What’s On

By Alicia Denny Christmas Concerts Until December 7 Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP 01243 781312 box.office@cft.org.uk www.cft.org.uk   For Chichester audiences, it’s a part of Christmas as traditional as turkey and tinsel -the start of the season

1 Event. Festival of Chichester Festive Jazz Cafe. A special seasonal treat of words, music and complimentary mince pies is heading Chichester’s way when the Festive Jazz Café takes off in the atmospheric setting of historic St John’s Chapel, St

1 Event. Victorian Christmas Festival. Travel back in time to a bygone era, where classic characters welcome you to a world of festive cheer, as you enjoy one of the south’s finest Christmas festivals at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The festival

By Alicia Denny The Lovely Bones Until November 30 Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP 01243 781312 box.office@cft.org.uk www.cft.org.uk   A play which opens with an unnerving crashing noise, followed by the pretty realistic rape and murder of

By Kelly Wickham Kirsten Burke – The Modern Calligraphy Company, The Old Poorhouse, Alandale Road, Birdham, Chichester PO20 7QN 01243 512845 info@kirstenburke.co.uk www.themoderncalligraphyco.com   Learning calligraphy is a craft I have always been interested in.   I travelled to Birdham

1 Theatre. The Lovely Bones. The international best-selling novel by Alice Sebold has been adapted for the stage by Bryony Lavery, who has previously adapted a number of works for Chichester Festival Theatre, where the drama will be performed from

By Alicia Denny Calendar Girls The Musical Until November 23 Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP 01243 781312 box.office@cft.org.uk www.cft.org.uk   It’s 20 years since the members of Rylstone and District Women’s Institute shed their clothes to pose

1 Event. Lights switch-on. Bognor Regis’s new Christmas light display, provided by Bognor Regis Town Council, will be switched on at 5.30pm on November 23, as part of a day of activities in the town. Father Christmas will be in

1 Event. A Century in Music, Prose and Poetry. Celebrity guests, including actors James Bolam, Susan Jameson and Christopher Timothy, will read poetry and prose as part of this event marking the centenary of Care for Veterans being held in

1 Event. Autumn & Countryside Show. All the sights, smells and sounds of the season will be on show at the Weald & Downland Living Museum, Singleton, when it hosts the popular family event which includes traditional working demonstrations, a