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!

Today! National cinema weekend! Come support the electric palace today, fundraising raffle, merch and film poster sale! ...
05/09/2026

Today! National cinema weekend! Come support the electric palace today, fundraising raffle, merch and film poster sale!

Home made cake and hot drink combo for £5!

Great cinematic art show from Michelle Mildenhall this Saturday and next for coastal currents! Come catch it over the next 2 weeks!

05/09/2026

Showing this Sunday afternoon. Tickets online now, or in person 30 mins before doors.
⛱️ Sun 6 3pm Le Mepris
Brigitte Bardot channels maximum bombshell in Jean-Luc Godard’s melancholic, ultra-stylish break-up classic. Jaw-droppingly beautiful with the lushest soundtrack.

🫦 We've only gone and added another show! Our original screening sold out in hours, so we've put another on sale. With P...
04/09/2026

🫦 We've only gone and added another show! Our original screening sold out in hours, so we've put another on sale. With Pupin DeVert! Sing-and-talk along, laugh, cry, and celebrate the incandescence that was Tim Curry!

👠Wed 21 October 7.30pm Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fishnets, fabulousness and absolute nonsense. Virgin or veteran, don't dream it—see it. Audience participation gloriously encouraged.

🌭Our annual foray into the world of Frank-N-Furter, the transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation. Let's do the Time Warp again!

🍿Special event hosted by Pupin de Vert, with goodie bags of props and songwords sheet for the uninitiated.

Dressing the part encouraged but not compulsory!

04/09/2026

👻 Fri 4 7.30pm TALES FROM THE CRYPT
This classic portmanteau anthology from Amicus Productions offers five tales of terror, atrocity and poetic justice. A starry cast hams it up magnificently.

SEE! Joan Collins being stalked by a homicidal Father Christmas. GASP AT! Peter Cushing clawing his way back from beyond the grave to exact a grisly revenge. AND TREMBLE! When Sir Ralph Richardson decides the dreadful fate of all those who dare to enter his Vault of Horror!

Ticket price includes an introduction to the film and Q & A with the cast and writer of SCREAMS FROM THE ATTIC. Plus an exclusive preview of the play.

Whether you’re a lifelong devotee of classic British horror or crave a deliciously macabre night out, this is a rare chance to experience the legendary Amicus favourite on the big screen, and to get a sneak peek of SCREAMS FROM THE ATTIC, which arrives at The Stables Theatre later this month.

03/09/2026

Showing this Sunday at 7.30pm. BACKROOMS
Tickets online now!

The low-budget horror film that sent a shiver down Hollywood's spine. Does this liminal-minimal icy-terror flick signpost the film industry’s future?

A24 does it again, proving that Gen Z rule the return to indie cinema. Come and see the film everyone has been talking about, and witness the power of the shared big screen experience! Screaming allowed!

PART OF NATIONAL CINEMA WEEKEND

All ticket holders get free popcorn included in your ticket price!

🏆 Our grand raffle starts this weekend at our annual Open House fundraiser, Saturday 5, from noon. Come and get your tic...
03/09/2026

🏆 Our grand raffle starts this weekend at our annual Open House fundraiser, Saturday 5, from noon. Come and get your tickets, see Michelle Mildenhall's new exhibition, AFTER DARK, have a drink and a snack, and browse our archive poster collection, available for a donation.

🧨 1st Prize - 1 free membership for a year
🧨 2nd Prize - A Night at the Movies (two free standard adult tickets, two drinks, two snacks and reserved seating)
🧨 3rd Prize - EP Merchandise Bundle (tote bag, limited edition print, a can of pale ale and a badge)

🧨 Five runners-up prizes of a limited-edition print

Tickets will be sold at Open House on 5th and available to buy over the counter at all screenings until 12th. £1 per ticket and a strip of 5 for £4.

AFTER DARK showcases a new body of work by latex artist Michelle Mildenhall, exploring Hollywood’s iconic figures in intimate, nocturnal moments.
Suspended between glamour and shadow, each piece invites the viewer to imagine what lies beyond the frame, as desire, power, and hidden stories emerge after the spotlight fades.

02/09/2026

🍿🍿 Showing this Saturday night. OUT OF PRINT. With director Q&A live from LA.

🍿Sat 5 7.30
Celebrating The New Beverly; LA’s Tarantino-owned movie theatre, idiosyncratic, democratic, and geek heaven. A theatre that champions the 35mm print and where a double feature is still $8 - cash only.

Featuring interviews with Kevin Smith, Edgar Wright, Joe Dante, John Landis, Tom Holland, Richard Kelly, Mark Romanek, Lloyd Kaufman and more! With free popcorn!

🍿Free popcorn! Movie magic! 🎬 Celebrate the magic of the big screen with us over National Cinema Weekend (September 5-6)...
02/09/2026

🍿Free popcorn! Movie magic!

🎬 Celebrate the magic of the big screen with us over National Cinema Weekend (September 5-6).

🎞 Grab a free snack, settle down and watch films including Out of Print, which tells the story of Tarantino's nerd-vana The New Beverly Cinema (with director Q&A), short films for tiny kids and older families, classic cinema with Bardot in Le Mepris, and the film that gave movie theatres a defib, Backrooms.

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39A High Street
Hastings
TN343ER

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