Twelfth Night

Brighton Open Air Theatre, Dyke Road, until Saturday, July 11, 7pm, £10, www.brightonlittletheatre.com

A LAST chance to see Brighton Little Theatre’s 75th anniversary comedy of mistaken identity after performances at their Clarence Gardens home and Lewes Castle’s Gun Garden.

Rainbow Shakespeare

Highdown Gardens, Littlehampton Road,Worthing, Tuesday, July 14, to Sunday, July 26, (not Mon 20), 7.30pm, 2pm matinees Sat and Sun, £16/£8, 01903 206206

PRIDING themselves on accessible and traditional takes on The Bard’s work, this year Rainbow Shakespeare are performing two contrasting pieces. Troilus And Cressida, which runs from Tuesday, July 14, to Sunday, July 19, is a satirical love story set during the siege of Troy, while Much Ado About Nothing, from Tuesday, July 21, to Sunday, July 26, is a romp based around the unspoken love between two old friends Beatrice and Benedick.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Barn, Southwick Street, Southwick, Wednesday, July 22, to Saturday, July 25, 7.30pm, 2.30pm matinee Sat, £11, 01273 597094

SOUTHWICK Players take on Shakespeare’s tale of enchanted love in an Athenian forest.