The latest programme of our new season of listings for you has just landed, so drop by to collect yours!
We look forward to welcoming you to the cinema to sit back, relax and enjoy a selection of new releases, plus a season of highlights in the upcoming programme.
We really need your advance bookings to help see us through what's often a tricky time when the sun comes out. Independent cinemas are facing increasingly tough times, so please pay us a visit and stock up at the bar too to help keep this cinema alive!
With thanks to Ross Andrews-Clifford of Junction44 Design.
Highlights include:
- Cult classics for Fright Night such as Scream + Intro from Kim Taylor-Foster and The Fly + introduction by Emily Booth!
- NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail + Q&A
- Strange Frames is back with Donkey Skin
- Hit new releases A Real Pain, Riefenstahl, A Complete Unknown, and Mr Burton
Plus, come along to our awesome new seasons:
Summer Music Meltdown co-curated by DJ Wendy May
"I am delighted to be taking part in this year's Electric Palace Summer Music Meltdown. I'm looking forward to sharing my love of varied genres including Americana, Punk, Soul and Rock and it's great to be able to encourage folks to head along to the gorgeous asset for the town that is the Electric Palace cinema. Come down and enjoy the music!" says Wendy.
Films in Summer Music Meltdown include:
- A Complete Unknown
- Summer of Soul ...(Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), plus Glastonbury livestream and late bar. Chosen by DJ Wendy May
- S/He is Still Here - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary
- The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith - chosen by Dark Circles Coffee and Music Bar
- The Blank Generation + Hastings Punk Choir, live! - chosen by DJ Wendy May
- Becoming Led Zeppelin
- Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons - booking available soon - chosen by DJ Wendy May
Architecture Mini Season in June + Brutalist art show from Bleach Skull Picnic
Inspired by the Oscar-winning film The Brutalist, coming up in our Architecture Mini Season during June, grab your chance to enjoy rarely screened archive films and new releases. Plus, in the auditorium see striking artworks of iconic Brutalist buildings, including the Barbican, Centrepoint, and even St Leonards' Marine Court!
- The Brutalist
- Architecton + introduction and Q&A
- E1027 Eileen Gray and The House by the Sea
- Koyaanisqatsi + introduction
Watch Wimbledon with us
Pop in at anytime during the afternoon or come at 2pm to enjoy the whole matches. No pressure to stay all afternoon, just enjoy the tennis and BBC broadcast and commentary with a tennis-loving crowd!
Perfect summery Pimm's and strawberries will be served too, of course!
Join us for public livestream screenings, with Pimm's and strawberries included!
- Saturday 12 July, 2pm: Wimbledon: Women's Final 2025
- Sunday 13 July, 2pm: Wimbledon: Men's Final 2025
Hastings Comedy Festival
From 13 - 15 June 2025, see comedy legend Arthur Smith, plus viral pun master Darren Walsh, and Funny Women award-winner Kate Cheka and more at the Electric Palace!
How to support the Electric Palace
We look forward to you visiting soon.
Don't forget, if you can't make it along but still want to support your friendly local independent cinema, we love Donations! Or buy a present for a friend...Hire the cinema or gift a voucher.
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