Hastings Storytelling Festival 2025

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Louise Coigley: Lis’n Tell – Live Inclusive Storytelling

1:30pm – 3:30pm
Hastings Library, 13 Claremont, TN34 1HE

FREE
No booking required (Limited space – please arrive early)

Karen Arthur: Grandma’s Locs

11am
Hastings Library, 13 Claremont, TN34 1HE

FREE
No booking required (Limited space – please arrive early)

Tricia Durdey: Upside Down in a Hoop

7:30pm
Stade Hall, Rock-A-Nore Road, TN34 3FJ

Entry: £5
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Bev Lee Harling: ‘Hey Good Looking’

7pm
White Rock Studio, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, TN34 1JX

Entry: £12 ​(+booking fee)
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Dens and Signals: Myth Monster

4:30pm
Sandown School, The Ridge, TN34 2AA

FREE
No booking required (Limited space – please arrive early)


hotpencil press: ‘Letter to My Little Trans Self’

7pm
The Printworks, 14 Claremont, TN34 1HA

Entry: £5 or £3 ​(pay-what-you-can)
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Theresa Lola

7pm
Mama Putts, 23 Kings Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6DU

Entry: £5 ​(+£10 optional tasting menu)
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Sujata Banerjee Dance Company: Indra – Dhanush Evening

7pm
Sacred Heart School, Old London Road, TN35 5NA

Entry: Adults – £5 | Children – FREE ​(Indian snacks included)
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Impossible Arts: Codex

4-8pm
Hastings Town Centre, Harold Place, TN34 1JA​​

FREE
No booking required

Donna Fox: Carnival Arts Workshop (Drop-in Workshop)

10am – 1pm
Isabel Blackman Centre, Hastings, TN34 3AT

FREE
No booking required (Limited space – please arrive early)


Axel Scheffler: Storytelling and book signing

2pm – doors open at 1:30pm
White Rock Studio, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, TN34 1JX

Entry: Adults (17+) – £10 (comes with one free child ticket for children aged 0-10, on request)
Children (11-16) – £5 (and/or additional children aged 0-10)

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[EVENT CANCELLED]
Swing & Chips with Oily Ollie & The Fat Fryers

Children’s Day & Carnival
Parade theme is ‘Toybox’ – dress up as your favourite toys or simply bring them in the parade!

12-4pm
The Stade, Rock-A-Nore Road, TN34 3DW

FREE
No booking required