Today

Public Art
The Four Directions
Four new benches situated at the Warren Hill dew pond have been commissioned by Towner and created by artists Will Spankie and Alinah Azadeh.

Exhibition
Paule Vézelay Living Lines
This spring, the first major exhibition of Paule Vézelay’s work in over 40 years will tour to Towner, after its 2025 debut at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol.

Event
10:00 AMWriggle Room
Wriggle Room is Towner's free programme for under-5s and their caregivers on selected Tuesdays during termtime.

Exhibition
Points of View
This free exhibition on our ground floor will include works by artists Nathan Coley, Anne Hardy, Marine Huggonier, Alicja Kwade and Emma Stibbon.

Talk/ Tour, Towner Collection, Event
11:00 AMBehind the Scenes Tour
Enjoy a fascinating tour of the Towner Collection

Cinema
11:00 AMDie Walküre
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Upgrade your ticket to enjoy lunch from a two course seasonal set menu at Light restaurant during the second interval.

Public Art
Helen Cammock: Garden
This work by Helen Cammock was comissioned to run alongside the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

Public Art
Nigel Hall: Gravity/ Levity
To coincide with Nigel Hall’s exhibition Here and Now, There and Then, Gravity/Levity (2015), is temporarily installed on the Devonshire Quarter Plaza.
Tomorrow

Public Art
The Four Directions
Four new benches situated at the Warren Hill dew pond have been commissioned by Towner and created by artists Will Spankie and Alinah Azadeh.

Exhibition
Paule Vézelay Living Lines
This spring, the first major exhibition of Paule Vézelay’s work in over 40 years will tour to Towner, after its 2025 debut at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol.

Exhibition
Points of View
This free exhibition on our ground floor will include works by artists Nathan Coley, Anne Hardy, Marine Huggonier, Alicja Kwade and Emma Stibbon.

Cinema
11:00 AMHoly Cow (15)
Louise Courvoisier’s feature debut is a verité look at the hardscrabble life of French agriculture, a sweet romance and a loving ode – both reverent, and irreverent – to the glories of cheese.

Cinema
4:00 PMThe Penguin Lessons (12a)
Steve Coogan stars in this warm, witty comedy drama from The Full Monty and Military Wives director Peter Cattaneo, based on Tom Michell’s bestselling memoir.

Public Art
Helen Cammock: Garden
This work by Helen Cammock was comissioned to run alongside the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

Public Art
Nigel Hall: Gravity/ Levity
To coincide with Nigel Hall’s exhibition Here and Now, There and Then, Gravity/Levity (2015), is temporarily installed on the Devonshire Quarter Plaza.
Thursday 22 May

Public Art
The Four Directions
Four new benches situated at the Warren Hill dew pond have been commissioned by Towner and created by artists Will Spankie and Alinah Azadeh.

Exhibition
Paule Vézelay Living Lines
This spring, the first major exhibition of Paule Vézelay’s work in over 40 years will tour to Towner, after its 2025 debut at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol.

Exhibition
Points of View
This free exhibition on our ground floor will include works by artists Nathan Coley, Anne Hardy, Marine Huggonier, Alicja Kwade and Emma Stibbon.

Creative Newhaven, Exhibition
Bruce Asbestos: New Pop Max
Towner has collaborated with Look Again and Lewes District Council to bring this exciting exhibition to Newhaven Marine Workshops.

Talk/ Tour, Event
1:30 PMLunchtime Response: Points of View Collaborative Perfomance
With a multidisciplinary approach, Aimee Lyon, Connie Ashford and Luka Shaxson will collectively and creatively reflect upon Points of View.

Cinema
2:00 PMWhen Autumn Falls (12a)
Ever-inventive French auteur François Ozon (8 Women, Swimming Pool, Potiche, Frantz) returns with a twisty, bittersweet story about age, youth, the past and the art of breaking the rules.

Public Art
Helen Cammock: Garden
This work by Helen Cammock was comissioned to run alongside the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

Public Art
Nigel Hall: Gravity/ Levity
To coincide with Nigel Hall’s exhibition Here and Now, There and Then, Gravity/Levity (2015), is temporarily installed on the Devonshire Quarter Plaza.
Friday 23 May

Public Art
The Four Directions
Four new benches situated at the Warren Hill dew pond have been commissioned by Towner and created by artists Will Spankie and Alinah Azadeh.

Exhibition
Paule Vézelay Living Lines
This spring, the first major exhibition of Paule Vézelay’s work in over 40 years will tour to Towner, after its 2025 debut at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol.

Exhibition
Sussex Modernism
Fine art is shown with counterculture and pop in this vibrant exhibition revealing how artists of very different kinds responded to the crises of their day through their relationships to Sussex and to the many different movements of modernism.

Exhibition
Points of View
This free exhibition on our ground floor will include works by artists Nathan Coley, Anne Hardy, Marine Huggonier, Alicja Kwade and Emma Stibbon.

Creative Newhaven, Exhibition
Bruce Asbestos: New Pop Max
Towner has collaborated with Look Again and Lewes District Council to bring this exciting exhibition to Newhaven Marine Workshops.

Cinema
4:00 PMGood One (15)
India Donaldson’s piercing, revelatory feature debut echoes the work of Kelly Reichardt, Nicole Holofcener and Céline Sciamma.

Cinema
7:00 PMThe Friend (15)
Naomi Watts, Bill Murray and a charismatic Great Dane star in this consoling New York story based on Sigrid Nunez’s New York Times bestselling novel.

Public Art
Helen Cammock: Garden
This work by Helen Cammock was comissioned to run alongside the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

Public Art
Nigel Hall: Gravity/ Levity
To coincide with Nigel Hall’s exhibition Here and Now, There and Then, Gravity/Levity (2015), is temporarily installed on the Devonshire Quarter Plaza.
Saturday 24 May

Public Art
The Four Directions
Four new benches situated at the Warren Hill dew pond have been commissioned by Towner and created by artists Will Spankie and Alinah Azadeh.

Exhibition
Paule Vézelay Living Lines
This spring, the first major exhibition of Paule Vézelay’s work in over 40 years will tour to Towner, after its 2025 debut at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol.

Exhibition
Sussex Modernism
Fine art is shown with counterculture and pop in this vibrant exhibition revealing how artists of very different kinds responded to the crises of their day through their relationships to Sussex and to the many different movements of modernism.

Exhibition
Points of View
This free exhibition on our ground floor will include works by artists Nathan Coley, Anne Hardy, Marine Huggonier, Alicja Kwade and Emma Stibbon.

Creative Newhaven, Exhibition
Bruce Asbestos: New Pop Max
Towner has collaborated with Look Again and Lewes District Council to bring this exciting exhibition to Newhaven Marine Workshops.

Cinema
2:00 PMA Minecraft Movie (PG)
Get ready to craft your world! Join the first ever big screen, live action adaptation of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time and now a cinema smash hit.

Cinema
4:15 PMA New Kind of Wilderness (12a)
In this Sundance-selected documentary, Englishman Nik and his Norwegian wife Maria attempt to forge a new life on a farm in her homeland’s lush woodlands.

Cinema
7:00 PMGood One (15)
India Donaldson’s piercing, revelatory feature debut echoes the work of Kelly Reichardt, Nicole Holofcener and Céline Sciamma.

Public Art
Helen Cammock: Garden
This work by Helen Cammock was comissioned to run alongside the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

Public Art
Nigel Hall: Gravity/ Levity
To coincide with Nigel Hall’s exhibition Here and Now, There and Then, Gravity/Levity (2015), is temporarily installed on the Devonshire Quarter Plaza.
Sunday 25 May

Public Art
The Four Directions
Four new benches situated at the Warren Hill dew pond have been commissioned by Towner and created by artists Will Spankie and Alinah Azadeh.

Exhibition
Paule Vézelay Living Lines
This spring, the first major exhibition of Paule Vézelay’s work in over 40 years will tour to Towner, after its 2025 debut at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol.

Exhibition
Sussex Modernism
Fine art is shown with counterculture and pop in this vibrant exhibition revealing how artists of very different kinds responded to the crises of their day through their relationships to Sussex and to the many different movements of modernism.

Exhibition
Points of View
This free exhibition on our ground floor will include works by artists Nathan Coley, Anne Hardy, Marine Huggonier, Alicja Kwade and Emma Stibbon.

Cinema, Event
2:00 PMBallet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.

Public Art
Helen Cammock: Garden
This work by Helen Cammock was comissioned to run alongside the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

Public Art
Nigel Hall: Gravity/ Levity
To coincide with Nigel Hall’s exhibition Here and Now, There and Then, Gravity/Levity (2015), is temporarily installed on the Devonshire Quarter Plaza.
Monday 26 May

Public Art
The Four Directions
Four new benches situated at the Warren Hill dew pond have been commissioned by Towner and created by artists Will Spankie and Alinah Azadeh.

Exhibition
Sussex Modernism
Fine art is shown with counterculture and pop in this vibrant exhibition revealing how artists of very different kinds responded to the crises of their day through their relationships to Sussex and to the many different movements of modernism.

Exhibition
Points of View
This free exhibition on our ground floor will include works by artists Nathan Coley, Anne Hardy, Marine Huggonier, Alicja Kwade and Emma Stibbon.

Cinema
1:30 PMA New Kind of Wilderness (12a)
In this Sundance-selected documentary, Englishman Nik and his Norwegian wife Maria attempt to forge a new life on a farm in her homeland’s lush woodlands.

Cinema
4:00 PMThe Friend (15)
Naomi Watts, Bill Murray and a charismatic Great Dane star in this consoling New York story based on Sigrid Nunez’s New York Times bestselling novel.

Public Art
Helen Cammock: Garden
This work by Helen Cammock was comissioned to run alongside the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

Public Art
Nigel Hall: Gravity/ Levity
To coincide with Nigel Hall’s exhibition Here and Now, There and Then, Gravity/Levity (2015), is temporarily installed on the Devonshire Quarter Plaza.