and more - Viva Lewes

HIGHLIGHTS
D I A r y D At e s
Throughout May. Human Voice. Lewes based soprano, Ruth Kerr and director Neil Brown perform
a dramatisation of Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben in the Brighton Fringe Festival. See ad on inside
cover for more details
Sat 1st. Lewes Farmers’ Market. Get there early as the first asparagus should be on sale.
Cliffe Precinct, 9am-1pm
Sat 1st – Sun 23rd (weekends only). Art: Firle Artists. There are activities in the Ram and throughout
the village, every weekend afternoon until 23rd. Check firleartists.co.uk for more details
Sat 1st/Sun 2nd. Literary Weekend Party. ‘Pigbaby’, part of Pulse Brighton Poetry Festival, featuring
the likes of Don Paterson, Nicky Singer, Catherine Smith, Susannah Waters and Marian Garvey. Beechwood
Hall, Cooksbridge, Sat 2.30-10.30pm/Sun 11am-3.30pm. Tickets 782276/www.pighog.co.uk
Sat 1st/Sun 2nd. Phoenix Rising Exhibition. The community plans for the industrial estate are
moved on-site. Zu Studio, North St Industrial Estate (over the river from Tesco)
Mon 3rd: Classical Music – Mozart Requiem. The Kantanti Ensemble play the Austrian’s last piece,
as well as Spring works by Grieg, Copland and Delius. St John-sub-Castro, 7.30pm, £12/10 in advance
(474979/www.kantanti.com); £13.50/11.50 on the door
Thur 6th: Film – Pig Tusks and Paper Money. A TTL screening of a Lilliana Gibbs documentary
looking at the clash between the cash economy and the traditional economy in Papua New Guinea.
Lewes Werks, 8pm
Sat 8th. Classical Music. The East Sussex Bach Choir, directed by John Hancorn, perform Rossini’s
Petit Messe Solenelle. St John-sub-Castro, 7.30pm, Tickets from 07759 878562