The Space

Emporium, London Road, Brighton, Thursday, September 17, 8pm, £14, www.thespace.uk.com

LISA Holloway interviews comedy legend Barry Cryer and Jed Mercurio, the writer of television drama Line Of Duty, with the accompanying networking session and prize raffle.

Heritage Open Days

Across Sussex, until Sunday, September 13, free, www.heritageopendays.org.uk

GET a free peek behind the doors of the county’s biggest landmarks and historical sites, usually closed to the public. In Brighton and Hove pre-book for a look around the Dome, take part in a tour of commemorative plaques or explore the Clayton Tunnel North Portal.

L’elisir D’amore

St Paul’s Centre, Worthing, Friday, September 11, 7.30pm, £14/£11, www.seetickets.com/tour/l-elisir-d-amore or 01903 368967.

Barefoot Opera Young Artists Tour presents Donizetti's reversal of the Cinderella story as the hapless and illiterate Nemorino falls in love with the feisty, independent and clever Adina.

Horizons: Kettle’s Yard At Jerwood Gallery

Jerwood Gallery, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, Saturday, September 12, to Sunday, January 3, Tues to Sun 11am to 5pm, £8/£5.50, www.jerwoodgallery.org

WORKS by top 20th century artists collected by Cambridge-based Tate Gallery curator Jim Ede and his wife Helen are brought to the Jerwood – with selections from Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Augustus John, William Scott, Paul Feiler and Alfred Wallis.

North To South: Highlights From The Aberdeen Art Gallery Collection

Towner Gallery, Devonshire Park, Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, Saturday, September 12, to Sunday, January 24, Tues to Sun 10am to 6pm, free, www.townereastbourne.org.uk

PAINTINGS from the Towner Collection are hung alongside selections from the Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection as it is refurbished. It will bring works by Scottish artists Charles Conder, Joan Eardley and Alexander Nasmyth to Towner for the first time.

Hurst Festival

Across Hurstpierpoint, Saturday, September 12, to Saturday, September 26, various times and prices, www.hurstfestival.org

NOW celebrating its 20th anniversary, Hurstpierpoint’s annual village festival launches with a peal of bells at the Holy Trinity Church. This year’s programme features performances by French pianist Marie-Martine Bollman and Brighton indie-folk band The Moulettes, a photo exhibition of legendary bassist Herbie Flowers’ jazz breakfasts, a discussion of crime writing and a Mexican fiesta.

Musical Matinee Club: The Wizard Of Oz Singalong (U)

De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Tuesday, September 15, 2pm, free, 01424 229111

LAUNCH of a series of relaxed musical matinees introduced by actor Suzy Harvey, aimed at those living with dementia and disabilities, with audience members free to move around the partially lit auditorium.

Mark Thomas: Trespass

The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Wednesday, September 16, 8pm, £15/£13, 01273 201801

THE comedian and activist turns urban rambler in this new show exploring skyscrapers and corporate squares, at the same time reporting on how the Government has sold off communal spaces.