A striking sculpture by one of Britain�s most famous artists is to go on show at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester from Saturday 7 June 2008.

�Angel of the North� sculptor Antony Gormley is the artist behind the piece called �Trajectory Field III�: a life sized sculpture made from a myriad of steel rods welded together to form a single human form, suspended from the ceiling.

Chichester Festival Theatre; The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

A summer�s evening, a classic play and a stellar cast � it was hardly surprising our recent visit to Chichester�s superb Festival Theatre was such a great night out.

This five-band mini festival was being held 10 minutes walk away from my home in Stockwell.  In the middle of a residential area we find the Grosvenor pub, a nice pub, with good ale and cider on tap.  And a sound proof back room, which is handy because tonight's aural assault opens at 7pm with Greg(o)rian, an experimantal drone band, playing like a improv jazz band that keep a check on where everyone is so the timing keeps tight, but the sound is very loose. This is drone, a sprawling doom rock, inspired by the slacker genration (maybe). Sounding like Swans from days of yore, or Bossk from the modern times, the bass rumbles and the drums keep a beat while the guitar screeches and expands minds.

This is an exciting scene developing, and anything goes, as next up we have Ahymsa, a little more accessible with a funky take on heavy noise, with a psychedelic bent and a lot of thrashing, however, personally I would dump the funk and continue with the sound of the closing two numbers where the repetition and building thrash with quiet breaks that made more sense, but hey what do I know.

Pombagira seemed to be the big draw tonight,  doubling the punters, as they took the stage. 

"Urizen separated out a region from the rest of eternity, shrank it into solid matter, weighed it in his scales, measured it with his rods and plumblines, circumscribed it with his compasses, and wrote laws for it in his great brass-bound books.

This sorry region, the region over which Urizen rules, is the universe in which we live..."

Cutting edge music, contemporary art, and morris dance � that's what's on offer in a new programme of events at the Beechwood Hall in Worthing. Artist Debbie Zoutewelle is the hotel's new manager, and she is planning a range of arts and music events for spring and summer.

To launch the season, Debbie has invited Sompting Village Morris to a special breakfast as part of their May Day celebrations. The traditional procession starts on May 1st at 6.30am in Worthing town centre, and members of the Morris side will stop at Beechwood Hall at 8.30am for breakfast. The public are welcome to turn up and join the dancers � who may be persuaded to perform in the hotel gardens.

From Monday 19th-Wednesday 21st May, photography students from Northbrook College use The Cellar to exhibit photography, film and installation work. Students are producing artwork inspired by the venue and its history, and the exhibition will be designed to fit the unusual space with its corners, cubby-holes and corridors.

New CDs, records and books, screenprinted posters, limited edition prints, handmade badges, fanzines, poetry and artist-made books - it's all at Revolutionary Music.

Worthing's music boutique stocks indie, rock, folk, jazz, dance and electronica - alongside art. Currently featured from the Revolutionary Arts Group are Melissa Ede (paintings), Matt Douthwaite (screenprinted posters), Michelle Dawson (limited edition prints), and Dan Thompson (small paintings). Also in stock are badges by Emmi, Mark Pawson and Dan Thompson.

New on The Hyperliterature Exchange for March 2008 is a review of 'The Way North' by Joel Weishaus.

A new seafront caf� is looking for an artist to devise a suitable fresco for its old blue shutters.

The Worthing caf�, COAST, is leading the latest initiative to bring public art to Worthing. The new artwork will be sited just metres away from the acclaimed Walter Jack Studios 'Suncloud', a �70,000 forest of poles with motion-triggered, solar powered LED panels which will be unveiled at Splash Point later this year.

COAST is situated just beyond Splash Point in the 'Esplanade' building on Beach House Green. The much underused, promenade building with its two octagonal towers and modernist chalets, provides the only town centre cafe to offer food and drink on the beach. With new wooden decking on the shingle beach and amazing wind breaks, COAST Caf� will open for Easter serving illy coffee, tea in china cups and the finest cakes and foccacia sandwiches

This wonderful, intense play by South African playwright Athol Fugard is being staged at the Woodlands Centre in Rustington from March 12th-15th.

Based on the life of the extraordinary naive artist Helen Martins, the play captures the struggle in South Africa between authoritarianism and freedom, rigid religion and wild creativity. It is also a very moving love story.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is launching Stand up for Shakespeare - a manifesto to bring Shakespeare alive in the classroom.

The manifesto calls for children, young people and teachers to:

� Do it on your feet � explore plays actively and practically in the classroom, as actors do
� See it live � see live performances
� Start it earlier � introduce Shakespeare as early as possible

"When I was 12 years old my English teacher got me to read Shylock out loud; to act it, live it, become it," says Patrick Stewart, fresh from two Shakespeare productions at Chichester Festival Theatre. "If he had not done so I might not have played Antony, Prospero, Malvolio, Macbeth these past two years. I support this manifesto enthusiastically."