Acclaimed by The Guardian, The Independent and The Times, Brighton resident Charlie Morrisey is a leading light of the contemporary dance scene.

Even if ignorant of the world of contemporary dance, long-time residents are likely to be familiar with his work through the series of high-profile pieces which have been performed in Brighton, especially during festival time, for the best part of a decade.

Divers, for instance, was performed off the Brighton Marina by members of the local sub-aqua club, while Absolute Zero required ten 20-foot long freezers to be placed in a town centre car park to store a carved ice set.

Knee High Skin Deep, which saw a group dressed in bowler hats standing in the sea between the piers, was captured for posterity by photographer Roger Bamber.

Now Morrissey is back with a new piece, a collaboration with fellow Brighton Scott Smith - but the attention-grabbing locations and super-sized stage sets are nowhere to be seen.

"Although it's my big, visual pieces that are probably best known in Brighton," Morrissey explains, "I've always done much more intimate pieces as well."

His latest work, Instructions For Survival, is simple and very human.

"The name of the piece comes from the idea of survival in life," he says. "Our own needs, our relationships with others, the physical actualities and emotions we encounter.

"That might sound grand but it's really what we all do just to get through the day."

The two-man show grew out of the long-running partnership between Morrissey and Smith, who have collaborated on and off for over ten years.

With both men not only dancing but also choreographing the piece, the work is an exploration of their physical and emotional interaction.

"Sometimes we fight and it's very combative, other times it's much more gentle and lyrical, Morrissey says.

"It's very much about the two of us performing but it's also a four-way collaboration with our lighting designer and sound guy.

"Michael Mannion lighting is very experienced and it's almost like having a physical set. He carves out the space with the lights.

"Philip Jeck, our sound guy, has got a quirky set-up involving an old gramophone and he actually plays the score live. Some of the piece is improvised, so we all have to work together."

Contemporary dance can sometimes be a bewildering field for the newcomer, but Morrissey feels that Instructions For Survival will appeal to the uninitiated.

"I'm not saying it's the most accessible piece in the world, but there is a lot of grabbing and chucking one another around.

"In fact, it's a kind of mix between dance and physical theatre.

"We're all physical beings and we all spent our childhood climbing trees and jumping over fences. We want to get across some of that physical energy in our show."

Starts 8pm, Tickets £10/£8, Tel 01273 709709