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Brighton Festival Programme Announced

Today at Brighton Festival

Thursday 17 May

Tickets still available for: King Priam: Morning After; Ashley Fripp; Swimming With My Mother; Bow Down; Predator; Apparition; We Hope That You're Happy (Why Would We Lie?); and limited standbys for The Rest Is Silence. 

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Roderick Williams

Mahler & Schubert

Britten Sinfonia with Roderick Williams

Schubert’s light and lyrical Fifth Symphony and Mahler's powerful orchestrated Ruckert Lieder

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Motor Show wins an Argus Angel

Four Festival shows win Argus Angels

Silent, Interiors, Motor Show and Oedipussy scoop awards

Fishamble's one-man show "Silent", Vanishing Point's voyeuristic "Interiors", dark dance-theatre experience "Motor Show" and now Spymonkey's rip-roaring comedy "Oedipussy" have all been recognised with coveted Argus Angel awards.

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SOURCE New Music

New bands in the Foyer during Festival

Throughout the Festival our regular new bands night SOURCE New Music will be taking over the Brighton Dome Foyer Bar, with regular free performances from past and upcoming SOURCE New Music acts, as we bring you all the good and great that the city has…

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Matthew Herbert's One Pig

One year. One animal. One live musical encounter with the food we eat but rarely consider…

The latest project from British electronic musician Matthew Herbert tells the story of a single farmyard animal from birth to plate. Over 12 months, Herbert recorded every detail of the animal’s short life including butchering, cooking and consumption.…

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Neil Bartlett 2

What Can You Do?

Neil Bartlett revisits solo works

In a rare live performance one of Britain's most prolific and provocative theatre-makers revisits formative works and unveils a new solo.

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Britten Sinfonia presents Tweet Chirp and Flap

Britten Sinfonia presents Tweet, Chirp and Flap

A classical family concert all about birds!

Join our resident chamber orchestra for a selection of classic bird melodies. From Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending to Rossini’s Thieving Magpie Overture, Tweet, Chirp and Flap is the perfect introduction to the classical repertoire for children…

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War Sum Up

War Sum Up

Music. Manga. Machines.

A multimedia manga music event on the nature of war, ghosts and superheroes with new music by The Irrepressibles.War Sum Up is an ultra-contemporary audio-visual spectacle that fuses classic warrior texts from Japanese Noh theatre with warmongering manga…

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Philharmonia Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy

Philharmonia Orchestra

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts a powerful all-Russian programme

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 | Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’.One should not be deprived of conscience. To lose conscience is to lose everything.’ So said Shostakovich in defence of dissident poet Yvgeny Yevtushenko…

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The Rest Is Silence

The Rest is Silence

Limited £10 standby tickets available at 10am daily

dreamthinkspeak world premiere commissioned by Brighton Festival with LIFT and the Royal Shakespeare Company. A limited number of standby tickets will be available at 10am daily from the Festival Ticket Office on New Road. 

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    Smashed

    Smashed

    The fine art of juggling reaches new heights

    A witty and engaging homage to Pina Bausch, Smashed is a mesmerising mix of flawless juggling and subversive theatricality that takes as its departure point the ‘Tanztheater’ aesthetic of the late great German dance icon. In sharp suits and…

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