Glow, Fabrica, Brighton, May 23

9:56am Wednesday 28th May 2008

A lone dancer is sprawled across a white screen on the floor of Fabrica. As she starts to twist her limbs and roll restlessly, a kaleidoscope of digital images dance with her.

Alan Johnston, Corn Exchange, Brighton, May 24

4:58pm Monday 26th May 2008

When the BBC's Gaza correspondent was kidnapped by The Army Of Islam last April one of his captors told him three things.

Romeo & Juliet, Dyke Road Rest Garden, Brighton, May 24

4:58pm Monday 26th May 2008

In the peaceful environs of the Dyke Road Rest Garden, the chorus had barely caught breath before the cast threw themselves from an old campervan and into the play's opening melee.

Mark E Smith, The Old Courtroom, Brighton, May 24

4:58pm Monday 26th May 2008

Going to see the famously grumpy frontman of arguably the biggest cult band in Britain was always a gamble.

Jarvis Cocker, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 23

4:37pm Monday 26th May 2008

There are not many people I'd sit still and watch for two hours while they waved a stick and swore - but if it's Jarvis Cocker, it's different.

Story Of A Rabbit, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, until May 24

1:26pm Wednesday 21st May 2008

Sing-a-longs, tea drinking and gazing at a potato. It's not your average examination of grief but it is how award-winning Hugh Hughes (aka Shon Dale-Jones) explores his perplexing, and often disorientating reaction to death.

Traces, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until May 24

1:20pm Wednesday 21st May 2008

As five characters await the apocalypse in their home-made clubhouse they decide to start creating stories rather than wait for their imminent destruction.

The Marriage Of Figaro, Theatre Royal, Brighton, May 14

2:12pm Thursday 15th May 2008

Breast fondling, drug smoking and dirty talk - it was all in Armonico Consort's brilliantly daring production of The Marriage Of Figaro.

Gravity & Levity – Shift, Corn Exchange, Brighton, May 12

2:36pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

Despite describing itself as a fusion of contemporary dance and aerial circus, the evening began with an announcement: "There will be no sequins, no unitards...no trickery or people pretending to be mysterious creatures"...

So Close To Home, No 10 Circus Parade, Brighton, until May 25

2:28pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

Down a shadowy alleyway, past graffiti-covered walls, we are led through a back door into the grim and claustrophobic kitchen of a derelict restaurant.

Man quizzed over abduction bid

Updated 8:40pm Friday 18th July 2008

A 62-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl, police said.

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