America Ground The Musical

Hastings based playwright John Knowles and musician Bob Tipler have created a play with songs, very loosely based on the history of the America Ground area of Hastings. The America Ground was an area of shingle beach that was settled on in the late 18th and 19th Century with its residents paying no rent as the land apparently had no owners.

The play is actually an allegory concerning today’s housing crisis and issues of land ownership which has a particular relevance to Hastings and many seaside towns today. With the huge rise in house and rent prices, the surge in second homes and holiday lets over the last few years, secure accommodation is a real issue for many people.
With support from Historic England and Arts Council England, we are nearly there with the funding we need to professionally stage the play this coming June with a full cast of local actors and musicians.
If this issue is important to you and you’d like to see the play staged we would appreciate your help.

All contributions are welcome no matter how small.

To feature in the programme with a quarter, half or full page “thank you” mention or advertisement, sponsorship is invited in blocks of £250, £500 and £1000
Thanks for reading!
- Bob and John

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All contributions are welcome no matter how small.

For more information email play@theamericaground.com

Or call Bob on 07974 659459

Or John on 07813 035514

For more information call Bob on 07974 659459

Or John on 07813 035514