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Bev Lee Harling

Almost a month on and we're still buzzing from the

Almost a month on and we're still buzzing from the performances of Ploughing The Salt Sea @@stablestheatre.

It's as much of a pleasure reading through your thoughts on the show as it is performing it! Maybe we should make it an annual event??

A BIG thank you to all throes involved. Especially @stagesnaps for the wonderful pictures.

#PloughingTheSaltSea #BevLeeHarling #ArtsCouncil #SouthCoastArts #OneWomanShow #LocalHistory #FolkMusic

ANCESTRY ALERT!!! I never imagined when I started

A total dream of a first night @stablestheatre. He

A total dream of a first night @stablestheatre. Heading into a SOLD OUT night tonight... a few tickets left for Saturday.

Book now: https://bit.ly/PTSS_StablesTheatre

📸 @stagesnaps

#PloughingTheSaltSea #BevLeeHarling #ArtsCouncil #SouthCoastArts #OneWomanShow #LocalHistory #Sussex #WhatsOnInHastings #HastingsHistory #FolkMusic

After sell out shows at the Stables Theatre last y

After sell out shows at the Stables Theatre last year and a coastal tour, Bev is bringing Ploughing The Salt Sea back to its Hastings roots with some exciting new material as the show continues to evolve through further research and development.

Ploughing The Salt Sea is a solo autobiographical music theatre show, drawing on Bev Lee Harling’s recently discovered rich heritage of centuries old, fishing family roots in Hastings. The narrative, drawn from the suds of the Old Town Wash House, told through the eyes of the overlooked women, seeks to rewrite their stories back into our current consciousness through original and traditional folk song.

Bev shares precious memories, real and imagined which connect through the universal themes of secrecy, loss and finding your own voice.

She tells of a great uncle lost at sea; a dastardly grandfather running amok with the law; the decline in her own mother’s health; a great great grandmother, proprietor of several net huts down on Rock-a-Nore and knitter of their family gansey – a fishermen’s jumper, featuring their unique family motif, beautifully recreated for a new scene in the show by local knitter Helen Jones.

March 21st-22nd @stablestheatre Tickets available https://bit.ly/PTSS_StablesTheatre

#HastingsStories #PloughingTheSaltSea #HastingsHistory #HastingsFishermen #HastingsOldTown #FolkMusic #WomenInTheArts

Less thank one week to go until Ploughing The Salt

Less thank one week to go until Ploughing The Salt Sea is back @stablestheatre stage and I'm so excited to be unpacking the full show experience again.

The incredible projections and set design from another wonderful local @simon_daw were made for this stage and you can enjoy them in their full glory next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Tickets available via link in bio.

#PloughingTheSaltSea #BevLeeHarling #ArtsCouncil #SouthCoastArts #OneWomanShow #LocalHistory #WhatsOnInShoreham #Sussex #WhatsOnInSussex #HastingsHistory

Really feeling the absence of my Dad today on what

Really feeling the absence of my Dad today on what would have been his birthday, especially when I got the call that his ashes were ready to pick up! 😢
Sharing this picture of my Dad in his element, doing what he did best and following his passion and heritage ❤️

#foundry #dad #loss

“Loved the characterisation and the intimacy, an

“Loved the characterisation and the intimacy, and of course, the marvellous, marvellous music”

Ploughing The Salt Sea is Back in the Theatre where it all began, in the heart of the Hastings Old Town.

March 21st-23rd @stablestheatre, tickets available via link in bio.

#HastingsHistory #FishingFamiliesOfHastings #FamiliyHistory #OneWomanShow #FolkMusic

Mother’s Day can bring a mixture of emotions for

Mother’s Day can bring a mixture of emotions for many, but essentially, it’s a celebration of the women that came before us, those that work, fought and nurtured the next generations. It’s the passing on of knowledge, stories, songs, from mothers to daughters.

Anyone familiar with Ploughing the Salt Sea, might recognise this poem, Twittens and Gutters, as it later became one of the songs for the show. Its close to my heart, and I hope you enjoy it this Mother’s Day. ❤️

#MothersDayPoem #MothersAndDaughters #PloughingTheSaltSea

Looking for the perfect last minute Mother’s Day

Looking for the perfect last minute Mother’s Day gift, which supports both local a female artist, her local team AND a local theatre??

Ploughing The Salt Sea is coming back to Stables Theatre, where it all began, for 3 nights only 21st-23rd March.

If you’ve not seen it yet, it’s a story of self discovery, of Mothers and Daughters, secrets and shame. Hidden family history, and tales of Hastings of old. It’s emotional and uplifting, the perfect night out with your mum.

If you have already caught the show during our recent tour of the South, we strongly recommend taking it in again on the stage it was designed for, with an extra scene, thanks’ to our friends @HastingsStorytellingFestival.

Tickets available via The Stable Theatre, link in bio and on stories.

With thanks to our generous supporters:
@stablestheatre @aceagrams @thecrownhastings @hastingsstorytellingfestival #LifeWright

#PloughingTheSaltSea #HastingsHistory #MothersDayGiftIdeas #HappyMothersDay

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