In Full

If you want to get out and about on Boxing Day there's plenty to do in Sussex.

1. Theatre. Secret Santa - the Frost Files is at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre in Eastbourne from Friday December 14 with performances up to January 1. Actor Jeffrey Holland - best known from Hi-De-Hi and You Rang M’Lord - will be taking on the role of the Big Man himself in this festive treat for all the family. Holly Kringle is a young investigative journalist at a New York magazine who must get the next festive scoop. Holly receives a letter from a secret organisation; The Ministry of Mistletoe – requesting her assistance on a top secret mission - Santa has been kidnapped! APL Theatre present this new production filled with adventure, fun and festive spirit, a fast-paced spectacular featuring a mix of well-known Christmas arrangements and original songs. Tickets from £13.50.

Just days away from opening in Jack And The Beanstalk at the White Rock Theatre, this year’s Hastings panto stars Chico and Michelle Collins have been busy in rehearsal.

Award-winning theatre producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers are bringing their last ever UK and Ireland tour of The Full Monty to Brighton next year.

Find out why Devonshire Park Theatre’s new panto has been described “the ultimate Cinderella” (see review page 52).

Let’s Sing 2019 has the X Factor.

There is a handy bus-stop just by the Devonshire Park Theatre. You wait all year – and a glittering, shimmering coach turns up. Ride with Cinderella’s coach, for it takes you to sheer seasonal magic.

Tens of thousands of pensioner households in East Sussex could lose their free TV licence after 2020.

No Classic but an important time capsule.

These are exciting times for singer Sam Calver who was back in the studio this week working on new music and is looking forward to becoming a dad in early January.

Newly announced acts join Snarky Puppy, Jamie Cullum and Gladys Knight on the line-up for 3 day festival

Keeping teenagers active and busy during the Christmas holidays can be tricky so here are 11 activities that should stop them from uttering the phrase ‘I’m bored’.

The young talent of Bexhill and Pevensey based Diana Freedman’s School Of Dance And Performing Arts recently enjoyed the accolade of performing at Disneyland Paris,

1. Music. Sarah Jane Morris returns to Kino-Teatr in St Leonards for a live gig on Friday December 14 at 7.30pm. She is joined by guitarists Tony Remy and Tim Cansfield. Morris is the British soul, jazz and r&b singer who topped the UK pop charts in 1986 with The Communards’ disco version of Don’t Leave Me This Way. Her soul voice and emotional power have seen her follow her own path ever since, and that independence has brought her a devoted audience, inspired by her belief in the power of song to change hearts and minds. Tickets £15.

With performances from Friday December 14 through to the end of the month, Jack And The Beanstalk promises to be a giant of a panto aiming skyhigh this Christmas.

The hilarious A Penny Pincher’s Christmas Carol is back by popular demand for a third year.

The White Rock Theatre in Hastings has announced that the “big man himself” will be riding into the Sussex Studio to star in festive family production Santa Claus and the Magical Christmas Journey from Friday December 14 until Christmas Eve.

This year’s Christmas family show at The Stables Theatre in Hastings is “a perfectly razztwizzling” adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Danny, The Champion Of The World.