Theatre and Comedy

They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...but not this time! Because the blockbuster show Oh What A Night! is making its UK debut at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings on Wednesday April 25.

Comedy Capers return to the stage for annual pantomime Beauty and the Beast.

A very large audience was present at St Mary In The Castle for a short but nonetheless most unusual evening.

Back in Hastings this summer are two feelgood events which are real crowd-pleasers - Hastings Fringe Comedy Festival from June 13-17, and Hastings Fringe Festival, throughout July.

Blockbuster show Oh What A Night! makes its UK debut at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings, on Wednesday April 25 from 7.30pm.

Anything Goes is the next production from the Renaissance Theatre Company at St Mary In The Castle from April 26-28.

Superstar chef James Martin will be visiting Sussex as part of his new theatre tour across the UK.

Battle Light Opera Group ladies showed their mettle in demanding equal pay in character for upcoming production Made In Dagenham during this year’s Battle Marbles competition.

After an “awful” fire at Iden Village Hall last summer - which saw the loss of staging, scenery and chairs - Iden Players are now up and running with a brand new variety show.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of Opera South East’s first performance at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings, with a production of Bizet’s Carmen in September 1983.

ExploreTheArch, East Sussex’s experimental theatre company, is heading up St Leonards’ #ATownExploresABook18 festival this Easter with a chilling gothic new production.

Are you over winter with all its chilly misery and desperate for some proper sun?

In the 50th anniversary year of The White Album, hundreds of local musicians will stream into Hastings White Rock Theatre to celebrate the 19th Beatles Day held in town.

Britain’s Got Talent dance discovery Flawless presents Chase The Dream - The Reboot Tour at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings on Sunday October 28 from 6pm.

Mozart’s The Magic Flute is open to a wide range of interpretations and as long as it is well sung and sensitively staged it will always impress. This was certainly true of Opera Anywhere’s visit to St Mary In The Castle in Hastings last Friday. The opera may have been pared down but the narrative made sense throughout and many of the voices were exceptionally good.

Hastings Philharmonic have not been lucky with the weather this year but it does not seem to deter its audience who turned out in the bitter cold of Saturday evening for a Mozart concert which included one of his most pessimistic works.

Dip into The Ministry Of Biscuits at Crowhurst Village Hall on Friday April 27 from 7.30pm

Multi award-winning playwright Gail Louw blends a universal, heartfelt story about fathers and sons with the wondrous music of Johannes Brahms in her new one-man drama, Being Brahms.