Amazing Grace is a 2018 concert film directed by Sydney Pollack and later realized by producer Alan Elliott. The film features Aretha Franklin recording her 1972 live album of the same name. The film stars Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland, C. L. Franklin, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Clara Ward, Mick Jagger, Sydney Pollack, and Charlie Watts. It begins from the moment that the concert film captures the Queen of Soul’s spellbinding entrance to Los Angeles’ New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, where…

A 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie, and co-written by Ritchie and John August. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a live action remake of Disney's 1992 animated film of the same name, which was in-turn based on the eponymous folktale from One Thousand and One Nights. It will also pay tribute to Robin Williams, who was the voice of Genie in the original 1992 animated film. The film stars Will Smith, alongside Mena Massoud in…

Music by Kreisler, Tartini, Mozart & Brahms Tickets £10 include coffee & croissant Violinist Jane Gordon and pianist Jan Rautio return with a further selection of music performed in the recital style of the turn of the 20th Century. Known as The Golden Age, some of the worlds most famous violinists such as Kreisler, Heifetz, Oistrach and Menuhin were emerging. Recording was in its infancy so these artists were mainly heard on the concert platform and radio as they toured…

A 2019 biographical musical film based on the life of musician Elton John. Directed by Dexter Fletcher and written by Lee Hall, it stars Taron Egerton as John, with Jamie Bell, Richard Madden and Bryce Dallas Howard. The film follows John's early days as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music to his musical partnership with Bernie Taupin. Rocketman premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2019, and received positive reviews from critics for Egerton's performance, the…

An evening of music and dance evoking the rich and varied colours of Spain. World renowned artists, classical guitarist Xuefei Yang & Spanish dancer Maria Vega, join their talents to celebrate this rich and broad heritage of Spanish music and dance : from flamenco to danza estilizada (classical Spanish dance), performed to the music of the greatest Spanish composers (Albeniz, Falla, Granados) on that quintessential Spanish instrument, the guitar.

A versatile guitarist specialising in classical, jazz & Latin genres. Performing in a duo with double bassist Steve Thompson. Paul runs the popular Brunswick Jazz Jam and his festival appearances include Love Supreme, Rye Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Guiting Music Festival & Tonbridge Castle Festival. He has performed in jazz clubs and venues including The Verdict, Brighton, jazz@ Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall. ‘A gem on the stage. Paul Richards beautifully updated the Laurindo Almeida nylon-string Brazilian guitar…

Celebrate 40 years of incredible, genre-defining music from The Cure by reliving their iconic 2018 gig at BST Hyde Park. Anniversary 1978-2018 was and is The Cure drawing a quite remarkable line between their past and their future. Experience the legacy-defining concert on the big screen right here at Kino-Teatr, shot in 4K by long-time collaborator Tim Pope, soundmixed at Abbey Road Studios.

Tickets are £12 available from Kino-Teatr Box Office and online through Ticketsource: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/kinoteatr/t-rgmxlj Samaki is an afrobeat project based on the sound of 1970s African musicians like Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and Oscar Sulley. Featuring a collective of Hastings musicians, Samaki bring the primal elements of relentless grooves and soaring melodies to the stage. Samaki’s musicians have recorded, toured and/or played with Van Morrison, Noel Gallagher, Ray Charles, Sade, James Brown, Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Liane Carroll, Kirk…

A glittering jewel in Rossini’s musical crown, one of the great comic operas of all time. According to Verdi it was the greatest of them all. Rossini inherited a style of comic opera full of stock situations and cardboard characters and brought it into vibrant, three-dimensional, technicolour life with this ground-breaking work. For the first time, music was not just an empty vehicle for virtuosity, but an expression of emotion and character. This new philosophy gives us a heroine –…

Tickets are £10 available from the Kino-Teatr box office and also online through Ticketsource: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/kinoteatr/t-germoq Triple Header - Three solo artists, each a headliner in their own right - A keyboard special! Mick Bolton joined Mott The Hoople in 1973 playing sell-out shows across the USA and UK. In the 80s and 90s Mick toured and recorded with Dexys Midnight Runners and with award-winning Irish singer Paul Brady. He has also worked with Linda and Paul McCartney, Latoya Jackson and…

Wendy May (1btn.FM Radio/ex-Capital Radio/presenter on C4's The Tube live music show) returns to the Kino this Summer for another great night of dancing to the best music from the 50's to 70's . Back in the late 80's, Wendy started a club night at Kentish Town's 'Town & Country Club' on Friday nights called Wendy May's Locomotion which regularly pulled in 2000 clubbers and is featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs as he was a regular and big…

Tickets £12 available from Kino-Teatr box office and online through Ticketsource: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/kinoteatr/peter-bruntnell-full-band-bj-cole-support-from-sophia-marshall/2019-07-27/19:30/t-vkyqpy Peter Bruntnell New album: King of Madrid. Nos Da Comrade - NO.7 in MOJO 2016 Americana albums of the year. If you ask the likes of Peter Buck, Scott Mccaughey, Willy Vlautin, Jay Farrar, John Murry or Kathleen Edwards they’ll all agree that Peter Bruntnell is a writer with rare and mysterious qualities. There are many influences at work on this new record from The Beatles to Big…

An afternoon of short films as part of Hastings Film Fringe. £5 entry on the door Kino-Teatr 43-49 Norman Road St Leonards, TN38 0EG