Lewes Student Notices
It is the final week before half-term! Hope you’re all doing OK, final stretch! :)
If you have any questions about events, clubs, or societies, pls email me on tessa.echalaz@escg.ac.uk or pop by and see me in LC134 – I’m always happy to help!
🧶 LGBTQ+ Crochet Workshop
Come along for a cosy, beginner-friendly crochet session with the LGBTQ+ Group—relax, get creative, and meet new people in a welcoming space ✨
📅Tues 12th May
⏰12.15pm - 1pm
📌LC220
🎬Channel 4 online work experience programme
Interested in TV, media, content creation or broadcasting? The FREE 4Skills Work Experience Programme from Channel 4 lets you explore real creative careers, complete industry-style challenges, and gain experience you can add to your CV—all online and at your own pace!
🏛️ Thinking about architecture or design?
The FAB Architects Summer School is a hands-on week in Brighton where you’ll learn sketching, model making, portfolio skills, and creative design techniques with real architects. Perfect for anyone considering architecture at university 🎨📐
🎓 Important UCAS Deadline for Year 2 Level 3 Students
If you received all your university offers by 13th May and haven’t responded yet, you must reply by 3rd June 2026 at 6pm.
If you miss this deadline, your offers will automatically be declined and you could lose your university places, meaning you would need to apply again through UCAS Extra or Clearing. DON’T MISS OUT!!
💳 Free Meal E-Vouchers Available Now
Eligible students have been sent a £15 e-voucher to their college email account for the May half term, funded by East Sussex County Council. Make sure you redeem your voucher before 2nd June 2026, as expired vouchers cannot be reissued.
To access your student email, visit My Student Life – Helpful Links and log in using your college details.
📱 Free Mobile Data Through the O2 National Databank
The O2 National Databank provides free mobile data, texts and calls for people who may be struggling to stay connected. To apply, you must be aged 18+ and receiving Universal Credit or another eligible benefit, so some students may need a parent or guardian to apply on their behalf.
🐦 Telling Nature’s Tales - free workshop
Join this free storytelling workshop to learn simple techniques and share nature-inspired stories with confidence.
📅Tues 2nd June
⏰4pm - 6pm
📌The Railway Land, Lewes, BN7 2FG
🌟 Young Creatives Invited to Light Up Glow Wild 2026
East Sussex College has teamed up with Kew Wakehurst and Southern Rail to launch an exciting design competition, inviting 13–19 year olds to create lantern concepts inspired by the theme “What would nature look like if it glowed?”. Winning designs will be brought to life as illuminated sculptures on the renowned Glow Wild trail at Wakehurst, giving young artists a rare chance to showcase their work to thousands of visitors.
Key dates:
Submission deadline: Friday 5th June 2026
Winners notified: Tuesday 23rd June 2026
🎭 Live Theatre Screenings June 2026
See below for a list of live theatre performances we will be streaming in the Student Theatre throughout June.
Each description includes running times, there will be a brief interval for each. 👇
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Running time: 3hrs 19 min
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a partially fictionalised telling of the Salem witch trials of 1692/3. Accusations of witchcraft following a game played by the daughters of a Massachusetts village spiral out of control and many must choose between their reputations and their integrity.
This production, captured by Digital Theatre live at London’s Old Vic theatre, was directed by Yaël Farber, starred Richard Armitage as John Proctor and enjoyed a sold-out run, receiving widespread critical acclaim.
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Running time: 1 hr 58 mins
Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To Be True is brought to life in this moving and visceral piece of contemporary theatre, featuring Frantic Assembly’s celebrated physicality.
Things I Know To Be True is co-produced by Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company South Australia with Warwick Arts Centre, and in association with Chichester Festival Theatre and the Lyric Hammersmith.
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Running time: 1hr 54 mins
This 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey’s play about two working class teenage boys falling in love on a South East London council estate was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Arts Theatre in London’s Leicester Square.
It was directed by Nikolai Foster and starred Suranne Jones as Sandra, a single mother trying to make the best for her and her sensitive son, Jamie. The production received wide critical acclaim and was revived again two years later.
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Running time: 2 hrs 52 mins
Born into a life of struggle, the spirited Jane Eyre tackles life's obstacles head-on as she seeks to pursue her own path in the world. Faced with poverty, injustice and a bitter betrayal, the trailblazing Jane follows her heart to fight for freedom and fulfillment on her own terms.
Devised by the Company, Sally Cookson's adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece is a vivid and breathtaking spectacle.
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Running time: 1 hr 41 mins
It's a dark and stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure of mutiny, money and murder is brought to life on the Olivier stage in a thrilling new adaptation by Bryony Lavery and directed by Polly Findlay.
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Running time: 1 hr 55 mins
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Jonny Lee Miller plays Victor Frankenstein and Benedict Cumberbatch his creation in this performance of Danny Boyle's smash-hit production of Frankenstein.
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Running time: 2 hrs 11mins
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business.
But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare.
From the Old Vic, Jeremy Herrin directs Sally Field and Bill Pullman in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama.
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Running time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small-time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.
Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.
Tony Award-winning James Corden plays Francis Henshall in the hilarious West End and Broadway hit.
