KINO-TEATR

Kino-Teatr Ltd are pleased to announce The Kino-Teatr Open, our annual open submission exhibition.

This event will be held in the Baker Mamonova Gallery space, Kino-Teatr, Norman Road, St Leonards on Sea TN38 0EG

The exhibition will run for two months

1 October – 1 December 2026

The Theme for 2026 is “Within A Landscape”.

Whilst this loosely indicates the work must include a landscape and subiect matter within, the focus is not on traditional landscape painting. The work can be painting, collage or original prints (not digital). The dimensions must not exceed 60 x 60cm. Works must be offered for sale.

Prizes given for outstanding work

Visitors' Choice prize to be announced

Judges’ Favourite prize to be announced

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Click on link to apply

The Christophers is a critically acclaimed 2025 black comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brokovich) starring  Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning and James Corden.

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The story follows Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen), a well-known eccentric painter based in London. In the 1990s, he completed two series of paintings called The Christophers based on his lover at the time. A third series of Christophers remained unfinished. His reputation has faded as he has aged so  unscrupulous children Barnaby and Sallie hire Lori Butler, a young artist who has not exhibited in years, to pose as his assistant and finish The Christophers behind his back. They plan to sell the finished Julian Sklar paintings for a fortune after his death...

'Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon provide a vision of haughty Englishness up there with Gosford Park and Phantom Thread' ***** The Guardian

A  critically acclaimed 2025 adaptation of Albert Camus' masterpiece The Stranger directed by Francois Ozon. The Stranger centers on a detached and indifferent Frenchman in French Algeria, who, weeks after his mother's funeral, kills an unnamed Arab man in Algiers. The ensuing trial explores both the crime and his character.

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It is 'a heatstricken reverie of violence and mystery unfolds in this film, a numb ecstasy of the inexplicable, as experienced by a sensitive white European under the unbearable noonday sun'  ***** The Guardian

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**** François Ozon takes on the famous existential novella with a stand-out performance by lead Benjamin Voisin - The Standard

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**** 'Camus’ existential classic getting a sexy François Ozon treatment? Oui, merci!' Time Out

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**** 'Breathtaking Camus adaptation examines the cost of life' Financial Times
 

A newly released 4k restoration of a 1992 Australian romantic comedy directed by Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby, Elvis). The film is the first in his Red Curtain Trilogy of theatre related films which later included Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001). 

Strictly Ballroom began as a stage play, originally set up in 1984 by Luhrmann and fellow students during his studies at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney. In 1988, it had a successful season at Sydney's Wharf Theatre, where it was seen by Australian music executive Ted Albert and his wife who  offered Luhrmann to make the play into a film.

Strictly Ballroom competed at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival and won the Youth Award for Foreign Film. The film earned eight nominations at the 46th British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film, winning  Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Original Film Music. It was also nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 51st Golden Globe Awards.

Black and Classical: A celebrated programme of music by African American women composers (Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Betty Jackson King).

Beatrice Nicholas is a British concert pianist and composer. She has performed solo programmes in France, Germany and Italy and is further scheduled to perform in the USA in 2027. She has had regular airplay on BBC Radio 3.

This is her premiere performance at Kino-Teatr.

Köln 75 is a 2025 German music-drama film directed by Ido Fluk. The film follows the true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron of the 1970s Cologne (German: Köln) music scene, as she makes plans to organize a Keith Jarrett concert in Cologne, which eventually became his famous album The Köln Concert - the impromptu performance's recording becomes the iconic Köln Concert, a landmark of 20th-century music.

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'His back hurt and his piano was substandard. But the musician’s improvised 1975 show entered jazz history. Köln 75 is celebrating that mesmerising night – and the sweary teen promoter who made it happen' The Guardian

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Mala Emde stars as Vera Brandes, German concert organiser, John Magaro as Keith Jarrett, Michael Chernus as Michael "Mick" Watts American journalist for Melody Maker & Alexander Scheer as Manfred Eicher, German record producer and founder of ECM Records.

BAFTA Award-winner and Acadamy Award nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, Mrs Harris Goes To Paris) joins Aidan Turner (Poldark,Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic 18th century French novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.

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Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

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Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
 

The Taste of Things -  Winner of the Best Director award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and France's submission for the Best International Feature Oscar, The Taste of Things is a sensual feast for all the senses, with mouthwatering cooking sequences intertwined with a deeply romantic story performed by the incomparable Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. 

Peerless cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) for the last 20 years. Bonding over a passion for gastronomy and mutual admiration, their relationship develops into romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin. So, he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her. A delectable feast for the senses, The Taste of Things is a stunningly beautiful romance that simmers with emotion.

In French with English subtitles

'A feast for the senses, this French romance is a three Michelin-starred love story...so rich and romantic it will leave you woozy' ★★★★ Time Out

'You'll swear you can taste and smell every shot' ★★★★ The Telegraph

A special Jazz Breakfast to celebrate a special birthday for Mike Hatchard.

Moss & Freud is a 2025 biographical drama  written and directed by James Lucas, starring Ellie Bamber as English model Kate Moss and Derek Jacobi as painter Lucian Freud. The plot is set in London in 2002, when supermodel Kate Moss agreed to pose for a painting by ageing artist Lucian Freud. After sittings over the course of many months, the resultant painting was auctioned in 2005 for £3,928,000.

In post-war Japan's economic boom, gangster family-born Kikuo Tachibana finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor. Despite life's challenges, he develops into a gifted performer.

Highest-grossing live action film in Japan and winner of 10 Japanese Academy Awards. 

Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)

'Lee Sang-il’s heartfelt drama spans 50 years following the bond and rivalry between two young men who play the rigorously observed female roles in the traditional art form'

★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian

★ ★ ★ ★ The Financial Times

★ ★ ★ ★  Time Out 

'Nothing short of intoxicating' ★ ★ ★ ★ Little White Lies

Obsession is a critically acclaimed 2026 American supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Curry Barker. The film follows Bear (Michael Johnston), a music store employee who buys a supernatural toy that grants his wish for his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) to fall in love with him, resulting in horrific consequences. Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter appear in supporting roles. 

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'The low budget relationship horror about a cursed wish is set to outgross a new Star Wars movie, energizing Gen Z audiences and creating a rare cultural conversation' **** The Guardian 
 

Directed by Maciej J. Drygas, a renowned film maker, screenwriter, producer, and professor at the Polish National Film School in Łódź, whose works have received numerous prestigious awards, including the European Film Academy Award for Best Documentary for Hear My Cry (1991), the Grand Prix at the Monte Carlo International Television Festival for State of Weightlessness (1995), and the award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the Cinema Verité festival in Tehran for Abu Haraz (2013).

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'Magnetic cine-essay explores the liberation that the locomotive gave us' **** The Guardian

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'Masterfully edited... Harnesses the magic of cinema and as an audience we are haunted by our present historical time, even while we bear witness to the past… The film confronts us with history both subtly and with exacting precision and without a single word of dialogue'  – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Directed by Danny Garcia, this new documentary is celebrating 50 years of UK Punk.

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50 years after the British Punk explosion, Vive Le Punk follows four bands that are still active today (Sham 69, 999, Ruts DC and The Boys) and features interviews with Charlie Harper, Joe Corre, Dr. John Cooper Clarke, Gaye Advert and other Punk Rock luminaries in search for the meaning of Punk and the relevance of its message today.

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Vive Le Punk dives headfirst into the raw, undying spirit of the movement that changed music—and society—forever...or did it?

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Featuring four iconic bands still rocking the stage today—Sham 69, 999, Ruts DC, and The Boys—the film chronicles their enduring legacy while showcasing their ongoing journeys in the modern era. Through exclusive interviews, candid conversations, and behind-the-scenes access, we follow these punk pioneers as they continue to defy expectations and challenge the status quo.

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In addition to the intimate band interviews, the film features a powerhouse lineup of Punk luminaries—Charlie Harper (UK Subs), Joe Corré (Punk entrepreneur and son of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood), Dr. John Cooper Clarke (the punk poet laureate), Gaye Advert (The Adverts) and author/DJ Chris Sullivan among others, who share their reflections on the movement's lasting impact.

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As we follow the bands in their daily lives and on stage, the documentary asks the burning questions: Is Punk still relevant? What does Punk mean in a world still full of inequality and unrest? How do these bands stay relevant and connected to the same rebellious energy they first ignited? What does the message of Punk still offer to a new generation looking for something real?

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With rare archival footage,  live performances, and an unflinching look at the punk ethos in today’s world, this film is not just a retrospective—in a world that mirrors the one Punk once railed against, is the message still relevant—or has it been consumed by commercialism? Punk may have started as anarchy in the streets, but it’s far from finished. Vive le Punk!

Sergei Prokofiev Five Melodies Op.35 and Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata

In the 1980s and 1990s, Anthony Irvine was a comedian and cabaret performer. His act was a little unusual. As the Iceman, he went on stage… to melt ice. Literally. He’d bring a large block of ice onto the stage then try to melt it (or fail to melt it) in a variety of creative ways. Among his fans were Mike Myers, Stewart Lee and Bill Bailey.

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In 2010, when Robert Wringham wrote his book about this era of comedy, the Iceman could not be found.

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But a few years later, Anthony Irvine popped up again, this time as a visual artist called Aim. What was going on?

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Starring: Anthony Irvine & Robert Wringham with Stewart Lee, Jo Brand, Mark Thomas, Robin Ince, Ronni Ancona, Simon Munnery, Neil Mullarkey & Stuart Semple.

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Producers: Mark Cartwright & Robert Wringham (You are Nothing / New Escapologist).

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Executive Producer: Michael Cumming (Toast of London / Brass Eye / King Rocker).

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Director: Mark Cartwright

Length: 75 minutes

“It’s art, it’s odd, it’s fun and you need to see it.”  
- Mark Thomas (Comedian)

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"An affectionate and heartfelt celebration of a man who pioneered the idea of melting ice on stage. Immensely charming."

- Arthur Matthews (Father Ted / Toast of London)

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“This film is n…ice. You must see it. It’s important.”
- Iain Lee (TV / Radio)

Concert pianist, podcaster and music educator Holly Cullen-Davies will make her welcome return to Kino-Teatr. 

Leonora in the Morning Light is the epic true story of a woman who turned trauma into transcendence, creating beauty from chaos and forging a legacy that changed the history of modern art. 

In 1930s Paris, she joins surrealists Breton and Dalí. Her romance with Max Ernst forces her to face her inner struggles. Defiant, brilliant and untameable, Leonora Carrington refuses to live by anyone’s rules but her own.

But as war engulfs Europe, their fantasy shatters. Ernst is arrested as an enemy alien, and Leonora is thrust into a nightmare of loss, madness, and survival. Fleeing to Spain, she spirals into psychological torment and endures brutal institutional treatment. Emerging scarred but unbroken, Leonora finds her way to Mexico—a place of magic and rebirth—where she reclaims her art, her identity, and her freedom. 

Directed by Thor Klein & Lena Vurma. Starring  Olivia Vinall, Alexander Scheer, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Ryan Gage, Istvan Teglas and Luis Gerardo Mendez.
 

Kino welcomes the return of Hastings saxophonist Chris White’s afrobeat project Samaki. With a repertoire based on the sound of 1970s African musicians like Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, and Oscar Sulley,

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Samaki brings the afrobeat elements of relentless grooves and soaring melodies to the stage.

Trevor Watts - Saxophones 
Veryan Weston - Piano/ keyboard
Jamie Harris - Percussion 

Trevor Watts has been at the forefront of jazz & improvised music for many years. 

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An original member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble/Amalgam/Moire Music Drum Orchestra/Moire Music group/London Jazz Composers Orchestra/Bobby Bradford Quartet with John Stevens & bassist Kent Carter and also played in Stan Tracey's Open Circle and the Trevor Watts Quartet with bassist John Edwards, drummer Mark Sanders and Pianist Veryan Weston. With Archie Shepp/Don Cherry/Steve Swallow/Jayne Cortez & Denardo Coleman and many more. Important duos with Veryan Weston, Jamie Harris and John Stevens. Recently he has played in Trio form with Barry Guy (Bass), Ramon Perez (drums) and another trio with Tollef Ostvang (Drums) from Norway and John Edwards (Bass). 

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He has been on the scene since 1964 and is still playing on top form as ever.

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'Every concert is a journey, an emotion to be experienced with the audience' Giancarlo Spezia, MusicaJazz, Italy 

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'Weston's musical vision, which bristles with flowing genius, and is so seductive and singularly mindboggling...There is nothing like this music, in recent memory — not, in fact, since Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations' Raul d'Gama Rose - All About Jazz - June 12, 2011

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'It is always a pleasure to see Trevor Watts blooming and vital as he always was since I've first met him well over fifty years ago. I wish for many more years of him being as productive and artistically challenging, as he still is today. British Jazz would have never been what it is today without his contribution. Respect!' Adam Baruch

With a career now spanning six decades, Robyn Hitchcock remains a truly one

of a kind artist – surrealist rock ‘n’ roller, iconic troubadour, guitarist, poet, painter, and performer. An unparalleled, deeply individualistic songwriter and stylist, Hitchcock has traversed many genres with humour, intelligence and originality over 30 albums and seemingly infinite live performances.

From The Soft Boys’ proto-psych-punk and The Egyptians’ Dadaist pop to solo masterpieces like 1984’s milestone I Often Dream of Trains and 1990’s

Eye, Hitchcock has crafted a strikingly original oeuvre rife with sagacious observation, astringent wit, recurring marine life, mechanized rail services, cheese, Clint Eastwood, and innumerable finely drawn characters, real and imagined.

Two fantastic Italian pianists bring to Kino-Teatr exciting new symphony arrangements such as music from Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov and the Rhapsodie Espagnole by M. Ravel!

Franz Schubert & Frederic Chopin 

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Moments Musicaux, D. 780 No. 1 

Mazurka, Op. 63 No. 2 

Moments Musicaux, D. 780 No. 3 

Mazurka, Op. 7 No. 4 

Moments Musicaux, D. 780 No. 6 

Mazurka, Op. 6 No. 2 

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Erik Satie & Claude Debussy 

Gnossienne No. 1 

Clair de Lune 

Je Te Veux 

The Snow Is Dancing 

Gnossienne No. 4 

Minstrels 

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This recital pairs Schubert with Chopin, and Satie with Debussy — composers who found remarkable expression in intimate musical forms.

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Schubert’s Moments Musicaux and Chopin’s Mazurkas share a quixotic nature and the spirit of experiment. Both explore surprising turns of harmony and rhythm: Schubert through shifting moods and unexpected modulations, and Chopin through subtle rhythmic inflections that transform the Polish dance into something deeply personal and poetic.

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In the second half, Satie and Debussy reflect a friendship marked by both admiration and tension. Satie’s Gnossiennes and Je te veux reveal his spare, unconventional style, while Debussy’s Clair de lune, The Snow Is Dancing, and Minstrels expand these ideas with greater colour and nuance — shaped, too, by the lingering influence of Chopin. 

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Together, these works trace a path from Romantic intimacy to modern refinement, showing how small forms can hold entire worlds of imagination.

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​Born in Kazakhstan, Evgenia has enjoyed an international concert career both as a soloist, chamber music player and recording artist. She collaborated with Maxim Vengerov and has also featured in numerous broadcasts for ITV and Sky Arts TV (UK),Südwestrundfunk, ORF2 (Vienna), RTE (Ireland) & Saarlländischer Rundfunk(Germany). ​

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