Photogaphy: Itchy Scratchy Permanent Gallery From Sat 3rd
Exploring the role of the happy accident in creative exploration, Itchy Scratchy showcases submitted photographic prints that denote a pivotal change or transitional point in the individual artists’ working style. The titular turn of phrase from Charlotte Cotton, which informs the whole event, is initiated by professional photographer, writer and tutor Jason Evans. These unique pieces can be won in the raffle on the closing night of 7th November; the proceeds of which go towards future exhibits at The Permanent Gallery. (LS)

Film: Tales From the Golden Age Duke of York’s until Thurs 5th
Romanian new wave might sound like a theme for the latest Nathan Barley-style club night, but it’s also the common bond shared by this series of shorts. Householders attempting to gas a pig without waking the neighbours and a truck driver seduced by eggs are among the weirder plotlines by five directors, including Palme D’Or winner Christian Mungiu. An absurd meander through drunken party inspectors and greedy policemen, it’s inspired by folklore tales from the Communist regime the country endured in the late 1980s. (BM)

Theatre: Bold Girls New Venture Theatre Sat 7th – Sat 14th

The longevity Rona Munro’s Bold Girls has achieved is the greatest tribute to the ebb and flow of this bittersweet snapshot of female life in 1990 Belfast. A quartet of local women clings to the normality of everyday domesticity against a backdrop of flying bullets, exploding bombs and civilization at war. A contemplation of the struggle between human character and the lives we find ourselves enclosed by, it positions inner turmoil against external circumstance, chance and the luck of the Irish. (BM)

Comedy: Daniel Kitson Pavilion Theatre Tues 10 – Weds 11th
The effervescent genius of Daniel Kitson often sees all manner of superlatives thrown at his performances, but the man himself is invariably noted for his shyness and lazily ostracised as an eccentric outsider. Kitson is actually most at ease when he’s fully connected with his audience, so this new show, questioning the futility of everything to do with our existences on our silly little paths between glory and obscurity, should make the great rambler himself as happy as it makes his loyal following. (BM)

Theatre: The Rape of Lucrece Upstairs at Three and Ten Tues 10th – Weds 11th
One of Shakespeare’s most brutal plays, The Rape of Lucrece was created by the bard as a grave narrative poem taking in the despair, violence, outrage and disgust of rape for perpetrators and victims. Within the darkened cavern of the Three and Ten space, Gerard Logan musters an astonishing depth of feeling and emotion. His heartfelt, stark one-man enactment of this bleak and brilliant piece is a moving, powerful and hugely evocative highlight of the month in theatre. (BM)

Theatre: The Pink Bear Club Upstairs at Three and Ten Fri 13th
Formed following a dare at a party, this collection of some of Brighton’s finest comedians, film-makers and actors were given a week to write and film a sketch, completing their challenge in a measly five days. Unleashed in this debut performance by the prodigious troupe, the results are a rich vein of “dark, scary and sexy” sequences, including a mythical creature living in the wildlands of the city by the sea, an insane Scouse cab driver and the Pink Bear himself. (BM)

Event: Win Win Win Phoenix Gallery, Sat 14th
You might recall how last month we warned you the Beatabet Collective of musicians, performing artists and general hedonists were taking over the Phoenix for a couple of months. This is your chance to experience the messy results first-hand in a multimedia funfair bastardising archive footage of Brighton as once-innocent toys marauder through the gallery and mundane activities become fiercely competitive heats. One lucky winner will walk off with the biggest prize of them all – it could be you, but you might not want it to be. (BM)

Theatre: The Pilots The Basement Fri 20th
“The idea is that pilots take the audience on a journey,” says Michael Pinchbeck. “They say, ‘trust us, we’ve done this before, we’re professionals.’ But they don’t have a clue.” With this ethos in mind, Pinchbeck and Mole Wetherell have spent twenty years snapping at the boundaries of what two men on a stage can do with their Reckless Sleepers Company. They’ve picked terrorism and the video for Club Tropicana by Wham as starting points for this one. (BM)

Film: Jem Cohen Lighthouse Sat 21st
A Cine-City mass of city portraits from the New York filmmaker with a beady eye for the poetic and a passion for the political. This gargantuan set takes in suburbs shadowed by active volcanoes, drunkards swearing in Madison Square Garden, camera carriers dodging FBI paranoia in Manhattan and meditations on the unseen and unexplored corners of urban life. A question and answer session with the artist follows the selection of screenings. (BM)

WORDS BY BEN MILLER, LYDIA STOCKBRIDGE