Theatre and Comedy

Arundel’s Drip Action theatre company are once again staging a theatre trail for this year’s Arundel Festival, offering eight plays for eight days in eight different venues.

Screenwriter Hugh Stoddart will be in the city to introduce the screening of his new film Waiting for You at this year’s Chichester International Film Festival at the Chichester Cinema at New Park (August 23, 1.30pm).

Things you won't want to miss!

Alex Young is enjoying the “warm hug” of the  Chichester Festival Theatre stage this summer.

Things you won't want to miss!

Matt Terry – winner of 2016’s X-Factor – is to play Alex The Lion in the brand-new stage adaptation of Madagascar – The Musical which opens at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, on Tuesday, August 21.

Worthing Theatres welcome back Acrojou on Saturday, August 18 for a free performance of their spectacular acrobatics and dance-theatre show Frantic, on the Pavilion Theatre Promenade at 12.30pm and 2.30pm.

Stuart Smithers is back for the seventh year with his Arundel Festival tradition – a short one-act play, known as Shortcuts at the Priory.

Simon Brett shares the stage with his own grandson in his contribution to this year’s Arundel Festival Theatre Trail.

Arundel Castle and Gardens is to be the medieval backdrop to outdoor performances of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice on Friday, August 17 and Saturday, August 18.

Petworth House and Park are hosting a series of family-friendly events this summer, focusing on science and engineering in honour of the scientific achievements of Elizabeth Ilive (1769-1822), who lived at Petworth House from the late 1780s.

Man’s special bond with horses is celebrated in a huge-scale show heading to Fontwell Racecourse in its own travelling, nearly 2,000-seater arena.

With the weather we have been having lately, it was not much of a stretch to reimagine the Windmill Theatre as the French Riviera.

There may be around four months to go, but more than 10,000 tickets have already been bought or reserved for Worthing’s pantomime.

Could your child be a panto star? Because the producers of Aladdin are looking for local youth talent to make their show a success.

With that hall-mark twinkle in his eye, Matt Lucas bounces on to the Chichester Festival Theatre stage in a starring musical role of which ill health nearly robbed him.

Artistic director Roger Gibson has unveiled details of the programme for this year’s Chichester International Film Festival. In its 27th edition, the 21-day festival is the largest on the south coast.

Worthing’s Hurly-burly Theatre Company are branching out.