Flanders And Swan

Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne, Friday, November 6, 7.45pm, £18, 01323 412000

COMIC duo Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh Atkins breathe new life into classics including The Hippopotamus, The Gnu Song and The Gas Man Cometh.

Josh Widdicombe

De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Saturday, November 7, 8pm, £16.50, 01424 229111

CO-HOST of Channel Four’s brilliant satirical round-up The Last Leg, Josh Widdicombe explains the minor things which have been getting him annoyed recently.

Harry Enfield And Paul Whitehouse

Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Sunday, November 8, doors 6.30pm, from £32.50, 08448 471515

ANOTHER chance to catch the comedy duo’s first UK tour together.

Doug Allen: Life Behind The Lens

Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, Sunday, November 8, 7.30pm, £17.50/£15.50, 01444 455440

DAVID Attenborough’s arctic cameraman shares stories of being dragged underwater by a hungry walrus and pawed by a polar bear in his sleep.

Saint Petersberg Classic Ballet

Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road, Monday, November 9 to Wednesday, November 11, 7.30pm, 2.30pm Wed, from £15.40, 08448 717650

THE Russian ballet company performs the 19th century romance Giselle on Monday, and the seasonal favourite The Nutcracker on Tuesday and Wednesday.

You’re Never Too Old

Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne, Tuesday, November 10, to Saturday, November 14, 7.45pm, 2.30pm Wed and Sat, from £15.50, 01323 412000

DIANE Keen and Graham Cole star in Steve Wood’s one-act comedy about two people from very different backgrounds who share their innermost thoughts on a park bench.

The Crucible

Otherplace At The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton, Tuesday, November 10, to Saturday, November 14, 8pm, 2pm Sat, £11, 01273 987516

NEW theatre company Apollo Productions recreate the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials as penned by Arthur Miller at the height of the paranoia surrounding the McCarthy hearings in the US.

An Audience With Martina Cole

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, New Road, Wednesday, November 11, 7pm, £12, 01273 709709

NEW Writing South welcomes best-selling crime writer Martina Cole to talk about her latest novel Get Even.

Edna O’Brien

Royal Pavilion, Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, Wednesday, November 11, 7pm, £10, 01273 725306

AFTER a ten year wait fans of The Country Girls writer Edna O’Brien can finally find out about her new novel The Little Red Chairs.

Mignon

Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, Wednesday, November 11, 7.30pm, from £20, 0333 666 3366

NEW Sussex Opera brings the English language version of Ambroise Thomas’s comic opera back from obscurity, telling the story of a girl captured by gypsies and her jealous love for her rescuer Wilhelm.

Dreaming In Code

Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, Thursday, November 12, 7.30pm, £17, 01903 206206

ALL-MALE company 2Faced Dance take a glimpse at the future in Worthing’s last dance show of the year.