A folk singer who chose to stage a performance in a sewer was forced to evacuate with her audience when it started to flood. Unni Lovlid held two sell-out concerts in a Victorian drain 20ft under the ground in Brighton, East Sussex, for the World Sacred Music Festival.
The sewer was just big enough for 25 audience members, who paid £15 each to wear hard hats and gloves, climb down a ladder and listen to a performance of traditional songs from the west coast of her native Norway.
But they had to leave in a hurry halfway through the second performance when the drain started filling with water.
Festival organiser Kate Wyman said: "It started raining outside, and the floodwater came right down into the sewer. We had to leave sharpish to avoid being swept away.
"Nobody seemed to mind though. It was quite exciting.
"The performance itself was wonderful. Unni has a very haunting voice which reverberated around the tunnel. It was a bit spooky, but very beautiful.
"We walked through the tunnels, stopping every now and again for a song.
"I have to say the sewer was a bit smelly and damp, but you soon got used to it
"Luckily Unni is not a diva and seemed to enjoy it . She's sung in some strange venues in Norway, including a mausoleum, so she was up for this challenge."
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