BRIGHTON Festival is continuing today with spoken word performances as well as live piano recitals.
Here is a list of some of the events on today, Thursday:
Wuthering Heights at Theatre Royal Brighton
Emma Rice returns to Brighton Festival with her new company Wise Children following her previous sell out productions of Tristan and Yseult (2017) and The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (2018). Emily Brontë’s masterpiece is transformed into a powerful, uniquely theatrical and musical experience, with Rice's trademark playfulness.
Thursday, May 19, at 7.30pm
Duration: two hours 50 minutes, including interval
Tickets cost £20, £24.50, £29.50
Under 26s £20
Festival Standby £10
The Riwaq in Hove
Storytime for pre-schoolers
Thursday, May 19, from 11am to 11.30am, free
Listen to tales from around the world as you feed their imagination.
Our specially chosen books will be read and brought to life by performers taking part across Brighton Festival.
- AmaSu: Yoga and Movement Medicine
Thursday, May 19, at 11.30am and 1.30pm, suitable for adults only, please bring a yoga mat
AmaSu will be offering a Yoga and Movement Medicine session with music and live singing bowls. A restful and moving experience in which to breathe with ease.
- Akila Richards: Letters For Lullabies
Thursday, May 19, at 3pm to 5pm, suitable for adults only, limited capacity, free
“Come into the tent and dive in with hopeful words and songs. Let us remember that hope is a choice and we can rebuild – however small adding to the big vision for a kinder world.”
London Symphony Orchestra
Marta Gardolińska makes Brighton debut with London Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, May 19, at 7.30pm
Tickets cost £10, £18.50, £22.50, £27.50, £32.50
Under 26s £25
Festival standby £10
Abdulrazak Gurnah in Conversation at Charleston, near Firle
In conversation with Nima Elbagir, senior international correspondent for CNN Gurnah discusses his work and his childhood in Zanzibar.
Thursday, May 19, at 4pm
Tickets cost £16, concessions £13.50, under 30s £10
Alexei Grynyuk in Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Lunchtime recital from the British-Ukrainian pianist.
There will be a collection in aid of the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal at this performance.
Thursday, May 19, at 1pm
Tickets cost £10
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