Visual and Performing Arts

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, newly reopened with innovative new galleries – Fashion & Style, Performance and World Art.

Hove Museum & Art Gallery – newly reopened with new galleries and displays including fine art and early film.

The Brighton Dome, a cutting edge venue for performing arts in a beautifully restored historic building on the Royal Pavilion estate.

The historic Theatre Royal with its superb programme of shows, plays and musicals.

Fringe and flamenco, comedy and cabaret, mime and music all take place at the Komedia in the North Laine.

The Brighton Festival, England’s largest international arts extravaganza which takes place every May with over 700 events in just 3 weeks.

From May to August, the Glyndebourne Opera House welcomes world class performers to its annual festival.

Arts and crafts workshops at the Needlemakers, Star and Thebes Galleries in Lewes.

Distinguished 20th century artists and craftsmen at Ditchling Museum.

Seaside souvenirs with a difference at the Artists’ Quarter on Brighton’s Beachfront.

Charleston, a 17th century farmhouse, transformed from 1916 onwards by the two Bloomsbury artists - Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.  They took painting beyond the canvas, decorating walls, doors and furniture in their unique style.  They also filled the house with works of art by post-impressionists like Picasso.