Sat 3–Mon 26 May 2025

Brighton Festival

Guest Director 2025
Anoushka Shankar

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Dance
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
From £15
Classical Music

William Christie with Les Arts Florissants

Sun 4 May
Glyndebourne
From £10
Dance
A woman performing classical Indian dance

Jwala (Rising Flame)

Mythili Prakash
Mon 5 - Tue 6 May
Theatre Royal Brighton
From £15
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Go Outside

Free Events
Outdoor
Tilly Ingram is dressed in a black top with colourful strips of fabric at her shoulders reminiscent of bird wings. She holds binoculars up to her eyes

The Hide

Tilly Ingram Theatre
Sun 4 - Wed 7 May
St Ann's Well Gardens, St Peter's Square South, Queen's Park, The Terraces Stage
Free
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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
Visual Arts
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Beside the Sea

JJ Waller & Martin Parr
Sat 3 - Mon 26 May
Free
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Theatre

Hamlet

9 - 11 May 2025

Banish any preconceptions

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Get the Party Started

Music
Past event
Ahadadream, Anish Kumar and Izzi

Ahadadream + Anish Kumar + Izzi

Brighton Festival Opening Night Party
Sat 3 - Sun 4 May
The Old Market
From £15
Music

MOVES Festival

IYAMAH, Kymara, Harleighblu, Tara Lily, Moon Idle, Sinead Campbell and Ellie Pepper
Sun 18 May
The Old Market
From £15
Music

The Official Brighton Festival Closing Party

Presented by Anoushka Shankar & Nerm
Sun 25 - Mon 26 May
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange
From £15
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Visual Arts

How dark it is before dawn

3 - 26 May 2025

Workshops and interventions taking place throughout…

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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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Festival Favourites

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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)
Tue 20 - Sat 24 May
Theatre Royal Brighton
From £10
Classical Music
Susanna Mälkki conduction an orchestra with a smile on her face

London Symphony Orchestra

Sat 17 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
Classical Music

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus

Thu 22 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
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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

A compelling exploration of identity and tradition

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Tantalising Talks

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Talks
Shon Faye & Torrey Peters

Shon Faye & Torrey Peters

Sun 4 May
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange
From £10
New Additions
Talks
Robert Macfarlane, a white man, sits amongs some tree branches

Is a River Alive?

Robert Macfarlane
Tue 6 May
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
From £10
Talks
Saba Sams looking off into distance with the sunlight hitting her face

Gunk

Saba Sams & Fee Mak
Thu 8 May
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
From £10
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News from the Festival

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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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