insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 21 - November 2016 | Page 23

EVENTS SussexEvents Sleeping Beauty // 3 Nov Every child’s favourite fairytale, Sleeping Beauty is the classic story of love and innocence, mystery and magic set to Tchaikovsky’s sublime score. Stunning choreography, sumptuous costumes and wonderful sets form the fantasy world in which the Lilac Fairy struggles against the evil Carabosse. Highlights include the famous ‘Rose Adagio’, when Princess Aurora is introduced to four princes. This ravishing production of Sleeping Beauty is certain to leave you refreshed, relaxed and alert. It shimmers like an exquisite dream. A Princess Undone // 1-5 Nov Kensington Palace, 1993. She was the Diana of her day. That day has gone. But HRH The Princess Margaret, the most glamorous figure of her generation, has one final chance to be of service. While the royal family is at Balmoral, she removes several bags of correspondence from the Queen Mother’s home, including potentially sensational letters from Prince Charles – and Diana, Princess of Wales. She means to burn them all. But there are other papers, relating to Margaret herself, and an older scandal… When an ex-gangster arrives to bring her even closer to her past, the Queen’s sister has the choice to make or break her family yet again. Stephanie Beacham stars in one of the most riveting new plays of the year. 7.30pm. Price: £34.50 The Hawth Theatre, Hawth Avenue, Crawley RH10 6YZ www.hawth.co.uk / 01293 553636 7.45pm (Wednesday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm). Price: £15.50-£23.50 Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne BN21 4BW www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk / 01323 412000 Swan Lake // 2 Nov Swan Lake is arguably one of the most loved and challenging ballets, not least thanks to Tchaikovsky’s instantly recognisable and timeless score. From the impressive splendour of the palace ballroom to the moonlit lake where swans glide in perfect formation, the perfect romantic ballet of all time, Swan Lake captures, like no other, the full range of human emotions – from hope to despair, from terror to tenderness, from melancholy to ecstasy. Tom Odell // 4 Nov After his first album, Tom Odell did what many artists have often done before him; he called a halt to the circus, booked himself a flight and went off to New York where he rented a tiny apartment in the East Village, ultimately disappearing into a city where it’s easy to be a stranger and easier still to be alone. Dominated by a grand piano, this tiny apartment refuge in a city where he knew very few people would come to inspire a regrouping of thought and intent, and ultimately a redefinition of what Tom Odell is all about; this is where work began on Wrong Crowd. 7.30pm. Price: £34.50 The Hawth Theatre, Hawth Avenue, Crawley RH10 6YZ www.hawth.co.uk / 01293 553636 6.30pm. Price: £23.50 + booking fees Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2GR www.brightoncentre.co.uk / 0844 8471515 23