52 GSCENE OUT & ABOUT
X FACTOR LIVE
Kings Road, Brighton
Box office: 0844 847 1515
www.brightoncentre.co.uk
I STARLIGHT EXPRESS (Wed
2–Sat 12). Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s futuristic musical
about love and hope in the face
of adversity is the ride of a
lifetime. It promises two hours
of speed, spectacle, energy and
turbo charged excitement,
combined with an electrifying sound track, dazzling sets and costumes
and roller-choreography by TV dance show judge Arlene Phillips. 'See
it- and you still won’t believe it' Daily Telegraph.
I GARY BARLOW (Thu 17). After 20 years in the business, over 50
million records sold, eight No 1 albums, 14 No 1 singles, seven million
concert tickets sold and six Ivor Novello Awards, he is regarded as one
of Britain’s most successful singer/songwriters.
I RONAN KEATING FIRES LIVE (Sun 20). Former Boyzone singer
performs his hits and material from his new album, Fires.
I DONNY & MARIE LIVE (Mon 21), celebrating 50 years in showbiz.
I X FACTOR LIVE (Tue 29–Thu
31). The top seven finalists
performing on the tour are
James Arthur, Ella Henderson,
Jahmene Douglas, Rylan Clark,
Christopher Maloney and
groups Union J and District3.
Church Street, Brighton
Box office: 01273 709709
www.brightondome.org
I BALLETBOYZ (Tue 29), new show
features ten exceptional young
dancers and presents two bold new
works by acclaimed choreographers
Russell Maliphant and Liam
Scarlett. Led by former Royal
Ballet lead dancers Michael Nunn
and William Trevitt, BalletBoyz are
famed for their thrilling brand of
energetic and graceful dance fused
with stunning music and imagery.
‘This is dance at its most riveting
and fearless. Talent? I should
say so…’ Independent on
Sunday.
KOMEDIA
Gardner Street, Brighton
Box office: 0845 293 8480
www.komedia.co.uk
I BENT DOUBLE (Sun 6), an
irreverent night of fun and frolics
hosted by Zoe Lyons (Mock The
Week and Michael McIntyre's
Comedy Roadshow). Tonight's
headliner is the Raymond & Mr
Timpkins Revue.
THE OLD MARKET
THE DOME
BALLETBOYZ
STARLIGHT EXPRESS
BRIGHTON CENTRE
1960s, in self-imposed English
exile, Matusow reflects on his
journey from post-war Manhattan
to McCarthyite Washington to
Lewisburg jail and struggle for
redemption among the New York
and London underground art world.
Winner of the Fringe Review
Outstanding Theatre Award.
‘The best one-hander I have seen
all year’ Plays International. ‘The
script is compelling... chilling,
informative, cuttingly funny’
FringeReview.
Upper Market Street, Hove
Box office: 01273 201800
www.theoldmarket.co.uk
I ALIVE & SWINGING WITH
MARILYN MONROE (Sat 19).
Marilyn Monroe is finding Heaven
a bore with no drinking, smoking
or sex, and worst of all, no
swinging music. She returns to
Earth for one more night of fun,
bringing Las Vegas legend Elvis
Presley and Amy Winehouse with
her. Join the superstars and the
six-piece Burning Love band for
plenty of swing, as they sing and
dance away their final night on
Earth. 'A fabulous, fantastic, fun
and feel-good show!' The Argus.
THEATRE ROYAL
New Road, Brighton
Box office: 08448 717 650
I THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW 40th
Anniversary Party Production (until
Sat, 5 Jan 2013). Directed by
Christopher Luscombe and
starring Ben Forster (Jesus Christ
Superstar), Rhydian (X Factor/We
Will Rock You), Roxanne Pallett
ALIVE & SWINGING
BY MICHAEL HOOTMAN
The Iron Duke, 3 Waterloo Street,
Hove, BN3 1AQ, Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/thedukeb
oxtheatre
I THE TRIALS OF HARVEY
MATUSOW (Thu 10–Fri 11). Written
and performed by Robert Cohen
and directed by Ralf Higgins, the
one man play is the strange yet
true story of a man who, at the
height of the Cold War, succeeded
in uniting America’s left and right
– in hatred for him. Once a keen
communist, he became a
McCarthyite supergrass, spent four
years testifying whenever he could
get paid to do so, then set the cat
among the stoolpigeons by
revealing that he had fabricated
almost all of his evidence. Told
from the perspect