The Treason Show

Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Fri, Feb 19, 8pm, £14, 01273 464440

SUSSEX’S own homegrown monthly satire returns with plenty to pick over – from the potential Brexit to the ongoing Trump juggernaut in the US polls.

Stewart Francis

Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing, Sat, Feb 20, 8pm, £20, 01903 206206

DEADPAN Canadian punmeister Stewart Francis returns with another landslide of one-liners, word-play and good old-fashioned gags in Pun Gent, having sold-out the Connaught last April.

Stewart Lee

Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester, Sat, Feb 20, 8pm, £21, 01243 781312

DECONSTRUCTING comic Stewart Lee continues to test out material for his forthcoming Comedy Vehicle series with a rare appearance on Chichester’s thrust stage – hopefully it will be the first comedy show of many.

Diane Chorley’s Broken Heart Ball

The Marlborough, Princes Street, Brighton, Sat, Feb 20, 8pm, £12.50, 01273 273870

NOW the post-Valentine’s dust has settled former Essex nightclub owner Diane Chorley and her band The Buffet pick over the wreckage and offer advice on affairs of the heart.

Horrible Histories

Congress Theatre, Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, Wed, Feb 24 to Sat, Feb 27, various times, £16/£13.50, 01323 412000

ALL the history teachers don’t mention in class – focusing on the Groovy Greeks and the various invaders of these isles, from the Romans to the Vikings.

Groovy Greeks: Wed 10.30am, Thurs 7pm, Fri 10.30am and Sat 7pm.

Incredible Invaders: Wed 1.30pm, Thurs 10.30am, Fri 7pm and Sat 2.30pm.

High School Musical

The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Tues, Feb 23, to Sat, Feb 27, 7.30pm, 2.30pm Sat matinee, from £13/£10, 01273 201801

KNOWN in Disney circles as “the little movie that could”, made-for-TV flick High School Musical became a worldwide tween phenomenon. Now, following productions of The Crucible, #RandJ, and Loserville, Apollo Productions is getting its head in the game for the tale of Troy, Gabriella and the East High Wildcats.

Alun Cochrane

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Thurs, Feb 25, 8pm, £12.50, 0845 2938480

WITH his Show With A Man In It Alun Cochrane is giving his straight no-nonsense, and slightly grumpy, opinions on manliness and womanliness, hobbies, ageing, perfume, beards, snoods, feminism and fundamentalism.

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.