Inside information: Brighton Festival opens its doors to the world
Concerts to take place in front of live audience
The largest multi-arts festival in England is moving indoors.
Next week, Brighton Dome’s Concert Hall reopens with classical concerts from world renowned musicians including Chineke! Chamber Ensemble and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, contemporary music from Cornish-Welsh musician Gwenno and Live is Alive! showcasing ska and spoken word.
On Dukes Lane, two shops have been transformed into art installations from actress Jane Horrocks and theatre director Tim Crouch. Fabrica becomes a fairytale forest as it opens Olafur Eliasson’s The Forked Forest Path. The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts welcomes HALO, a multisensory experience fusing art, science and music.
Meanwhile a new adaptation of The War of the Worlds by Rhum & Clay Theatre Company opens at Worthing’s Connaught Theatre. At Brighton Girls School, authors and writers will be in conversation, including Craig Brown on The Beatles, while writers Aida Edemariam, Nikesh Shukla and filmmaker Stella Corradi discuss how they tackle the retelling of history.
In line with regulations, all ticketed events are required to be booked in advance.  All events will be equipped for social distancing, including reduced capacity seating, bookings in household bubbles and full safety measures implemented across all sites.