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Last year's Arts Festival had a quartet in residence...

Last week the classical vocal ensemble Stile Antico returned to the Rye Arts Festival after a six year wait to perform their set "Sacred or Profane" - in a church. Ray Prewer reviews the concert.

Want to see some young talent and cutting edge designs during the Arts Festival ? If you weren't at the Studio School Fashion Show, you missed out. Gillian Roder gives her impressions

Festivals need moments of total madness - as you can see

Gales of laughter shook the Arts Festival's Lamb House marquee as Tim Redfern's hilarious cabaret evening provided a light hearted end to the festival, of which it was (apparently) not officially part

The Odysseus Trio are setting out on a musical journey. Alexander Stiller reviews their Arts Festival concert in All Saints Church in Iden.

The story of EF Benson's astonishing family and the network of major English novelists living in Rye between the wars, sets the scene for a trilogy of sequels to Benson's Mapp and Lucia books. Gillian Roder reports on one of the Arts Festival's final events.

This weeks featured film showing at Rye Community Centre Film on Friday 02 October - The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - This second helping of the Exotic Marigold Hotel saga is a joyful romp with a host of National Treasures of stage and screen on view. For trailer to this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link..

Christopher Wren's "builder" was much more than that, reports Kenneth Bird from an Arts Festival talk.

Sixty years ago this week James Dean became the governing image of a restless, rootless generation, the subsequent release of his films only enhancing his stature as rebel king. Like Che Guevara twelve years later, his face was suddenly pinned to all our walls

Rye Dance School performed in the Arts Festival excerpts from coming performances including their pantomime. Watch the slideshow

St Mary's had a busy first week in the Arts Festival with pianos being trundled in and out until the grand finale with a piano duet which left the audience with a definite "feel good" factor. Alexander Stiller reviews the concert