After Dark at the Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road in Brighton on Saturday February 14 at 8pm and 10pm. Tickets £15.50/£17. Call 01273 725230.

A “Valentease” special from the alternative cabaret and burlesque group which includes Verity Valentine, Crystal King, Sirona Thorneycroft and house band The Black Fields.

 

The Argus: Sam Bailey at the Brighton Centre, King’s Road on Saturday February 14. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets from £27.50. Call 08448 471515

The X Factor champion offers a Valentine’s treat following a year which saw her top the charts with debut album The Power Of Love, play Brighton Pride and give birth to her third child.

Support from Daughters Of Davis.

The Fortunes at the Royal Hippodrome, Seaside Road, Eastbourne on Friday February 13 at 8pm. Tickets: £17. Call 01323 412000

Last year saw Brum Beat stars The Fortunes celebrate half-a-century in showbiz. This show Past And Present mixes both hits from the 1960s and 1970s with stories from a lifetime on the road.

 

The Argus: Bright Sparks at Hove Park Upper School, Nevill Road in Hove on Saturday February 14 and Sunday February 15 from 10am to 5pm. Tickets £6 and under 7s free. More brightonscience.com

Two days of demonstrations and experiments aimed at children aged seven to 13 as part of the Brighton Science Festival.

Humble Boy at Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road from Friday February 13 to Saturday February 21 at 7.45pm and 2.30pm matinee on Sat 14. Tickets from £7. Call 01323 351882

Awkward astrophysicist Felix Humble returns home for his bee-keeper father’s funeral only to find his mother already in a new relationship in Charlotte Jones’s modern reworking of Hamlet.

 

The Argus: Omid Djalili at the Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road on Sunday February 15 at 8pm. Ticketrs £26.90. Call 08448 717650.

A chance to see Omid’s new brilliantly named show Iranalamadingdong following sold out residencies at the Edinburgh Fringe and in the West End.

How Was It For You? at Dome Founders’ Room, Church Street from Saturday February 14 to Tuesday February 17 at 7.30pm and 6pm on Tues. Tickets £8. Call 01273 709709

Angela Clerkin and Christian Roe lead this interactive show about intimacy for an alternative Valentine’s experience.

Worthing Symphony Orchestra Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road in Worthing on Sunday February 15 at 2.45pm. Tickets from £17.50. Call 01903 206206.

In a change to the advertised programme pianist Rabiga Dyussembayeva is joining the orchestra to perform William Alwyn’s Piano Concerto No 2, alongside selections from Tchaikovsky.

 

The Argus: Katherine Jenkins at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street on Sunday February 15 at 7pm. Tickets £31.50. Call 01273 709709.

In the ten years since her first album Premiere was released, mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins has sold more than eight million records around the world. Her latest Home Sweet Home sees her return to the classi¬ cal world.

Mary’s Joy at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street in Brighton on Sunday February 15 at midday. It's a FREE event. Call 01273 701648.

Jeanmarie Simpson tells the story of Boston martyr Quaker Mary Dyer’s last days, before she was hanged by the Puritan church for heresy more than 350 years ago.