Red Priest

Red Priest are playing Rottingdean Village Public Hall on Saturday 7 November, with the concert starting at 19:30. They're a string quartet, and if that sounds a bit too polite for a Saturday night, it's worth knowing how they actually play. They take their name from Antonio Vivaldi, the original red priest, and they've built a style around high-energy performance, boundary-crossing arrangements and theatrical presentation. It's a far cry from the sort of string quartet you'd expect to sit still for.

That theatrical side is a big part of what they do on stage. They don't just stand in a semi-circle and play their parts; there's a real sense of performance to it, and the high energy they bring to the music carries through. The arrangements cross boundaries too, so you're not just getting a straight run of the classics. They've toured this approach to audiences all over the world, and this is one of the dates that brings it to Brighton.

The venue is the Rottingdean Village Public Hall on Park Road, BN2 7HL, just a bit east of the city centre. Standard tickets are £18.00, and the music starts at 19:30 on the Saturday night.