With just a few days left to run the Famous Spiegeltent wishes to thank the people of Brighton and Hove for making us so welcome.

Through the Books and Debates series, the festival club, the Streets of Brighton programme and our own cabaret and music programme, we have had more than 20,000 people through the doors in just three short weeks.

It has been a joy to see how the city of Brighton celebrates during its world class international festival.

It has also been a pleasure to work alongside Jane McMorrow and her festival team and to play our part in the 2004 programme.

Knowing the enormous logistical elements of bringing a travelling theatre to any festival, it must have been with some trepidation that she pushed ahead with plans to bring the Famous Spiegeltent to Brighton.

However, judging by the overwhelmingly positive feedback the decision to push ahead was a good one. Please have us back in years to come.

Doug Hunter and The Spiegelteam

-The Famous Spiegeltent, New Road, Brighton