Music

Discover “a whole new world” with The Royal Hippodrome Community Theatre Company and The Rattonian Youth Group’s production of Disney’s Aladdin Jnr.

Jamaica’s reggae stars Chaka Demus and Pliers bring their first UK tour in 10 years to Hastings with a performance at the White Rock Theatre on Saturday May 25.

Hastings Fat Tuesday celebrates its 10th anniversary in spectacular style with headline act Glen Matlock, original bassist and songwriter with the Sex Pistols, performing at The London Trader, The Albion and The Carlisle on Tuesday March 5.

Polo photographed at the Opus Theatre by Peter Mould

Shakin’ Stevens is bringing his greatest hits tour to Bexhill with a live gig at the De La Warr Pavilion on Wednesday March 6 from 7.30pm.

Rye International Jazz And Blues Festival will host An Evening With Jimmy Webb showcasing one of the most celebrated songwriters of our generation.

Cornish rolk/folk band William The Conqueror will play a free instore gig at Bexhill’s Music’s Not Dead at the De La Warr Pavilon on Friday February 22 from 7pm.

Bexhill Light Operatic and Dramatic Society will present feelgood 80’s musical The Wedding Singer this autumn.

I Feel Nothing Most Days is the soon-to-be-released album by singer songwriter Oliver Cherer who is familiar to local music fans in various guises.

1. Installation. The De La Warr Pavilion brings another cutting edge event to Bexhill on Friday February 15 from 8pm as part of the Outlands Touring Network. Ecstatic Material is a newly commissioned dynamic sound sculpture by musician and producer Beatrice Dillon and visual artist Keith Harrison. Tickets cost £6/£8 from www.dlwp.com or call 01424 229111.

Hastings Fat Tuesday celebrates its 10th anniversary in spectacular style with headline act Glen Matlock, original bassist and songwriter with the Sex Pistols, performing at The London Trader, The Albion and The Carlisle on March 5.

The Eastbourne Music & Arts Festival opens its doors for the 59th time on Saturday February 9.

1. Theatre. Printers Playhouse in Grove Road has its own resident Am Dram group which presents its very first production Playtime on Friday February 8 and Saturday February 9 from 7pm. This will be a cabaret of comedy sketches, characterisation and silliness; ticket price includes a glass of bubbly. In The Playhouse. 7 pm. Tickets £10 are available from www.onlineticketseller.com

1. Comedy. The world’s only stand-up comedy interactive live-action video game The Dark Room comes to Blackmarket VIP, George Street, on Friday February 8. Australian comic John Robertson’s show is impro comedy fused into a rock’n’roll retro game where the audience helps decide the outcome. Originally an interactive YouTuber series with 4 million YouTube views. Robertson’s manic talent for improvisation creates an exhilarating world of fun, fear, nostalgia and terrible prizes where no two shows are the same. Show starts at 8pm. Tickets are £10 available at Hastings Tourist Information, or £12 on the door.

Up and coming Bexhill musician and singer Xavier Ralph is set to make a big impression after releasing his first single at the age of 16.