Following a two-year, £8 million restoration and refurbishment project, tomorrow the UK's first modernist public building will once more open its doors.
The management of the De La Warr Pavilion hope it will become the South-East's principal centre for art, architecture and entertainment and for its grand opening they've planned a weekend of performances headed by the spectacular-sounding Sea Tongue.
A specially commissioned choral piece by Orlando Gough, Sea Tongue will involve 200 local singers, ballroom dancers, four grand pianos, five speakers, percussionist Giles Perring and The Shout, a 15-strong professional choir. A promenade event, it will be performed both inside and outside the building.
Other events include Not Tony, a comedic game in which characters meet and move around the gallery, and Tammy WhyNot, an excountry and western singer who now wants her turn at burlesque. The Saturday performance of Sea Tongue will be followed by a firework display at 9pm.
Starts at 7pm on Sat and at 3pm and 7pm on Sunday. Tickets cost £5, call 01424 787949.
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