Theatre and Comedy

Stuart Smithers is back for the seventh year with his Arundel Festival tradition – a short one-act play, known as Shortcuts at the Priory.

Simon Brett shares the stage with his own grandson in his contribution to this year’s Arundel Festival Theatre Trail.

Arundel Castle and Gardens is to be the medieval backdrop to outdoor performances of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice on Friday, August 17 and Saturday, August 18.

Petworth House and Park are hosting a series of family-friendly events this summer, focusing on science and engineering in honour of the scientific achievements of Elizabeth Ilive (1769-1822), who lived at Petworth House from the late 1780s.

Man’s special bond with horses is celebrated in a huge-scale show heading to Fontwell Racecourse in its own travelling, nearly 2,000-seater arena.

With the weather we have been having lately, it was not much of a stretch to reimagine the Windmill Theatre as the French Riviera.

There may be around four months to go, but more than 10,000 tickets have already been bought or reserved for Worthing’s pantomime.

Could your child be a panto star? Because the producers of Aladdin are looking for local youth talent to make their show a success.

With that hall-mark twinkle in his eye, Matt Lucas bounces on to the Chichester Festival Theatre stage in a starring musical role of which ill health nearly robbed him.

Artistic director Roger Gibson has unveiled details of the programme for this year’s Chichester International Film Festival. In its 27th edition, the 21-day festival is the largest on the south coast.

Worthing’s Hurly-burly Theatre Company are branching out.

Circus Wonderland is returning for its seventh annual visit to Shoreham with high-flying acrobats, jugglers and clowns promising fun for all the family.

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Brighton-based Stephen Beckett will be part of the cast bringing “a huge ray of sunshine” to the London stage for the next year.

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Comedy Beats are back at Ifield Cricket Club on July 28 for another night of great comedy featuring “four of the very best stand-up comedians from the UK circuit”.

Music Theatre 2000 is presenting Some Enchanted Evening, a programme of songs and choruses from classic and contemporary musical theatre shows, performed at the Barn Theatre in Southwick on Saturday, July 28.

Comedy Beats return to The Grasshopper in Tilgate on Friday, August 3 for their monthly show.

Walter & Lenny – a one-man play devised and performed by Peter McEnery – enjoyed its premiere in Chichester’s Minerva Theatre three years ago.