EVENTS
THE VERA LYNN STORY // 16 APR
How did a simple girl from East Ham rise to become the most famous singer of her time? Relive Dame Vera Lynn’ s remarkable story from her early years in working men ' s clubs through her time with the leading dance bands of the 1930s to her incredible wartime popularity and beyond to the 50s, 60s and 70s.
3pm. Price: £ 15.50 Winter Garden, Compton Street, Eastbourne BN21 4BP www. eastbournetheatres. co. uk / 01323 412000
AUSTRALIA BALLET – COPPELIA // 19 APR
A sparkling tale of magic and mischief, Coppélia has everything a good story ballet should: a touch of enchantment, a dash of romance and masses of sumptuous costumes. Swanilda and Franz are in love until the appearance of Dr. Coppelius and his mysterious daughter, Coppélia upset the celebrations. However, Dr Coppelius’ haughty daughter is not what she seems, and Swanilda must rescue Franz from the magician’ s sinister doll-filled lair. Recorded live in Australia.
SHAKIN STEVENS: ECHOES OF OUR TIMES // 21 APR
With 33 hit singles and four UK number ones to his name, the platinumselling entertainer and performer will be exciting his audiences as he performs new tracks from Echoes Of Our Times, along with classic hits and a few surprises. The tour will see this Welsh singer unveil another side to his talents as an artist, songwriter and storyteller. Echoes Of Our Times blends blues, roots, Americana and classic rock. Detailing stories from his intriguing family history, Shakin’ Stevens has created a remarkable musical tribute to his once mysterious past.
8pm. Price: £ 36.50 Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing BN11 3PX www. worthingtheatres. co. uk / 01903 206206
7.45pm. Price: £ 15 The Picture House, High Street, Uckfield TN22 1AS www. picturehouseuckfield. com / 01825 764909
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN // 19-22 APR
A wonderful new musical adaptation of E. Nesbit ' s classic story by Stephen Kingsbury and Ben Sleep. Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis move with their mother from London to‘ The Three Chimneys’, a house near the railway in Yorkshire, after their father, who works at the Foreign Office, is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying. They befriend an old gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train near their home and take care of a Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky, who is looking for his family, and Jim, the grandson of the old gentleman, who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel. This new production captures all the excitement and emotion of Edith Nesbit ' s subtle critique of the English class system and aims to bring the delights of this literary classic to yet another generation.
2pm. Price: £ 16- £ 17.50 The Capitol Horsham, North Street, Horsham RH12 1RG www. thecapitolhorsham. com / 01403 750220
SINGING WITH NIGHTINGALES // 21, 22, 28 & 29 APR
Folk music star, Sam Lee will be hosting a series of after-dark events in woods near Ashford in Kent, Colchester( Essex), Huntingdon( Cambs.) and Lewes( East Sussex) this spring, offering a campfire feast with songs and stories about one of Britain’ s rarest birds – the nightingale – and a night walk to hear the famously beautiful singing of the birds and listen in on a unique duet between them and some very special human musicians. The series expands on a joyously received, sellout programme of similar events trialed in Sussex during spring 2015 which was, in turn, inspired by listener reactions to Sam Lee’ s Pick of the Year radio programme marking the 90th anniversary of the BBC’ s first ever outside broadcast: a nightingale and cello duet.
6.30pm. Price: £ 80 Private Woodlands near Lewes www. singingwithnightingales. com
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