adapted for the big screen including Arch Of Triumph, All Quiet On the Western Front, Heaven Has No Favourites, Three Comrades and A Time To Love And A Time To Die.

Bobby Deerfield is a 1977 American romantic drama directed by twice Academy Award winner Sydney Pollack and starring Al Pacino and Marthe Keller. It is based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1961 novel Heaven Has No Favourites (his career defining work All Quiet on the Western Front was written in 1927).

Heaven Has No Favourites is about the love story of Clerfayt, a racing car driver (Bobby in the film) and Lillian, a patient in the Swiss Alp sanatorium, where he comes to visit his co-driver. Childlike and rebellious, Lillian finds in him, with his indifference to anything but the next race, her passport to the outside world. The narrative moves them to Paris couturiers and the Italian and French resorts, with Lillian and, to a great extent, Clerfayt changing  roles and goals under the impact of their relationship.

At the time of the film's release, Sydney Pollack was criticised by his American colleagues for an unusually European, arthouse style of the movie, which did not communicate well with a wider audience. However, Al Pacino was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. The movie also uses clips from the 1976 Formula One season.

Nils Solberg is well-known to Kino audiences from his past appearances. One of the UK's top guitarists in his genre (swing, gypsy jazz) his playing credits include Nigel Kennedy and Claire Teal. His effortless vocal tones are often likened to Nat King Cole to whom he has often performed tributes.

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Tom Bailey is an up and coming bass player with the technical prowess expected of the younger generation - yet able to sound as if he's been playing for years. His band 'Django Chutney' are wowing everybody here and in Europe.

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Mike Hatchard has always been a fan of these two composers, like many people influenced by the Ella Fitzgerald Songbook series. This, however, is no benign tribute show; expect totally new takes on such classic songs as The Way You Look Tonight, All the Things You Are and Cheek to Cheek presented in that unique Hatchard way, always humorous, sometimes off-the-wall yet surprisingly informative.

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Erich Maria Remarque (1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1927), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created a new literary genre of veterans writing about conflict. Many believe it was his lover Marlene Dietrich who inspired the character of Joan Madou in Arch of Triumph. A number of Remarque’s novels were adapted for the big screen including Arch Of Triumph, All Quiet On the Western Front, Heaven Has No Favourites, Three Comrades and A Time To Love And A Time To Die.

Arch of Triumph is a 1948 American romantic war drama directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Charles Laughton. It is based on the 1945 novel Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque, which he wrote during his nine-year exile in the United States. The film is set in pre-World War II Paris crowded with illegal refugees, trying to evade deportation. One of them is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally under a false name, helping other refugees.

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​Simon&thePope will play some of their trademark hypnotic drum, bass and spoken word grooves, to help while away that anticipatory hour before The Bavard Bar.

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​What is The Bavard Bar? Well, it has become an institution. The best way to describe it is a delightful blend of TED Talks, comedy, & Radio 4. Sort of...

When you come along to The Bavard Bar, you will hear three regular people share their passions for 15 minutes each. The evening is interspersed with music and audience participation games, such as the "KP Lite" challenge, The "Oojah Kappivvy", and "Make it Stop", amongst others!

Past Bavard subjects range from meteorite hunting to crop-circles, circuit-bending to playing the James Bond theme on Kazoo. You never know what (or who) to expect, as passions (and speakers) are kept secret until the night. There is also a Q&A section after each talk for you to share an opinion, or learn even more about the subject.

And now, in very exciting news, the evening is compered by a special secret guest host… think along the lines of Have I Got News for You!

A night of non-stop intrigue, complete with not one, but two, short intervals. The bar will be open, & snacks will be available. 

Past speakers have included Robin Ince, Professor Simon Schaffer, Dr Ljiljana Fruk, Cole Moreton and David Bramwell.

A great way to meet new people. Come and introduce yourself to one of the organisers who are easy to spot. as they will be wearing a flower. You are assured of a warm welcome, and you will feel part of the community in no time at all. 

We love what we do & it's all for you :)

Come along!

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​An eccentric music fan lures his folk heroes to an island for a private performance. 

​The universally praised film is a great blend of bromance, a musical outing, and a nostalgic look at the memories we all surround ourselves in the harmonies in our heads – the ones we carry with us through life. 

​'A  lovely, offbeat and very British comedy’ The Telegraph ****

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Inter Alia


A new play by Suzie Miller
 
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.

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Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?


Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.

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'Old soul-meets-saint, Duke’s life story is one of the character-building twists and turns known only by the greatest artists and vagabonds. As the leading character in a tale where Mexican gangs forced tequila down his throat, or in rooms where some of the world’s biggest rock stars would gather, Duke’s cross-continental travels extend from Thailand’s bar scene, the mean streets of Paris, Hackney’s squatlands, nearly dying upon returning from Cuba due to “some serious jungle disease”, Moroccan hash bars, a music-filled bolthole on Brixton Hill, to Josh Homme’s Pink Duck studio in Los Angeles' Heavenly Recordings

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Created by Misty Moon Productions, this show is a heartfelt tribute to the boundless imagination and thrilling adventures that defined a generation.

Dee Anderson who lived and breathed this magic as a child, brings a unique personal perspectives as the daughter of the legendary visionaries Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, the creators of ‘Thunderbirds’!

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Through Dee’s eyes, this extraordinary legacy comes to life on stage like never before, inviting you into the World of a child who grew up with Thunderbirds - it was simply FAB.

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Thunderbirds Classic.  The Children's Television Programme entitled ‘Thunderbirds’ created by Sylvia and Gerry Anderson - enjoy a fab afternoon at the Kino!

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100 mins (with an interval)

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Roger Carey and friends. The big 70!

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Join bassist/singer Roger ( Steeleye Span, Liane Carroll) and some wonderful guests at this celebration of his 70th birthday, and over 55 years of playing.

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A night full of of music, memories, mirth, and merriment.

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Pic: Ron Milsom

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Shunta Morimoto is the winner of the Sixteenth Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, where he gave a thrilling performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.54 accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Shunta was born in 2004 in Kyoto, Japan. At the age of twelve, he won the prestigious First Prize of the Piano Teachers Association of Japan, as well as the Fukuda Scholarship Award, one of the most important prizes for a Japanese musician today.  He took part in the Van Cliburn Junior Competition in Dallas, Texas in May 2019 to much public acclaim  and has since gained a large global following of admirers, musicians and critics. 

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He currently studies with Maestro William Grant Naboré at the world famous International Piano Academy-Lake Como and participates in the Masterclasses of the Academy as the youngest student in the history of this venerable institution. He has since been awarded the Yamaha Scholarship for his studies at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, where he is enrolled in the class of Piano Accompaniment with Maestro Giovanni Velluti.

Says Shunta: 'Winning Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition has made an enormous change in the direction and meaning of my vocation as a performing artist and human being.'

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J.S. Bach:
French Overture BWV 831 

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Chopin : 
Fantasie Op. 49 
Impromptu No.3 Op. 51  
Barcarolle Op. 60

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Black tie event.

​Retreat - with Leela - live sonic meditation music.

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One hour of blissful transcendence to take you into your weekend.

Bring mats or relax in the armchairs for an inclusive, immersive experience.

Limited numbers so book in advance.

Refreshments available at Reel before and after. 

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​Eternal Triangle

'Contemporary Global Jazz'

Trevor Watts- Saxophones/ Composer 
Veryan Weston- Nord Electric Keyboard 
Jamie Harris- Congas/ Percussion 

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Founder member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Trevor Watts has worked with many other innovative musicians spanning his 60 year career. Don Cherry, Steve Lacey, John Stevens, Bobby Bradford, Cyro Baptista and Adame Drame being just some of them.

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His Drum Orchestra, a group that featured many fine Ghanaian drummers and singers, collaborated with Teatro Negro Barlovento, a 35 piece group from Venezuela, playing concerts at British Jazz Festivals as well as in South America and for a BBC radio broadcast.

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This trio is made up of two duos. Keyboardist Veryan Weston has been playing with saxophonist Trevor Watts since the early 1980s. They have a long standing and critically acclaimed duo playing improvised music. Percussionist Jamie Harris has been partnering Watts since the late 1990s. Their duo is based on strong rhythmic and melodic ideas. In 2021 the duos formed a Triangle.

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French journalist Xavier Prevost describes the band:
'The music breathes under other horizons; Hispanic, Latin American, Middle Eastern. With sometimes melancholic accents that often resolve themselves into pulsations, towards a lyricism that is as torn as it is heartbreaking'.

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'Every concert is a journey, an emotion to be experienced with the audience' Giancarlo Spezia, MusicaJazz Italy 

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​From the makers of last year’s acclaimed The Spirit in the Dust – a new performance featuring dance artist Yanaëlle Ritter as Lady Macbeth, with music from the trio Afrit Nebula and lighting/moving images by film-maker Mark French.

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Based on an original concept and musical composition by Elaine Edwards, the piece re-imagines the sleepwalk scene in Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the context of the horrors of the present day: wars, famine, climate emergency. It references and evokes many other aspects of Shakespeare’s tragedy, not least the return of Birnam Wood at the end – in this case Nature’s response to humanity’s ravages.

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Sleepwalk lasts approximately 60 minutes.

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Yanaëlle Ritter is a Belgian-British dance artist, born in the 1990s and based in Eastbourne since 2020. A choreographer, company director, teaching artist and performer, she is often involved in interdisciplinary collaborations, and has danced in art galleries, recital rooms, shopping malls, public gardens and even at a train station.

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Afrit Nebula (Elaine Edwards, Ken Edwards, Yair Katz) are a band whose adventurous, original music is influenced by avant-jazz, rock, Middle Eastern and Afro-Cuban styles.

Matthew Wright in Jazz Journal said in 2022: “Strong bass lines from Ken Edwards and Yair Katz’s lively drumming form a bedrock on which the sinuous lines of Elaine Edwards’ soprano sax flourish, with Dervish-like circular excursions.”

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Mark French is a director of arts and music documentaries. He is film curator for Hastings Coastal Currents Festival and Hastings Filmmakers. He has worked with artists Laetitia Yhap and Roland Jarvis and musician Trevor Watts as well as on many films and TV shows.

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Music and songs for cello soloist and piano with baroque and Cuban influences, introducing their new album release 'Crystal Morning'.

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Paul Gunn trained at Atelier Gaulier-Pagneux in Paris and performed at the Ealing Jazz Festival, Marlborough International Jazz Festival, Rye International Jazz Festival, 1901 Arts Club in London, Kino-Teatr in St Leonards and the main stage Local & Live Tunbridge Wells.

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'Gunn is an engaging and charismatic band leader. His approach to music is very much his own, and this whimsical yet very accomplished ensemble is a unique creation. A really enjoyable, unusual and excellent show' Victoria Kingham, Hastings Independent.

Hastings Chamber Music Festival returns 23–26 October with four concerts at Kino Teatr and Christ Church. Curated by violinist Jane Gordon, this year’s ‘Resounding Nature’ programme features leading artists, rising talent, and a strong focus on female composers. Composer Sally Beamish and climate scientist Frank Venmans headline the ‘Artists in Conversation’ talks.

Music by Caroline Shaw, Errollyn Wallen, Laura Moody, Abel Selaocoe, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre & more…

+ Artists in Conversation: ‘Music & Science’ with climate scientist Frank Venmans + Musicians 

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This Autumn the Hermes Experiment launch TREE, their third album with Delphian Records. The album is a meditation on nature, memory and change. Commissioned works by Laura Moody and Abel Selaocoe, and a vivid reimagining of a work by the baroque composer Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre are complemented by new compositions from the ensemble’s members, exploring the human instinct to find emotional meaning in the natural world – in birdsong, trees, storms, stars. With its distinctive line-up of clarinet, harp, voice and double bass, the ensemble creates a soundscape by turns intimate, luminous, virtuosic and strange.

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The Hermes Experiment 
Tomos Xerri (harp)
Oliver Pashley (clarinet)
Marianne Schofield (double bass)
Héloïse Werner (soprano)

Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award 2021 and the Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Competition 2019, The Hermes Experiment is one of the UK’s leading young contemporary music ensembles. Capitalising on their deliberately idiosyncratic combination of instruments (harp, clarinet, voice and double bass), the Hermes Experiment regularly commissions new works, as well as creating their own innovative arrangements and venturing into live free improvisation. They have commissioned over 60 composers at various stages of their careers. They have released two albums on Delphian Records, HERE WE ARE and SONG, both to critical acclaim.

Panel Discussion: Music & Science
Join renowned climate scientist Frank Venmans for a powerful discussion at the start of the concert on the links between climate change, forests, and biodiversity — and how musicians are responding through art. Discover how music can amplify climate awareness and inspire change.

Full Programme:

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (arr. Schofield), Les rossignols 
Laura Moody, Rilke Songs 
Caroline Shaw (arr. Denholm-Blair), Plan & Elevation: I. The Ellipse 
Oliver Pashley, But I Still Breathe 
Marianne Schofield, Islands 
INTERVAL 
Héloïse Werner, Thunder clears 
Abel Selaocoe (arr. Woodgates), Buhle Bendalo 
Errollyn Wallen (arr. Werner), Tree 
Misha Mullov-Abbado, The Linden Tree 
Hannah Peel (arr. Pashley), The Almond Tree 

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Early booking recommended.

Hastings Chamber Music Festival returns 23–26 October with four concerts at Kino Teatr and Christ Church. Curated by violinist Jane Gordon, this year’s ‘Resounding Nature’ programme features leading artists, rising talent, and a strong focus on female composers. Composer Sally Beamish and climate scientist Frank Venmans headline the ‘Artists in Conversation’ talks.

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Echoes of the Sea and Soul
Sally Beamish ‘Seafarer’ (2000)
Beethoven ‘Kakadu' Variations Op. 121a
Bach Passacaglia & Fugue in C min BWV 582 (transcribed J. Rautio)

+ Artists in Conversation: Short talk and Q & A with Sally Beamish + Musicians 

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This concert pairs two powerful works exploring human experience through contrasting music. Sally Beamish’s Seafarer, inspired by Beowulf, blends narrator and piano trio to evoke the hero’s journey and inner struggles at sea. The programme also features Beethoven’s inventive Kakadu Variations for piano trio and Bach’s monumental Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, transcribed by Jan Rautio, offering deep reflections on musical form and expression.

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Performers:
Jane Gordon (violin)
Victoria Simonsen (cello)
Jan Rautio (piano)
Oliver Beamish (Narrator)

Rautio Piano Trio

Since the release of their acclaimed debut album of Mozart Trios in 2016, the Rautio Trio has become one of today’s leading chamber ensembles, celebrated for their refined artistry and emotionally powerful performances. With a particular passion for 18th and 19th-century repertoire, they bring a fresh perspective to historical masterworks, performing on both modern and period instruments. The Trio has recorded four albums with Resonus Classics to critical acclaim, regularly featured on BBC Radio 3, and performed at major venues including Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, and Bridgewater Hall, as well as internationally in France, Austria, and Germany.

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Oliver Beamish Narrator 
Oliver Beamish is a versatile actor, singer, and musician with a career spanning a wide range of productions across the UK. His West End appearances include War Horse (New London), Kean (Apollo), Buddy (Novello), Jolson (Victoria Palace), and Blood Brothers (Lyric), as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV Part 1, and Camelot at Regent’s Park. Often combining performance with live music, he has played piano, trumpet, and accordion in shows such as Jolson, Buddy, and Kean, and composed for productions at the New Vic and the Edinburgh Fringe (Perrier Award-nominated). Highlights include Sweeney Todd (Judge Turpin), Candide (The Governor), and the one-man musical Billy Bishop Goes to War at Jermyn Street Theatre.

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Artists in Conversation event: Sally Beamish + Musicians
Join us for Artists in Conversation with acclaimed composer Sally Beamish. Hear her insights on Seafarer and her musical journey, followed by a live Q&A—an exclusive chance to connect with one of today’s most distinctive voices.

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Sally Beamish
Sally Beamish was born in London. She began her career as a viola player with the Raphael Ensemble, Academy of St Martins and London Sinfonietta, before moving to Scotland in 1990 to focus on composition. She was appointed a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2015, and of the Royal Swedish Academy in 2022. In 2018 she won the Award for Inspiration at the British Composer Awards, and in 2020 was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours.

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She has written three major oratorios. Knotgrass Elegy (text by Donald Goodbrand Saunders) was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus in the BBC Proms 2001, and has recently been named in BBC Music Magazine as one of the top 6 oratorios of the 20th and 21st century. Equal Voices (text by Sir Andrew Motion) was premiered by the LSO with Gianandrea Noseda in 2014. The Judas Passion (text by David Harsent) was commissioned by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and premiered in the UK and USA in 2018.

Early booking recommended.

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Arvo Pärt ‘Fratres’

Lili Boulanger ‘Nocturne’ 

Beethoven Sonata no.10 in G Op.96

This coffee concert weaves together the timeless purity of Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, the luminous delicacy of Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne, and the lyrical elegance of Beethoven’s final violin sonata. A programme that moves between meditation, fleeting beauty, and classical grace.

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​Jane Gordon - violin 

Described as playing with “glowing conviction” (Financial Times) and possessing a “ravishing tone and depth of timbre” (The Independent), Jane Gordon is recognised as one of the leading violinists of her generation. She has performed in major concert halls worldwide, including the Vienna Konzerthaus, Paris Philharmonie, La Scala Milan, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Lincoln Center New York, and Sydney Opera House.

Jane is the leader of La Nuova Musica, one of the UK’s most dynamic and critically acclaimed period ensembles, known for its bold programming and virtuoso performances across Europe.

She is also a founding member of the Rautio Piano Trio, with whom she has appeared at Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, and on BBC Radio 3. Their recordings for Resonus Classics have received widespread critical acclaim.

Artistic Director of Hastings Chamber Music Festival, Jane is known for curating engaging, cross-disciplinary programmes. She studied at the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music, and is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

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Jan Rautio – Piano

Jan Rautio is a critically acclaimed pianist, chamber musician, conductor, and composer whose career spans prestigious venues and festivals across the UK, Europe, Russia, and the USA. He has performed at Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Hall, the Edinburgh Festival, Palazzo Borghese in Rome, the Yusupov Palace in St Petersburg, and the Charleston International Piano Series.

As a chamber musician, Jan has built a distinguished reputation through a longstanding collaboration with violinist Jane Gordon. Together, they have toured extensively and are founding members of the Rautio Piano Trio, whose performances have been featured on BBC Radio 3 and in leading UK venues. Their recordings for Resonus Classics have earned widespread critical acclaim.

Jan is also Music Director of the “Diversity” chamber choir, with whom he has conducted in prominent venues including St Paul’s Cathedral (London), the Gasteig Philharmonie (Munich), and the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam).

A graduate of both the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, Jan was made an Associate of the Royal Academy in 2017 in recognition of his contribution to musical life in the UK.