Musicals, farce and Educating Rita too ... it's all in Sussex's theatres this week.

Whistle Down The Wind, Theatre Royal, Brighton, October 4-12
Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash-hit musical is based on the film starring Hayley Mills as a young girl who finds a strange man hiding in a barn and mistakes him for Jesus.

As well as keeping our toes tapping to tunes like Boyzone's Number One song No Matter What, this classic tale is guaranteed to warm the cockles of even the coldest heart.

Tickets from £16. Call 01273 328488.

Don't Dress For Dinner, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, until October 5
An intricate but thrilling web of marital treachery is spun when Bernard invites his Parisian mistress on a country weekend while his wife visits her mother.

Despite a foolproof alibi in the shape of best friend Peter, everything goes horribly wrong.

This predictable yet blistering comedy stars Robert Duncan from Drop the Dead Donkey and Vicki Michelle from 'Allo 'Allo.

Tickets from £14. Call 01903 206206.

A Slice Of Saturday Night, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, October 7-12
This classic Sixties musical has returned ten years after it first opened in the West End and follows the trials and tribulations of teenagers in love.

Starring Norman Pace (Hale & Pace) and Casualty's Sandra Huggett, this is top entertainment for those brought up in the Sixties or, indeed, anyone who has ever been young and in love.

Tickets from £7.50 to £18.50. Call 01323 412000.

Educating Rita, Old Market, Hove, October 7-12
Willy Russell's play about a spunky working class woman who challenges the status quo with her determination to get a university education rarely fails to please.

The story was made famous by the film with Julie Walters as Rita and Michael Caine as her cynical tutor.

The version playing in Hove is directed by Peter Mantle and stars Ballykissangel's Gary Whelan.

Tickets cost £10 (£8 concessions). Call 01273 709709.