The Hastings UK Guide

Monthly Archives: May 2025


National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

The heat and passion of Stanley and Stella’s love and the tragedy of poor, fading Blanche DuBois, beamed live from London.

5 Jun: Thu 7pm

Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with Rossini’s effervescent comedy. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.

3 Jun: Tue 7.15pm

Doctor Who: The Two Episode Finale – Wish World & The Reality War

Final two episodes of Ncuti Gatwa’s second series as the Doctor.

31 May: Sat 5.45pm

Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience

PIG changes are coming! Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby! There’s no better time to embark on a full house renovation, shop for a new car and make special memories together. Celebrate the beginning of an exciting new era of Peppa Pig at this special, big screen experience with an hour of laughter, tears and loads of heartwarming moments. With 10 oinktastic new episodes, 6 brand new songs and music videos, your little ones can dance and sing along with Peppa and her family and friends. The wait is finally over… join Peppa and George as they meet their new baby sibling for the first time at Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience!

30 May–1 Jun: Fri–Sun 10.30am

Karate Kid: Legends

In Karate Kid: Legends, after a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in and although he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition, but his skills alone aren’t enough and Li must merge two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.

28 May–29 May: Wed & Thu 11am, 1.30pm, 4pm & 6.30pm

Flow

Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.

24 May–29 May: (Kids) Mon & Tue 10.15am; Wed & Thu 10.30am; Sat & Sun 10.15am

Lilo & Stitch

A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien, helping to mend her fragmented family.

23 May–26 May: Mon, Fri & Sat 11.30am, 2.15pm, 5pm & 7.45pm; Sun 2.15pm, 5pm & 7.45pm

25 May: (Captioned) Sun 11.30am

Royal Ballet & Opera: Ballet to Broadway – Wheeldon Works

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us and An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.

22 May: Thu 7.15pm

Lilo & Stitch

This is all about being bad. It’s a Disney cartoon that pits a willful toddler, Lilo (pronounced Lee-low), against a genetically engineered space creature (Stitch) programmed for maximum mischief. Thus the mawkish route beloved of Disney animators is well and truly blocked. OK, so it’s a minor movie – it doesn’t have the budget or vision of a Monsters, Inc, and just because it’s got water-colour backdrops doesn’t make it Dumbo – but what it does, it does with freshness and inventiveness, not to mention gags for the grown-ups.

21 May–22 May: Wed & Thu 2.15pm, 3.15pm, 5pm, 6pm & 7.45pm

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

“I’m asking you to trust me one last time,” implores Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in the trailer for the upcoming Mission: Impossible sequel. Could this really be the final fling for cinema’s most successful spy since James Bond?

19 May: (Captioned) Mon 7pm