Bill Hicks: Slight Return, Udderbelly, Brighton

1:17pm Friday 4th May 2007

"Well, I won't miss the smoking," says non-smoker Chas Early as he gears up for the final English run of his award-winning one-man show, Bill Hicks: Slight Return.

Futureology: A Global Revue, Corn Exchange, Sat, May 5 - Thu, May 10

10:22am Friday 4th May 2007

The world's future is at stake. Every day we hear about rising sea-levels, changing climates and the destruction of civilisation as we know it.

Dublin by Lamplight - Theatre Royal Brighton, May 8 - May 12

10:20am Friday 4th May 2007

One of our original actors sweated so much, his purple suit bled on the stage," recalls Annie Ryan, with the nonchalant air of a director who views energy in much the same way as oxygen.

Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer, Pavilion Theatre, Tue, May 8 - Sat, May 12

4:44pm Thursday 3rd May 2007

Great explorers’ names, such as Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, will never be forgotten in British history. But of course, they weren’t the only ones on the daring expeditions, risking life and limb for eternal glory.

La Traviata, Royal Pavilion, Sat, May 5, Mon, May 7, Tue, May 8 and Thu, May 10

5:48pm Wednesday 2nd May 2007

Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece will be performed for the first time in the intimate settings of the ostentatious Royal Pavilion.

King Arthur, Thu, May 17 & The Magic Flute, May 18 & 19, Theatre Royal

5:43pm Wednesday 2nd May 2007

The Armonico Consort returns with two very different takes on two classic operas.

Mahabharata, Theatre Royal Brighton, Tue, May 22 – Sat, May 26

5:22pm Wednesday 2nd May 2007

With more than 74,000 verses, long prose passages and 1.8 million words, the Mahabharata is arguably one of the longest poems in the world.

Import Export, Les Ballets C de la B, Corn Exchange, Sat, May 12 - Tue, May 15

5:04pm Wednesday 2nd May 2007

For more than 20 years Les Ballets C de la B has been giving seminal performances in contemporary dance and physical theatre.

Breakin Convention', Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, Fri, May 25 - Sat, May 26

4:55pm Wednesday 2nd May 2007

Sadlers's Wells' inspiring hip-hop dance theatre festival, Breakin' Convention, is breaking out of London for the first time and bringing an explosive mix of the best international and national artists together in Brighton.

Michael Clark Company, Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, Sat, May 19

4:52pm Wednesday 2nd May 2007

Michael Clark has not only broken the mould of contemporary dance, he has taken the genre and created something provocative and unique.

C-90, Argus Lofts Basement, Tue, May 8 - Sun, May 13 & Tue, May 15 - Sun, May 20

4:40pm Wednesday 2nd May 2007

Henry has spent the last 20 years of his life working in a vault, filing disused and unwanted cassettes chronicling people's lives, but he has never listened to them.

New World Order - Brighton Town Hall, May 9 – May 19 (except Sun, May 13)

2:45pm Tuesday 1st May 2007

Performed in the subterranean police cells beneath the winding halls of old council chambers, New World Order takes a critical look at power and politics.

The Maids - Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, May 11 - May 26

2:10pm Tuesday 1st May 2007

Controversial and challenging, The Maids is a dark theatrical fantasy which leads the audience on a winding physical and mental journey into an unseen world.

The Ladyboys of Bangkok - Divas Las Vegas, Sabai Pavilion, Brighton, Apr 27 - May 26

10:05am Friday 27th April 2007

They've got better legs than your girlfriend and not a trace of cellulite between them. Yes, those Lady Boys are back and this time they're doing it Las Vegas-style.