Sat 3–Mon 26 May 2025

Brighton Festival

Guest Director 2025
Anoushka Shankar

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Circus Classical Music Dance Family Music Outdoor Talks Theatre

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Circus
On the left, a group of acrobats are holding one of their members high up, she has flung another acrobat over to another group who are ready and wating to catch her

Humans 2.0

Circa (Australia) | Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble
Tue 20 - Sat 24 May
Theatre Royal Brighton
From £10
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Theatre
Aditya Prakash plays a double-headed drum, alarge projection of his face behind him

ROOM-i-Nation

Aditya Prakash
Wed 21 - Fri 23 May
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange
From £18.50
Classical Music

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus

Thu 22 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
Aditya Prakash plays a double-headed drum, alarge projection of his face behind him
Theatre

ROOM-i-Nation

21 - 23 May 2025

Stunning gig-theatre exploring identity and tradition

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Go Outside

Free Events
Outdoor
Sarathy Korwar is dressed in a yellow jacket against a dark background. Light trails that look almost like music surround them.

Percussion Parade

Sarathy Korwar
Sun 25 May
Free
Accessible Events
Outdoor
Parmjit Sagoo stands in a forrest. She wears a dark jumper and has her hands on her chest. She is deep in though

Walk, Wander, Dream

Parmjit Sagoo and Arun Ghosh
Thu 22 - Mon 26 May
From £10
Free Events
Outdoor
A performer wears a bright pink wig and a pink dress. They are enveloped in a hug of many arms, although you cannot see who is hugging them

Without Walls | HUG

Levantes Dance Theatre
Sat 24 - Sun 25 May
Queens Square Crawley
Free
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Family Friendly

Family
An image of a city made out of paper houses

Future City: Brighton 2125

Presented by Playmakes
Sat 24 May
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange
From £8
Family
Prancer the Dancer wearing a colourful costume with a cape

Prancer the Dancer's DanceDanceDiscoPartyFunShow

Sun 25 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Young Readers
Nadia Shireen and Charlie Higson sat in chairs in front of the cover of their book 'What's That Noise?'

What's That Noise?

Charlie Higson and Nadia Shireen
Sat 24 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
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A dark shadowy portrait photo of Nadine Shah, two of her face overlayed
Music

Nadine Shah

24 May 2025

+ Ms Mohammed

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Tantalising Talks

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Talks
headshot of martin parr against blue background

Martin Parr in Conversation….

Fri 23 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
Talks
Natasha Brown stands in front of the River Thames, with the London skyline behind her

Universality

Natasha Brown
Sat 24 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
Accessible Events
Talks
Rebecca Solnit looking off into the distance with sun shining in her face

No Straight Road Takes You There

Rebecca Solnit
Mon 26 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
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A composite image of lots of painted and drawn circles representing a sun rise
Visual Arts

How dark it is before dawn

3 - 26 May 2025

Workshops and interventions taking place throughout May

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A gold horse statue suspended above a wooden floor

Brighton Festival Hub is Open

Brighton Dome open throughout May

Come and take a look around the refurbished and restored Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Studio Theatre, Gallery Bar and Festival Bar. Heritage volunteers will be on hand to share stories about our past, whilst showing you around the present. 

You can also pick up a blank sheet from Brighton Dome Welcome Area on New Road and draw your own New Dawn to become part of the How dark it is before dawn exhibition at the end of Brighton Festival 2025.

12pm-4pm weekdays
11am-5pm on weekends

Closed on Mondays and 9th May & 24th May.

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News from the Festival

Behind the Scenes: Hamlet

Chela De Ferrari is the founder of Teatro La Plaza, the trailblazing Peruvian company bringing a visionary reworking of Hamlet to Brighton Festival 2025.Inspired…

Behind the Scenes: Artists Doyel Joshi & Neil Ghose Balser

Doyel Joshi and Neil Ghose Balser are the powerhouse couple behind Mumbai-based art studio Howareyoufeeling – and the masterminds behind the Brighton…

Brighton Festival 2025 dance and circus highlights celebrate exceptional companies and choreographers from across the world

Our dance and circus programme features ground-breaking global choreographers and companies, including thrilling co-commission Theatre of Dreams from…
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