insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 13 - March 2016 | Page 21

EVENTS

In Focus: John Piper - An Eye
for the Modern // 2 Mar-8 May

Photo credit: Johan Persson

This exhibition explores John Piper’s
commitment to modernism during
the 1930s and reflects his interest
in the work of Pablo Picasso, Henri
John Piper, Beach and Star Fish,
Matisse and the coastal paintings
Seven Sister's Cliff, Eastbourne,
1933-34 copyright The Piper Estate
of Dieppe by Georges Braque.
/ DACS 2015
Running concurrently is John Piper
and Jack-in-the-Green, a one-room display of Piper’s ‘foliate’ head
works, based on the traditional figure of the Green Man.
From 11am (Tuesday to Sunday). Price: £9 (£3.50 children 5-16)
Jerwood Gallery, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings TN34 3DW
www.jerwoodgallery.org / 01424 728377

The Perfect Murder // 7-12 Mar

Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace
appear on stage together for the first
time in the 2016 production of The
Perfect Murder. Victor Smiley and
Photo credit:
his wife, Joan, have been married for
Honeybunn Photography
a long time. But their marriage has
reached crisis point and Victor has decided there is only one way to
get Joan out of his life forever...but he’s about to get a nasty surprise.

Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man // 7 Mar, 14 Mar

Bizet’s Carmen is re-imagined as a sensational new dance cinema
event from celebrated choreographer, Matthew Bourne. A story of lust,
betrayal and revenge set in a small-town, American garage-diner in
the 1960s, featuring stunning dance sequences performed to Bizet’s
instantly recognisable music. Recorded live during its hugely successful
2015 UK tour, including a limited run at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre.

7.45pm (Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday matinees 2.30pm).
Price: £16.90-£50.40
Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road, Brighton BN1 1SD
www.atgtickets.com/brighton / 0844 871 7650

8.30pm (7 Mar), 8pm (14 Mar). Price: £12.50
Uckfield Picture House, High Street, Uckfield TN22 1AS
www.picturehouseuckfield.co.uk / 01825 764909

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