Culture

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A dance feast - a documentary about Russian Sergei Polunin

Action in Market Street as the BBC film a 30s classic - but where can you see it again this weekend? And get many views of historic Rye as well?

Richard III reigned for only two years before he was killed on the battlefield. But he was alive and well (though pretty scary) in Rye last weekend, thanks to Emily Carding's innovative and powerful retelling of the old story

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin star in this crime comedy as a trio of law-abiding citizens who decide to rob the bank that has raided their pension funds.

What turned out to be the final meeting of the Friends of Rye Art Gallery finished on a positive note

Modern and more traditional styles can be found in the current exhibitions at Rye Art Gallery by local artists - and Rye and the surrounding area has a long tradition of artists who have either lived here, or visited, leaving a wide range of styles and subjects behind them

In A Quiet Passion, Cynthia Nixon plays reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson and her struggles with 19th-century social restrictions. Also new this week is Get Out, a chiller/thriller starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison William about a white girl taking home her black boyfriend – but her family's welcome is not quite as it seems

Come and support your local film club

With 56 ticketed events, 4,500 ticket holders and a number of public events, legal liability can be a headache for the Rye Arts Festival

Acting Up In Rye moves from panto to one act farce and comedy for their latest shows

Enjoy the sound of Ryesingers on their new CD shortly