Blood On The Streets

Meet at The Marlborough, Princes Road, Brighton, Friday, November 27, 8pm, free, www.marlboroughtheatre.org.uk

JAMIE Lewis Hadley stars in a public performance lecture within the window of a barbershop exploring the history of bloodletting as medical practice – not one for the squeamish.

The Snow Dragon

Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, Saturday, November 28, 11am and 2pm, £8.50, 01903 206206

A TALE of a young goat being visited by a legendary dragon on New Year’s Eve, told by the same company behind family shows The Gruffalo and Room On The Broom.

An Evening Of Spiritual Delights

Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road, Saturday, November 28, hourly performances from 7pm to 10pm, £16.50, 08448 717650

STORYTELLER Rebecca Garland and magician Jon M Armstrong have joined forces for this immersive site-specific set of chilling tales and a recreation of a Victorian séance backstage at Theatre Royal Brighton.

Andrew Lawrence: Uncensored

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Sunday, November 29, 8pm, £14, 0845 2938480

THE controversial comic brings his tenth consecutive Edinburgh Fringe show to Brighton promising a complete lack of political correctness or boundaries.

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay’s Smutty Christmas Songs

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Monday, November 30, 8pm, £15/£13, 0845 2938480

ANYONE sick of the same recycled Christmas songs already pouring out of every shop, supermarket and radio should enjoy this dark reimagining of the festive season from the man behind YouTube hit The London Underground song.

Look out for more alternative Christmas shows at Komedia this week from Luisa Omielan and Henning Wehn.

Aladdin

Emporium, London Road, Brighton, Wednesday, December 2, until Friday, January 9, 2pm and 7pm, from £12, emporiumbrighton.com

EMPORIUM Rep launches the first Christmas panto of the season, penned by Doug Delaney, directed by artistic director James Weisz and designed by Gary Blair, who were behind last year’s Sleeping Beauty. Pick up The Guide next week for a full rundown of this year’s Christmas specials.

The Forest

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Church Street, Thursday, December 3, to Saturday, December 5, 11am and 1.30pm, £8/£5, 01273 709709

A MULTI-SENSORY experience for teenagers and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their carers, as Frozen Light turn the Corn Exchange into a dark and mysterious forest for Thea and Robin to explore.

No 1, The Plaza

Wagner Hall, Russell Place, Brighton, Thursday, December 3, 7.30pm, £10/£8, 01273 273870

GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN combine extravaganza, cabaret, reality, live art, theatre and filth in a show performed and devised by Lucy McCormick and Jennifer Pick with director Hester Chillingworth.