Paradise Lost (Lies Unopened Beside Me)

The Hay Barn, Jevington Place Farm, Polegate, Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19, 7.30pm, £16, 07532 30590

HAVING already hosted a version of King Lear, played alongside a flock of sheep, Jevington Place Farm’s Hay Barn now is the location for another classic work of literature – John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

This one-man version of the epic poem – told through words, music, and dance was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award at the Edinburgh Festival.

Kemble’s Riot

Brighton Open Air Theatre, Dyke Road, Brighton, Saturday, September 19, 7pm, and Sunday, September 20, 1pm, £10/£8, www.brightonopenairtheatre.co.uk

TO close its final season, Brighton’s newest theatre is hosting the last play staged by its founder, the late Adrian Bunting, at the 2011 Brighton Fringe.

The interactive experience Kemble’s Riot is inspired by the 19th century unrest which broke out in Convent Garden for 66 days after theatre ticket prices were hiked up.

Shirley Valentine

The Marlborough, Princes Road, Brighton, Saturday, September 19, to Saturday, September 26 (not Mon 21), 7.30pm, £9.50/£7.50, 0800 411 8881

SURREY-BASED Theadbare Theatre bring their version of Willy Russell’s Oliver Award-winning one-woman show to Brighton for one week only. Ruth Redman plays the frustrated housewife who goes on a holiday of a lifetime to Greece.

Nina Conti

De La Warr Pavilion Theatre, Marina, Bexhill, Sunday, September 20, 8pm, £18.50, 01424 229111

FRESH from a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, comic ventriloquist Nina Conti brings her entirely improvised new show In Your Face to Bexhill.

Romeo And Juliet

The OId Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Wednesday, September 23, and Thursday, September 24, 7pm, 4.15pm Wed, 1.30pm Thurs, £10, 01273 201801

FOLLOWING her parents’ divorce, seven-year-old Emily discovers an old dusty version of Shakespeare’s tale of love and tragedy in her father’s new house. As she reads the story comes to life around her in New Mutiny Theatre Company’s hour-long production, with original music composed by the cast.

Alex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly

Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, Wednesday, September 23, 8pm, £13, 01903 206206

ALEX Horne’s 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show returns to Sussex, as the Taskmaster star spends an hour trying to build a strange contraption live on stage.

Jeeves And Wooster: Perfect Nonsense

Connaught, Union Place, Worthing, Thursday, September 24, to Saturday, September 26, 7.30pm, 2pm matinee Sat, from £24, 01903 206206

P G Wodehouse’s hapless toff and his genius valet return to the stage in a touring version of the Olivier Award-winning West End hit.

Robert and David Goodale play the double act, telling the story of a nightmare country house weekend revolving around romantic complications and a silver cow creamer.

Mein Kampfervan

Rialto, Dyke Road, Brighton, Thursday, September 24, to Saturday, September 26, 8pm, from £9/£7, www.rialtotheatre.co.uk

SIMON Levenson’s debut musical comedy sees German chancellor Angela Merkel travelling across modern day Europe in a battered Volkswagen campervan, driven by a strangely familiar character from Germany’s past.

Russell Brand: Work In Progress

Worthing Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing, Thursday, September 24, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT, 01903 206206

BEG or borrow a ticket for this rare chance to see the stand-up comic and recent political agitator outside the enormo-domes as he tests out some new material.

Golem

Zu Studios, Phoenix Place, Lewes, Thursday, September 24, and Friday, September 25, 7pm, £12, www.rustandstardustproductions.co.uk

PLAYWRIGHT Richard Waring stars in this classic tale of the original man-made monster, the Golem, to raise cash for Lewes Phoenix Rising. Directed by Luke Dixon, the tale of a monster built out of clay to protect a group of persecuted Jews is told through live action, music, puppetry and animation.