THERE are dozens of events happening across the city for Brighton Festival this weekend.
Here are a few of the best theatre, arts and music shows today, Saturday 21:
Global Conversations: Cities of the Future
Online Global Conversation bringing together two contemporary city disruptors: Ghanaian architect Cecil Abbey and Asian-British architect, Kieren Majhail.
They will be in conversation around ideas of cities of the future and how to embrace our very human need for belonging and our responsibilities to the environment and global wellbeing.
Saturday, May 21 at 5.30pm
Online, free
Romeo and Juliet at Hollingdean Skatepark
The award-winning youth ensemble Windmill Young Actors, bring a 60-strong cast to tell the tale of young people torn apart by clan and class
Actors, singers, dancers and spoken word poets come together to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in Hollingdean Playground and Skatepark.
Saturday, May 21 at 3pm and 7pm
Tickets cost £12.50, under 26s £10, under 16s £8, festival standby £10
Trumpeter and band leader Ambrose Akinmusire at Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Joining the Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet is Alina Bzhezhinska (composer and founder of the HipHarpCollective) a “one-woman powerhouse” on a mission to bring the harp to the fore of contemporary sonics.
Saturday, May 21 at 7.30pm
Tickets cost £18.50, £22.50, festival standby £10
It’s OK at South East Dance at The Dance Space, Brighton
Created as part of the Little Big Dance programme, this is an intimate dance piece performed in a perspex cube for young children and their families. In a story full of care, comfort and kindness, follow Laura as she navigates different feelings while being supported by Claire, and discover that no feelings are right or wrong.
Audiences will enjoy an exclusive look inside Brighton’s new dance house, The Dance Space, before it opens in July.
Saturday, May 21 at 11am and 1.30pm
Tickets cost £12.50, £8 children and concessions
Sticky McStickstick with Michael Rosen at Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Join former 2013 guest director, Children’s Laureate and multi-award-winning author and poet Michael Rosen to hear all about his moving and inspirational new picture book Sticky McStickstick.
Saturday, May 21 at 11am
Tickets £7
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