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

What's on this week

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

AYNA

CEYDA TANC DANCE

Fri 9 - Sat 10 May

A screen showing a film with the actor lounging sideways, an actor on stage mimics this pose

Hamlet

Teatro La Plaza (Peru)

Fri 9 - Sun 11 May

Theatre Royal Brighton

Max Cooper at a DJ deck, silhouetted with a screen of projections with blue, green and white blobs

Max Cooper

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

A screen showing a film with the actor lounging sideways, an actor on stage mimics this pose

Theatre

Hamlet

9 - 11 May 2025

Banish any preconceptions...this Hamlet is for everyone *****

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Go Outside

Accessible Events

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

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

Percussion Parade

A woman with large sunglasses and gold jewelery sun bathes on an orange towel

Beside the Sea

JJ Waller & Martin Parr

Sat 3 - Mon 26 May

Festival Favourites

Classical Music

Susanna Mälkki conduction an orchestra with a smile on her face

London Symphony Orchestra

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

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

Classical Music

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

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Aruna Sairam and Ganavya

Music

Aruna Sairam & Ganavya

12 May 2025

Exclusive double bill brings together two incredible talents

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Tantalising Talks

Call Me Ishmaelle

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre

head shots of Eimear McBride and Samira Ahmed.

The City Changes its Face

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre

Martin Parr in Conversation….

Brighton Dome Concert Hall

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.

Getting to Brighton Dome

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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