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Theatre
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Blood Brothers visits Sussex
One of the most diverse audiences I’ve been part of for a long time gave Blood Brothers a standing ovation at The Hawth in Crawley this week. A coach load of teens plus pensioners, and those of us in between, were catching the West End hit on its tour. For many of us it was not […]
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Rain Man on stage
We’re going back to the 80s this week in Brighton with well-loved film Rain Man making a comeback on stage at the theatre Royal until Sat 13 Oct. It’s the funny and tear-jerking story of self-centred car salesman Charlie Babbitt who finds out he has a long-lost older brother, Raymond – an autistic savant, who […]
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Dirty Dancing on stage
A true-to-screen production of the well-loved film hits the stage in Sussex at the start of its tour. Grab a watermelon and go
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Norman Wisdom revisited
A Sussex-born one-man show is recreating the vintage comic's act and telling his incredible life story with help from his family
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Bennett in Brighton – The Habit of Art
Catch the excellent Matthew Kelly and David Yelland in Alan Bennett's play-within-a-play in Brighton this week
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The Play That Goes Wrong
Have a ridiculously good night out at Brighton's Theatre Royal as the award-winning production goes on tour
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Me and My Girl
Chichester Festival Theatre has another hit on its hands with a fun-filled revival of Me and My Girl
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Awful Auntie on stage
Catch Awful Auntie in Sussex for family-friendly frights and fun
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The Man on the Moor
A powerful new one-man show takes on the intriguing true-life story of a missing person who reappears in strange circumstances.
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Birdsong on stage
Does the First World War tearjerker's stage offensive pack the same emotional punch as Sebastian Faulk's much-loved novel?