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After scoring a hit with Dig, the first in a trilogy of plays, Chris New is preparing to launch Dog Song at The Stables in early May. Here he talks about the pleasing reaction he got to Dig and how the process of writing Dog Song has been an altogether different experience.To hear more from Chris click this link Stables-theatre-hastings – The-life-and-times-of-chris-new Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
For people of a certain age 'the old bathing pool site' is where memories were made. Here we take a look at the history of the site... we'll leave the council's plans and ideas for its future until another time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Love it or hate it Marine Court defines St Leonards seafront. Designed to resemble the Queen Mary ocean going liner it cost £500,000 to build back in the late 1930s. In this podcast we talk about its design, what went in to building it and what's happened to it since. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris New sees himself as just a jobbing actor but once you've listened to this interview we're sure you'll agree he is much more than that. His first love is theatre because he relishes the link that gives him to his audience, he became an actor because one of his teachers told him he couldn't, his career has been "an act of contrary revenge" he says.He's coming to The Stables in 2023 to run workshops for actors – he loves to teach. Then beyond that he'll be staging three plays he's in the proc...
Stu Allen's Dominator did just that, he dominated the UK wrestling scene for a quarter of a century. In 2019 he decided to call it a day and retire as a competitor, his body had taken a battering over the years and he tells us he knew when the time had come to stop.We recorded The Dominator's retirement day in a video which you can see on YouTube, https://youtu.be/mx_CX2fkARE and now we're publishing the audio as a separate podcast.Title photograph by Tony Ham Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
With weddings on the banned list and funerals scaled right back Hastings based celebrants Kate Dyer and Kate Tym faced an uncertain future when Covid struck last year. But they used the sudden spare time they had wisely and are emerging from the crisis revved up and raring to go!https://www.kateandkatecelebrants.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How would you cope if all your memories were erased overnight? That's what Lotti Conway had to deal with and is still dealing with. She suffered a massive seizure in April 2020 that left her in hospital, scared and alone as she couldn't remember where she was or why she was there. Doctors diagnosed autoimmune encephalitis and the journey along the road to recovery began. Here Lotti, her boyfriend Arron and mum Kate describe how they have coped with Lotti's memory loss and with coming to terms wi...
Kickboxing has been part of Carl Denne's life for three decades and his new gym is the fulfilment of a 30-year dream. Here he talks about the past, the present and his undiminished enthusiasm and ambition for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In conversation with Jane Midwinter who is the founder of HotWomenAtMenopause, an associate trainer with Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace and is a menopause coach. She writes articles on menopause for women and their employers.Jane’s monthly column, specially written for Hastings in Focus, offers accurate information and support for women and a better understanding of menopause for all.Read more herehttps://www.hastingsinfocus.co.uk/2020/10/17/menopause-the-burning-issue/https://www.hasting...
