Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival, King’s Cross is a Festival of new and innovative drama and storytelling driven by music and the voice. Do not come if you love opera for its chandeliers and tiaras. This is gritty, hard core, artist-at-work creativity where sparks will fly.

In latest news, pioneering street artist and master of street typography Ben Eine has been announced for SKIP Night, an evening of life drawing and live street art as part of Art Night 2017. SKIP Night will feature life drawing classes inside a closed skip situated in the playground of the Sir John Cass’s Foundation Primary School with classes taught by Draw Brighton founder, Jake Spicer. Featuring a variety of models and poses, the classes will encourage visitors to take up their pencils and sketch a spotlit life model from the intimate, amphitheater style seating area inside the skip.

For one day only, The Place is completely taken over by an explosion of dance for children aged 2 to 8 and their families. The Family Dance Day at The Place presents a huge programme of shows, workshops, pop-up performances, music, face paint and lots more fun surprises that will entertain, delight and inspire all.