Le Cluck Factor

The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Saturday, February 5, 8pm, £12/£10, 01273 201801

IMPRESSARIOS Tori Bond, Jonny Davies and Sue Tyhurst cast their critical eye over a programme of wannabe talent to raise cash for CalAid, supporting displaced refugees in Calais.

The Cornermen

Otherplace At The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton, Tuesday, February 9, 8pm, £12/£10.50, 01273 987516

FOLLOWING a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Oliver Forsyth’s boxing tragi-comedy comes to Brighton. Smoke And Oakum Theatre’s tale follows Mickey and his struggling team of titular cornermen as they sign a young boxer who takes them into a new successful world.

The Winslow Boy

Clinton Centre, Clinton Place, Seaford, Tuesday, February 9, to Saturday, February 13, 7.30pm, £10/£8, 01273 301444

SYNERGY Theatre performs Terence Rattigan’s tale of truth and justice based on a true life court case. When a young Naval cadet is accused of stealing a postal order his family employs a top barrister to defend him.

Tony Law

The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Wednesday, February 10, 8pm, £14/£11, 01273 201801

THE multi-award-winning Canadian comic has built a reputation for his surreal take on the world. Gradually he is breaking out into the mainstream with appearances on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Eight Out Of Ten Cats and Have I Got News For You – but expect strangeness with his current show Frillemorphesis.

Ross Noble

Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Wednesday, February 10, 8pm, £15, 01273 464440

PERHAPS unsurprisingly Ross Noble’s warm-up show for his upcoming tour has sold out – but it’s worth scouting around for returns to experience his brand of quickfire improvisation in such an intimate space.

Would Like To Meet

Rialto, Dyke Road, Brighton, Thursday, February 11, to Sunday, February 14, 7.30pm, from £10/£8, 01273 725230

A POTENTIAL alternative to the soppy Valentine’s tale, Would Like To Meet is a mix of true stories, embarrassing speed dating scenarios and shocking statistics from the world of digital dating.