Stables Theatre Hastings

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 wor...

2022 was not just a year for celebration at The Stables Theatre and Arts Centre as it sparked back in to life after the enforced closures brought on by the pandemic, it was a year that set the scene for what is to come. In this episode Stuart Baillie talks to Stables Chair Neil Sellman, writer Ben Randall, performer and director Hugo Trebells, Bobbi Sutton who is part of the program advisory group...

If you're an aspiring playwright it's tough and expensive to get your work on stage. So to encourage new writing talent The Stables Theatre Hastings launched a new competition to uncover new works and new writers. We've seen Whiskey and Soda by Ben Randall – one of the first winners of the competition – on stage this year and in early 2023 First Bus to Ballinabeg by Sean Hume, another winner, will...

Combining the colour of Disney with the vivacity of Hollywood is one of the descriptions of Honk! It's a show that has been seen by an estimated six million people who have packed the seats of theatres across the world where around 8,000 productions of the show have been staged. Honk was the winner of the Best Musical in the 2000 Olivier Awards! With music by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Dr...

Take one gender-fluid young man, a funeral, a coffin and some colourful characters, then set it in a remote Irish village, add plenty of humour and you have the winner of the Stables new playwriting competition. A black comedy set in the far West of Ireland in around 2000, this story involves lost loves and the darker side of Ireland’s recent history, all revolving around a family member returning...

Have you ever seen a show and wondered about a character’s backstory and what drives them? In Becoming Carmen, Hastings’ new opera theatre company, Prologue Opera, present a prologue to Carmen. It's producers describe it as a new, innovative and unique piece of drama, illuminating the opera's well-known characters and propelling the audience into an abridged version of the original opera. In part...

Hugo Trebels directs Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff at The Stables Theatre from October 28th to November 5th and he plans that it will be a very special production of this iconic and Tony award-winner! History professor George and his boozy wife, Martha return late one Saturday night from a cocktail party at the home of the college president. Martha announces that she invited another couple Nick a...

It's December 1979 in Washington DC, Britain's new Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is about to make her first big speech in the US. Before she does she arranges a meeting with another British icon, John Lennon – she has an offer for him that she believes could change the course of his life. Whiskey and Soda debuts at The Stables Theatre in Hastings next week. Written by Ben Randall, directed by J...