String – the Musical is a brand new, specially-commissioned musical set in Hailsham and the surrounding area and is probably the most ambitious project Hailsham Festival has undertaken in its 15 year history.

The creative team includes Brighton-based writer and lyricist, Stephen Plaice, one of Britain’s leading librettists and writers for Music Theatre. The music is by Tony Biggin, a popular and successful composer who lives in Hailsham.

The show highlights the town’s ropemaking tradition. Hailsham has been making rope for over two hundred years, and Marlow, a leading ropemaker, is still located in the town. ‘String’ takes the intertwining ropemaking process as its central theme and binds together different strands of time into a central love story that runs through one Hailsham woman’s life. A blend of the music of the First World War, Sixties pop and contemporary love-songs, it’s highly suitable for young and old audiences alike. It will be given three performances at Hailsham’s Pavilion Theatre. If you are at a loose end on October 7th and 8th, you’ll enjoy being tied up with ‘String’.

Performances will be at Hailsham Pavilion on Friday and Saturday, 7th and 8th October at 7.30pm with a matinee on Saturday 8th at 3.00pm