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| Pop-up theatre in Brighton Festival line-up | Pop-up theatre in Brighton Festival line-up |
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| A flat-pack theatre will be transported to Brighton and put up in Regency Square for this year's festival. | A flat-pack theatre will be transported to Brighton and put up in Regency Square for this year's festival. |
| The pop-up Roundabout Theatre will be brought to the city by Paines Plough touring theatre company and is one of the highlights of the event in May. | The pop-up Roundabout Theatre will be brought to the city by Paines Plough touring theatre company and is one of the highlights of the event in May. |
| This year's guest director is award-winning author Ali Smith. | This year's guest director is award-winning author Ali Smith. |
| Launching the three-week festival, chief executive Andrew Comben said Smith had brought a "thrilling" list of artists to Brighton. | Launching the three-week festival, chief executive Andrew Comben said Smith had brought a "thrilling" list of artists to Brighton. |
| He said the list ranged from Turkish author Elif Shafak to avant-garde theatre company Mabou Mines, and included well-known writers such as Jeanette Winterson and Margaret Atwood. | He said the list ranged from Turkish author Elif Shafak to avant-garde theatre company Mabou Mines, and included well-known writers such as Jeanette Winterson and Margaret Atwood. |
| "She [Smith] has also brought an incredible range of artists to the festival who are responding to the world in a particular way, both people she knows well, and also people she has loved for many years and perhaps longed for an opportunity to work with," he said. | "She [Smith] has also brought an incredible range of artists to the festival who are responding to the world in a particular way, both people she knows well, and also people she has loved for many years and perhaps longed for an opportunity to work with," he said. |
| This year's festival has three central themes - art and nature, the crossing places between art forms, and "taking liberty" | This year's festival has three central themes - art and nature, the crossing places between art forms, and "taking liberty" |
| The third theme will celebrate liberty, equality and freedom against the backdrop of the general election, with one evening dedicated to a celebration of the Human Rights Act. | The third theme will celebrate liberty, equality and freedom against the backdrop of the general election, with one evening dedicated to a celebration of the Human Rights Act. |
| In her foreword to this year's festival brochure, Smith said it had been "tremendously exciting" to help programme the event. | In her foreword to this year's festival brochure, Smith said it had been "tremendously exciting" to help programme the event. |
| The Scottish author said she had always loved the city's sense of fun and friendliness, its vibrant open-mindedness, the way it opens to the sky and "the way the rest of Europe is so close it's almost visible". | The Scottish author said she had always loved the city's sense of fun and friendliness, its vibrant open-mindedness, the way it opens to the sky and "the way the rest of Europe is so close it's almost visible". |
| The festival line-up includes Peter Strickland's film The Duke of Burgundy accompanied by a one-off live performance of its score by Cat's Eyes. | The festival line-up includes Peter Strickland's film The Duke of Burgundy accompanied by a one-off live performance of its score by Cat's Eyes. |
| There will be a series of screenings and talks by French filmmaker Agnes Varda who will also create an installation at Brighton University. | There will be a series of screenings and talks by French filmmaker Agnes Varda who will also create an installation at Brighton University. |
| And a series of UK premieres includes a directorial debut by Raphaelle Boitel, described as one of the most remarkable performers on the European visual and physical theatre scene. | And a series of UK premieres includes a directorial debut by Raphaelle Boitel, described as one of the most remarkable performers on the European visual and physical theatre scene. |