182 theatre shows to catch in East Sussex
From musical theatre spectacle to avant-garde performance art, East Sussex's theatre scene is a riot of creativity and colour this month.
‘ALLO! ‘ALLO! – THE STAGE PLAY
12 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Grove Theatre Eastbourne
58th Street
12 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Alex Payler Electone Player LIVE
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
The Avenue Theatre (Sittingbourne)
Avenue Q
12 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Backstage Tours
12 Nov 2026 – 27 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Beetlejuice The Musical
12 Nov 2026 – 2 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Ben Portsmouth: This is Elvis
13 Nov 2026
Central Theatre (Chatham)
BONGO'S BINGO
13 Nov 2026
The Drill Shed (Margate)
Bongos Bingo
13 Nov 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
The Casino Rooms Nightclub & Events Venue (Rochester)
Cabaret
13 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Madam Lola's Cabaret & Vaudeville (Brighton)
Cabaret Dinner 4
13 Nov 2026 – 23 Dec 2026
Mu Mu: Lounges Cabaret Club (Maidstone)
Carnifolk presents: Whimsy Wanderings
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Dec 2026
The Actors (Brighton)
CATS
13 Nov 2026 – 5 Jun 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Ceilidh
5 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
CSF 2026: The Tapestry
12 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Dr Friday’s THEATRE OF THE MIND
13 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
The Avenue Theatre (Sittingbourne)
EDGE
24 Oct 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Hastings Contemporary
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
12 Nov 2026 – 20 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Flint Street Nativity
13 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Oasthouse Theatre (Gillingham)
Footloose The Musical
13 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
The Granville Theatre (Ramsgate)
FORESHORE
12 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Hastings Contemporary
Franz & Marie
5 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Hadestown
12 Nov 2026 – 27 Jun 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Hamilton
13 Nov 2026 – 13 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Hen & stag parties
13 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Madam Lola's Cabaret & Vaudeville (Brighton)
High School Musical
12 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Into The Woods
12 Nov 2026 – 9 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Iphigénie en Tauride
12 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Jersey Boys
13 Nov 2026 – 24 Jul 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Jesus Christ Superstar
12 Nov 2026 – 9 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Les Misérables
13 Nov 2026 – 13 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Live cabaret and circus
13 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Madam Lola's Cabaret & Vaudeville (Brighton)
Madam Lola's Cabaret & Vaudeville
13 Nov 2026 – 30 Jan 2027
Madam Lola's Cabaret & Vaudeville (Brighton)
Making the Masked Singer
13 Nov 2026 – 6 Jun 2027
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
MAMMA MIA!
12 Nov 2026 – 4 Sept 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Matilda The Musical
13 Nov 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Matthew Bourne's The Car Man
13 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
The Marlowe Theatre (Canterbury)
MichaelⓇ Starring Ben
13 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
Millie’s Nightclub
13 Nov 2026 – 18 Dec 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
Million Dollar Quartet
12 Nov 2026 – 6 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Mistletoe & Masterpieces: a festive Paint & Sip
13 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Mistress CLUB
13 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Madam Lola's Cabaret & Vaudeville (Brighton)
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
12 Nov 2026 – 3 Jul 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Nation
13 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Brighton Dome
Nine Night
12 Nov 2026 – 2 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
OFF THE TELLY! - Brighton's hot new monthly cabaret night
12 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
The Actors (Brighton)
PADDINGTON The Musical
12 Nov 2026 – 14 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Panic Shack
13 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Phantom of the Opera
13 Nov 2026 – 13 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Public Venue Tour
6 Nov 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
QUEENZ: Battle of the Divas!
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
RENT
12 Nov 2026 – 29 May 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Simon Langton Girls: An Evening of Musical Fusions
13 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
12 Nov 2026 – 23 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Cherry Orchard
12 Nov 2026 – 9 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Comic Muse Or The Theatrical World Of Kitty Clive
13 Nov 2026
Stables Theatre (Hastings)
The Flint Street Nativity
13 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Oasthouse Theatre (Gillingham)
The Marriage of Figaro
10 Nov 2026 – 8 Dec 2026
Glyndebourne
The Mousetrap
13 Nov 2026 – 26 Jun 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Play That Goes Wrong
12 Nov 2026 – 3 Oct 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Reinettes: The Return
29 Oct 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
The Standard Of Living
12 Nov 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Theatre Workshop for Adults
1 Nov 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
Whitstable Umbrella Community Support centre
Tru
10 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Waterside Singers
11 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Wicked
13 Nov 2026 – 30 May 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Witness for the Prosecution
12 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Cabaret Dinner
14 Nov 2026 – 23 Dec 2026
Mu Mu: Lounges Cabaret Club (Maidstone)
Day Club
14 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Ballin' Maidstone (Kent)
Down 2 Play 2026
14 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Brighthelm Centre (Brighton)
Forced Entertainment 'Signal to Noise'
14 Nov 2026 – 18 Feb 2027
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Gob Squad: We Are Gob Squad and So Are You
14 Nov 2026 – 18 Feb 2027
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Introducing… Spark
14 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Glyndebourne
Making Trouble: four decades of Forced Entertainment
14 Nov 2026 – 18 Feb 2027
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Now That's What I Call An 80s Night 2
14 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
14 Nov 2026 – 29 May 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Simon Yates of Touching the Void – My Mountain Life
14 Nov 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
The Avenue Theatre (Sittingbourne)
Spark
14 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Glyndebourne
Spice Girls - The Theatre Show
14 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Split Britches - Last Gasp: A Recalibration
14 Nov 2026 – 18 Feb 2027
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Tina Turner on tour at The Ivy
14 Nov 2026
The Ivy In The Lanes (Brighton)
Venue Tour
14 Nov 2026 – 11 Dec 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Weill Woman: FROM BERLIN TO BROADWAY
14 Nov 2026
The Actors (Brighton)
‘ALLO! ‘ALLO! – THE STAGE PLAY
15 Nov 2026
Grove Theatre Eastbourne
Flamenco Express 30th Anniversary Tour
15 Nov 2026
The Brunswick (Hove)
HOME
15 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Justice?
15 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Poetry, song and cabaret evening
15 Nov 2026
The Actors (Brighton)
Rautio Piano Trio: Patronage & Influence in Vienna
15 Nov 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Sunday Family Funday
15 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Ballin' Maidstone (Kent)
Tid Pao
15 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Venue History Tour
15 Nov 2026 – 23 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Annie
16 Nov 2026 – 7 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Hullabaloo Community Quire
16 Nov 2026 – 14 Dec 2026
Ironworks Studios (Brighton)
Musical Makers (18+ Adults)
16 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Musical Theatre Dance for Adults
16 Nov 2026 – 24 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Palace Theatre Tour
16 Nov 2026 – 11 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Play Script Readers
16 Nov 2026 – 5 Jul 2027
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Poetry, song and cabaret evening
16 Nov 2026
The Actors (Brighton)
The Grand Community Choir
16 Nov 2026 – 11 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Burlesque The Musical
17 Nov 2026 – 8 May 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Everyone's Talking About Jamie
17 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
The Marlowe Theatre (Canterbury)
Italia Conti presents All in a Day
17 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Judi Dench: Is it too Late to Make a Run for it?
17 Nov 2026
The Marlowe Theatre (Canterbury)
Macbeth: A Queer Telling of the Scottish Play
17 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
The Actors (Brighton)
Once Upon a Time in Sokoto
17 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Brighton Dome
One Day: The Musical
17 Nov 2026 – 14 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Richmond Sings! (Richmond Theatre Choir) - November
17 Nov 2026 – 24 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Silver Swans
17 Nov 2026 – 8 Dec 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Total Football: England Vs Germany
17 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Victoria Bateman: The Hidden History of Money
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
ACT 50+ - Age Positive Acting Classes - Intermediate Level
18 Nov 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
The Lantern Theatre, Cafe & Bar (Brighton)
ACT 50+ Age Positive Acting Classes - Beginners Level
18 Nov 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
The Lantern Theatre, Cafe & Bar (Brighton)
Big Red
18 Nov 2026
The Rossi Bar (Brighton)
Gould, Jonathan - Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock
18 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Lil Jon - I Only Shout So You Can Hear Me
18 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Little Me Theatre
18 Nov 2026 – 16 Dec 2026
Rockwater Hove
Man In The Mirror - A Tribute to Michael Jackson
18 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Uncanny Live
18 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2027
Brighton Centre
Amazons
19 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
BOST Musicals presents Elf The Musical
19 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Broadway Brunch on Beaujolais
19 Nov 2026
The Ivy In The Lanes (Brighton)
Detective Club
19 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
James Bailey: Muriel Spark, Rewritten
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Michael Starring Ben
19 Nov 2026 – 21 Oct 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Surbiton High School presents Guys and Dolls
19 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Rolling Stones Story
19 Nov 2026
Central Theatre (Chatham)
Venue Tour - November
19 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Want to play detective?
19 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
Welsh National Opera - La boheme
19 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Welsh National Opera Autumn Season
19 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Ballin' Fridays
20 Nov 2026 – 25 Dec 2026
Ballin' Maidstone (Kent)
Impromptu Shakespeare
20 Nov 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Michaela Yearwood-Dan
20 Nov 2026 – 14 Feb 2027
Towner (Eastbourne)
Queer Cxntry
20 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
Sheppey Little Theatre Quiz Night
20 Nov 2026
Sheppey Little Theatre (Sheerness)
Still True Today : With Adaya, Liz Overs And Jason McNiff
20 Nov 2026
Stables Theatre (Hastings)
Lynda La Plante: Prime Suspect
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Madam Lola's Saturday Cabaret Matinee
21 Nov 2026 – 30 Jan 2027
Madam Lola's Cabaret & Vaudeville (Brighton)
Pussy Riot: Riot Days 26
21 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Richmond Theatre - Guided Tour
21 Nov 2026 – 27 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Sewage: Definitely not a Musical - A new play by Michele Sheldon
21 Nov 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
SLAYTALITY
21 Nov 2026
Caroline of Brunswick (Brighton)
Studio Sessions: A Detailed Portrait of a Horse with Simon Postgate
21 Nov 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
Welsh National Opera - Bluebeard's Castle and Oedipus Rex
21 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
A Community In Harmony
22 Nov 2026
Stables Theatre (Hastings)
A Country Night in Nashville
22 Nov 2026 – 15 Oct 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Christmas Gothic
22 Nov 2026
The Arden Theatre (Faversham)
Christmas Gothic | The Arden Theatre
22 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
GEN PRO WRESTLING
22 Nov 2026
Ballin' Maidstone (Kent)
The Princess Proms
22 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Fleur de Lis Classical Theatre Company presents A Train to Woking
23 Nov 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Musical Makers Showcase
23 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Pick Me Up Presents: We Will Rock You
23 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
A Folk Song a Day
24 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival
24 Nov 2026
The Old Market (Hove)
Heathers the Musical
24 Nov 2026 – 15 May 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
WAOS Musical Theatre presents Singin' in the Rain
24 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Chris Ramsey
25 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
Rob Lamberti Presents Perfectly George
25 Nov 2026 – 9 Jul 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Witchcraft and Vagrancy Act: A Folk Horror Christmas
26 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
Komedia Brighton
Whiskey and Soda
26 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
BINGO
27 Nov 2026
The Tenterden Club
Byrnes, Michael - Strings of Pearl : The Authorized Biography of John Till, the Guitarist Who Rocked Woodstock with Janis Joplin
27 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
CHERRYBOMB BINGO!!
27 Nov 2026 – 18 Dec 2026
Signalman (Brighton)
Community Chorus
27 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Country Superstars – Tennessee Country Christmas
27 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Royal Hippodrome Theatre (Eastbourne)
Richmond Theatre Book Club – Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
27 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Burlesque Cabaret Christmas Show
27 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
The Thousand Days: A new play by Callum Murray
27 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
The Actors (Brighton)
Adriana Mater
28 Nov 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
28 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Grove Theatre Eastbourne
Forced Entertainment 'If All Else Fails'
28 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Huh! Bumhug
28 Nov 2026
Sheppey Little Theatre (Sheerness)
Luther Live & Velvet Voices
28 Nov 2026 – 28 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Once Upon A Time, Into The Woods, On Broadway
28 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Pinocchio
28 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Christmas with us
29 Nov 2026 – 25 Dec 2026
St Mary the Virgin Church, Ashford
My Life in Music - an audience with Gloria Jones
29 Nov 2026
The Astor Theatre, Deal
The Salvation Army’s Christmas Carol Concert
29 Nov 2026
Royal Hippodrome Theatre (Eastbourne)
What's Love Got To Do With It? A Tribute to Tina Turner
29 Nov 2026 – 26 Sept 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Connect Theatre Company
30 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
