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Andrew Kotting: Short Films + Intro + Q&A

Fri 22 May

Electric Palace is delighted to present our Andrew Kötting Weekend, a celebration of films by the internationally recognised filmmaker and artist. We will kick-start the weekend festival with a selection of award-winning short films followed by a director's Q and A, hosted by writer, Nicholas Johnson: SMART ALEK – 1993 – 20 minutes Andrew Kötting (Gallivant, Swandown) Sean Lock (pre Comedy Geniu...

Andrew Kotting: Short Films + Intro + Q&A

The Memory Blocks + Cast and Crew Q&A

Sat 23 May

Andrew Kötting’s complex docu-essay about his daughter Eden, who has Joubert syndrome, steps outside conventional filmmaking grammar. The Memory Blocks takes the viewer on a wild visual journey, using a neurodivergent perspective that reveals how memories shift and transform, challenging our understanding of how we recall and process past experiences. This gala screening celebrates the Hasti...

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo + Intro

Sun 24 May

The updated 2026 encore edition of the 2020 film includes special content related to the major "Frida: The Making of an Icon" exhibition, which runs at Tate Modern from June 25, 2026, to January 3, 2027. The 7.30pm screening on 21 May only includes an introduction by Hastings Contemporary. This highly engaging film takes us on a journey through the life of one of the most celebrated women in th...

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo + Intro

Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A

Sun 24 May

When British filmmaker Andrew Kötting decided to tour the perimeter of Great Britain with his grandmother 'Big Granny' Gladys and his daughter Eden, he brought a film crew along. The result is this humorous and picturesque documentary. Starting at Bexhill-on-Sea and with an intermission at John O’Groats for a natter and drinks. En route they get to meet Keith Leech, Andy Hemsley and other Jack-...

Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A

I've Seen All I Need to See

Sun 24 May

Two sisters are separated by the expanse of death. Parker, an actor in Los Angeles, returns to her hometown in search of answers after the sudden and violent loss of her estranged sister, Indiana. As Parker revisits familiar yet forgotten ground, she must escape the immense gravity of Indiana’s passing without surrendering to its encroaching darkness. Told through a non-linear and haunting len...

Crossroads: Big Stories for Little Ones

Wed 27 May

Get ready for an unforgettable adventure this May half term! Come along for a joyful cinema experience with a vibrant collection of seven Caribbean short films, chosen with young audiences in mind. With a mix of playful animation and feel-good storytelling, there’s something to capture everyone's imagination. Suitable for ages 5-10. One ticket gives you access to all seven shorts in a single sc...

The Love That Remains

Thu 28 May

Icelandic filmmaker Hylnur Palmason captures a year in the life of a family as two parents navigate their separation. With its dreamy piano score, fantasy visions and quirky sequences alongside dead-serious scenes of emotional pain, its intriguing yet unsettling comic tone marks it out from other divorce stories. Anna (Garðarsdóttir) is a sculptor and visual artist whose focus is decomposition a...

Nuts in May 50th Anniversary Screening

Fri 29 May

The 29th May at 3pm showing is a Knitflix Cinema presentation , inviting crafters and knitters to enjoy a relaxed 'lights-up' screening of the latest new releases and fashion based films in the cosy comfort of the Electric Palace this winter. Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with Flock knitting and wool shop based in St Leonards. Director Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays an...

The Miles Davis Story + Q&A

Fri 29 May

To celebrate what would have been Miles Davis' 100th birthday week we present the ultimate documentary about the man, with introduction and Q and A with director Mike Dibb. Fellow musicians, friends, lovers and family all agree that Miles Davis could be an objectionable old goat. Virtually all the contributors to this expansive documentary have a shocking anecdote to tell; Miles stealing their ...

NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Sat 30 May

Directed for the National Theatre by Caitríona McLaughlin, Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Considered a centerpiece of the Irish Literary Revival, but initially met with riots and protests in Dublin in 1907 when it first premiered, this tragi-comed...

NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Tracing Transcendental Tone

Sun 31 May

Buddhist Sunday Mornings are curated and hosted by Chris McKenna, local buddhist practitioner. He also programmes our annual Electric Buddhist Film Festival, the second-largest Buddhist Film Festival in the UK. Before each screening Chris leads a short meditation and introduction to the film. Tracing Transcendental Tone is a multiple award-winning feature documentary that follows a pilgrimage t...

Young Soul Rebels

Sun 31 May

Youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set in London in 1977, days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The hedonistic world of pirate DJs Chris and Caz is shattered when a close friend is killed while cruising in the local park. The black community suspect the National Front, but the police pull Chris in as a suspect. This beautifully crafted...

Revenge Of The Zombies

Sun 31 May

Part of the B-Movie Fan Club . Join us on the last Sunday night of every month for an enjoyable romp into low-budget, horror and sci-fi. All tickets £7.50 and include free space candy. The night is hosted by Robin Knowles, who has been been running the club for over 12 years. Come and join the schlocky fun! Scott Warrington (Mauritz Hugo) returns to his childhood home in Louisiana after learnin...

Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer + Intro

Tue 2 Jun

Screening as part of our First Tuesdays strand, when we screen a select rockumentary, keep the bar open and the drinks flowing. For each event we will collaborate with a local business, musician or artist. This months's screening is i n association with 'See Ya There Promotions'. "DI'ANNO - IRON MAIDEN'S LOST SINGER is a strikingly raw and intimate film in which director Wes Orshoski captures the...

Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer + Intro

Power Station (with subtitles)

Thu 4 Jun

Back by popular demand we bring you Power Station for an encore screening to launch our Green Screen season of films for World Environment Day. Power Station shows how two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution. Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn the...

Crossroads: Queen of Soca

Thu 4 Jun

Olivia, a singer from the slums of Trinidad, uses her talent to escape an impoverished life despite her religious mother’s determination to stop her from getting involved in soca music. As a track she records goes viral, Olivia is invited to participate in “The Greatest Show on Earth” (the biggest soca competition in the country). Will she be able to rise to the occasion and take the title from th...

Song of the Sea + Workshop

Fri 5 Jun

For World Environment Day 2026 we bring you the beautiful celtic animation 'Song of the Sea'. Ben, a young Irish boy and his little sister, Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world. Family Fridays with Green Screen for World Environment Day. Green Screen is the Electric Palace's newest screening strand, showing films with an enviro...

Hastings Comedy Festival: Freya McGhee (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Freya is using science to try and make her life more successful. Although she only got a 2:2 from the University of Brighton, so perhaps she shouldn’t back herself on that ability. With over 50K followers online and millions of views, her science jokes are quickly becoming a cult favourite. TICKETED EXTERNALLY

Hastings Comedy Festival: Freya McGhee (Work in Progress)

Hastings Comedy Festival: Krystal Evans: I'm Gonna Die in a Ditch (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Join Krystal as she fingerblasts you into her life and finds out in real time which of her anecdotes are funny and/or interesting. Some of it might be about sex. Some of it might be about divorce. Or why Americans involuntarily get really into the American flag around age 50. And why she might possibly never be let back into her own country. Age restriction 18+ TICKETED EXTERNALLY

Hastings Comedy Festival: Krystal Evans: I'm Gonna Die in a Ditch (Work in Progress)

Hastings Comedy Festival: Jaz Mattu

Fri 5 Jun

"In my comedy career, work life, and actual life, people have tried to fight me. Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience is a show about all those moments and how I deal with conflict, wrapped in one absurd, multimedia stand-up experience. Please don’t try to fight me during the show." Jaz Mattu “Truly unique.” (ENTERTAINMENT NOW ★★★★) “Ambitious and innovative.” (FEST) “Mattu has a great deal of creat...

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Andrew Kotting: Short Films + Intro + Q&A

Fri 22 May

The Memory Blocks + Cast and Crew Q&A

Sat 23 May

Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A

Sun 24 May

The Miles Davis Story + Q&A

Fri 29 May

Hastings Comedy Festival: Freya McGhee (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Krystal Evans: I'm Gonna Die in a Ditch (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Jaz Mattu

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Aalex Mendel-Dallal - Where was I?

Sat 6 Jun

Moving at the speed of an overthinking mind, Aalex (????“a charming humility that brings the audience together in laughter” - The Student) blends razor-sharp observation with playful absurdity, turning self-exploration into shared relief. This WIP isn’t a guide to fixing your life; it’s a celebration of trying very hard, knowing better, and doing it regardless. 2026 Chortle Hotshot finalist. 2026...

Hastings Comedy Festival: Aalex Mendel-Dallal - Where was I?

Hastings Comedy Festival: Jodie Mitchell (Work in Progress)

Sat 6 Jun

Award-winning Drag King, comedian, writer and podcaster Jodie Mitchell co-founded the queer women, trans, and non‑binary comedy collective The LOL Word, and writes and performs as their macho Glaswegian alter‑ego John Travulva with Pecs Drag Kings—winning an Off‑Broadway Award in 2020. They have appeared on Comedy Central Live and Channel 4’s Jokes Only A Lesbian Can Tell, and served as a writer o...

Hastings Comedy Festival: Jodie Mitchell (Work in Progress)

Hastings Comedy Festival: The Late Show with Gary Jennison

Sat 6 Jun

Using his sharp wit, Gary Jennison shares his views on a number of trending news, views and mid life with a talk show style and variety comedy show Expect invites to be guests and engage in candid conversations and who knows, even a late night dance off! It's the Hastings comedy festivals cult one man show where Gary is all the guests. Age Restrictions: 18+ TICKETED EXTERNALLY

Hastings Comedy Festival: The Late Show with Gary Jennison

I've Seen All I Need to See

Sun 24 May

Nuts in May 50th Anniversary Screening

Fri 29 May

Tracing Transcendental Tone

Sun 31 May

Revenge Of The Zombies

Sun 31 May

Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer + Intro

Tue 2 Jun

Power Station (with subtitles)

Thu 4 Jun

Power Station + Director's Q&A

Sun 7 Jun

Back by popular demand we bring you Power Station for an encore screening to launch our Green Screen film season of films for World Environment Day. Power Station shows how two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution. Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn ...

Lizzie + Intro

Thu 11 Jun

As an unmarried woman of 32, and a social outcast, Lizzie Borden (Chloë Sevigny) lives a claustrophobic life under her father’s cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan (Kristen Stewart), a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a chance intimacy that blossoms into a wicked plan, and a dark, unsettling end. LIZZIE is a compelling psych...

The Thing 4K Restoration + Intro

Fri 12 Jun

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) is back on the big screen in a brand-new 4K restoration, and it’s arguably both a Christmas movie (there’s snow, cabin fever, and plenty of knitwear), AND an environmental film. Set in an isolated Antarctic research station, it’s a chilling parable about...

A Life on the Farm

Sun 14 Jun

Farmer, Filmmaker, Maverick. Meet Charles Carson, the star of the latest Strange Frames screening: A Life on the Farm. Welcome to the strange and singular world of Charles Carson — also known as Somerset. Back in the 1990s, Carson, a sheep farmer, began creating a meticulous and wildly imaginative series of VHS tapes and photographic artworks. Made for friends and neighbours (and often simply for...

Andrew Kotting: Short Films + Intro + Q&A

Fri 22 May

The Memory Blocks + Cast and Crew Q&A

Sat 23 May

Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A

Sun 24 May

Crossroads: Big Stories for Little Ones

Wed 27 May

Young Soul Rebels

Sun 31 May

Crossroads: Queen of Soca

Thu 4 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Freya McGhee (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Krystal Evans: I'm Gonna Die in a Ditch (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Jaz Mattu

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Aalex Mendel-Dallal - Where was I?

Sat 6 Jun

Song of the Sea + Workshop

Fri 5 Jun

Song of the Sea

Sun 14 Jun

We bring you the beautiful celtic animation 'Song of the Sea'. Ben, a young Irish boy and his little sister, Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world. Green Screen is the Electric Palace's newest screening strand, showing films with an environmental theme followed by discussion and inspiration for direct, hopeful action against cli...

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Andrew Kotting: Short Films + Intro + Q&A

Fri 22 May

The Memory Blocks + Cast and Crew Q&A

Sat 23 May

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo + Intro

Sun 24 May

Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A

Sun 24 May

I've Seen All I Need to See

Sun 24 May

Crossroads: Big Stories for Little Ones

Wed 27 May

The Love That Remains

Thu 28 May

Nuts in May 50th Anniversary Screening

Fri 29 May

The Miles Davis Story + Q&A

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NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Sat 30 May

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Sun 31 May

Young Soul Rebels

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Sun 31 May

Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer + Intro

Tue 2 Jun

Power Station (with subtitles)

Thu 4 Jun

Crossroads: Queen of Soca

Thu 4 Jun

Song of the Sea + Workshop

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Freya McGhee (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Krystal Evans: I'm Gonna Die in a Ditch (Work in Progress)

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Hastings Comedy Festival: Jaz Mattu

Fri 5 Jun

Andrew Kotting: Short Films + Intro + Q&A

Fri 22 May

The Memory Blocks + Cast and Crew Q&A

Sat 23 May

Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A

Sun 24 May

The Miles Davis Story + Q&A

Fri 29 May

Hastings Comedy Festival: Freya McGhee (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Krystal Evans: I'm Gonna Die in a Ditch (Work in Progress)

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Jaz Mattu

Fri 5 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Aalex Mendel-Dallal - Where was I?

Sat 6 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: Jodie Mitchell (Work in Progress)

Sat 6 Jun

Hastings Comedy Festival: The Late Show with Gary Jennison

Sat 6 Jun

I've Seen All I Need to See

Sun 24 May

Nuts in May 50th Anniversary Screening

Fri 29 May

Tracing Transcendental Tone

Sun 31 May

Revenge Of The Zombies

Sun 31 May

Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer + Intro

Tue 2 Jun

Power Station (with subtitles)

Thu 4 Jun

Power Station + Director's Q&A

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Lizzie + Intro