Before 9pm, Theatre

A stage adaptation of Terry Deary's book which celebrates an exceptionally gory period in English history, from the fate of King Henry's wives to the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The production features 3D effects.

• Directed by: Lazlo Pearlman
• Written by: Susanna Hislop

A double bill of contemporary theatre: lesbian performance artiste Killpussy's work set in a costume shop and Susanna Hislop's attempt to make a one-woman show when, she asserts, she is not one woman.

• Written by: David Wood (adaptation)

David Wood's adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's story in which a little boy embarks on an extraordinary journey as a result of some powerful magic.

A large cast of actors and musicians present a musical telling the story of Jesus.

• Directed by: Jacqui Honess-Martin
• Written by: Samuel Adamson (adapt)

The beautiful but poor Larisa is for sale, and she's all but given up the fight for true love. Suddenly, there is more than one offer for her hand in marriage. 19th century Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky's darkly comic tale featuring the music and dance of the Russian Roma Gypsies tradition, is adapted by Samuel…

• Directed by: Ricky Dukes
• Written by: William Shakespeare

Lazarus Theatre Company presents the greatest of the Shakespearean tragedies in a re-staged female-led production.

Victoria Melody's autobiographical solo comedy about dog shows and beauty queens. The actress herself currently holds the title of Mrs Brighton and her basset hound is entered for Crufts.

A live screening of Shostakovich's classic opera.

Tall Stories presents a futuristic story with music, storytelling and lots of laughs from the creators of The Gruffalo and The Snail.

Avalon Theatre Company presents a production of this well known and well-loved musical by Lionel Bart, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

• Written by: Anton Chekhov

Stage and television actor Philip Lowrie plays the hen-pecked Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin, compelled by his wife to deliver a lecture, in Anton Chekhov's one-act drama. Lowrie also performs a staged reading of Alexander Pushkin's, 1834 short story.

• Directed by: Jonathan Tilley
• Written by: Simon Stephens

A child goes missing on the streets of London, vanishes into thin air. The witnesses' statements are inconclusive and the police struggle without a clear case or motive. Two men and three women are drawn together by this tragic event and attempt to make sense of the unfathomable in this haunting, humane play by the writer…

Award-winning entertainer Movin' Melvin returns to Brighton with his new Soulful journey through the life of Ray Charles and his contemporaries: Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price, Percy Mayfield… Singing, dancing, Tap, comedy, stories… "Exceptional" ★★★★★ Scotsman, "Songs that never sounded better, even by Ray Charles…

Performers of the year present a feast of instrumental, vocal and dramatic highlights. Variety for all the family!

• Written by: Eric Chappell

ITV's top comedy of all time comes to the stage in a brand-new production from the Comedy Theatre Company.

Award-winning Brighton Theatre Collective present this modern classic - 'Road' by Jim Cartwright. In the course of one wild night, the drunken guide Scullery conducts a tour of his road. A surreal vision of the contemporary urban landscape - uncomfortable and magical, funny and bitter. It is a northern Under Milk Wood…

• Directed by: David Lewis
• Written by: David Lewis

A new comedy of marital calamity by David Lewis, the author of How To Be Happy and Monkey's Uncle.

• Directed by: Nikolai Foster
• Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle (book)

A brand new Holmes adventure set two years after the famous encounter between Holmes and the arch-villain, Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls. Holmes is bankrupt but still refusing to take on any new cases as he struggles with his own demons. But he is spurred into action when his brother, Mycroft, is arrested for treason…

Two one-act plays performed back to back.

• Written by: Rodgers And Hammerstein

One of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most enduring musical classics that tells the story of a headstrong postulant called Maria who is appointed governess to the seven children of Captain Georg Von Trapp, melting his stern heart with her free-spirited nature.

The Jiving Lindy Hoppers feature in this show which celebrates the music, songs and dance of the Harlem, New York nightclub of the 1920s.

• Directed by: Jeremy Herrin
• Written by: William Shakespeare

Jeremy Herrin directs Roger Allam As Prospero, Colin Morgan as Ariel and Jessie Buckley as Miranda in a Renaissance staging of Shakespeare's magical tale of estranged brothers, shipwrecked lovers and revenge. Featuring music by Stephen Warbeck.

Step back in time with a brand new edition of the popular touring show, and hear rock'n'roll hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s.