Sapphire is a football playing, voxpopping, observational, high energy comedian. Born and raised in Leeds. She's been curating her own style of comedy for the past decade and mixes comedy with a slice of realism in everything she does, using comedy as a way of talking to people about challenging social issues. She was a finalist in the Leicester Comedy Festival 'Comedian of the Year' Awards in 20...

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

The screening on Sunday 7 June will include a Q&A with the film's directors, hosted by Kate Meakin from Energise Sussex Coast . 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-powere...

In September 2025 we said goodbye to an icon of Italian and Hollywood cinema, Claudia Cardinale. Known in the 1960s as "the most beautiful woman in the world", Cardinale enchanted audiences in classics such as 8 1/2 and ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Many auteurs gave her significant roles – Alberto Cavalcanti gave her a part in his 1959 romantic comedy Venetian Honeymoon with Vittorio De Sica and...

BAFTA and Grierson award-winning filmmaker Gerald Fox celebrates the centenary of the 'dream film' in cinema and its years of flowering during the silent film period in this kaleidoscopic, stylised documentary. KINAESTHESIA explores the world of dreams in silent cinema, putting the audience at the centre of the journey. This unique film tells the story of the birth of cinema and its experimental ...

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...

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...

Wolfgang Presents a relaxed special preview screening of LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS. Set in a gaylaxy far, far away, Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s debut is an animated sapphic sci-fi romp for adults and a colourful quest for queer self-love. A 23-year-old with extreme self-esteem issues, Princess Saira (Shabana Azeez) has been dumped by her daredevil girlfriend Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel) for bei...

BAFTA and Grierson award-winning filmmaker Gerald Fox celebrates the centenary of the 'dream film' in cinema and its years of flowering during the silent film period in this kaleidoscopic, stylised documentary. We are delighted to screen this new feature documentary plus extra silent film treat Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra. KINAESTHESIA explores the world of dreams in Silent Cinema,...

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...

In 2026, one of cinema’s greatest achievements reaches a remarkable milestone: the 100th anniversary of Buster Keaton’s The General (1926). Widely regarded as one of the finest silent films ever made, The General remains a perennial audience favourite — blending breathtaking action, technical innovation, and Keaton’s timeless comic genius. Ticket price includes rare screening with live piano acco...

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...

In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours. Winner: Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance. “Incredibly energising...Bustos Sierra...

A luminous and emotionally rich feature in which nine-year-old Rico – uprooted from Haiti to Canada in the 1970s – navigates a strange new world with the help of Kana, an imaginary friend from Haitian mythology. Following the screening, Hastings-based facilitator Tola Dabiri (Electric Piers) will lead a post-film talkback, creating a welcoming space to explore the film's themes of displacement, m...

GROWING PAINS: A series of films directed and produced by local documentary makers Chloe White, Esther Springett and Jodie Taylor, exploring growth and coming-of-age. A rollerskater on the cusp of adulthood, a 10 year-old born the year of the Fukushima earthquake in Japan, two sisters reflect on caring for their neurodivergent brother, an eclectic group of teenagers go to prom, and a mother addre...

A special screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street plus a panel event. We are thrilled to welcome cast members who appear in the film to take questions from our in-person panel hosted by Hastings Refugee Buddy Project and Safe Havens as part of this year's Refugee Week. There will be a fundraising collection for The Refugee Buddy Project at the screening, and you can also donate by clicking here ....

When Iowa farmer Ray (Kevin Costner) hears a mysterious voice one night in his cornfield saying "If you build it, he will come," he feels the need to act. Despite taunts of lunacy, Ray builds a baseball diamond on his land, supported by his wife, Annie (Amy Madigan). Afterward, the ghosts of great players start emerging from the crops to play ball, led by "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. But, as Ray lear...

Electric Palace screens this ocean-themed double-bill focusing on the sea and how important it is to ensure our planet's survival. We are pleased to be able to offer this screeing for FREE courtesy of Hastings Voluntary Action and the filmmakers. If you would like to make a donation to support the Electric Palace's new Green Screen strand please add to your basket or make in person at the screenin...

Set in a gaylaxy far, far away, Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s debut is an animated Sapphic sci-fi romp for adults and a colourful quest for queer self-love. A 23-year-old with extreme self-esteem issues, Princess Saira (Shabana Azeez) has just been dumped by her daredevil girlfriend Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel) for being too needy. Oh no! Her sulking takes a turn when Kiki calls with a cry for...

This screening 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 comfort of the Electric Palace. Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with St Leonards' knitting and wool shop Flock. Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to crea...