Be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true. This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family.

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa ( Doctor Who; Sex Education ) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster ( Life of Pi ) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness. Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, Swan Lake on the big screen will be an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.

The greatest love story ever told – through ballet. An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona. In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get caught in the crossfire.

Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. 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, director Justin Martin, and composer Self Esteem, reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.

Retreat - with Leela - live sonic meditation music. 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.

Jazz Morning Paul Gunn Trio for Cello, Piano and Cuban Percussion Music and songs for cello soloist and piano with baroque and Cuban influences, introducing their new album release 'Crystal Morning'. 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 '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.

Roger Carey and friends. The big 70! Join bassist/singer Roger ( Steeleye Span, Liane Carroll) and some wonderful guests at this celebration of his 70th birthday, and over 50 years of playing. A night full of of music, memories, mirth, and merriment.

Shunta Morimoto (piano) Black Tie Event Shunta Morimoto is the winner of the Sixteenth Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, where he gave a thrilling performance of Schumanns Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.54 accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 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. He currently studies with Maestro William Grant Nabor 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.' J.S. Bach: French Overture BWV 831 Chopin : Fantasie Op. 49 Impromptu No.3 Op. 51 Barcarolle Op. 60

Hastings Chamber Music Festival Hermes Experiment: TREE 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 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 ensembles 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. The Hermes Experiment Tomos Xerri (harp) Oliver Pashley (clarinet) Marianne Schofield (double bass) Hlose 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 UKs 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 Hlose 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

Hastings Chamber Music Festival Rautio Piano Trio & Narrator Oliver Beamish 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 This concert pairs two powerful works exploring human experience through contrasting music. Sally Beamishs Seafarer, inspired by Beowulf, blends narrator and piano trio to evoke the heros journey and inner struggles at sea. The programme also features Beethovens inventive Kakadu Variations for piano trio and Bachs monumental Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, transcribed by Jan Rautio, offering deep reflections on musical form and expression. 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 todays 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. 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 Nights Dream, Henry IV Part 1, and Camelot at Regents 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. 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&Aan exclusive chance to connect with one of todays most distinctive voices. 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 Queens birthday honours. 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.

Eternal Triangle 'Contemporary Global Jazz' Trevor Watts- Saxophones/ Composer Veryan Weston- Nord Electric Keyboard Jamie Harris- Congas/ Percussion 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. 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. 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. 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.' 'Every concert is a journey, an emotion to be experienced with the audience' Giancarlo Spezia, MusicaJazz Italy

Coffee Concert: Jane Gordon (violin), Jan Rautio (piano) Arvo Prt Fratres Lili Boulanger Nocturne Beethoven Sonata no.10 in G Op.96 This coffee concert weaves together the timeless purity of Arvo Prts Fratres, the luminous delicacy of Lili Boulangers Nocturne, and the lyrical elegance of Beethovens final violin sonata. A programme that moves between meditation, fleeting beauty, and classical grace. 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 UKs 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. 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 Pauls 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.

'Old soul-meets-saint, Dukes 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 worlds biggest rock stars would gather, Dukes cross-continental travels extend from Thailands bar scene, the mean streets of Paris, Hackneys 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 Hommes Pink Duck studio in Los Angeles' Heavenly Recordings

Afrit Nebula presents Sleepwalk: The Dream of Lady Macbeth From the makers of last years acclaimed The Spirit in the Dust a new performance featuring dance artist Yanalle Ritter as Lady Macbeth, with music from the trio Afrit Nebula and lighting/moving images by film-maker Mark French. Based on an original concept and musical composition by Elaine Edwards, the piece re-imagines the sleepwalk scene in Shakespeares Macbeth in the context of the horrors of the present day: wars, famine, climate emergency. It references and evokes many other aspects of Shakespeares tragedy, not least the return of Birnam Wood at the end in this case Nature's response to humanity's ravages. Sleepwalk lasts approximately 60 minutes. Yanalle 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. 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 Katzs lively drumming form a bedrock on which the sinuous lines of Elaine Edwards soprano sax flourish, with Dervish-like circular excursions. 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.

Sarah Jane Morris & Friends: The Acoustic Sisterhood Sarah Jane Morris (voice) Tony Remy (acoustic guitar) Marcus Bonfanti (acoustic guitar & voice) Henry Thomas (bass & voice) About the Sisterhood. 'The Sisterhood' is a labour of love - a hard won new triumph in an already prolific life at the cutting edge of music-making. Sarah Jane has stepped up to another creative level to create a richly referential, highly complex and strikingly original collection, clarifying the story of women in popular song. "It's the best project I've ever been part of" says Sarah Jane with the passionate felicity of the true artist to the latest incarnation of her creativity. She describes her conviction simply: "It's the passing of the torch from sister to sister".

Another Sunday morning full of jazz with Mike Hatchard and his special guests.