James Blunt

Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Friday, November 28, doors 7pm, from £37.50, 08448 471515

THE multi-unit-shifting destroyer of Twitter trolls is supported by Brighton’s own Jacko Hooper, who won an exclusive competition in The Argus to play his first arena stage.

 

TOOT: Be Here Now

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, New Road, Friday, November 28, 7pm and 9.15pm, £12/£10, 01273 709709

A COMIC and tender exploration of how music seeps into our lives soundtracked by a mixtape of 1990s classics.

 

Female Gothic

Connaught Studio, Union Place, Worthing, Friday, November 28, 7.30pm, £15/£12, 01903 206206

REBECCA VAUGHN performs three lost gothic works penned by a trio of female Victorian writers in a show directed by Olivier Award-winning Guy Masterson.

 

Christmas With The Puppini Sisters

St George’s Church, St George’s Road, Brighton, Friday, November 28, doors 7pm, £25, www.alt-tickets.co.uk

THE close harmony singers celebrate the festive season with a new national tour of jazzy Christmas favourites launching tonight in Brighton.

 

All Things Must Pass

The Barn, Southwick Street, Southwick, Friday, November 28, 8pm, £11, 01273 597094

A TEN-PIECE band drawn from across the south coast plays the music of the quiet Beatle George Harrison.

 

Bourgeois And Maurice

The Marlborough, Princes Street, Brighton, Friday, November 28, 8pm, £10/£9, 01273 570028

SATIRE and skintight catsuits combine as the neo-cabaret duo return to Brighton as guests of the Pink Fringe.

 

Coppelia

Congress Theatre, Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, Saturday, November 29, 5pm, from £10.50, 01323 412000

A CAST of 40 dancers from Southern Youth Ballet perform Delibes’s comic ballet.

 

David Gray

De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Saturday, November 29, doors 7pm, from £29.50, 01424 229111

IT’S 21 years since he released his first album, and almost 15 years since his song Babylon took over the world. Now David Gray is showcasing his tenth full-length release Mutineers, recorded with Lamb’s Andy Barlow.

Support from John Smith.

 

John Shuttleworth

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Church Street, Sunday, November 30, 7.30pm, £17.50/£15.50, 01273 709709

SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire’s versatile singer-organist returns with a Wee Ken To Remember – a tribute to his diminutive sole agent and next door neighbour.

 

Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus

Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road, Sunday, November 30, 7.30pm, from £11.90, 08448 717650

AN early Christmas treat of glamour, glitter and showtunes from the Last Choir Standing veterans, who also play a World AIDS Day charity concert at St Mary’s Church, in Kemp Town on Monday.