A Fireworks group which famously set the Eiffel Tower alight and brought flame to the Olympics is giving a unique premiere performance at the Brighton Festival.

French company Groupe F uses fire like an artist uses paint, hurling it across the sky to create blazing canvases of light. It stunned audiences with its pyrotechnic artistry when it famously set the Eiffel Tower alight and brought flames to the Olympics.

The company also lit up Preston Park with a performance incorporating music and theatre at the 2002 Brighton Festival.

The UK premiere of the new show will be a highlight of this year's 40th Festival next year. Groupe F will perform with The World Famous fireworks company, who provided the spectacular Streets of Brighton finale last May.

Dave Reed, artistic director of The World Famous, said: "Having Groupe F perform with us is like Keith Richards coming on stage with The Beatles."

The new show will be a one-off because of the input from The World Famous and is likely to have the same blend of artistry and spectacle as 2002's A Little More Light, which featured men with giant Catherine wheels strapped to their backs dancing between showers of sparks as music rose and fell in harmony with the fireworks.

Starts 10pm, free. Sponsored by Southern and National Car Parks