9 things to do in Brighton, Hove and Sussex - Wednesday March 11

A Mad World My Masters

Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets from £11.90. Call 08448 717650.

Picture: Manuel Harlan

Director Sean Foley’s first 17th-century play, but not his first foray into the early 20th century, having directed the original West End version of the brilliant Jeeves And Wooster play Perfect Nonsense, set in the 1930s and starring Stephen Mangan and Matthew Macfadyen.

And the Royal Shakespeare Company has clearly been impressed by what he has done with A Mad World My Masters – approaching him to reimagine Ben Johnson’s classic comedy The Alchemist next.

And Then There Were None

Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne. Starts 7.45pm. Tickets from £15.50. Call 01323 412000. 

Picture: Pamela Raith

PAUL Nicholas, Susan Penhaligon and Mark Curry are among those being picked off in an eccentric millionaire’s remote island house in this 10th anniversary production from the Agatha Christie Theatre Company.

The Revenger’s Tragedy

Brighton Little Theatre, Clarence Gardens. Starts at 7.45pm. Tickets £9. Call 0844 888 0432. 

THE bloody 17th-century tale of vengeance is transplanted into a lawless steampunk future by director Christopher Dangerfield.

An Afternoon With Anita Harris 

Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing. Starts 2.30pm. Tickets £10. Call 01903 206206

THE former Carry On pin-up and 1960s chart star sings songs and tells tales from her decades in showbiz, backed by a three-piece band.

Animal/Vegetable/Mineral 

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street. Starts 8pm. Tickets from £10. Call 01273 709709

FORMER Royal Ballet School prodigy Michael Clark’s latest work is soundtracked by Relaxed Muscle, Scritti Politti and The Sex Pistols – with lighting design from Charles Atlas and costumes by Stevie Stewart.

EVENTS

Leon Underwood: Figure And Rhythm

Pallant House Gallery, North Pallant, Chichester. From 10am to 5pm. Entry from £4.25. Call 01243 774557.

PAINTINGS, etchings, wood engravings and sculptures feature in the first major museum retrospective for 40 years of British artist Leon Underwood.

Underwood, who died in 1975, has been described as the precursor of modern sculpture in Britain. This exhibition, with one painting pictured inset, explores his non-Western art influences and his creation of the Brook Green School Of Drawing whose pupils included Henry Moore and Eileen Agar.

John McKean: The Impossibility Of Truly Seeing What Is In Front Of The Eyes

House Of Friendship, High Street, Lewes. From 9.30am to 1.30pm. Entry free. Call 01273 476469.

BRIGHTON-BASED photographer John McKean captures images which make you look twice, in an exhibition based around optical illusions rather than post-production trickery.

MUSIC

Spandau Ballet

Brighton Centre, King’s Road. Doors 6.30pm. Tickets from £40. Call 08448 471515.

HAVING moved from London’s legendary Blitz Club to battling at the top of the charts with Duran Duran in the 1980s, Spandau Ballet dissolved in a flood of writs. Now, following a career-spanning documentary, the original five-piece are back together for their first arena tour in six years.

Coves

The Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton. Doors 8pm. Tickets £7. Call 01273 606312

THE electro-garage-rock duo from Leamington Spa finally make it to Brighton, having supported St Vincent in Eastbourne earlier last year. Support from Lusts.