Electric Palace Hastings

Electric Palace Hastings The Electric Palace is an independent bijou cinema in the heart of Hastings Old Town. We also put on live comedy, music and theatre events. Visit us soon!

This specially developed cinema aims to bring to Hastings a wide choice of films and film related events, with regular screenings of Contemporary, Classic and World Cinema. Please note: private bookings are looked after separately to our social media accounts. Please email the manager at [email protected] for private hire booking queries. We have a licenced bar and offer a tempting ran

ge of refreshments such as Green & Blacks Chocolates, organic wine, local beers including Hastings Brewery ales, miniature bottles of Prosecco, and alcoholic ginger beer. We rely on a team of volunteers to staff the screenings and on your ongoing support to maintain a diverse and exciting programme. The Electric Palace is open to everyone. You are welcome to book tickets in advance through this website or simply turn up before the screenings. Doors open 45 minutes before each performance. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Electric_palace

The Electric Palace Team:

Rebecca (director and co-founder),
Alan (manager),
Annie (marketing manager/co-director),
Kim (bar and cinema supervisor),
Judith (screenings and private hire supervisor),
Dani (marketing officer),
Natalia (programmer),
Sean (programmer), and
all our fabulous volunteers!

26/06/2026

🔥 NT LIVE: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES. Showing in our AIR CONDITIONED and FROSTY auditorium tonight at 7.30pm

Tickets on sale now and in person!

🫦 Lesley Manville (THE PHANTOM THREAD, THE CROWN) and Aidan Turner (RIVALS) star in this tale of the super-rich, where patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything, and one mis-step can mean ruin.

🎭 Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s (The Father) celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel – a thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare.

25/06/2026

💥 FREE SCREENING! Sun 28 Jun 11am. Book your places now! Come and chill out in our air-conditioned auditorium and take in a beautiful film.

🌍 BLUE CARBON + TRAPPED BY PLASTIC!

🪸This positive documentary brings together music and science to uncover what could be one of our greatest weapons in the fight against climate change.

🎶 The soundtrack is a genre-bending project featuring a score by Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and original music by Grammy-nominated DJ Jayda G and Brazilian musician Seu Jorge. The music blends electronic, hip-hop, and world sounds using field recordings of marine life.

24/06/2026

🔥 NT LIVE: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES. SHOWING Friday 26 June 7.30pm

Tickets on sale now and in person!

🫦 Lesley Manville (THE PHANTOM THREAD, THE CROWN) and Aidan Turner (RIVALS) star in this tale of the super-rich, where patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything, and one mis-step can mean ruin.

🎭 Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s (The Father) celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel – a thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare.

24/06/2026

🌞 The air-conditioning is cranked UP, we have cold drinks in the FRIDGE, our new projector is looking SMART, and we've got some really incredible films in the pipeline! Cool off in our cinema in the heat...

Our new summer programme is now available to pick up!

🎬This July and August the EP is mostly about music, sport, incredible contemporary picks and the uncanny.

🎸We mark 50 years of punk with deep-dive docs, welcome record label honcho, DJ and indie-pop legend James Endeacott to pick the flicks for our annual Music Meltdown, and bring the sun to Hastings with Hidden Beach’s soundtrack of deep-fried soul, Rio Carnaval sounds and reggae.

🎾 Plus it’s sports season; we’re showing Wimbledon and World Cup finals, and have a weekend dedicated to some of the most popular titles of 1966. Plus our usual mix of cult, classic and contemporary films!

🌊 Dive in, see what we've got.

Holy smokes! It's hot off the press! Our new programmes are in the hopper outside the cinema and will be finding their w...
24/06/2026

Holy smokes! It's hot off the press! Our new programmes are in the hopper outside the cinema and will be finding their way across town this weekend.

Be the first kid on the block to grab your

And the board is UP! ❄ Our air conditioning is cranked and the auditiorium is cool. Beat the heat and chill in our dinky...
23/06/2026

And the board is UP!
❄ Our air conditioning is cranked and the auditiorium is cool. Beat the heat and chill in our dinky indie cinema. ❄
🎬 Showing at the Electric Palace this week.
🎟 Book via our website or in person at screenings.
Thu 25 11am
🎺 *JUST ADDED* THE MILES DAVIS STORY
Miles Davis' behaviour was shocking, but his playing genius. Featuring incendiary concert footage.
Thu 25 7.30pm
🚀LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS.
An introverted space princess embarks on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens. Introduced by Anna Maria Nabirye.
Fri 26 3pm
YARN
A poetic documentary which follows wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and designers who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet. A Knitflix presentation.
Fri 26 7.30pm
🫦 NT LIVE: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner star in this tale of the super-rich, where patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything, and one mis-step can mean ruin. A striking new staging of the classic novel – a thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare
Sat 27 7.30pm
🌷PINK NARCISSUS 4K
The lush, exotic and hallucinogenically beautiful creation of ultra-kitsch photographer James Bidgood. A fantastical landmark in gay and experimental cinema.
Sun 28 Jun 11am
🌍 BLUE CARBON + TRAPPED BY PLASTIC
This documentary brings together music and science to uncover what could be one of our greatest weapons in the fight against climate change. FREE SCREENING!
Sun 28 3pm
🏳️‍🌈 Q***R AS FOLK
Before Tip Toe, before It’s A Sin, there was... Russell T Davies’ groundbreaking drama chronicling the lives of three gay men in Manchester. With intro from Paul Burston.
Sun 28 7.30pm
💀MACABRE
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive.
🍿BECOME A MEMBER!
Save money while supporting independent cinema.
💥Standard membership costs £48 with four free tickets. If you come regularly to the cinema, you'll start saving money almost immediately. Plus no booking fee, money off snacks and drinks and priority booking!
⚡FREE new Under 21s membership for bargain £6 tickets.

🎞 NEW SEASON! Coming this July... 🌊 Mark Jenkin’s west country-set, off-kilter features are very distinct, but explore c...
23/06/2026

🎞 NEW SEASON! Coming this July...

🌊 Mark Jenkin’s west country-set, off-kilter features are very distinct, but explore common themes. We're showing three of them this July. This year’s ROSE OF NEVADA sees two fishermen locked in a time loop, BAIT explores tourism and family conflict through 16mm monochrome, while ENYS MEN is a rural, mind-bending folk horror.

💀 Jenkin explores gentrification, fishing communities, displacement, and magickal weirdness. Sound famliar, Hastings?

⚓ Rose of Nevada
Thu 2 11am (subtitled), Sat 4 7.30pm, Sat 18 3pm (relaxed)
The third film in Mark Jenkin’s Cornish trilogy, this time-slipping, unsettling ghost ship story explores a claustrophobic coastal community.

🐟 Bait
Thu 2 7.30pm
Bait was our first taste of Mark Jenkin’s dreamlike style. A poetic, tense dissection of the DFLs-meet-Cornish-locals culture clash.

🌺 Enys Men
Sun 12 7.30pm
The uncanny, middle film in Mark Jenkin’s Cornish trilogy. A lone island wildlife volunteer is haunted by the past and consumed by the landscape.

22/06/2026

❄ Our air conditioning is cranked and the auditiorium is cool. Beat the heat and chill in our dinky indie cinema. ❄

🎬 Showing at the Electric Palace this week.
🎟 Book via our website or in person at screenings.

Thu 25 11am
🎺 *JUST ADDED* THE MILES DAVIS STORY
Miles Davis' behaviour was shocking, but his playing genius. Featuring incendiary concert footage.
Thu 25 7.30pm
🚀LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS.
An introverted space princess embarks on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens. Introduced by Anna Maria Nabirye.
Fri 26 3pm
YARN
A poetic documentary which follows wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and designers who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet. A Knitflix presentation.
Fri 26 7.30pm
🫦 NT LIVE: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner star in this tale of the super-rich, where patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything, and one mis-step can mean ruin. A striking new staging of the classic novel – a thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare
Sat 27 7.30pm
🌷PINK NARCISSUS 4K
The lush, exotic and hallucinogenically beautiful creation of ultra-kitsch photographer James Bidgood. A fantastical landmark in gay and experimental cinema.
Sun 28 Jun 11am
🌍 BLUE CARBON + TRAPPED BY PLASTIC
This documentary brings together music and science to uncover what could be one of our greatest weapons in the fight against climate change. FREE SCREENING!
Sun 28 3pm
🏳️‍🌈 Q***R AS FOLK
Before Tip Toe, before It’s A Sin, there was... Russell T Davies’ groundbreaking drama chronicling the lives of three gay men in Manchester. With intro from Paul Burston.
Sun 28 7.30pm
💀MACABRE
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive.
🍿BECOME A MEMBER!
Save money while supporting independent cinema.
💥Standard membership costs £48 with four free tickets. If you come regularly to the cinema, you'll start saving money almost immediately. Plus no booking fee, money off snacks and drinks and priority booking!
⚡FREE new Under 21s membership for bargain £6 tickets.

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39A High Street
Hastings
TN343ER

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