Seaford Splash

Welcome to Andrea Hargreaves’ rundown of arts and cultural events coming up in Seaford this month.

Musical Theatre

Seaford Musical Theatre is staging Made in Dagenham at the Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane on the weekends of October 7th to 9th, and 14th and 15th. Based on the hit 2010 film Made In Dagenham. Centred around the real events of the Ford sewing machinists’ strike, 1968, this musical focuses on unlikely strike leader, Rita O’Grady. Risking her marriage and friendships, Rita encourages the women of the Ford factory to walk out after they are reclassified as ‘unskilled workers’. Her efforts for equality eventually lead to the passing of equal pay for men and women within the union. Evening performances at 7.30pm and Wednesday matinées at 2.30pm. Tickets available from the Tourist Information Centre (TIC), Church Street or online at: ticketsource.

Jazz

Splash Point Jazz has Julian Marc Stringle on clarinet topping the bill at The View, Seaford Golf Club, on Wednesday 12th October at 7pm, alongside Neal Richardson and his trio. Tickets from wegottickets or on door.

Classical Music

The Corelli Ensemble return to Seaford Baptist Church, on Sunday 23rd October at 4pm, joined by oboe player Owen Dennis in a programme featuring Bach’s Sinfonia, Cantata 156, Paul Lewis’s Oboe Concerto and Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings. Tickets from eventbrite. Cinema

Films at the Barn Theatre restart on Friday 21st October at 7.30pm with BAFTA- and Oscar-nominated Best Documentary and Best Animated Feature Film Flee (15). Mixed with archive film, this Danish picture tells how Amin fled Afghanistan with his family as a child and ended up entering Copenhagen as an ‘orphaned’ refugee. Years later he falls in love, wishes to marry but has to confront the fact that he is gay and the impact on family members. Next up, on Friday 28th October at 7.30pm, is Best International Film Oscar winner the Japanese-made Drive My Car (15), in which a renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with his wife’s unexpected death when he directs a production of Uncle Vanya and meets a woman assigned to chauffeur him in his beloved Saab 900. Amid cast and film crew tensions he is forced to confront painful truths. It also gained the BAFTA gong for Best Film Not in the English Language. Thursday 3rd November at 7pm sees an NTLive screening of 1940-set romcom Jack Absolute Flies Again, starring Caroline Quentin and Laurie Davidson, followed by Open Golf true story comedy Phantom of the Open (12A) starring Mark Rylance on Friday 4th November at 7.30pm. Tickets from the TIC, seafordcinema.org or on the door. Concert Party

Silver foxes and Honky Tonk women (and men) of all ages are being treated to a Baby Boomers Concert Party at Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road on Sunday 23rd October at 7.30pm, featuring vocalist Ruth Aguilera with 2 Steps Back and anthems from the 60s and 70s. Tickets from 01313 890364 or 07984 280067.

Horticulture

Gardening enthusiasts should get themselves to Meeching Hall, Newhaven on Sunday 30th October between 10am and 4pm for a seed swap. Art

Last Minute Artists are back at the Crypt Gallery in Church Street from Wednesday to Sunday 2nd to 6th November with an exhibition called … And the Wee Donkey. Expect to see creatures great and small, human and animal, in a show with Christmas gifts in mind. More in November’s issue.

Events coming up? Please email Andrea at andylouhargreaves@icloud.com at least a week before Seaford Scene’s deadline, see page 3, with forthcoming events and jpg images.ages.