What's On

Displaying events between 01 November 2024 and 30 November 2024

A Spectacle of Herself Join Laura on a mission to serve herself up [in]appropriately for your consumption, in a bold,
cinematic, acrobatic odyssey through the frontiers of mental health, queerness, rage & the 21st
Century space race. Directed by Ursula Martinez, with Laura’s critical and cheeky signature mix of
autobiography, lip-sync, video and aerial rope, A Spectacle of Herself navigates the personal and
political to seek out new worlds and ways to be seen.

"Laura Murphy is a genre-defying, award-winning, performance maker from Bristol, who makes text driven and dynamic physical work about things that they think need to be talked about.
Internationally recognised for their innovative approach to circus and performance making, Murphy’s work is a cross-disciplinary fusion of theatre, aerial choreography, live art, dance and verbal explosions, which integrates intimacy and spectacle.
Proudly queer and neurodivergent, Murphy’s work traverses the personal and the political, connecting the everyday and autobiographical testimony to wider global and social issues. " Dates: Thu 28 Booking and More Information
After the Act "Queers in classrooms!” “Perverts panicking parents!” - a new musical about pride, protest…and abseiling lesbians.
Section 28: the landmark legislation that silenced a generation and offered a global blueprint for LGBTQ+ oppression. Two decades after its repeal, multi-award-winning theatre company, Breach Theatre (It’s True, It’s True, It’s True) sing and dance on the grave of this watershed moment in LGBTQ+ history. In this verbatim musical, (almost) every word is taken from interviews the company has undertaken with students, activists, and teachers, as well as from tabloid articles and news clips. After the Act’s cast take us from the adolescent anguish of the classroom to the heated debates of Parliament via euphoric celebration and impassioned street demonstrations Dates: Wed 06 Booking and More Information
Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity Ben Elton, the undisputed godfather of modern stand-up is going back on the road with his new show – Authentic Stupidity. Ben first exploded into the national consciousness back in the 1980’s, hosting Channel 4’s ground breaking Saturday Live and has been setting the standard for gag filled, taboo busting, tonsil rattling, mind expanding stand-up comedy ever since! Dates: Thu 07 Booking and More Information
Broadway Bingo with Katie Pritchard Join award-winning comedian and Worthing Panto favourite - Katie Pritchard - for a night of brilliantly bonkers Broadway themed BINGO!! No more listening to boring numbers being called out at this event, oh no, because this bingo is all about the music! Your bingo cards will contain titles of songs and musicals and you just need to work out which song is playing from which show to be in with a chance of becoming Worthing’s biggest Broadway Bingo baby! Featuring live performances from Katie, prizes, games, singalongs, challenges, and loads of chances to shout the word BINGO at the top of your lungs! Grab your Musical Theatre loving pals and come along to this show-stopping night out at Worthing Pavilion Theatre! Dates: Sat 09 Booking and More Information
Bronze Age Weekender with Dr James Dilley Join experimental archaeologist, Dr James Dilley and Worthing Museum Curator, James Sainsbury for a weekend devoted to the Bronze Age.
Cast your own Bronze Age axe and get closeup with some highlights from our archaeology collection before enjoying a curator led walk exploring local Bronze Age Sussex. All materials and tea and coffee are provided, but you will need to bring your lunch.
Day One: Cast your own palstave axe with Dr James Dilley. Prepare your own mould, before working the leather bellows on the charcoal fuelled furnace to melt copper and tin. Cast the liquid metal to produce a replica palstave axe head based on an example from the Sompting Hoard before taking it home to keep.
Day Two: Join museum archaeologist, James Sainsbury on a guided walk of Kithurst Hill to learn more about the Sussex Bronze Age landscape with objects from the collection. Dates: Sat 02 Booking and More Information
Ed Patrick: Catch Your Breath NHS anaesthetist, comedian and author (oooooh check him) Ed Patrick injects Worthing with a gut-punch hilarious show about becoming a junior doctor, the NHS, the pitfalls of modern medicine and the power of questioning it. There’s plenty of laughing gas to go round. Dates: Sat 23 Booking and More Information
Fairytale of New York Fairytale of New York brings you all of your favourite Christmas songs including Driving home for Christmas, White Christmas, Winter’s Tale and of course The Fairytale of New York. And just when you think the party couldn’t get any better, this world class show also features some of the greatest Irish sing-a-long songs of all time including The Galway Girl, Danny Boy, and The Black Velvet Band this magical Irish-inspired Christmas show will have people of all ages singing and laughing. Dates: Fri 15 Booking and More Information
Festive Lino Cutting with Gary Goodman Gary Goodman will be running two festive lino-cutting workshops.
Making Christmas cards, labels and wrapping paper.
In the first, we will concentrate on b & w prints using the ancient art of Chine Colle to add colour.
In the second, the emphasis will be on creating coloured lino prints from one block.
All materials provided Dates: Sun 24 Booking and More Information
Festive Wreaths with Anna Twinam-Cauchi Come and join our Traditional Festive Wreath making workshop using an amazing variety of greenery and a wealth of imaginative decorations to make. A popular workshop with a buzz of creative making and to take home a colourful wreath to hang on your front door.
This is a relaxed and friendly two hours inclusive of hot beverages to sip while creating your beautiful wreaths.
All materials provided but you are very welcome to bring your greenery from your garden to add to your creation. Dates: Sat 30 Booking and More Information
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage Since emerging in 2016, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage have been defying all conventions of style, genre and compartmentalisation. A touch of ‘Americana’, yet quintessentially English. Traditional, yet contemporary, with their individual writing style. Playful and instinctive, they constantly do the unexpected; yet they do it with such panache and natural chemistry it makes perfect sense.
A special one-off expanded band tour for the critically acclaimed folk duo. Following the success of their 2022 release “Ink Of The Rosy Morning” on Topic Records Hannah & Ben spent much of 2023 touring with the legendary Fairport Convention. Now, with their new album “In The Dark We Grow” and a live show line-up featuring the inimitable Jon Thorne (Lamb, James Yorkston) on Double Bass, Hannah & Ben hit the road for the first time with a band of their own. Already so well known for their moving live performances, this unique musical collaboration promises to be balm for weariest ears. Dates: Fri 01 Booking and More Information
Hannah Scott The best stories elicit profound personal reactions and in the 15 years she has been writing and performing, Hannah Scott has become a consummate storyteller. Her music is shaped by human stories, with family, in all its chaos and glory, sitting at the heart of her work. Her lyrics are powerful and poignant, and her voice feels strangely familiar, though you can’t quite put your finger on why. Her writing may be deeply personal but her music has a universal appeal that extends beyond the melodies you catch yourself humming days after listening to her songs. Dates: Thu 21 Booking and More Information
Mr Sleepybum Do you have stupid and silly dreams at night? Well, Mr. Sleepybum does, and he’s going to reenact them all for you in this high-energy, silly comedy show for the whole family.
Mr Sleepybum awakes in his bed to find a room full of parents and children. A circus of silly sketches and dream scenes ensues. From swimming with Sharks to solving the mystery of a stolen chocolate cake to being chased by a frog dressed as a snail, Mr Sleepybum’s imagination is limitless. Dates: Sat 23 Booking and More Information
Paddington in Peru (PG) Dates: Fri 08, Sat 09, Sun 10, Mon 11, Tue 12, Wed 13, Thu 14 Booking and More Information
Remarkable Women: Edith Piaf Edith Piaf, also known as “The Little Sparrow”, was one of the most iconic performers in France. Many of her songs became famous such as Non, je ne regrette rien – an unbelievable title when considering all she had to endure in her life. Her songs were often autobiographical and it is therefore not surprising that most of them are about love, loss and sorrow. An unusual and unsettling childhood, teenage years as a street singer and a life full of drama ultimately took her to addiction and related health issues. Dates: Thu 21 Booking and More Information
Russell Kane: HyperActive Whirlwind, FitBit-breaking comedian, presenter, actor and author Russell Kane is out on the road again, setting it on fire with his unique recipe of sharp wit and “storming physical comedy” (Mail on Sunday). The brand-new tour for 2024 and 2025 comes with a safety warning: wear strong underwear - pants will be spoiled. Russell is high-energy, high-octane, and hyper-active! Dates: Sat 16 Booking and More Information
Su Pollard: Still Fully Charged For 50 years the legendary Su Pollard has delighted audiences, starring in the nation’s best-known TV shows and on stages around the globe in some of the world’s most-loved musicals. Su’s new one-woman show Still Fully Charged brings a national treasure face-to-face with an adoring public to celebrate the amazing characters she has been fortunate enough to play, the incredible friends and colleagues she met along the way, and the staggering range of music she has performed and recorded throughout her illustrious career. Join Su for an evening of hilarious stories from 50 years in show business, featuring songs from the shows, backstage secrets from her diaries, and maybe even the appearance of one or two familiar characters! Accompanied live on stage by her musical director Steven Edis, Su Pollard (winner of the 2023 Panto Award for Lifetime Achievement and the 1988 award for Rear of the Year) is here to show that she’s Still Fully Charged and still ready for “Action!". Dates: Sun 10 Booking and More Information
The Brick People We’re delighted to be welcoming The Brick People to Worthing, who’ll be offering a wide range of LEGO® related activities. Events consist of various LEGO® activity tables, some containing self-building activities including mosaic building and random brick building, along with tables featuring monitored activities such as a timed tower build and small model builds, where names of the challengers are written on a leaderboard for the day for all to see. There are also a selection of amazing official and unofficial LEGO® creations by The BRICK People and the wider LEGO® hobbyist community.
Come along to enjoy a series of free flow workshops including:
●SPEED BUILD - Think you’ve got good skills? Try the speed build challenge.
●RACEWAY - Build a vehicle to race down our track made with LEGO® and make it to the bottom!
●MOSAICS - Create a mosaic using LEGO® DOTS and add your design to the mosaic display
●TIMED TOWER -How tall can you make a tower with LEGO® in just 1 minute?
● YOUNG BUILDERS - LEGO® DUPLO bricks to keep the youngest buildersnoccupied!
● EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS
The BRICK People run self guided and facilitated workshops. Ticket holders are pre checked at reception and tend to filter through and sit themselves at a table that they want to do first, then they work round to each table throughout the session. Some tables have speed building challenges and these are run by The BRICK People staff members in attendance. Dates: Sun 03 Booking and More Information
The Sensational 60's Experience Join us for the musical phenomenon of 2024 with this festival of nostalgia. The show with the definite feelgood factor will transport you back to that magical decade that was the 1960’s. Whether you come to relive your childhood memories or you just simply want to see what your parents have been raving about for all these years this is the show to see. These legends of the 60’s will deliver to you a night never to be forgotten. Dates: Sat 02 Booking and More Information
Willow Bird on a Hazel Stick with Anna Twinam-Cauchi An easy going workshop crafting a woven willow bird on a hazel stick. A good workshop for beginners and an introduction working with willow . A chance to create something eye catching and unique for your garden or give as a gift.
This is a 4 hour workshop with a small break for lunch .

 Dates: Sat 09 Booking and More Information
WMCS: Nativity! The Musical Dates: Tue 19, Wed 20, Thu 21, Fri 22, Sat 23 Booking and More Information
Worthing Museum Heritage Talks: Admiral Hargood - Trafalgar & Beyond An intimate season of talks with our Archaeology Curator James Sainsbury and guest speakers.
Admiral William Hargood gained fame and reputation for his part in the great victory at Trafalgar, but his earlier naval career was marred by bad luck and mutiny. This lecture will explore his time in the Royal Navy, in addition to Hargood's connections with royalty, empire and his date with destiny off Cape Trafalgar. Dates: Thu 21 Booking and More Information
Worthing Museum Heritage Talks: The Story of Chanctonbury Ring An intimate season of talks with our Archaeology Curator James Sainsbury and guest speakers.
Chanctonbury Ring is arguably the most famous of Sussex landmarks, crowned by a clump of trees that were originally planted in the 18th century. However the history of the site goes back at least six thousand years, and its development as a nationally significant site of pre-Christian religious activity will be explored in this lecture, along with tales of fortification, eccentric landowners and perhaps the Devil himself! Dates: Thu 07 Booking and More Information
Worthing Museum Heritage Talks: The Story of Highdown Hill An intimate season of talks with our Archaeology Curator James Sainsbury and guest speakers.
Join our archaeologist James for a lecture revealing the fascinating history of Highdown Hill. From Bronze Age enclosure and Iron Age fort through to Roman residence and Anglo-Saxon cemetery this talk will take an in-depth look at one of Worthing’s most famous hills. New research will be discussed during this lecture, including an exclusive look at plans for exciting projects that will take place on the hill in 2025. There will be a rare opportunity to handle Anglo-Saxon grave goods after this lecture. Dates: Thu 14 Booking and More Information
Worthing Museum Heritage Talks: Worthing and the Great War An intimate season of talks with our Archaeology Curator James Sainsbury and guest speakers.
The First World War affected all who lived through those terrible years and the people of Worthing were no different. This talk will look at the war's military and social aspects, covering soldiers' training on the local Downs, the battles fought by the Royal Sussex Regiment and the problems on the Home Front. There will be an extensive object-handling session after this lecture. Dates: Thu 28 Booking and More Information
WPO: Orchestral Transformations Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
 Dates: Sun 24 Booking and More Information
WSO: Enigma Variations Sunday 10th November 2024 Dates: Sun 10 Booking and More Information

box office powered by