insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 17 - July 2016 | Page 27

EVENTS

Summer Evening Racing at Brighton Racecourse // 5 Jul

Make the most of the long, balmy summer evenings with a visit to
Brighton Racecourse to enjoy the last evening race event of the
season. From its unique position on the hill overlooking the city and
the English Channel, there’s really nowhere else like it in the country.
There are seven thrilling races to watch and have a flutter on, and
Silks Restaurant provides the perfect setting to enjoy great food and
drink while soaking up the atmosphere.

Trash Test Dummies // 16-17 Jul

Everyone put your bins out; tonight’s bin night and the Trash Test
Dummies are on duty! This award-winning, side-splitting slapstick
comedy routine takes the household wheelie bin to new heights, and
delivers a dump truck full of hilarity. The Trash Test Dummies is a show
like no other. These hot, new, highly skilled circus performers can trash
talk with the best of them, showcasing a stunning array of jaw dropping
acrobatics, juggling and stunt work, these dexterous dummies take the
audience on a journey into their playful imagination, where they invite
them to take a fresh look at the humble household wheelie bin.

From 4pm. Price: from £16
Brighton Racecourse, Race Hill, Freshfield Road, Brighton BN2 9XZ
www.brighton-racecourse.co.uk / 01273 603580

2pm. Price: £14.45
Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing BN11 3PX
www.worthingtheatres.co.uk / 01903 206206

Sunset Boulevard // 10 Jul

With introduction and post-film discussion
by composer, dramatist and author,
Neil Brand.
An aging silent film queen (Gloria Swanson)
refuses to accept that her stardom has
ended. She hires a young screenwriter
to help set up her movie comeback. The
screenwriter believes he can manipulate her,
but he soon finds out he is wrong in Billy
Wilder’s classic film.
7pm. Price: £12.50
The Picture House, High Street, Uckfield TN22 1AS
www.picturehouseuckfield.com / 01825 764909

Blithe Spirit // 12-16 Jul

Noel Coward's classic comedy concerns
the socialite and novelist, Charles
Condomine, who invites the eccentric
medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati,
to his house to conduct a séance,
hoping to gather material for his next
book. The scheme backfires when he
is haunted by the ghost of his annoying
and temperamental first wife, Elvira,
after the séance. Elvira makes continual
attempts to disrupt Charles’s marriage
to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost in this
improbable farce that still startles and delights.

Brunswick Town Art Fair // 17 Jul

Three very different styles of work will be on show within the classical
setting of The Regency Town House. This year’s event features hot,
exotic and colourful artwork from Seana Mercedes Mallen in an
exhibition called Africa, India, Brighton - A Sense of Place, as well as
much more.
From 11am. Price: Free
Brunswick Square Gardens and The Regency Town House, Hove
BN3 1EH
www.facebook.com/pages/Brunswick-Town-ArtFair/261827963924381 / 07947 801023

7.45pm (Wednesday and Saturday matinee 2.30pm). Price: from
£15.50
Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne BN21 4BW
www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk / 01323 412000

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