Russian State Ballet And Opera House

Congress Theatre, Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, Monday, October 19, to Wednesday, October 21, 7.30pm, from £26, 01323 412000

A TRIO of the world’s greatest ballets come to Eastbourne with Swan Lake on Monday, seasonal favourite The Nutcracker on Tuesday and Marius Petipa and Ludwig Minkys’s Don Quixote on Wednesday.

And Now: The World

Emporium, London Road, Brighton, Monday, October 19, to Thursday, October 22, 7.30pm, from £10, emporiumbrighton.com/

SYBILLE Berg’s award-winning German one-woman play questioning the effects of the internet on our behaviour is translated into English for the first time by Clara Brennan for OpenWorks.

Every Brilliant Thing

The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Monday, October 19, and Tuesday, October 20, 8pm, £12/£10, 01273 201801

ANOTHER chance to see Duncan MacMillan’s Argus Angel-winning interactive one-man play. When his mum “does something stupid” Jonny begins a list of all the brilliant things in the world to cheer her up.

Before The Party

Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne, Monday, October 19 to Saturday, October 24, 7.45pm, 2.30pm Wed and Sat, from £19, 01323 412000

TOM Conti and Gwen Taylor star in an adaptation of a Somerset Maugham story set at the end of the Second World War, as a family tries to get back to normal with a social gathering.

Hofesh Shechter Company: Barbarians

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Tuesday, October 20, 8pm, from £10, 01273 709709

THE guest artistic director of Brighton Festival 2014 returns with a new dance trilogy exploring the intimacy, passion and banality of love.

Vesper Time

The Marlborough Theatre, Princes Road, Brighton, Wednesday, October 21, and Thursday, October 22, 7.30pm, £10/£8, www.marlboroughtheatre.org.uk

STACY Makishi’s new show explores paternal absence, memory and mourning, mixing references to Moby Dick with MTV pop songs and Hollywood hits.

The Great Gatsby

Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, Thursday, October 22, to Saturday, October 24, 7.30pm, 2.30pm matinee Sat, £16.50/£13.50, 01903 206206

BLACKEYED Theatre recreates the 1920s jazz age captured in F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, in a tale of decadence, obsession and social upheaval surrounding the titular Gatsby and his passion for Daisy Buchanan.