A Christmas Carol
Dec
7
to 8 Dec

A Christmas Carol

Get into the Christmas spirit with The Duke’s Theatre Company's first indoor season; a nail-biting retelling of perhaps the most famous ghost story of all time, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

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New Road Artists Open Studios
Sept
20
to 21 Sept

New Road Artists Open Studios

This is an excellent opportunity to talk first-hand to the artists and to view their work in the environment in which it was created, with the added bonus of being able to buy directly from the artist.

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New Road Artists - Autumn Show
Sept
1
to 24 Sept

New Road Artists - Autumn Show

From printmaking and sculpture to painting, photography, and textiles, our autumn show is an exciting exhibition of fine art and crafts from over twenty resident studio holders at Rye's very own hub of creativity, Rye Creative Centre. The exhbition is curated by the wonderful Dr. Julian Day, Gallery Director at Rye Art Gallery.

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Jun
5

Twelfth Night - Dress Rehearsal

Twelfth night - dress rehearsal - dukes theatre - rye creative centre

Join The Duke's Theatre Company's dress rehearsal of Twelfth Night.

Whether you’re an audience member in 2023 or back in 1602, you could be forgiven for thinking that Twelfth Night was going to be the darkest of tragedies: what could be more nightmarish than to lose your twin sibling in a furious storm at sea and to think they'd died?

In fact, a romantic comedy unfolds with a madcap farce at its heart. The broadest of broad humour (poor Malvolio tricked into absurdity) mixes with moments of unbearable pathos (listen out for Sir Anthony Aguecheek's wistful "I was adored once too".).

We don't want to give any more away, even though we're so excited to be presenting our new production of Twelfth Night that we want to tell you everything. We won't though: suffice to say it all works out in the end, in a way that only Shakespeare would carry off.

What can you expect from a Duke's Theatre Company performance? The full text in all its glory; innovative production design to support the unparalleled energy of our wonderful cast; original music so that Shakespeare's songs are heard in a whole new way - and all we ask is that you come prepared for a wonderful time.

Twelfth Night was first performed in 1602. Four hundred and twenty-one years on, we're proud and privileged to bring this extraordinary play to you.

Tickets are available here: https://www.thedukestheatrecompany.co.uk/event-details/rye-rye-creative-centre-7-30pm

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Reflections on Time
Apr
7
to 9 Apr

Reflections on Time

This art exhibition by ten local artists demonstrates both the beauty and fragility of our environment and the contrast between natural changes and those caused by man

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Christmas Makers Fair
Nov
26
to 27 Nov

Christmas Makers Fair

Join us on 26 and 27 November, between 10am and 4pm, for our fabulously festive Christmas Fair.

Free entry to the fair; or just £4.50 pp to visit the Frost Fairy and Santa’s Grotto.

Free parking on site.

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An Evening at Court
Nov
12

An Evening at Court

Doors: 5:30pm

Performance time: 6pm - 7pm

FREE PARKING

One of Operawire’s top 10 Rising Stars, mezzo soprano Claire Barnett-Jones will be accompanied by Sholto Kynoch founder of the Oxford Lieder Festival.

Tickets include a glass of prosecco and a chance to meet the artists after the performance.

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Open Studios
Sept
16
to 17 Sept

Open Studios

Opening Times:-

Friday 16th: 5pm-9pm

Saturday 17th: 10am-5pm

Join us for our annual Open Studios event. Open Studios offers the chance to walk through the centre and visit many of our artists in their spaces, to view and discuss their work.

Free parking on-site.

The on-site café is open all day, serving hot and cold drinks, a light lunchtime menu and sweet treats

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Studio Summer Show VARIATIONS
Aug
27
to 25 Sept

Studio Summer Show VARIATIONS

SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST - SUNDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER

Our Summer Studio Exhibition Variations will run from the 26th August to the 25th September.

Our second group exhibition in the recently refurbished Old Gym will be curated by two of our Studio Holders Paula MacArthur and Nick Archer. Bringing together the work of the studio holders of Rye Creative Centre, VARIATIONS will be a selling show presenting over 100 works from printmaking and sculpture to painting, photography and textiles.

Opening Times:

Monday – Wednesday: 10am – 4pm

Thursday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm

OPEN BANK HOLIDAYS.

Booking not required. Please note there is a café on-site, serving hot and cold drinks, light savoury bites and sweet treats. Open daily.

We are thrilled to welcome you to Variations, the sequel to our previous successful exhibition MARGINS curated by Matthew Burrows in 2021.

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The Music Well’s Children’s Singing Club present: A Summer Concert
Jul
3

The Music Well’s Children’s Singing Club present: A Summer Concert

The FREE children's singing Club (supported financially by The Fairlight Arts Trust) will take place every Monday throughout June, and then on Mondays 4th and 11th July (no club on 18th July). On Monday 25th July there will be a Final Singing Club "sing along" and picnic to end the academic year, 3-4.30pm

The Club will begin once again on Monday 5th September, and all children aged 4 - 13 years of age are warmly welcome to join us. For further information please email Marian on dmham128@btinternet.com."

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Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Jun
19

Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra

The Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra are the first fully professional orchestra in Hastings since World War II. In the 1930s the Hastings Municipal Orchestra were based at the White Rock Theatre, then a major national centre for classical music and the favourite recording studio for the Decca Record Label. Currently in their Sixth Season, HPO are celebrating their heritage link with the Hastings Municipal Orchestra and are proud to call the White Rock Theatre their home.

 

Hastings Philharmonic are keen to foster links with local towns and festivals, and to share their music-making with audiences across East Sussex. It is a pleasure for the orchestra to play in a variety of venues and to engage with diverse audiences. This summer, HPO embark on their first-ever tour visiting a range of venues in East Sussex. They are delighted to be visiting and performing in Rye at the Rye Creative Centre for the first time.

 

For this concert HPO welcome their Principal Clarinettist, Boyan Ivanov, who is also their Orchestra Manager, to feature as their soloist. Boyan enjoys a diverse portfolio as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician and has performed at many prestigious venues including the Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Cadogan Hall among others. Graduating from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2010, Ivanov has since enjoyed a vibrant freelance career, playing regularly with a variety of orchestras including the Hastings Philharmonic, Ensemble OrQuesta, Vox Vanguard, London Arts Orchestra, Orion, Firebird, Orpheus Sinfonia, and others. He has been a regular Guest Principal Clarinet of the State Opera Plovdiv Orchestra in Bulgaria since 2017.

 

For this performance, HPO are delighted to perform:

TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
BASSI/VERDI Fantasy on Rigoletto
ELGAR Serenade for Strings 
BANDEIRA Maristem (World Premiere)
NIELSEN Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune  

 


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Rye Conscious Dance
May
27

Rye Conscious Dance

Rye Conscious Dance. Join us for a two hour dance and movement journey to liberate mind, body, heart and soul. An opportunity to let go of the stresses and challenges of life and to allow yourself to unwind, express and discover yourself more deeply. Experienced dance and movement facilitator Caroline Carey of Middle Earth Medicine Ways will treat us to her musical medicine as we move together with our bodies as the canvas. There are no steps or choreography to learn, just an invitation to free the inner dancer and to meet whatever in us wants to move. Come and meet the dancer within.



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