Seaford Splash

Welcome to Andrea Hargreaves’ rundown of arts and cultural events coming up in Seaford this month. Be aware that events could be affected by COVID rule changes announced after the time of writing Cinema

At the Barn Theatre, Seaford Community Cinema is screening Cruella (12) on Friday 4th March at 7.30pm. Marking International Women’s Day, this manic black comedy pits crazy Estella Miller (Emma Stone) against her fearsome mentor, played by Emma Thompson as Estella stops at nothing to develop her Cruella de Vil line. Next up, on Sunday 13th March at 2.30pm, is Jungle Cruise (12), a fantasy adventure involving a female scientist (Emily Blunt) on a mission to Brazil to find a tree whose flowers cure illness, heal wounds and lift curses, plus Spanish conquistadores and a dodgy boat skipper. Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Coleman both won Oscars for their roles in The Father (12), with Hopkins giving a devastating performance as an elderly man suffering dementia. See it on Friday 18th March at 7.30pm. The cinema’s spring season should have been closing on Friday 1st April at 7.30pm with Daniel Craig’s final Bond outing in No Time to Die (12A) but on Saturday 2nd April at 7.30pm it will also be showing the rescheduled Gala event for The Youth Counselling Project, In the Heights (U), see page 70. Apart from the Gala tickets are £6 members, £7 non members, £4 18s and under from the Tourist Information Office in Church Street, from seafordcinema.org or on the door. Seaford Little Theatre is staging Noel Coward’s Private Lives from Friday 4th March until Saturday 12th March at 7.45pm with matinée only on Saturday 5th March at 2.30pm, seats £9 and £8, from Ticketsource. Directed by Mike Truman, passion, laughter, romance, anger and love set the stage for a battle of the sexes as a divorced couple find themselves unwittingly thrown together in this classic 1930s’ comedy of manners. Charity quiz

Air your general knowledge and help raise money for The Youth Counselling Project by forming a team of up to eight people to answer Peter Linsdell’s fiendish quiz questions on Tuesday 8th March, 7.30 for 8pm. Tickets £5 each on the evening. Jazz

Splashpoint Jazz returns to The View at Seaford Golf Club on Wednesday 8th March at 7pm with Neal Richardson, Miles Danso and Alex Eberhard plus guest vocalist Sarah Moule. Tickets via WeGotTickets.com.

Classical music

Go to Seaford Baptist Church on Sunday 20th March at 4pm for a Corelli Ensemble concert featuring horn player Dave Lee, Paul Lewis’ Seaford Snapshots, Butterworth and Hughes’ Sussex Folksongs, Ladies in Lavender by Nigel Hess and Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Tickets from eventbrite.co.uk and from the Tourist Information Office. Art

Andrew Rafferty is showing his photographs at the Crypt Gallery in Church Street from Tuesday 29th March until Tuesday 12 April, with an exhibition called Seahenge in the Flint Room and Passion in the Undercroft. Free admission. Folk music

Seaford Sessions is hosting Trials of Cato at Seaford Little Theatre on Saturday 2nd April at 7.30pm. Dubbed the Sex Pistols of folk, they revitalise old bones to have you stomping your feet, also see page 53. Please email news of upcoming events to andylouhargreaves@icloud.com at least seven days before Seaford Scene’s issue deadline. Photos from top: Cruella and The Father.