ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS: Friday to Thursday, February 23 to March 1

Franz Ferdinand are at Brighton Dome on Sunday, February 25

Concerts, stage shows, exhibitions and stand-up comedy gigs across Sussex

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23

COMEDY

GEORGE EGG: £12-£14, 7.30pm Chequer Mead, East Grinstead (01342) 302000. DIY Chef.

KRATER COMEDY CLUB: Until Feb 25, 7pm/8pm/10.30pm, £5-£36.50 Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

SHAZIA MIRZA: £17-£18, 8pm Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells (01892) 678678. With Love From St Tropez.

COMMUNITY

FEBRUARY FROLICS: Cuckfield Dramatic Society, February 23-24, Queen’s Hall, Cuckfield. This year’s annual dinner theatre event features a set of comedy sketches, as well as some fantastic food. Tickets include a hot meal (gluten free) with a choice of dessert. A vegetarian option is available if booked in advance. On the menu is cassoulet (meat or vegetarian) with a choice of breads, followed by a chocolate brownie or lemon drizzle cake. Tickets cost £15 and are allocated on tables, not to individual seats. Visit www.cdsweb.co.uk or call 01444848156.

LEWES RIVERSIDE CLUB: Cane Chair Man by Angela Wiggleworth, 2pm St Thomas’ Church Hall, Cliffe, Lewes.

TEA DANCE: Southwater Leisure Centre, Pevensey Road, Southwater (off Cedar Drive), 1.30pm to 3.45pm, £4.85 per person including tea and coffee. Info: Southwater Leisure Centre on 01403 733208, Colin and Margaret on 01403 734409.

The Macmillan Quiz: 7.30pm, St Gabriel’s Hall, Billingshurst. Entry £2. Maximum six in a team. There will be a raffle and please bring your own drinks and nibbles. To book a table call Terri on 01403 588996.

WALK: Meet 11am in the Barns Green village car park (enter over yellow hatched lines outside the Village Hall), RH13 0PT. 2-mile HDC Health walk, mostly flat, mainly on firm ground. Well behaved dogs welcome. 1 hour. Chatter Cheema 07720 714306.

CONCERTS

BRIGHTON PHILM QUARTET: £10, 8pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. Soudscape.

COURT ROOM CLASSIC: 7.30pm, Court Room, Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, 01403 247434. Acrylic Saxophone Quartet, featuring Ferio Sax Quartet. An eclectic mix of repertoire. Tickets cost £8 (concessions £7, friends £6).

THE NICHOLAS YONGE SOCIETY: £15 at door, 8-25yrs free, 7.45pm Cliffe Building, Sussex Downs College, Mountfield Road, Lewes. The Romanian Arcadia Quartet performing Haydn’s Op 76 No 3, Pauza string quartet No 4 Ludus Modalis and Bartok’s No 2. Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm. Tickets: www.nyslewes.ticketsource.co.uk.

GIGS

BUDDY HOLLY: A Legend Reborn. £20.50, 7.30pm The Royal Hippodrome, Eastbourne (01323) 802020.

FAITH: £22.50, 7.30pm Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells (01892) 530613. The George Michael Legacy.

JAZZ CAFE: £9, 8pm Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing 01903 206206. Featuring Vasilis Xenopoulos.

LET’S GET FUNKED: £8, 7.30pm All Saints Centre, Friars Walk, Lewes (01273) 486391. Funk, soul and reggae music.

MICKY HART AND THE HARTBRAKERS: Free, 8pm Lewes Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes 01273 473076.

TERRY PACK’S TREES: £12, 8pm Under Ground Theatre, Grove Road, Eastbourne 0845 680 1926. An Unfeasibly Large Ensemble.

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC: From £16.50, 7.30pm Theatre Royal, Brighton 0844 871 7650. The ultimate tribute to Abba and the Bee Gees.

WILD WILLY BARRETT’S FRENCH CONNECTION: Presented by Horsham Folk Club. February 23, 7.45pm, £12, The Capitol studio, Horsham, 01403 750220, www.thecapitolhorsham.com.

STAGE

FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: £16-£17, 7.30pm and Feb 24, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley (01293) 553636. Musical satire.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

COMEDY

FUNNY WOMEN: Brighton Nights. £10-£12, 8pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. Suitable for 18yrs plus.

REGINALD D HUNTER: £23, 7.30pm De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill (01424) 229111. Some People Vs Reginald D Hunter.

COMMUNITY

BOOK, PLANT AND TOY SALE: 10am-11.45am, St. Barnabas Pastoral Centre, Worth Road, Pound Hill. Free entry, all welcome.

EARLY BRIGHTON PHOTOGRAPHS: A talk by local historian Christopher Horlock, 2pm The Keep, Falmer. £3.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ: With Quiz Master Bob May. In aid of Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice, 6.15pm for 6.45pm, St Mary’s Centre, Grassmere Close, Felpham. Tickets in advance £10 per person to include a Ploughman’s Supper (bring your own drinks). Teams of up to eight people. Info: Paula 01243 584843, Jenni 07790 375229.

HORSHAM INTERFAITH FORUM: Monthly meeting with Insights by Revd. Alan Mayer, United Reform Church, Springfield Road, Horsham, 2pm-3.30pm. Alan’s latest book, The Empty Circle and the Cross, has just been published and will be available for purchase. Info: 07717221520.

MID SUSSEX RAMBLERS: Petworth Park Circular, 5 miles with Ray 01403 783797. Meet at Petworth Park North car park, 10.30am.

Rings, Wings and Spindle Whorls: 7.30pm-9.30pm, £12 (£10 concessions), The Southern Belle, 3 Waterloo Street, Hove. A unique blend of archaeology and storytelling, inspired by artefacts discovered across the British Isles, from the Iron Age, to World War 2, telling the tales of our ancestors’ lives. Tickets sw.tickets.red61.com.

CONCERTS

BRIGHTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: £10-£32.50, 7.30pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Petrenko conducts Scheherazade.

TRIO DILECTIO: £10, 7pm St Laurence Church, Falmer. Kat Carson, soprano, Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira, violin and Ricardo Alves Pereira, classical guitar. Court music and more traditional folk.

GIGS

50 YEARS OF BOWIE: £18.50, 7pm Chequer Mead, East Grinstead (01342) 302000. presented by Absolute Bowie.

DARKSTAR RISING: Storrington Sports and Social Club, 28 West Street, Storrington, 8.45pm.

EARL OKN: £10, 7pm Under Ground Theatre, Grove Road, Eastbourne 0845 680 1926. Introduced by the Dowager Lady Crabtree.

LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB: £6, 8pm Elephant and Castle, Lewes. Pete McClelland with Tom Evans.

PHIL AND JANE: Free, 10am-noon at the regular coffee morning, Under Ground Theatre, Grove Road, Eastbourne 0845 680 1926. then Lily Ramona.

SOUL LEGENDS: From £28.75, 8pm Theatre Royal, Brighton 0844 871 7650.

THE BIG JIVE ALL-DAYER: £26-£29, 1pm Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing 01903 206206. The Jive Aces 12-hour marathon of non-stop jive, swing and rock ‘n’ roll.

THE REELSTRINGS: Live Irish and country music, Clayton & Keymer Branch of The Royal British Legion, Woodsland Road, Hassocks, 01273 845829.

STAGE