Sat 3–Mon 26 May 2025

Brighton Festival

Guest Director 2025

Anoushka Shankar

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Brighton Festival Exclusives, Premieres and Commissions

Classical Music

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

Accessible Events

Nikesh Patel, Himesh Patel and Nikesh Shukla

Wembley

Written by Nikesh Patel, Himesh Patel and Nikesh Shukla

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

A dancer wearing all black strikes a powerful move, staring straight at the camera

AYNA

CEYDA TANC DANCE

Fri 9 - Sat 10 May

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Theatre

Hamlet

9 - 11 May 2025

Teatro La Plaza (Peru)

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Highlights and Hidden Gems

Nerm at a DJ booth with his hand in the air, purple and red lights surround him

Nerm & Friends

Brighton Festival 2025 Official Closing Party

Sun 25 - Mon 26 May

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

Ahad Elley aka Ahadadream looks down left, a golden and purple light spots on his face

Ahadadream

Sat 3 - Sun 4 May

Accessible Events

Three spoken word artists in various poses

Status Flo

AFLO. the poet, Kid Anansi & Merki

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre

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Aditya Prakash plays a double-headed drum, alarge projection of his face behind him

Theatre

ROOM-i-Nation

21 - 23 May 2025

Aditya Prakash

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Events from overseas

Aruna Sairam and Ganavya

Aruna Sairam & Ganavya

Theatre Royal Brighton

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Humans 2.0

Circa (Australia)

Tue 20 - Sat 24 May

Theatre Royal Brighton

A woman performing classical Indian dance

Jwala (Rising Flame)

Mythili Prakash

Mon 5 - Tue 6 May

Theatre Royal Brighton

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North by Northwest

Wise Children | Emma Rice

Wed 14 - Sat 17 May

Theatre Royal Brighton

Anoushka Shankar emerges from the ocean

Anoushkar Shankar: Chapter III...

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

A group of dancers lunge forward and throw their arms backwards, intense blue lighting surrounds them

Theatre of Dreams

Hofesh Shechter Company

Sat 3 - Sun 4 May

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

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Family Friendly

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Future City: Brighton 2125

Presented by Playmakes

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

Prancer the Dancer wearing a colourful costume with a cape

Prancer the Dancer's DanceDanceDiscoPartyFunShow

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre

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Pocket Shakespeare

Chris Riddell & Michael Rosen

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

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News from the Festival

Classical music highlights at Brighton Festival 2025 span centuries and generations

Our breath-taking classical programme sees our Guest Director, Grammy-nominated Anoushka Shankar, perform her father Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass’ album…

Brighton Festival joins the Big Give 2025 campaign to raise funding for free events programme

Today marks the launch of our Big Give fundraising campaign which will raise money towards free to attend events during this year’s Brighton Festival,…

Contemporary music highlights for Brighton Festival 2025 feature big names, epic female artists and exciting global talent

Guest Director Anoushka Shankar will be performing her new album Chapter III: We Return to Light for the first time in the UK. Our exciting line-up of…

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