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stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade saturdays White reversed logo when it appears on colours stade backgrounds etc.. stade saturdays Mono version saturdays May to October 2013 Stade Open Space, Hastings Free performances by the sea www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade saturdays www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays White reversed logo when it appears on colours stade backgrounds etc.. stade saturdays Mono version saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays After a successful first year, Stade Saturdays returns for another exciting and As last year, Stade Saturdays, with a few exceptions (you’ll need to check the diverse season in 2013. programme), start at 7.30pm. If it’s Saturdaystade evening, thenstade the place tostade be is the The Stade Open Space is on the seafront in the heart of Hastings Old Town, nestling Stade in Hastings: a stroll along the seafront,saturdays a game of crazysaturdays golf, a visitsaturdays to a pub or beside the award-winning Jerwood Art Gallery, the traditional beach-launched restaurant, rounded off by a free performance on the seafront. fishing fleet and our iconic ‘net shops’. What could be better? It’s Famously Hastings. The first season had something for everyone, starting with a concert by Port Isaac’s stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays Fisherman’s Friends, kicking off a programme of weekly events that included Councillor Peter Chowney the exhilarating dance of the Hofesh Shechter Company, through to the Cultural Lead Member for Regeneration Olympiad events such as the spectacular pyrotechnics of Pi-Leau, the Big Dance Hastings Borough Council. stade weekend and the superb craftsmanship and charm of the popular Boat Project by saturdays artists Lone Twin. Although the Cultural Olympiad is over, Hastings is still running with the cultural torch as the Stade Saturdays 2013 season shows. White reversed logo when it appears on colours This year, there is again something for everyone and anyone, with that typically stade backgrounds etc.. stade Hastings mix of the cutting edge and the traditional providing a platform for the saturdays Mono version saturdays best in music, dance and performance from home and abroad. The Saturday after the annual Jack-in-the-Green Festival, the season launches in Large print versions of this programme are carnival style with our own Expedient Brass Band arriving at The Stade open space by rail. available on request. Call 01424 451111 The following week, last year’s international flavour is continued with a concert by the fabulous Tekameli from the French / Spanish borders playing a beguiling mix of *The HALF project is a programme whereby selected young musicians have an opportunity Catalan spiritual and gypsy music. to open a Stade Saturdays performance starting at 7 pm. Refer to local press and the Stade Saturdays website at the time for further details. In July we host the internationally-acclaimed Tiger Lillies, while in September the Overall artistic direction and season production for Stade Saturdays is by Parrabbola and amazing No Fit State Circus will come to town. Hastings Borough Council. Stade Saturdays is supported financially by Hastings Borough Traditional Hastings meets contemporary dance with the morris-inspired company Council and Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts scheme. Morris Offspring who will perform their piece ‘The Furnace’, while local performers Printed on paper from sustainable sources, April 2013. Images by Bob Mazzer, Justin Lycett and Gigspanner, Nunah Theatre Company and Now and Then will also be taking to the promoters or credited otherwise. stage. The Hastings Shanty Festival returns and we are hosting the best of local For further details about Stade Saturdays check Stade Saturdays on young professionals in our HALF support programme and through the Dromos www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays or ring 01424 451111 Festival, which we welcome for the first time. Cover picture: No Fit State Circus - see p20. “Stade Saturdays” take place at Stade Open Space, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3FJ. 2 3 stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade saturdays White reversed logo when it appears on colours www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays stade backgrounds etc.. stade saturdays Mono version saturdays in their repertoire, ranging from the jacK IN THE GREEN THE EXPEDIENT Brass TEKAMELI plaintive and haunting “cantiques” BAND to the glorious flamenco-influenced Tekameli bring you the heat and up-tempo songs in the style made romance of the Mediterranean, playing As one of the final Stade Saturdays internationally famous by the Gypsy passionate Catalan music from the 2012 saw the Expedient Brass Band Kings. southern foot of the Pyrenees. playing deep into the dark October Uplifting, irresistible and unmissable. night, it is only fitting that Hastings’ Tekameli means “I love you” in Calo, the ancient language of the “gitans” or oldest trad jazzmen should kick off Saturday 18 May 7.30pm the 2013 season. gypsies of Spain, and this is reflected The Expedient Brass Band has been playing trad jazz in the style of the New Orleans parade bands throughout the South East for over fifty years. Look out for their arrival Starting at 12 noon on Saturday 4th on the “Chattanooga Choo Choo” May, the famous Hastings ‘Jack In The aka our very own Hastings Miniature Green’ gets underway, with dancing on Railway! Winkle Island, adjacent to the Stade As fresh and hot as they were when Open Space and throughout Hastings they formed in 1958, these are the Old Town. original “distant horns of summer”. For further details check the Hastings Borough Council website or ring 01424 451111. Saturday 4 May - Monday 6 May inclusive Saturday 11 May 7.30pm 4 55 stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade saturdays White reversed logo when it appears on colours www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays stade backgrounds etc.. stade saturdays Mono version saturdays the sublime, creating a transcendental, BODY CIRCUS spellbinding visual experience with her saturday SUNDAY live on stage body painting. Her passion A circus with a difference, the Body and dedication to her field can be seen 12 noon Street Dance 12 noon Street Dance & Circus celebrates the art of painting in every brushstroke. 1pm Shimmy Café Workshops the body with performances, music, (Belly Dance) 1.30pm Hastings Kick Boxing & costume displays, workshops and Brighton based Kitten and the Hip will 2pm Nana Tsiboe Workshops a family friendly cornucopia of the perform their brew of dance music 3pm King Size Slim 3pm Circus Artistry & beautiful and original. Body Circus and big band jazz from the Swing Era. 4pm Otti Albietz Workshops Jazzy female vocals and sax solos will showcase a culturally diverse mix 5pm Dende Drumming abound conjuring up wild imagery of of music shows, dance performances Workshop The Body Circus takes place in and Zoot suited dancers. and captivating fine art body 6pm The Rhythm Section around Hastings from Friday May 24th painting including workshops and A day of live performances from local 7pm The Ecstatic Republic of to Sunday May 26th. live performances for capoeira, street artists Nana Tsiboe, Otti Albietz, The Conga For full programme and further dance, circus artistry, as well as martial Ecstatic Republic of Conga, Dende 8pm Kitten and The Hip information visit arts displays and fire performances Drumming Workshop, The Rhythm Victoria Gugenhiem www.thebodycircus.co.uk from local artists and beyond. Section and This Time Around. Body Circus is party of Hastings Afrika 12 noon – 6pm Fine Art Body World award winning body painter painting exhibition live on stage. Victoria Gugenhiem comes as the Day. queen of the Body Circus. With her fine art body painting expertise, she Saturday 25 May 12 noon - 9pm transforms people from the ordinary to Sunday 26 May 12 noon - 4pm 6 7 stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade saturdays White reversed logo when it appears on colours www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays stade backgrounds etc.. stade saturdays Mono version saturdays “An excited audience REach for tomorrow witnessed a revolution in morris dance” fRoots ‘Frill-free folk music, superbly and tastefully performed’ **** Sunday Times THE furnace Brodie Jerri Leigh Morris Offspring & Faustus Surging with hot, raw energy, the unstoppable machinery of Morris Offspring, driven by the mighty sound of folk powerhouse Faustus, creates a rare Future Talent is a Hastings based jewel! organisation run by young people for This spirited 14-piece dance company young people that showcases up and collides head on with the earthy coming local young artists performing sound of Benji Kirkpatrick, Paul Sartin across the broad spectrum of musical (Bellowhead) and Saul Rose (WarHorse), genres from folk to rap, from jazz to capturing the dual Morris Dancing traits classical. Future Talent is a springboard of power and grace. The Furnace is all for the Hastings stars of the future at once joyful, arty, ballsy, dark, and and Reach for Tomorrow will be an elegant. unmissable evening of the best of Expect rich vocal harmony, cracking “unplugged” young musicians from the tunes, speed, sticks and bounce! This is Hastings area. an explosive mix - thoroughly captivating and downright celebratory! Pic: Sue Swift Saturday 8 June 7.30pm Sat 1 June 7.30pm 8 9 stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade stade stade saturdays saturdays saturdays stade saturdays White reversed logo when it appears on colours stade backgrounds etc.