Viva Lewes Issue #162 March 2020

March listings (cont.)
SATURDAY 21
Repair Café. Take along damaged clothes,
broken electrical appliances, bicycles, china,
jewellery and more. Tea, coffee and cake available.
Landport Community Hub, BN7 2SU,
2pm-5pm, no charge made but donations are
welcome, see lewesrepaircafe.org.uk.
Carmina Ruinas. Musical drama with music
and songs about Lewes Priory, by Roland
Bryce. St Pancras Church, Kingston,
7.30pm, £10.
SATURDAY 21 & SUNDAY 22
Lewes Speakers Festival. A host of speakers
over the weekend including Steve Richards,
presenter of The Week in Westminster on BBC
Radio 4, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader
of the Labour Party, Jack Straw, former Foreign
Secretary, Polly Toynbee, the star Guardian
columnist and many more. All Saints, see
speakersfestivals.com and page 43.
SATURDAY 21 – SATURDAY 28
Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense.
Play written by David and Robert Goodale,
based on the 1938 novel The Code of the
Woosters. Lewes Little Theatre, see lewestheatre.org
for times and prices. See page 63.
SUNDAY 22
The Railway Land Wildlife Trust. Celebration
of the opening of the signal box as repurposed
wildlife hide and the completion of
the part of the Egrets Way that runs through
the Railway Land. Activities, info stands and
refreshments. Linklater Pavilion and Railway
Land, 2pm-5pm, free. See page 47.
MONDAY 23
Photographing the night sky using a
DSLR camera. Lewes Camera Club talk
with John Fox. St Mary’s Supporters Club,
Christie Road, 7.30pm, £5.
TUESDAY 24
Death Café. Hosted conversations about
death and dying that ease fears and challenge
taboos. The Dorset, 12.30pm-2.30pm, free.
Film: Black ’47 (15). Drama set in Ireland
during the Great Famine. All Saints, 8pm,
£5/£2.50.
SATURDAY 28
Have a go day at Lewes Community Fire
Station. Try out some of the activities the
firefighters do on
a regular basis and
chat to the crews.
11am-2pm.
SATURDAY 28
& SUNDAY 29
Experiments with Live Literature. A
weekend of panel events and performances
with the focus variously on fairy tale, mental
health and works that inhabit the space
between live literature and theatre. All Saints,
see leweslivelit.co.uk.
TUESDAY 31
Film Quiz. Test your film knowledge against
the Depot staff, hosted by quiz master Jake
Harvey. Depot Gallery, 7.30pm, £4.
TUESDAY 31 – SAT 4 APRIL
Sweeney Todd. The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street comes to Lewes in the latest LOS
Musical Theatre production. Lewes Town
Hall, see losmusicaltheatre.org.uk for times
and prices, and page 39.
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