insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 02 - April 2015 | Page 26

EVENTS

Daphne du Maurier’s
Rebecca // 13-18 Apr

Fishtales // 16 Apr
Poetry at Fish Art Gallery, Hastings.
Free refreshments, wheelchair access
and facilities. Featuring poets Richard
Makin from St Leonards, David Jones
from Dover and Joe Fearn from
Hastings.
6.30pm. Price: Free
Fish Art Gallery, Robertson Street,
Hastings TN34 1HL / 01424 205400

Rebecca is timeless; the
book beloved by generations
and the iconic Alfred
Hitchcock film a classic of
the genre. And now, awardwinning director Emma Rice
has created a gripping new
stage production of Daphne
du Maurier’s masterpiece
which conjures Cornish
romance and theatrical
magic.
2.30pm and 7.45pm.
Price: £15.50-£26.50
Devonshire Park Theatre,
Chiswick Place, Eastbourne BN21 4BJ
ww.eastbournetheatres.co.uk / 01323 415500

Talk: William
Shakespeare // 16 Apr
In anticipation of the release
of the film Bill, which was
shot on location at the
museum, the evening’s talk
seeks to understand the real
life of William Shakespeare
and some of the influences
on his work. The speaker,
Dr Duncan Salkeld, is
Professor of Shakespeare
and Renaissance literature
at the University of
Chichester, and author of
Madness and Drama in the
Age of Shakespeare and
Shakespeare Among the
Courtesans: Prostitution,
Literature and Drama 15001650, as well as numerous
articles on Shakespeare and
Renaissance drama. Tea, coffee, and cakes provided.
6.30pm. Price: £12
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester
PO18 0EU
www.wealddown.co.uk / 01243 811021

The Wizard of Oz
// 14-18 Apr
Follow the yellow brick
road with HAODS this
spring! Join Dorothy Ga