The Brighton Festival has announced its programme for 2009. Running
from 2nd to 24th May, the Festival features the full spectrum of the
arts, including dance, theatre and music.
2nd & 3rd May
Fire, Smoke and Mirrors
By Walk the Plank
Commissioned by the Brighton Festival
Queen's Park; 8.30pm - 11.00pm; free
2nd - 4th May
Ashes
Les Ballets C de la B
Corn Exchange
3rd May
The Tragedian Trilogy
Prodigal Theatre
Theatre Royal
6th & 7th May
Aphasiadisiac
Les Ballets C de la B
Corn Exchange
7th - 9th May
Breaking News
Rimini Protokoll
Theatre Royal
8th - 10th May
Wireless
Teater Patrasket, Denmark
(Children's theatre)
Sallis Benney Theatre
9th May
Arianna in Creta
By Handel
Academy of Ancient Music
Concert Hall, Brighton Dome
9th & 10th May
Hubbert's Peak
Les Alama's Givrés
Trafalgar Street Arches
11th May
From Here I Can Almost See
Charlie Morrissey
(Dance)
Pavilion Theatre
12th, 14th & 19th May
The Ocean's Skin
Northbrook College - Southern Theatre Arts Centre
American Express Plaza
12th & 13th May
Finkelstein's Castle
Performed by Matthew Sharp and written by Pete M Wyer
A(nother) one-man operatic thriller
Pavilion Theatre
12th - 13th, 15th - 17th May
Kurva
Reial Companyia de Catalunya
UK premiere: performed in Catalan)
Bus pick-up point at Hove Station
12th & 13th, 17th & 18th, 20th - 22nd, 24th May
The Erpingham Camp
By Joe Orton
Brighton Pier
12th - 16th May
The Playboy of the Western World
By J M Synge
Druid Theatre
Theatre Royal
15th - 15th May
The Art of Not Looking Back
Hofesh Shechter Company
Brighton Festival commission
Concert Hall, Brighton Dome
14th - 17th May
Alice in Wonderland
sixteenfeet productions
Promenade performanec
Walled Garden, Preston Manor
17th May
Bangers and Mash
Hofesh Shechter Company
Brighton festival commission
Old Paddling Pool, near West Pier
19th May
Mobilis in Mobili
Mobilis Performance Group
Pavilion Theatre
22nd - 24th May
The Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Globe on tour
Dyke Road Rest Garden
23rd May
The Magic Flute
By Mozart
Glyndebourne Education
Pavilion Theatre
Event times can vary from day to day. Contact 01273 709709 for details,
or check on the website.
