A Local Boy
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, Fri, Feb 26, and Sat, Feb 27, 1.30pm and 7pm, £9/£7, 01273 709709
WHEN the body of a local teenager is found by the war memorial in Romford it turns a community upside down. Dan Murphy’s play investigates how well we really know each other and our community in an era of cyberchats and selfies.
Jenny Eclair
De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Fri, Feb 26, 8pm, £17.50, 01424 229111
NOW known as a professional grumpy old woman, Jenny Eclair returns to stand-up to explore how to be a middle-aged woman in the 21st century.
Expect tales of gout, hysteria, cardigans and dachshunds. The Grumpy Old Women stage show – 50 Shades Of Beige – returns in May.
Women Of Troy
New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place, Brighton, Fri, Feb 26, to Sat, March 5, 7.45pm (not Sun/Mon), 2.30pm Sun, from £8/£7, 01273 746118
NEW Venture Theatre goes classical with Euripides’ 2,400-year-old account of the hours following the sack of Troy.
In Ella Turk-Thompson’s production the city’s former rich and powerful women await their fate at the hands of the victorious Greeks.
Comedy Fundraiser
Synergy Centre, West Street, Brighton, Tues, March 1, 7.30pm, £20, refugeefundraiser.brownpapertickets.com
PATRICK Monahan, Jo Neary and Henry Normal headline this evening of comedy accompanied by a buffet dinner in aid of refugees in Calais and Dunkirk
Look out for any spare tickets for the sold out Comedy Sans Frontieres show at Ropetackle in Shoreham tomorrow, which features special guest Sara Pascoe.
Secondary Cause Of Death
Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne, Wed, March 2, to Sat, March 5, 7.45pm, 2.30pm matinees Thurs and Sat, from £15.50, 01323 412000
JEFFREY Holland, Judy Buxton and David Callister star in Peter Gordon’s Agatha Christie spoof, the second Inspector Pratt mystery set in the library of a country house.
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