Seventies glamour or Belfast grit, Broadway classic or Brit comedy, it's all in Sussex's theatres.

THE REAL THING, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until
October 5 John Gordon Sinclair stars in this humorous play set in the unstable world of love and relationships.

Tom Stoppard's tale explores how one man's life spirals into confusion and despair over his love-life.

It charts Henry's (Sinclair) peculiar inability to distinguish between reality and imagination and the resulting chaos this causes.

Tickets cost £14-£19 (concs £1 off). Call 01323 412000.

BOOGIE NIGHTS, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until September 21
The Seventies experience has come to Brighton with the long-running musical Boogie Nights, starring Sam Kane (Brookside, Coronation Street) and Sophie Lawrence (EastEnders).

The show portrays what life was like for young people in love during the disco era and is peppered with classic songs such as I Will Survive and We Are Family.

Tickets cost £12.50-£21.50. Call 01273 328488.

CLOSING TIME, Gardner Arts Centre, Falmer, September 25-28
Set in a crumbling Belfast hotel, this play by award-winning author Owen McCafferty focuses on the troubled residents of the establishment.

The writer explores problems ranging from alcoholism to pyromania with humour and compassion and outlines their increasing inability to deal with their own problems and each other Tickets cost £10.50 (concs £8.50). Call 01273 685861.

OLEANNA, Komedia, Brighton, September 24-25
This successful Broadway and West End production, written by David Mamet, centres on a tutor and his student.

The play begins with the student challenging the tutor's ideas but the discussion leads to them doubting each other's beliefs.

Oleanna reveals the problems behind political correctness.

Tickets cost £10 (£8 concs). Call 01273 647100.