Tosca
Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road, Sun, Feb 21, 7.45pm, from £17.50, 08448 717650
ELLEN Kent’s affordable touring opera productions return to Theatre Royal Brighton, with Puccini’s Tosca – a tale of true love, torture and betrayal performed by a top international cast and orchestra.
Confusions/ Hero’s Welcome
Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne, Mon, Feb 22, to Saturday, Feb 27, 7.45pm, 2.30pm matinees Wed and Sat, from £15.50, 01323 412000
EASTBOURNE’S Devonshire Park hosts two Alan Ayckbourn classics in rep.
Confusions, from 1974, follows a series of apparently unconnected characters through a series of short plays ranging from high farce to poignant observations. Meanwhile Hero’s Welcome, on its world premiere tour, is the story of a decorated soldier’s return home with a young bride to a less than happy reception from his friends and family.
Confusions: Mon, Thurs (evening) and Sat (matinee and evening). Hero’s Welcome: Tues (evening) and Wed (matinee and evening).
NORA
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, New Road, Tues, Feb 23, 7.30pm, £10/£8, 01273 709709
DANCERS Eleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley perform new dance pieces created by Brighton’s own Liz Aggiss, duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion and French choreographer Simon Tanguy.
The White Crow
Kino Teatr, Norman Road, St Leonards, Wed, Feb 24, to Sat, Feb 27, 7pm, £18/£16, 01424 457830
BOOTCAMP Theatre previews a new staging of Donald Freed’s 2008 play ahead of a national tour.
Following his abduction from Argentina by Israeli intelligence Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann comes face-to-face with an Israeli psychologist determined to break the chief architect of the Holocaust.
Romeo And Juliet
Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, Brighton, Wed, Feb 24, 8pm, £10/£8, 01273 725230
UNMASKED Theatre reset Shakespeare’s tragedy across a bitter divide to Milan in the 1910s as violence between Catholics and communists sweeps across a changing city. This production has been adapted by Pip O’Neill and Luke Ofield.
Dick Whittington
Royal Hippodrome, Seaside Road, Eastbourne, Thurs, Feb 25, to Sat, Feb 27, 7.30pm, 2.30pm matinee Sat, £11/£9, 01323 802020
EASTBOURNE Stagers present a February pantomime encompassing not just the story of the future Lord Mayor Of London (and his cat) but also Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Cinderella and Goldilocks.
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