EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

John McKean: The Impossibility Of Truly Seeing What Is In Front Of The Eyes

House Of Friendship, High Street, Lewes. From 9.30am to 1pm. Entry free. Call 01273 476469.

The Argus:

BRIGHTON-BASED photographer John McKean captures images which make you look twice, in an exhibition based around optical illusions rather than post-production trickery.

 

 

Three Dimensions 

Ink_d, North Road, Brighton. Open: 10am to 6pm. It's FREE. Call: 01273 645299 

BRIGHTON’s Ink_d art gallery is celebrating all things 3D ranging from ceramics to sculpture in a new group show, featuring contributions from Matt Smith, Dan Baldwin, Paul Scott, Gilles Buxton, Maria Rivans, Petro, Andy Doig and Graham Carter.

 

 

Dean Zeus Colman: Pills 

Prescription Art Gallery, Beaconsfield Parade, Brighton. Open: Check website. It's FREE. www.prescriptionart.com 

The Argus: FORMER street artist Zeus has drawn on his memories of growing up during the 1980s explosion of club culture for his new exhibition of hand-sculpted over-sized ecstasy pills made from plaster and printed with their own authentic branding.

“I was fascinated by how despite being illegal, branded culture was so integral to this scene – with logos of every type identifying the different pills available,” he says.

“In the same way that people have favourite sweets growing up, people looked for their preferred brand of tablets for their night out.”

 

One

Jubilee Library, Jubilee Square, Brighton. From 10am to 5pm. It's FREE. facebook.com/BrightonandHoveCityLibraries

The Argus: The One exhibition at Jubilee LibraryPART-TIME students in City College Brighton And Hove’s Art And Design Foundation course will be displaying and selling their artwork in a variety of media from next week.

 

 

GIGS

Muse

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Monday, March 23, doors 7pm, SOLD OUT

The Argus: TICKETS vanished within half-an-hour for this ultra-rare intimate performance by stadium-fillers Muse, as they prepare to release their seventh studio album Drones. The trio built their reputation on their live show, so this should be something special.

 

Chas And Dave

Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road, Monday, March 23, 7.30pm, from £28.40, 08448 717650

The Argus: HAVING built a career as go-to session musicians for the likes of Joe Meek, Jerry Lee Lewis and Albert Lee, pianist Chas Hodges and guitarist Dave Peacock went on to create their own musical genre: Rockney, telling tales of their native London. 

 

Rottingdean Spring Music Festival

Various venues until Sunday, March 29, see rottingdeanarts.org for full programme

HERBIE Flowers, Claire Martin, English Studio Opera and baroque ensemble Red Priest are among the special guests at this year’s musical celebration across Rottingdean.

 


SICK FESTIVAL

Can I Start Again Please?

The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton. Starts 8pm. Tickets: £12/£10. Call: 01273 699733.

The Argus: BRIGHTON theatremaker Sue MacLaine and Deafinitely Theatre’s Nadia Nadarajah explore articulacy, comprehension and traumatic experience in a premiere performance combining sign language and the spoken word. 

 

STAGE

The Weir 

Lewes Little Theatre, Lancaster Street, Lewes. From 7:45pm. Tickets: £10/£8. Call: 01273 474826.

Play about locals who swap ghostly stories to impress a visiting stranger,