Events & Exhibitions
Ticketing Information
St Mary in the Castle does not have a permanent box office on site at the moment but there are several outlets you can buy tickets from, if available an icon appears in the relevant section, by clicking these icons you will be taken to the relevant online ticket sales site. They are often sold online at our Music Glue page or at the Hastings Tourist Information Centre in the town.
Events
July Film Screening: Rear Window (1954) (PG)
Friday 28th July -Doors 6:45pm
A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbours through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and girlfriend, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.
Doors: 6.45pm
Start: 7.15pm
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
Liane Carroll - The Right to Love Album Launch with Big Band and Strings
Saturday 22nd July - Doors Open at 7:30pm. Show Starts at 8pm
Liane's stunning new album 'The Right To Love' will be released later this year, and St Mary in the Castle has been chosen to host one of her three launch evenings!
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
English Stage Young Actors Taster Session
Saturday 12th August - Timings vary
***TASTER SESSION***
Saturday Taster Session
Saturday 12th August
10.00 - 12.00: Drama Seniors
13.00 - 15.00: Stage Actors
16.00 - 18.00: Drama Players
Places are limited so registration is required. For booking enquiries please send your details to info@englishstageevents.com
Stage Actors Ages 16-21
Are you preparing for a stage career? Auditioning for theatre school? Build on your experience under the guidance of a theatre director.
Stage Actors is an audition-only group focussing on developing and perfecting professional theatre skills: mask work, character study through improvisation and audition technique.
There'll be weekly sessions and a summer showcase!
Drama Seniors Ages 14-17
We offer students the opportunity to develop performance skills, build confidence and work creatively with other young people.
As well as meeting new challenges you will have the opportunity to express yourself in a supportive and friendly environment. We explore voice work, movement, monologue reading and acting technique.
Drama Seniors will perform a summer showcase.
Drama Players
For adults with an interest in speech and drama: new enthusiasts, returning or experienced performers all welcome.
We explore all elements of theatre performance such as breathing technique, improvisation and character work.
The group is relaxed and friendly with a core aim of sharing experiences.
Drama Players will showcase a devised performance.
The Drawtones + Deptford Rivieras
Saturday 23rd September - Doors Open at 7pm. Show Starts at 7:30pm
2 Top Jazz, Funk and Soul Organ Bands.
With 2 Jools Holland Saxophonists Derek Nash and Phil Veacock!
The Drawtones featuring Rod Pooley (Jazz Organ), Derek Nash (Saxophone from Jools Holland R&B Orchestra), Emily Farrar (Vocals), Andy Williams (Guitar), Simon Brewin (Bass) and Jessica Dann (Drums.
The Deptford Rivieras - Leading East London Hammond Organ Trio featuring Gary Baldwin (Hammond Organ), Phil Veacock (Saxophone from Jools Holland R&B Orchestra) and Alan Savage (Drums).
The show will be a showcase of top class musicianship from award winning Jazz musicians. Original compositions from The Drawtones/ Derek Nash new album "Down the Line" plus all the jazz greats including Jimmy Smith, George Benson, Lou Donaldson, Miles Davis, John Scofield, Jimmy McGriff, Herbie Hancock and many more...
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Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
Lance Elington Sings Broadway
Thursday 5th October - Doors Open at 7pm. Show Starts at 7:30pm
Join the nation's favourite TV singer, BBC Strictly Come Dancing's star vocalist, Lance Ellington, for his exciting new show for 2017...
The show features many new and exciting arrangements of all our favourite, classic Broadway hits - with songs from Guys and Dolls, Les Mis, South Pacific, Wicked and many more, with an all star musical line up led by George Michael’s sax soloist, international sax star, Ed Barker.
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
Oktoberfest
Saturday 7th October - Doors Open at 2pm
Wilkommen to Hastings Oktoberfest at the atmospheric St Mary in the Castle.
With live music, Oompah bands, great beer & traditional Bratwurst we aim to bring you all the fun of Munich to Hastings.
Leiderhosen encouraged!
The party finishes in time for you to watch the procession & fireworks for Hastings Bonfire to celebrate 950 years since the battle of 1066.
Early Bird Tickets £5 (Full price £8)
Tickets also available from Hastings Tourist Information Centre
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
Coriolan Overture Piano Concerto n.5 Symphony n. 5 L.van Beethoven
Friday 13th October 2017 - Doors Open at 6:30pm. Show Starts at 7pm
HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Kenneth Broberg - Piano
Marcio da Silva - Conductor
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
Hastings Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Saturday 4th November - Doors Open at 6:30pm. Show Starts at 7pm
Helen May - Soprano
Kieran White - Tenor
Jolyan Loy - Baritone
Marcio da Silva - Conductor
String Serenade E.Elgar
Two Psalms G.Holst
Cantata Misericordium B.Britten
Serenata Notturna in D W.A.Mozart
Mass in G F.Schubert
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
Daoirí Farrell
Thursday 9th November - Doors Open at 7:00pm. Show Starts at 7:30pm
‘Daoirí is one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade’ Dónal Lunny
St Mary in the Castle is delighted to welcome to its stage the award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish folk artist Daoirí Farrell for a night of sublime music.
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
Fisherman's Friends
Sunday 12 November 2017 - Doors Open at 6:45pm. Show Starts at 7:30pm
Since the release of the Fisherman’s Friends eponymous debut album on Island Records in 2010, the group have had a tremendous amount of success reaching gold status in album sales, performing at festivals all over the country, including the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury and picked up the Good Tradition Award at the BBC Folk Awards.
Tickets are available from the following vendors, click on the icon to visit the sales sites.
EXHIBITIONS
The crypt gallery at St Mary in the Castle is an exhibition space unique to the building. With its rich history as a burial for members of the Churches congregation, the crypt is brimming with atmosphere and intrigue. The alcoves make it a perfect space for group shows, or for dividing different aspects of your work, and lends itself to the installation of multi-media artworks.
The space has been used to exhibit the art of international and local artists and has been a key location for local arts festivals, including Coastal Currents and the PhotoHastings season.
St Mary in the Castle has played host to numerous high profile exhibitions, most notably a Lee Miller and Roland Penrose Surrealist Exhibition that ran alongside a performance in our auditorium of ‘The Angel and the Fiend’, a dramatic reading of the life of Lee Miller.
Running concurrently with major exhibitions at the De La Warr Pavilion, St Mary in the Castle has begun hosting exhibitions in partnership with Project Artworks.
As well as being located in the centre of Hastings, the space receives through traffic from the St Marys restaurant and attendees to the many St Mary in the Castle events.
Here at St Marys we endeavour to have an excellent visual arts program that compliments the beauty of the building and places us at the centre of the emerging arts scene here in Hastings.
