BAREFOOT OPERA EXCLUSIVE EVENT 

Rye Art Gallery, 9 Dec, 6-8 pm

Rye Art  Gallery is joining forces with Barefoot Opera for a very special fundraising evening.

There will be a programme  with professional singers including  pieces from La Traviata.

Tickets £20 to include a glass of wine. This will be in conjunction with a new winter exhibition Abundance which showcases the very best new work from more than 40 artists represented by Rye Art Gallery. 

Tickets and further details at barefootopera.com.

VICKI PAINTING: SCULPTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

Short Days, Short Weeks

Until 2 December

There’s still time to see this exhibition – a collection of unique, skillful and disturbing creations of deeply menacing rabbits at Solaris Print, Norman Road. The exhibition ends on 2 December so hurry along to see them and talk to the maker, Victoria Painting. 

Further details at solarisprint.co.uk

NEW ANTHOLOGY BY LOCAL ARTIST/WRITER

Moving Mountains: writing nature through illness and disability is published by Footnote Press, and is a collection of nature writing by disabled authors. It has been well received by early readers and is currently gathering a wealth of endorsements. 

The collection is edited by Louise Kenward, local artist and writer, and includes poems by Dillon Jaxx and works by Lorna Crabbe and Isobel Anderson. 

Further details at footnotepress.com. 

THE NIGHTS ARE DRAWING IN

2 December-30 January, blackShed gallery, Robertsbridge TN32 5NG

More strangely sinister animals, birds, and verbal puns. Artist-in-residence Mark Daniels will also present a series of charcoal drawing workshops throughout January. 

Details of past and future blackShed projects at theblackshedgallery.org.uk.

THE PENNY PINCHER’S CHRISTMAS CAROL

20/21, 24 Dec: 1.30 pm. 22/23: 1.30pm and 7pm Horse and Groom back room

Dickens’ classic Christmas tale brought to you by Kate Tym and John Knowles. Expect topical gags, local references, and nonsense. Funny, cheeky and cheap.