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Fifty years on the edge

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Guest Director: Laurie Anderson

I'm so happy to be serving as Guest Director of Brighton Festival in its historic 50th year. Our theme of home and place is especially relevant with so many people in the world on the move now looking, like all of us, for a place we can belong. I've been part of the Festival several times and it was exciting to watch the city become the heart of so much art. I'm looking forward to being part of it this year.

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50 Springs. 50 Festivals. 50 opportunities, in the words of the first Festival Director Sir Ian Hunter, to ‘…take a new look at the arts and [have] the opportunity to assess developments in the field of culture where the serious and the apparently flippant ride side by side.’ Every year some of the greatest artists, performers and thinkers have congregated for a festival in one of the most artistically rich and geographically blessed places in the country. Now that’s something to celebrate. In a potent mix of art made here and art from all around the world, Brighton Festival has developed a legacy we are proud to have inherited. Since Sir Ian Hunter each Festival Director – Gavin Henderson, Chris Baron and Nick Dodds – has served those initial ideals and made each Festival a unique celebration of this ‘City on the Edge’, this place where the exciting meets the exotic meets the exasperating meets the exceptional. The Guest Directors with whom we have worked since 2009 – Anish Kapoor, Brian Eno, Aung San Suu Kyi, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Rosen, Hofesh Shechter, Ali Smith and this year the wonderful Laurie Anderson – have allowed us to celebrate this truly eclectic and all-embracing Festival in a new

Fifty years on the edge

Sir Ian Hunter, Ronald Bates (chair) and Yehudi Menuhin at The Destruction of Hideous Objects on Brighton seafront, Brighton Festival 1967

way whilst retaining a sense of past and place. It is this combination of the search for the new with a deep respect for our traditions which I believe is at the heart of Brighton Festival and at the heart of this magical creative city. And in this 50th year we particularly wanted to reflect on the nature of ‘home’ and ‘place’: ours as well as those evoked by the places our visiting artists call home. I’m particularly proud that as part of the 20 new commissions in this year’s programme, we are able to present so many new works by Brighton artists or about Brighton itself. Wildly different and each fascinating, the ‘Brighton Commissions’ opposite are presented as a tribute to our home and the talent within it. Here’s to the 50th Brighton Festival, here’s to you, our audience, and here’s to the next 50 to come!

Andrew Comben Chief Executive

Brighton: Symphony of a City

Dr Blighty

One of the Brighton Festival events people still talk about is the screening of Battleship Potemkin (2005) with Ed Hughes’s new score in the Hove Engineerium. When Ed and Brighton based filmmaker Lizzie Thynne proposed a Brighton homage to Walther Ruttmann’s 1927 silent classic Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, we grabbed the opportunity to celebrate Brighton in all its festive, bohemian, campaigning, fun-filled glory. (see p11)

One of the most affecting and complex stories of the Royal Pavilion Estate is its use as a military hospital for wounded Indian soldiers in World War I. As we work towards reunifying the Royal Pavilion Estate to bring collections, heritage and the arts together to create compelling new work for the Estate, the opportunity was ripe for Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove and ourselves to work with British Asian performance company Nutkhut and with 14-18 NOW to commemorate this special chapter in Brighton’s history. (see p48–49)

Charles Linehan Company Loved by dancers and dance audiences, Brighton-based choreographer Charles Linehan (The Fault Index/ The Clearing, 2011), brings us a contrasting double bill of new works including one with William Trevitt and Michael Nunn (BalletBoyz). Described by The Guardian as ’one of our classiest choreographers’ Charles’s return to Brighton Festival in our 50th year feels especially appropriate. (see p15) The Complete Deaths Another match made in Brighton. Leading physical comedy company Spymonkey (Oedipussy, 2012 and Cooped, 2006) and awardwinning playwright and performer Tim Crouch (I, Caliban, 2003, I, Peaseblossom, 2004, I, Banquo, 2005, An Oak Tree 2006, I, Malvolio, 2010 and what happens to the hope at the end of the evening, 2014) come together to re-enact every onstage death from the works of William Shakespeare in a sublimely funny tribute to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. We’re holding onto our hats. (see p23) Digging for Shakespeare Marc Rees studied in Brighton with Liz Aggiss and has gone on to make wonderful work with communities and for specific sites, most notably with National Theatre Wales. He brought us the captivating story of James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps who was a world-renowned Shakespearean scholar in the 19th Century and an eccentric recluse. When Marc suggested making this piece on the Roedale allotments where Halliwell-Phillipps lived it was too beguiling an idea to pass up. (see p9)

The Last Resort Using binaural technology to create a shifting world of sound, Brighton-based artists Rachel Champion and Tristan Shorr (who worked with Charlotte Spencer on Walking Stories, 2013), working as Art Of Disappearing, have created an immersive work set on Portslade beach that takes a wry look at science fiction traditions and dystopian societies. (see p6) Operation Black Antler Two Brighton Festival Associate Companies come together in an exciting new collaboration. Blast Theory (Rider Spoke, 2008; Fixing Point 2013) are celebrated for their inventive use of technology and their thought-provoking subject matter. Hydrocracker have delighted and terrified audiences with Shakespeare á la Carte (2008), the uproarious The Erpingham Camp (2009), and the chilling production of Pinter plays The New World Order (2007 & 2011). Having these two companies working together has been on all our wish lists for a number of years. (see p7) Stella Veteran Brighton artist Neil Bartlett (Oliver Twist, 2004, The Maids, 2007; For Alfonso, 2011; What Can You Do?, 2012; Britten: The Canticles, 2013) is one of Britain’s most individual theatre makers and a generous friend of Brighton Festival. We’re honoured that Neil’s wonderful, intense and distilled new play, inspired by the life and death of Ernest Boulton, can open in Theatre Royal Brighton before going on to performances at London International Festival of Theatre and Holland Festival. (see p55) Look out for more Brighton Festival commissions, co-productions, premieres and exclusives throughout the brochure.

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The Brighton Commissions

Throughout the Festival

Art Of Disappearing

The Last Resort World Premiere Commissioned by Brighton Festival Amidst a barren landscape, a neon light stands bleak and stark. Welcome to The Last Resort. For those brave enough to return to this longdeserted resort, beauty, science fiction and history merge to create a unique outdoor experience. Wearing headphones, you and a partner will embark on a journey along a desolate stretch of beach to rediscover a fantastical reality. Why do transmissions from the past interrupt this guided tour? Why did those that came to this resort never leave? Using binaural technology to create a constantly shifting world of sound, artists Rachel Champion and Tristan Shorr have created an exciting

immersive work that takes a wry look at science fiction traditions and dystopian societies. Duration: 35 minutes (allow 60 minutes for full experience) Age 8+ This experience is for two people at a time. Bookings can be made as a pair or a single person (you will be paired with a partner). Family booking for three in special circumstances. Please wear sensible shoes and dress for the weather. Please contact access@brightonfestival.org if you have access requirements. Supported by South East Dance. Research and development supported by Without Walls.

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May (no performances Mon & Tue) Wed – Fri, 2pm – 8pm Sat & Sun, 11am – 9pm Timed slots allocated on booking

Portslade Beach

meeting point confirmed on booking

£10

Throughout the Festival

Blast Theory & Hydrocracker

Operation Black Antler World Premiere Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival For 40 years British police officers have been undercover inside protest groups. Once they establish trust and are ‘deep swimming’, they form relationships and even have children with their targets. Operation Black Antler is your chance to go undercover for the night. Visit the safehouse to meet your police handler and build up your identity. Choose your cover story and meet the rest of the team. Then head out to the gig to use your new skills. Mingle with the crowd, keep your eyes peeled and gather vital information before it is too late. This groundbreaking piece of immersive theatre by Blast Theory and Hydrocracker will give you a thrilling and unforgettable walk in someone else’s shoes. Duration: 120 minutes approx.

Age 18+

Please note each booking requires a mobile phone number as instructions will be delivered to you by text message. There will be a short walk between venues – if you have specific access requirements, email access@brightonfestival.org or call 01273 261 525/541 Commissioned by Brighton Festival and Ideas Test. In partnership with Dramatic Resources. Supported by Arts Council England through Lottery funding.

Sat 7 & Sun 8, Tues 10 – Sat 14 Tues 17 – Sat 21, Tues 24 – Sat 28 Every 15 minutes from 6pm – 9pm Timed entry allocated on booking

Secret city centre locations revealed after booking £20 Festival Standby £10 (available on day of

performance at Brighton Dome Ticket Office 10am – 7pm)

Complicity and the ethics of undercover security What is the state justified in doing to protect its citizens? Join a discussion with Hydrocracker, Blast Theory and speakers from the University of Brighton.

Mon 23 May, 6.30pm The Old Courtroom £6 7

Your Views © Gillian Wearing, courtesy Maureen Paley

Throughout the Festival

Gillian Wearing A Room With Your Views Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival Turner Prize-winning British artist Gillian Wearing – the Invited Artist for HOUSE 2016 – will present Your Views, a global collaborative work which captures a snapshot of 'views' from windows across the world. Wearing examines our public personas and private lives, describing her working method as ‘editing life’. Using photography and video to record people’s confessions, her art explores disparities between individual and collective experience. Drawing on fly-on-the-wall documentaries, reality TV and theatrical techniques, she explores how we present ourselves to the world, as well as her involvement with extensive self-portraiture.

Wearing won the 1997 Turner Prize and is an OBE and Royal Academician. Gillian Wearing is represented by Maureen Paley, London. Co-commissioned with HOUSE 2016

Sat 30 Apr – Sun 29 May 10am – 5pm (Thu 10am – 8pm) University of Brighton Gallery FREE

HOUSE 2016 A series of new artist commissions with partners Outside In and Photoworks will be exhibited across the city, linked to the subjects explored by Wearing and this year’s Brighton Festival theme of ‘home’, accompanied by a community drawing project with Children's Laureate Chris Riddell – see brightonfestival.org

Metahaven (Amsterdam)

The Sprawl

UK Premiere Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival Created by award-winning Dutch artists Metahaven, The Sprawl argues that the internet has become a disruptive geopolitical super weapon. Presented as an immersive video installation, it is potent propaganda about propaganda, a paranoid trip into reality turned on its head. Together with master cinematographer Remko Schnorr and acclaimed electronic musician Kuedo, Metahaven have created a playful, provocative and strikingly poetic work. In 2013 Metahaven won the Cobra Art Prize and was named Design Studio of the Year by ICON magazine.

Commissioned by Lighthouse, Brighton Festival and The Space.

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 11am – 6pm Lighthouse FREE

Throughout the Festival

Marc Rees

Digging for Shakespeare World Premiere Commissioned by Brighton Festival Meet James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 19th-century joker and world-renowned Shakespearean scholar who lived on the outskirts of Brighton. There in his 'rustic wigwam' (a series of conjoined sheds), he obsessively curated a huge hoard of Shakespearean rarities. Marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, artist Marc Rees has devised a unique promenade performance through Roedale Allotments, close to the site of this eccentric recluse's former home. Explore sheds and hideaways, discover an assortment of Shakespearean

characters reborn in knitted form, and gather a wealth of horticultural tips along the way. You’ll also meet the Allotmenteers and other community participants, so bring your favourite packeted variety and join in with the final seed swap! Being green fingered isn't necessary, but please wear sensible shoes and dress for the weather. Duration: 190 minutes including return transport from Old Steine to Roedale Allotments. The bus journey is part of the performance. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please note this event involves walking over rough ground and is not suitable for pushchairs. If you have specific access requirements, email access@brightonfestival.org

Sat 7, Sun 8, Sat 14, Sun 15, Sat 21 & Sun 22 May, 10.30am & 2.30pm Roedale Allotments Meeting point: Old Steine bus stop S opposite Royal Albion Hotel

£17.50 Festival Standby £10 (available from day before

performance at Brighton Dome Ticket Office 10am – 7pm)

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Throughout the Festival

Bekki Perriman The Doorways Project Inspired by her experience of life on the streets, Bekki Perriman’s sound installation explores homeless culture through the personal stories of society’s most silenced people. A series of recorded monologues situated in city-centre locations invites you to pay attention to the sometimes humorous, often disturbing and mostly ignored experiences of homeless people. Direct and unsentimental, it's a unique opportunity to observe familiar environments from a different perspective.

Supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, during daylight hours Various central locations See brightonfestival.org for a map

FREE

FutureGazers What will Brighton look like in 50 years? What are your dreams for the future? If you were in charge, what would you do? To celebrate Brighton Festival's 50th year, Year 4 pupils at Patcham Junior School have been working with ONCA to gaze into all sorts of possible futures, making bold creative responses to some big questions. Come and explore this child-led celebration of the power of imagination, and add your ideas to the FutureGazers' colourful trove.

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, Wed – Fri, 12pm – 7pm Sat & Sun, 11am – 6pm ONCA Gallery FREE

Family art workshops and free talks at the gallery see brightonfestival.org

The Nimbus Group Giddy Brighton Walk vicariously down memory lane with Giddy, an app-based walking tour that explores memories of Brighton & Hove life during the mid-20th century: hear stories of first kisses, endless dances, adventures and exploits. Giddy launches alongside an exhibition of films, interviews and images at University of Brighton, gathered from The Keep, Brighton Museum, Screen Archive South East and local residents by students from Longhill High School. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Brighton Festival. In partnership with the Mass Observation Archive; Screen Archive South East; Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research, University of Sussex; and Brighton Museum.

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 10am – 5pm (Thu 10am – 8pm) University of Brighton Gallery FREE App launch: Sat 7 May, 4pm – 6pm Download the app at giddybrighton.com

New Writing South Writing Home New Writing South will be throwing open its doors to get people writing about home. What is home? Is it a place, a feeling or something else? Drop in to The Writers' Place to put your words on paper in our typewriter den, then add your piece of writing to our wall of words. For more inspiration come along to a drop-in workshop. #WritingHome

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 10am – 5pm The Writers’ Place FREE (Free drop-in workshops on Fri 13, 20 & 27 May, 4pm – 7pm)

Luminary Co-produced by Brighton Festival Luminary is a series of beautiful LED light-drawings at locations across the city by respected British artist Ron Haselden. They range in scale from the monumental, presented as a walk-through installation at Fabrica, to the intimate, shining out from homes in several of the city’s neighbourhoods. Sketches by young children and older people have provided the inspiration for Luminary, stemming

from Haselden’s love of drawings produced by the ‘untutored hand’. In scaling up these drawings with LED ropelight, Luminary amplifies their spontaneous, uninhibited style, offering the singularity of the artist’s vision while shedding a genuine light on the perspectives of others.

Throughout the Festival

Ron Haselden

If you live in Hanover or Carlton Hill and would like to host one of Ron Haselden's light drawings, email anicehouse@brightonfestival.org for more information Co-produced by Fabrica and Brighton Festival in partnership with MSL Projects, Hastings

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 12pm – 7pm Fabrica FREE

Real Life Actually Conceived by British director Thomas Guthrie, Real Life Actually is a film and 3D surround-sound installation that draws attention to rising funeral costs, inspiring us to acknowledge death so that we can live our lives to the full. Featuring world-class musicians alongside members of three different communities, the action is fed through a stunning performance of J.S. Bach’s motet Komm Jesu Komm.

Mon 9 – Sat 28 May Various dates and times – see brightonfestival.org

St Nicholas Church FREE

Unlimited: Three Films Drop into Brighton Dome throughout the Festival to see three films examining society's attitudes to real lives: Richard Butchins’s 213 Things About Me, about the traits of a young autistic woman (transcript available); Him, Sheila Hill’s reflection on Tim Barlow's extraordinary life as a soldier, a deaf man and a Buddhist (audio described & captioned); and Craig Simpson’s It’s Like…, a collaboration with choreographer Janice Parker (audio described).

Supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists

Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 10am – 5pm Brighton Dome Café-bar FREE

Sat 7 May

Same Sky

Children’s Parade

What better way to begin the 50th Brighton Festival than with a cavalcade of colour and cacophony? And what better theme for this special year than ‘Brighton Celebrates’? Brighton Festival always kicks off with the Children’s Parade, an irresistible tide of fabulous costumes and music-making that is (probably) the biggest event of its kind in Europe. Celebrating our past but with an eye on the future, the 5000 participants from more than 80 schools and community organisations take inspiration from the people, places, ideas and innovations that shape Brighton’s unique character and identity. Sat 7 May, from 10.30am Procession: from Kensington Street to Madeira Drive FREE (see brightonfestival.org for route)

SoundCity Pitch Perfect Come and hear Brighton’s brightest and best in this annual feast of music from the next generation. From folk to rock, chamber ensembles to brass bands, Brighton’s youngest talent will be serving up musical morsels for every taste at locations across Brighton's Royal Pavilion Estate. Sat 7 May, 12pm – 4pm Brighton Dome Café-bar, New Road, Royal Pavilion Music Room* & Brighton Museum Balcony* FREE (except * where entrance fees apply)

Supported by:

Award-winning organic fruit & veg box delivery

15 years providing outstanding out-of-school provision

Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Anatomy of the Piano (for beginners) Will asks Father Christmas for a space ship, but he gets a piano instead. As he tries to work out how he might use it to reach the moon, Will is drawn into a fantastic pianistic adventure that sees him finding Bach in a cave, meeting a bad-tempered Beethoven and jamming with ‘Fats’ Waller. Using music, humour and visuals to tell the fascinating story of the piano and some of the great musicians who have transformed what it can do, Will discovers that through music you can go anywhere you want. Duration: 55 mins

Sat 7 – Wed 11 May

Will Pickvance

Age 6+

Sat 7 May, 2.30pm Sun 8 May, 11.30am & 2.30pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £8 Touch tour: Sun 8 May, 1.45pm FREE (ticket required)

Volker Gerling (Berlin)

Portraits in Motion

‘Clever, poetic, his piano playing exudes an effortless expertise’ The Herald

‘A little gem that lets you see the world a little differently. Just delightful’ Whatsonstage

English Premiere An intrepid traveller and passionate creator of photographic flipbooks, Volker Gerling has walked over 3,500km throughout Germany since 2003, creating flipbook portraits of the people he meets along the way. Using a video camera projected onto a large screen, Gerling will bring to life a selection of his favourite subjects, while sharing the heart-warming stories behind each encounter. Winner of the Total Theatre Award for Innovation and Playing with Form at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015. Duration: 90 minutes Age 12+

Sat 7 May, 9pm Sun 8 – Tue 10 May, 8pm Wed 11 May, 6.30pm & 9pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £12.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75) British Sign Language interpreted: Wed 11 May, 6.30pm

Sat 7 May

London Symphony Orchestra Daniel Harding conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466 Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D minor

One of the most brilliant pianists of our time basks in the lyrical genius of Mozart, as one of the world’s great orchestras makes a longawaited return to Brighton Festival exploring a vast and powerful soundscape. A fusion of exquisite beauty, serene simplicity and intense feeling, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 was featured in the 1984 film Amadeus and contains the thrilling Rondo section with its rippling, rising melody line known as the Mannheim Rocket. On an altogether mightier scale, Bruckner’s Third Symphony with its grand and majestic orchestration is directed here by the LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor, Daniel Harding. A rare opportunity to hear the LSO outside London, this opening concert reflects the Festival’s strong classical tradition over the past 50 years with some of the most remarkable performers of today. Duration: 105 minutes including interval

‘A pianist of magisterial elegance, power and insight’ New York Times

‘Harding and the LSO confidentally ushering in the main themes…this was vintage, visionary Bruckner’ Classical Source Sat 7 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £18.50, £22.50 £27.50, £32.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Supported by

World Premiere Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival Charles Linehan returns to Brighton Festival with a contrasting double bill of new works. My Mother’s Tears mines the personal history of William Trevitt and Michael Nunn (BalletBoyz) performing classical ballet mime from The Royal Ballet repertoire with unpredictable consequences. Drawing on their repertoire, Linehan plays with its language and context to create a work that is both poignant and irreverent.

‘One of our classiest choreographers’ The Guardian

Sat 7 – Sun 8 May

Charles Linehan Company

In A Quarter Plus Green, ideas of transformation are applied to movement, light and sound in a unique new setting at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange. With enigmatic simplicity and layers of detail, six performers are slowly submerged in an escalating wall of sound and distilled environments are undone by the overlapping of choreographic episodes. Duration: 80 minutes including interval Post show talk on Sun 8 May with Charles Linehan in conversation with Paul Russ, Artistic Director of Dance4 A Dance4 co-production. Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival, Dance4, South East Dance, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance and Tanztendenz, Munich. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Sat 7 & Sun 8 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £15, Schools £10 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Guardian Book Club Howard Jacobson Perhaps the leading observer of Jewishness in modern Britain, Howard Jacobson examines Shakespeare’s most controversial character in his new novel, Shylock is My Name. Including a shocking twist on Shylock’s infamous demand for a pound of flesh, the novel examines contemporary questions of Jewish identity and the relationship between fathers and daughters. Join him for a discussion with Guardian Book Club host John Mullan about the novel and the endlessly fascinating play that inspired it. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Sun 8 May, 5pm Sallis Benney Theatre £10

Sun 8 May

No Home Movie (2015, Belgium/France, cert. U) Directed by Chantal Akerman The final film of the great Belgian film-maker Chantal Akerman is a moving memoir of her mother’s last months. Confined to her Brussels apartment, Natalia’s harrowing past as an Auschwitz survivor,

and her chronic anxiety, greatly influenced Akerman’s art. This special preview screening ahead of the film’s UK release is a tribute to one of the most original and influential figures in feminist cinema, who died last year. Duration: 115 minutes In French and English with English subtitles.

Sun 8 May, 1.30pm Duke’s at Komedia £10.50, Under 16s £6, Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £28

Know My Neighbour Social isolation is finally being recognised as one of the most damaging issues within our society, yet presenting a viable solution for it is still seemingly a long way off. Know My Neighbour is an attempt to cut to the heart of this epidemic by encouraging neighbourliness as a way of changing people’s lives. Join us for a panel discussion about this vital subject. Presented by Brighton Festival and Know My Neighbour

Tindersticks

The Waiting Room Cine-Concert Tindersticks have made a career out of sidestepping convention. Now the indie ensemble that bestrode the millennium with its dark, majestic sound heads off in another direction, performing new album The Waiting Room to a backdrop of short films specially commissioned from international filmmakers. Once again, Tindersticks are subverting convention: instead of writing the music to accompany existing films, the films have been made to accompany the new

Sun 8 May, 2pm Brighton Dome Founders Room FREE (ticket required)

music. The Tindersticks sound has always had a cinematic quality, with crooning vocals and intricate guitars conjuring up images and narratives; now the imagery takes shape on stage, exploding each song vividly into life. Presented with Music Beyond Mainstream Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Sun 8 May, 8.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £15, £18.50, £20 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Sun 8 May

Three Score Dance Tall Tales Commissioned by Brighton Festival Brighton's contemporary dance company for the over-60s brought Brighton Station to a standstill in 2014 with its performance of Plans. Now it will be celebrating the 50th Festival by bringing together 50 dancers aged over 50 to perform the specially commissioned Tall Tales, devised by renowned choreographer Lea Anderson, in locations that have featured in the Festival’s half-century history. Supported by Arts Council England Three Score Dance supported by

La Nuova Musica

Dido and Aeneas Concert performance of an opera in three acts with music by Henry Purcell and libretto by Nahum Tate Ann Murray DBE Dido Benjamin Appl Aeneas David Bates Director Zack Winokur Choreographer

Sun 8 May See brightonfestival.org for times & locations FREE

‘If anyone can be relied on to make Baroque music sound newly hatched, it’s La Nuova Musica.’ The Times Ann Murray, one of the great singers of her generation, brings her magisterial artistry to the role of Dido. She is joined by Benjamin Appl, who is fast establishing a major career; and La Nuova Musica, noted for its rigorous yet sparkling approach to the Baroque repertory embellished here by Zack Winokur's evocative dancers. One of the first operas in English, Dido and Aeneas is a tale of love and loss, as Dido, Queen of Carthage, is abandoned by the Trojan prince Aeneas and dies overwhelmed by grief. Purcell conjures an intimate human drama from Virgil’s epic Aenied, with Dido’s searing lament, ‘When I am laid in earth’, as its emotional and dramatic climax.

Supported by Andrew & Margaret Polmear Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Sun 8 May, 7.30pm Theatre Royal Brighton £10, £18.50, £25, £28, Under 16s £15 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Smoke and Mirrors ‘...incredible skill and emotional resonance... Beyond beautiful.’ The Scotsman

Circus as you’ve never seen it before: audacious and thought-provoking, technically brilliant and profound. The Ricochet Project is pushing the boundaries of contemporary circus using poetic acrobatics, contemporary dance, contortion and high-flying feats to explore the human condition. Revealing the inner workings of the mind and our search to find a place of realness and connection in an enduring culture of illusion, Smoke and Mirrors is a mesmerising and intimate two-hander for grown-ups.

‘The beauty of this piece – besides its acrobatic skills, stripped-back aesthetic and eloquent movement – is the way it utilises the circus form as a metaphor to examine a state of mind.’ The Guardian

Duration: 55 minutes Age 14+ (contains partial nudity) Post-show discussion Tue 10 May Highly visual with minimal text

Mon 9 & Tue 10 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £15, £17.50 £10 Festival Standby (see p75)

Mon 9 – Tue 10 May

The Ricochet Project (New Mexico)

Music for Dogs UK Premiere ‘Wouldn’t it be great if you’re playing a concert and you look out and everyone’s a dog,’ Laurie Anderson mused while waiting backstage with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. True to form, Anderson made her outlandish dream come true: first at the Sydney Opera House, and again in New York’s Times Square earlier this year, making headlines around the world. This 20-minute piece has been specifically designed for the canine ear, including frequencies audible only to dogs, as well as other sounds for humans to enjoy.

This concert is for dogs (and their owners). Tickets are for humans but each booking should include at least one dog. No unaccompanied humans (or dogs). Please come prepared to clean up if your four-legged friend gets too excited.

Heart of a Dog

died in 2011. Essayistic in style, and constructed like a collage of original musical compositions, contemporary footage, narration, animation and 8mm home movies, it deftly flits between the serious and the playful, the funny and heartfelt.

Plus Q&A with Laurie Anderson (2015, USA) Directed by Laurie Anderson Visually rich and poetic, Laurie Anderson's Oscarnominated Heart of a Dog sees her reflect on love, language and death – inspired by the affection she had for pet rat terrier, Lolabelle, who

Tue 10 May, 7.30pm Brighton Open Air Theatre FREE (ticket required – limited capacity)

Tue 10 May

Laurie Anderson

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Duration: 76 minutes

Tue 10 May, 9pm Duke of York's Picturehouse £10.50

Tue 10 May

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New Blood: 130701 15th Anniversary Showcase Brighton Festival Exclusive Dmitry Evgrafov Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch Resina

‘130701 has single-handedly defined the post-classical genre’ No Ripcord At the leading edge of modern classical music is the pioneering label 130701, an imprint of Brighton-based FatCat Records. Its impressive roster includes Max Richter, Hauschka, Dustin O'Halloran, and double Oscar nominee Jóhann Jóhannsson. Celebrating its 15th anniversary in a specially curated event for Brighton Festival, 130701 presents three of its latest signings: prodigious Moscowbased pianist Dmitry Evgrafov, whose adventurous music blends intimate piano with lush string arrangements and rich electronics; pianist-composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, whose elegant, instinctual scores have led to commissions from HBO and the BBC; and Resina, the alias of Polish cellist Karolina Rec, whose improvisational use of the cello alongside tape delay, reverb plate and live looping is bold, dynamic and precise. Just as when FatCat premiered an unknown Animal Collective at Brighton Festival 2003, what you’ll hear is sure to be the start of something special. Tue 10 May, 8pm The Spire £14, Festival Standby £10

Yanis Varoufakis In his new book, And the Weak Suffer What They Must?, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis assesses the history of the European monetary union. A passionate campaigner against austerity, Varoufakis argues that it is a fundamental threat to Europe and to the global economy. He also shows that the origins of the Eurozone crisis lie not with governments or the banks but in its founding structure. He will talk to Channel 4 economics editor and Guardian columnist Paul Mason about the current crisis and present his case for economic reform. British Sign Language interpreted Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

‘The emerging rock star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising’ The Telegraph Tue 10 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10

Wed 11 May

Brighton: Symphony of a City World Premiere Commissioned by Brighton Festival Lizzie Thynne film director Ed Hughes composer & conductor Orchestra of Sound and Light

Brighton in all its festive, bohemian, campaigning glory has inspired a remarkable fusion of silent film and live music by filmmaker Lizzie Thynne and composer Ed Hughes.

Drawing on such precedents as Walter Ruttmann’s 1927 silent classic Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, this new film depicts a day in the life of the city, darting back and forth through time to encompass archive film of the lost glories and contemporary events that have defined Brighton’s profile as the UK’s most vibrant location. This kaleidoscope of local identity is accompanied by a sumptuous symphonic score performed live by Orchestra of Sound and Light. Our evening includes two classic silent films from the 1920s, and showcases pianist Neil Brand, whose wealth of experience brings these treasures to life. Rarely shown, Laurel and Hardy’s Liberty is seen here alongside Harold Lloyd’s Never Weaken, featuring all the thrills, spills and laughs typical of these silent screen masters. Supported by Screen Archive South East, University of Brighton and University of Sussex

Wed 11 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £15, £18.50, £22.50, Under 26s £15 Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Brighton Festival music supported by

The Encounter Inspired by the novel Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu Directed & performed by Simon McBurney In 1969, Loren McIntyre, a National Geographic photographer, found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley, Brazil. It was an encounter that was to change his life, bringing the limits of human consciousness into startling focus.

In this solo performance, Simon McBurney traces McIntyre’s journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest using binaural technology to build an intimate and shifting world of sound. Founded in 1983, Complicite has toured all over the world, winning over 50 major theatre awards. The Encounter marks the company’s Brighton Festival debut. Duration: 120 minutes Age 12+

'An incredible story, beautifully written…masterful storytelling... a must-see' The Independent êêêêê

'A head turning, spellbinding show' The Telegraph êêêêê 22

Wed 11 – Sat 14 May, 7.30pm Sat 14 & Sun 15 May, 2.30pm Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts Evenings £27.50, Under 26s £22.50 Matinees £25, Under 26s £20 Festival Standby £10 (see p75) University of Sussex students and staff £18 tickets for Wed & Thu in person at Brighton Dome Ticket Office (limited availability) Please note that headphones (supplied) will need to be worn throughout the performance Post-show discussion with Simon McBurney on Thu 12 May

Captioned performance: Sat 14 May, 7.30pm (see p71) Presented in partnership with Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. Co-produced with Edinburgh International Festival; Barbican, London; Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens; Schaubühne Berlin; Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne; and Warwick Arts Centre. Supported by Sennheiser and The Wellcome Trust Supported by

Wed 11 – Sun 15 May

Complicite / Simon McBurney

The Complete Deaths World Premiere Commissioned by Brighton Festival There are 74 onstage deaths in the works of William Shakespeare (75 if you count the black ill-favoured fly killed in Titus Andronicus). From the Roman suicides in Julius Caesar to the death fall of Prince Arthur in King John; from the carnage at the end of Hamlet to snakes in a basket in Antony and Cleopatra. And then there’s the pie that Titus serves his guests. Spymonkey will perform them all – sometimes lingeringly, sometimes messily, sometimes movingly, always hysterically. These ‘seriously, outrageously, cleverly funny clowns’ (Time Magazine) will scale the peaks of sublime poetry, and plumb the depths of darkest depravity. It may even be the death of them.

Wed 11 – Sun 15 May

Spymonkey & Tim Crouch

Directed by Tim Crouch (I, Malvolio, An Oak Tree, Adler & Gibb), The Complete Deaths is a solemn, sombre and sublimely funny tribute to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Featured as part of caravan showcase Age 14+ Post-show discussion on Fri 13 May A Spymonkey co-production with Brighton Festival and Royal & Derngate Northampton. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Developed at The Other Place at the RSC, and supported by the MA Dramatic Writing Lab at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins.

Wed 11 – Sat 14 May, 7.30pm Sat 14 & Sun 15 May, 2.30pm Theatre Royal Brighton Wed & Thu evenings, and matinees: £12.50, £15, £18.50, £22.50, Under 26s £15 Fri & Sat evenings: £15, £17.50, £20, £25, Under 26s £17.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Members' first night offer £17.50 British Sign Language interpreted: Sun 15 May, 2.30pm Supported by C

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Orange Prize-winning writer Lionel Shriver talks about her new novel, The Mandibles – a dark, witty and frightening dystopia about a nation in decline. Set during a fiscal crisis in near-future America, the book follows three generations of a family as they cope with the loss of their fortune and learn how to survive as America’s economy spirals into dysfunction. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Wed 11 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £10 © Lorenzo Mella

Wed 11 – Sat 14 May

Lionel Shriver

Silencio Blanco (Santiago)

Chiflón: The Silence of the Coal UK Premiere Dismissed from the coal mine where he works, a young miner has no choice but to head for the most deadly pit of all. As he toils in danger deep underground, his family face a day-to-day struggle of uncertainty and anxiety. This exquisitely eloquent retelling of a story by the distinguished Chilean author Baldomero Lillo is played out in silence using simple white marionettes. Its emotional and dramatic impact takes puppetry to new levels as Silencio Blanco (White Silence) confronts the black silence of Chile’s mining history.

'Full of creativity and rich in detail... the story is a classic of its kind' El Mercurio

Duration: 50 minutes Age 11+ Highly visual, wordless performance Post-show discussion with the company on Fri 13 May Presented in partnership with the British Council Chile

Thu 12 & Fri 13 May, 7.30pm Sat 14 May, 5pm & 8.30pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £12.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

A Book for Her

Why has Bridget Christie been sending her stained underpants to George Osborne at HM Treasury every month? Which method actor has been playing the character comedian Nigel Farage since 2010? Is Rachel Dolezal black or white? What’s the difference between Eddie Izzard and Caitlyn Jenner? Bridget reveals the answers to all this and more in her laser-witted stand-up show – and in her new book, A Book For Her, copies of which she will be signing after the show. Duration: 90 minutes Age 16+ Plus post-show discussion

‘It’s another cracking show from the current queen of crusading UK comedy.’ The Guardian

Lou Reed Drones

Thu 12 – Tue 17 May

Bridget Christie

Thu 12 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £17, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

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UK Premiere Both Lou Reed and John Cale instinctively knew the power of drones. In 1975, Reed played out that drone music on Metal Machine Music, an album credited with laying the foundation for the industrial and noise rock genres. Lou Reed Drones is an installation of his guitars and amps in feedback mode: 24 strings set in motion from the push of magnetically driven cones; 360 partial harmonics colliding against each other, cascading, uniting, elevating, rising up like New York skyscrapers along the Hudson.

Introducing gain and sculpting sonic frequencies, a feedback loop is created with each guitar and its respective amplifier. Their overlapping harmonic structures produce pseudo-acoustic notes in which a beating sensation is then set in motion. Lou Reed Drones is a visceral, emotional and spiritual experience. For evening jam sessions see brightonfestival.org

Fri 13 – Tue 17 May, 12pm – 5pm The Spire FREE

Fri 13 May

The Soldier:

From Severn to Somme

‘He's a natural story-teller… outstanding, every single second of it’ The Guardian

Christopher Maltman baritone Malcolm Martineau piano Including works by Butterworth, Gurney, Somervell, Mahler, Musorgsky, Schumann, Wolf, Finzi and Poulenc In the first of two recitals by Malcolm Martineau, the pianist accompanies the celebrated baritone Christopher Maltman – hailed as one of the country’s leading exponents of song ever since winning the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Colouring the contrast between the idyll of Edwardian England and the horrors of the Great War, an eclectic programme of songs, lieder and chansons charts the soldiers’ experience, from boyhood to battlefield and beyond. Duration: 2 hours

Fri 13 May, 7pm All Saints Church £20, Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Vox Luminis

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Light and Shadow

Music at the time of Elizabeth I

Artistic Director Lionel Meunier Tallis

O nata lux; Videte miraculum

Robert White

Christe, qui lux es et dies

John Sheppard

In manus tuas; In pace

William Byrd

Ave verum corpus

Thomas Tomkins

When David heard

Robert Ramsey

How are the Mighty Fall’n

Thomas Weelkes

Death hath deprived me

Thomas Morley

Funeral Sentences

Weaving a magical spell in the darkened splendour of All Saints Church, the acclaimed Belgian a cappella choir Vox Luminis performs works from the English Renaissance in this atmospheric late-night concert. From light — exemplified by themes of birth, new beginnings,

‘Once again, Vox Luminis have touched the heart with their calm interpretative intelligence and vocal beauty’ Gramophone day and joyfulness – to the shadow of death, endings and night, some of the most popular works from the reign of Elizabeth I jostle alongside lesserknown gems from the golden age of English music. Duration: 70 minutes

Fri 13 May, 9.30pm All Saints Church £17.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Nederlands Dans Theater is one of the world's most celebrated dance companies, wowing audiences with its unique brand of breathtaking dance, awe-inspiring skill and passionate creativity. Artistically directed by award-winning choreographer Paul Lightfoot, NDT2 presents 18 international dancers aged 18–23. With a winning combination of fresh exuberance and astonishing athleticism, NDT2 promises to thrill and entertain in equal measure. For its longawaited return to Brighton Festival, it brings a vibrant mixed programme that includes works by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Edward Clug, Hans van Manen and the international hit Cacti by Associate Choreographer Alexander Ekman.

‘NDT is the tippest of the top. Its fledgling dancers are triple A-rated’ Evening Standard

‘A clever and original crowd pleaser’ Daily Telegraph on Cacti Duration: 2 hours Post-show discussion on Fri 13 May Presented in partnership with Dance Consortium

Fri 13 – Sat 14 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £15, £17.50, £20 Under 26s £15 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Fri 13 May – Sat 14 May

Nederlands Dans Theater 2

Members' first night offer £15

Of Riders and Running Horses Directed by Dan Canham Under the cover of darkness, we find a space in the margins of the city in which to gather: to start an ad hoc ceremony, to stamp our feet and shake our limbs. Join a group of female dancers and a live band as they conjure a new kind of old dance, an insistent rhythm, a joyful step into what it means to move together. Of Riders and Running Horses is a stirring and visceral outdoor dance event created by Still House (Ours Was the Fen Country, 2014) to animate our urban spaces. Please dress for the weather. If you have specific access requirements, email access@brightonfestival.org Featured as part of caravan showcase Produced by MAYK. Commissioned by Dance Umbrella, Theatre Bristol and Pavilion Dance South West.

Fri 13 – Sun 15 May, 8.30pm

Location confirmed after booking £15, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

African Dance Party

Spoek Mathambo, Baloji & Ye Ye Fever After its huge success in 2014, our night of contemporary African rhythms returns. Our headliner is Spoek Mathambo, one of South Africa’s most forward-thinking and imaginative artists. As part of Fantasma, he explored a style described as Guzu, fusing traditional South African styles with western forms; where township house rubs shoulders with hip hop, and maskandi rhythms melt into shangaan electro. Joining him on the bill is Belgian-based Congolese rapper Baloji, an artist who stands at the crossroads of traditional African and electronic music and who makes a welcome return to Brighton Festival. They are joined by DJ collective Ye Ye Fever, which has been bringing afrobeat, soukous and everything in between to dancefloors for five years. Age 18+

Fri 13 May, 9pm til late Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £15 standing, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

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Fri 13 – Sun 15 May

Still House

Two jam-packed days of free family entertainment Get ready for a weekend of fun and adventures And finally, blast off with Highly Sprung's Urban as Easthill Park and East Brighton Park host five Astronaut who will be providing a glimpse of a extraordinary new performances. future that might be. Air pollution has grown to crisis point: is there any way back? Follow Les Enfants Terribles’ Dr Latitude and his team of misguided misfits in The Fantastical Flying Bring a picnic and the whole family for A Exploratory Laboratory. Join their global quest to Weekend Without Walls… in a park near you. discover incredible new lands, tribes, flora and Presented in partnership with Without Walls fauna previously unknown to humankind! aboutNOWish Le Cheval Solitaire commissioned by Without Walls and Just Little ones can help aboutNOWish's lost horse Le Cheval Solitaire find its missing carousel. Children and grown-ups will love to gallop, canter and trot in a rhythmical dancing rumpus. Dust off your leg-warmers and get ready to rehearse, dance and show off in Miss High Leg Kick's Audition Project. Everyone can be a star in the final show – leotards not compulsory! Cheer on H.O.H. by Far From the Norm, a fastpaced hip hop mash-up set on a football pitch in which characters implode into utter disarray.

So Festival. Co-commissioned by Bristol City Creative Seed Fund. Supported by Cirque Bijou. Far From The Norm H.O.H. commissioned by Without Walls, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival and Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Co-produced by East London Dance. Francesca Baglione/Miss High Leg Kick – Miss High Leg Kick’s Audition Project supported by Without Walls and Arts Council England. Highly Sprung Urban Astronaut commissioned by Without Walls and Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Out There International Festival of Circus & Street Arts. Supported by Gi20. Les Enfants Terribles The Fantastical Flying Exploratory Laboratory commissioned by Without Walls, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Just So Festival.

Sat 14 – Sun 15 May

A Weekend Without Walls

Sat 14 May, 12 – 5pm Easthill Park, Portslade British Sign Language interpreter present (see p71) Sun 15 May, 12 – 5pm East Brighton Park, Whitehawk FREE

Sat 14 – Sun 15 May

BAFTA Kids Join children’s TV presenters London Hughes (CITV’s Scrambled!) and Ben Shires (CBBC’s Officially Amazing!) as BAFTA Kids returns with two fun and lively workshops for budding TV stars of the future.

TV Presenting Masterclass

TV Comedy Workshop

A unique insight into the exciting world of television presenting, with sound advice and top tips to help you recognise your own special talents for working in children’s TV.

Watch clips of BAFTA nominated shows and learn about what makes them funny, before writing and performing your own comedy sketch with others.

Duration: 75 minutes plus time for photos and autographs Age 7 – 12

Sat 14 May, 10.30am Brighton Dome Founders Room £10

Duration: 90 minutes plus time for photos and autographs Age 9 – 12

Sat 14 May, 2pm Brighton Dome Founders Room £10

Entelechy

Bed

Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival All families have hidden secrets. In this travelling installation that will be popping up around the streets of Brighton, memories of the past come back to haunt an older woman in the space between waking and sleep. Bed is a nomadic street event performed by members of Entelechy’s Elders Company. Duration: 2 hours

Tilted Productions

Belonging(s) Thoughts of migration, belonging and the fleeting nature of what surrounds us are subtly provoked by this site-responsive promenade piece, which combines contemporary dance, physical theatre and an unusual use of objects and locality. Created by Maresa von Stockert in collaboration with an intergenerational cast of eight, Belonging(s) reflects and integrates with the architecture and landscape of wherever it is being performed, turning local spaces into illusory worlds and inviting audiences to see the familiar in new ways. Duration: 75 minutes Please dress for the weather. If you have specific access requirements, email access@brightonfestival.org Supported by Arts Council England, Ipswich Borough Council and national and European arts organisations.

Sat 14 & Sun 15 May, 4pm & 7pm Location confirmed on booking £6

Commissioned by Without Walls, Brighton Festival and Winchester Hat Fair. Supported by Arts Council England and London Borough of Lewisham

Sat 14 May, 10am & 2pm George Street, Hove Sun 15 May, 10am & 2pm East Street, Brighton FREE

In 1895, 13 year-old Robert Coombes stood trial for the murder of his mother, who lay dead in bed while he went on a 10-day spending spree with her housekeeping money. Kate Summerscale, author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, returns to the murder scene in her new book, The Wicked Boy. She discusses the case’s background and contemporary issues of education, childhood criminality and the dangers of pulp fiction with Guardian Books editor Claire Armitstead. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Sat 14 May

Kate Summerscale

Sat 14 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Secret Homes

Resistance, resilience and undercover identities This discussion, chaired by Professor Martin Evans, brings together historian Sarah Helm and theatre director Jem Wall to ponder the meaning of ‘home’ to undercover operatives. This event coincides with the celebration of the Brighton connection of four SOE agents who worked during World War Two and the recent controversy over police officers who worked undercover to penetrate political organisations.

Jacqueline Nearne, SOE agent born in Brighton

Sat 14 May, 3pm The Keep £10

Sara Pascoe Animal

Sara Pascoe is a human animal, and so are you. The show is a mixture of completely true stories about Tony Blair, Oedipus Rex and the wildlife of Lewisham, plus a load of stories that don’t sound true at all about Jason Donovan, Henry the Hoover and when God took over the tannoy in Sainsbury’s. All animals evolved, but only humans evolved to the point of knowing they evolved. This troubling and confusing position is explored in a creative and honest way in a show about empathy and its limitations. Duration 90 minutes Age 15+ Plus post-show Q&A

‘Always clever and sometimes exquisite’ Independent

Sat 14 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £13, Festival Standby £10 (see page 75)

Sun 15 May

Sans Soleil (Sunless) (1982, France, cert. 15) Directed by Chris Marker This elegiac masterpiece by Laurie Anderson's favourite director Chris Marker is a poetic documentary tour of Tokyo, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland and San Francisco. Sans Soleil is a hugely influential essay film in which the spoken word and haunting visuals conjure the disorientation of a world traveller, journeying through cultures, secret rituals and confusions of time.

Brighton Youth Orchestra Brighton Festival Youth Choir Laura van der Heijden cello South Downs Percussion Ensemble & BYO Percussion Andrew Sherwood, James Bingham, Adam Bushell conductors Gabrieli Magnificat 'Anima mea' for 12 voices Varèse Ionisation John Rutter Three songs from The Sprig of Thyme Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations John Adams Lollapalooza Copland Old American Songs, Appalachian Spring

Duration: 104 minutes French narration with English subtitles

Sun 15 May, 1.30pm Duke of York's Picturehouse £10.50 From sacred sonority and classical elegance to toetapping Americana and a percussion showcase, variety and virtuosity characterise this exuberant concert by Brighton’s finest young musicians with the mesmerising cellist Laura van der Heijden, winner of BBC Young Musician 2012. Sun 15 May, 5pm All Saints Church £10, £7 concessions, Under 16s £5

Takács Quartet Schubert Quartet in A minor D804, ‘Rosamunde’ Webern Langsamer Satz Dvorák

String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major Op. 105

A legendary chamber ensemble and the glorious gardens of Glyndebourne make an irresistible combination for a perfect Sunday afternoon. The Takács Quartet charts the evolution of Romanticism, from Schubert’s exquisite 'Rosamunde' Quartet (1824), whose second movement is one of the best-loved melodies in all chamber music, to the tender lucidity of Webern’s compact masterpiece Langsamer Satz (1905). Alongside these, Dvorák’s

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‘The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level’ The Guardian joyful String Quartet No. 14 took the traditional quartet to new levels of eloquence and opulence. Sun 15 May, 3pm (grounds open at 1pm for picnicking)

Glyndebourne £20, £25, £30, £10 standing Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

The best new theatre from across England

caravan is a biennial showcase presenting a curated programme of site-specific, interactive and incidental performances to an audience of international commissioners, programmers and collaborators. caravan is delivered by Farnham Maltings in partnership with Brighton Festival and supported by Arts Council England and British Council.

Greg Wohead

Comeback Special Jam sessions, patter with a Southern drawl, big dance numbers, and a bit of sweat: this is a re-enactment of Elvis Presley's 1968 Comeback Special. Sort of. What happens if the Comeback comes back? Like a halfremembered dream, Comeback Special is a double negative. It’s not the original, but it’s not not. Duration: 75 minutes Age 15+ Co-commissioned by Shoreditch Town Hall, Theatre in the Mill and South Street Arts Centre. A Jerwood Charitable Foundation/Bristol Old Vic Ferment Commission. Initially supported through a 2014 Dance and the Homemade Commission by Chisenhale Dance Space. Developed at Bios.

Dickie Beau

Blackouts: Twilight of the Idols Directed by Jan Willem van den Bosch Lighting design by Martin Langthorne

’Not to be missed’ The Guardian on Greg Wohead's The Ted Bundy Project

Sun 15 – Mon 16 May

caravan

Sun 15 May, 5.30pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £12.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

‘Touching, bizarre and visually gorgeous’ Time Out ‘Drag fabulist’ Dickie Beau shape-shifts through a shadowy soundscape of lost souls, as he channels the ghosts of his childhood idols, including Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe. The result is a study of icons in exile from society and themselves, and the haunting impressions they’ve left behind. Duration 60 minutes Age 12+

Mon 16 May, 2pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £12.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75) © Matthew Andrews

Sue MacLaine Company

Can I Start Again Please Performed by Sue MacLaine and Nadia Nadarajah

‘Challenging, devastating and devastatingly good’ The Guardian Parallel narratives intersect and diverge in this mesmerising mix of verbal and visual theatre. Performed in English and British Sign Language, Can I Start Again Please dissects childhood trauma and investigates the power and failings of language to tell and hide truths. Winner of the 2015 Total Theatre award for Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form. Duration 60 minutes Age 16+ Commissioned by Sick! Festival. Supported by Arts Council England

Mon 16 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £12.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Eric MacLennan A Voyage Around My Bedroom The audience helps to shape the narrative and set the compass in Eric MacLennan’s new performanceinstallation. Make tiny journeys with the outlook of a great explorer – even a trip of a few centimetres can become an adventure of discovery and surprise!

Mon 16 – Tue 17 May

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Duration: 10 minutes For all ages

Mon 16 May, 12pm – 6pm Jubilee Square Tue 17 May, 12pm – 6pm Royal Pavilion Garden, West Lawn FREE © Julian Martinez Milla

Christopher Brett Bailey

This Is How We Die

A motor-mouthed collage of spoken word and storytelling. Tales of paranoia, young love and ultraviolence. From the desk of Christopher Brett Bailey comes a spiralling odyssey of pitch-black humour and nightmarish prose. A prime slice of surrealist trash, an Americana death trip and a dizzying exorcism for a world convinced it is dying.

‘An absurd road movie of the soul cut with a razor wit and bubbling paranoia’ The Guardian êêêê Duration: 70 minutes Age 16+ (contains strong language) Commissioned by Ovalhouse. Supported by Arts Council England, The Basement, Cambridge Junction and Norwich Arts Centre.

‘A heavenly new take on Milton’ Evening Standard êêêêê There is a possibility that God made everything because he was terrified of doing nothing. Here is a re-telling of the story of the beginning of everything inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost – told through words, music and the easily misunderstood medium of dance. Co-commissioned by The Place and Battersea Arts Centre with further commissioning support from ICIA Bath University. Developed with support from The Point, Eastleigh and South East Dance. Supported by Arts Council England.

Duration: 75 minutes Age 14+

Tue 17 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £12.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Also featured in caravan: The Complete Deaths (p23) and Of Riders and Running Horses (p28)

Lost Dog Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)

Tue 17 May, 5pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £12.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour English Premiere Adapted by Billy Elliott author Lee Hall from the novel The Sopranos by Alan Warner Directed by Vicky Featherstone Catholic schoolgirls go wild as the choir trip to Edinburgh goes badly wrong. Funny, sad and raucously rude, this exhilarating cocktail of singing, sex and sambuca finds six girls on

the cusp of change. Love, lust, pregnancy and death collide head-on in a single day in this blisteringly funny musical play about losing your virginity and finding yourself. A tribute to being young, lost and off the rails, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour enjoyed a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe 2015, winning Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel and Stage Ensemble awards along the way.

Tue 17 – Sat 21 May, 7.30pm Fri 20 & Sat 21 May, 2.30pm Theatre Royal Brighton Tue evening (preview) & Fri matinee: £10, £15, £17.50, £20, Under 26s £12.50 Schools £10 (Fri matinee only)

‘A mighty piece of popular theatre, full of show-stopping musical moments’ The Scotsman êêêêê

Wed & Thu evenings & Sat matinee: £12.50, £15, £18.50, £22.50, Under 26s £15

Audio described performance by VocalEyes: Sat 21 May, 2.30pm

Fri & Sat evenings: £15, £17.50, £20, £24, Under 26s £17.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Duration 90 minutes Age 16+ (contains strong language and adult themes)

Members' first night offer £15

Tue 17 – Sat 21 May

National Theatre of Scotland / Live Theatre

Touch tour: Sat 21 May, 1pm FREE (ticket required)

Post-show discussion on Wed 18 May Co-produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre

Tue 17 May

Laurie Anderson, Nik Bärtsch & Eivind Aarset

Song Conversation Song as a Place Brighton Festival Exclusive

What is a song? Brighton Festival Guest Director Laurie Anderson is joined by fellow musician-composers, pianist Nik Bärtsch and guitarist Eivind Aarset, for their second installation of Song Conversation, a freewheeling walk through sonic spaces. These master improvisers will look at various elements of songs – their own and others’ – playing them and talking about them in casual improvised exchanges, looking at the difficulties and intricacies of writing, faulty memory and interpretation.

The trio will take on the idea of space in songs, while dissecting and vamping on song structure, melody, lyrics, inspiration, dedication, and improvisation. Zurich-based Nik Bärtsch is a pianist, composer and producer who works both as a solo artist and a member of groups Mobile and Ronin. Eivind Aarset is one of Norway’s most in-demand guitarists, translating avant garde techniques to genres from jazz to art rock. Commissioned by Ludwigsburg Festival (Artistic Director: Thomas Wördehoff)

Tue 17 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £15, £18.50, £22.50, Under 26s £15, Festival standby £10

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Joint ticket with Slideshow: £15, £22.50, £30, £37.50, Under 26s £22.50

Wed 18 May

Laurie Anderson

Slideshow World Premiere Brighton Festival Exclusive

One of America’s most daring creative pioneers, Laurie Anderson’s groundbreaking body of work spans the five decades that Brighton Festival has existed, and straddles the worlds of art, theatre, film and experimental music. In the second of two exclusive performances for Brighton Festival, Laurie Anderson presents Slideshow, a specially created performance monologue about place and places.

‘Slideshow is a collection of adventure stories about love, cities, diners, Mars, how we see, living by rivers, Dollywood, my home town and many other places along the way.’ Laurie Anderson

Wed 18 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £15, £18.50, £22.50 Under 26s £15, Festival standby £10 © Tom Oldham

Joint ticket with Song Conversation: £15, £22.50, £30, £37.50, Under 26s £22.50

Tue 17 – Wed 18 May

Alfred Brendel In Conversation

Legendary pianist Alfred Brendel is as eloquent with words as he is with music. In this talk based on his book A Pianist’s A to Z, illustrated by recorded excerpts, he conveys some of a thinking pianist’s concerns, collecting concepts and catchwords in the form of an A to Z drawn from 60 years of giving concerts, making records and writing about his profession. An unmissable talk for lovers of the piano, from one of our most celebrated performers. Hosted by Guardian critic and writer Tom Service.

Duration: 70 minutes Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Tue 17 May, 8pm Royal Pavilion, Music Room £12.50

Reader I Married Him... Charlotte Brontë at 200 with Tracy Chevalier, Esther Freud & Salley Vickers To mark the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë's birth, novelist Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring) has brought together some of today's finest female writers for a new anthology of short stories. Each story in Reader I Married Him takes the most famous line of Brontë's greatest novel, Jane Eyre, as its inspiration. Chevalier, Esther Freud (Hideous Kinky) and Salley Vickers (Miss Garnet's Angel) will read from their own stories, and discuss the enduring appeal of Brontë's novels and her strong, complicated heroines.

Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Wed 18 May, 7pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10 © Steve Gullick

Duke Garwood Veteran blues-rock man and multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood is most definitely the musician’s musician. Mark Lanegan, with whom Garwood collaborated on 2013’s Black Pudding, calls him a ‘musical genius’, while Josh T Pearson says his songs are ‘as close to heaven as you can get with a guitar’. Newly signed to Heavenly, Garwood’s acclaimed fifth solo album Heavy Love, his first since 2011’s Dreamboatsafari, sees his intriguing brand of powerful, understated blues on top form. Special guests Woven Entity join Garwood to perform a mix of old and new material. Don’t miss one of contemporary rock’s best kept secrets in a headline performance at Brighton Dome. Wed 18 May, 9pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £14 seated, Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

‘Duke Garwood is the real thing… an old soul and a saint’ Kurt Vile

Jasper Høiby (Denmark) double bass Neame (UK) piano Anton Eger (Sweden/Norway) drums

Phronesis has captured the imaginations of audiences worldwide with its trademark catchy hooks, complex changes, crackling rhythms and lithe but tight-knit grooves. It’s a sound that is both complex and utterly accessible – one that has placed this MOBOwinning Scandinavian/British trio at the forefront of jazz innovation and acclaim. Presenting its new album Parallax, Phronesis makes its Brighton Festival debut with a gig that’s unmissable for all aficionados of ice-cool modern jazz.

‘This is contemporary jazz at its most thrilling, creative and airborne.’ Music OMH

Thu 19 – Fri 20 May

Phronesis

Thu 19 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £14, Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Liz Aggiss

Slap and Tickle Maverick, indomitable, fearless: words that describe performance artist Liz Aggiss. Born in an era when children were seen and not heard, Liz had no clue what she wanted to be. She just knew she wanted to be seen and heard. Slap and Tickle is a dark and ribald physical commentary on cultural mores and sexual taboos: a disorientating display of interpretations and contradictions about women, girls, mothers and pensioners. Beating a path through the personal and historical, Aggiss creates a feminist soup lurching from word to movement, music hall to radio nostalgia, costume change to prop manipulation. Duration: 60 minutes Age 15+ Supported by Arts Council England, South East Dance, Dance4 and University of Bath

Thu 19 May, 8pm Fri 20 May, 7pm & 9.30pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £12.50, £10 Festival Standby (see p75)

Modern Poetry in Translation The Great Flight: Poems about Refugees The plight of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa in Europe has focused our attention on the migrant experience. Modern Poetry in Translation, the world poetry translation magazine founded 50 years ago by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort, brings together poetry written by and

about migrants: the experience of losing home, losing family and losing an identity in the flight to safety. Fri 20 May, 5pm Brighton Dome Founders Room £8

Fri 20 – Sat 21 May

Home Live Art

At Home

A 21st Century Salon Family, security, bricks and mortar... who and what makes a home? Reviving the salon tradition of gathering, entertainment and conversation, Home Live Art takes up residence in an exquisite Regency venue – the beautifully restored Angel House – bringing contemporary visual art and live performance together to question our 21st century notions of homemaking.

here, you are free to explore a host of close encounter performances and interactions all over the house: from film and sound installations to music, stand up, theatre and spoken word. This is a unique experience at a unique venue. Check brightonfestival.org for full programme details. Duration: 120 minutes approx. Age 14+ Angel House is a three storey listed Regency building with restricted accessibility. Contact access@brightonfestival.org or call 01273 261 525/541 to discuss specific access requirements prior to booking. Presented by Home Live Art in partnership with Angel House.

Fri 20 May, 6pm, 9pm Sat 21 May, 2pm, 6pm, 9pm (House and cash bar opens 15 minutes before)

In the drawing room, you’ll find space to talk, drink, relax and soak up the surroundings. From

Angel House, Hove £15, Festival Standby £10

The Marian Consort

Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, composed some of the most intense and glorious music of the Renaissance. He was also a brutal killer. As the obsessive composer relives the past and makes his final confession, the full horror of his crimes stands in stark contrast to his astonishing music.

Breaking the Rules by Clare Norburn Directed by Nicholas Renton

(see p75)

The Marian Consort perform works by Gesualdo to Clare Norburn’s dramatic monologue creating a soundtrack of the mind, including some of the startling Tenebrae Responsories and madrigals. This tour de force performance is a mesmerising fusion of drama and music.

‘performances that glow with golden purity and soul’ Sunday Times Fri 20 May, 7.30pm All Saints Church £18, £10 Festival Standby (see p75)

Brighton Festival music supported by

Fri 20 May

Yuval Avital & Ensemble Meitar

Fuga Perpetua Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival The more we read and hear about refugees, the less it seems that we understand their experiences. Fuga Perpetua – meaning ‘always running’ – reflects on the situation of refugees compelled always to move on. In this potent and thoughtprovoking new work, Yuval Avital, a unique voice in the contemporary and experimental scene, creates an immersive environment using a combination of music, sound recordings, visual projections and movement. With contemporary music group Ensemble Meitar, it crosses the border between ‘us’ and ‘them’ and allows us to relate to refugees through the senses, intuition and imagination. Post-show discussion with Yuval Avital & Prof. Gerald Cupchik, University of Toronto Produced by Magà Global Arts, Ensemble Meitar & Third Ear. Supported by Arts Council England

Fri 20 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £15, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

‘With Yuval Avital, it is better to see and hear than to describe… A must-see.’ Rolling Stone Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Haçienda Classical

House and club classics The DJs who shaped the Haçienda sound, Graeme Park and Mike Pickering, will perform a continuous set of house and club classics alongside the Manchester Camerata Orchestra and special guests. Taking the euphoria of the legendary club nights to a whole new level, Haçienda Classical is a unique meeting of styles. Age 18+

Fri 20 May, 9pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £27.50, £32.50 circle seated £32.50 stalls standing

Brighton Festival music supported by

Sat 21 – Sun 22 May

The Spark Arts for Children

A Boy and a Bear in a Boat A new play by Stewart Melton from the book by Dave Shelton Directed by Adel Al-Salloum Welcome aboard! The boy and a bear set out to sea with just a suitcase, a ukulele and a teapot between them. Dark clouds loom, there’s only one sandwich left and it’s nearly teatime. Where are they heading? Will they ever get there? And when all seems lost, can their friendship survive? Adapted from Dave Shelton’s award-winning novel and featuring live music and movement, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat is a funny, thoughtful and

thrilling voyage to discover the meaning of friendship and adventure. Duration: 60 minutes Age 5 – 9

Sat 21 & Sun 22 May, 10.30am & 1pm Grand Hotel, Consort Suite £8 Touch tour: Sat 21 May, 12.15pm FREE (ticket required) British Sign Language interpreted: Sun 22 May, 1pm

Shakespeare’s Globe & Seabright Productions

Shakespeare Untold

Romeo Untold & Titus Untold by Harper Ray and Adam Sibbald Based on the plays of William Shakespeare The stories you know from the characters you don’t. It’s one thing organising the Capulets’ ball, but quite another when first there’s Juliet’s wedding coming up then two funerals to think about. And with hands being lopped off, tongues cut out and throats slit left, right and centre, how is Titus Andronicus’ piemaker to know where his pie fillings come from? This family-friendly double bill takes a fresh and

funny look at the ultra-romantic Romeo and Juliet and the gory revenge drama Titus Andronicus. Duration: 2 hours including an interval Age 8+

Sat 21 May, 4pm Sun 22 May, 2pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £12.50, Under 16s £8

Dean Burnett & Robin Ince The Idiot Brain In his new book, The Idiot Brain, Guardian science blogger and neuroscientist Dean Burnett explores the most inefficient, bizarre and irrational workings of the human brain. Join him and Infinite Monkey Cage host Robin Ince for a light-hearted look at the psychology of superstition, the neuroscience of sleep, how tall people are more intelligent, and why a glass of wine might improve our memory. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Sat 21 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Sat 21 – Sun 22 May

Retouramont (Paris)

Clairière Urbaine UK premiere French company Retouramont creates an opening in the dense sprawl of the city – a ‘clairière urbaine’, or urban clearing – for this free outdoor dance performance. Finding outlets for its expressive

aerial choreography in the bustle of city streets, its dancers integrate into the architecture and populate the empty spaces between the buildings, monuments and thoroughfares of the urban jungle. Duration: 45 minutes Highly visual performance

Sat 21 May, 3pm & 6pm Lavender Street, Kemptown

Between Hereford Court & Wiltshire House

FREE

Big Steam Print No longer hidden behind the closed doors of workshops and studios, Big Steam Print brings the magic of printing into the open air for all to see. Artists and students from across the country will gather to print on a giant scale with our vintage steam roller. Join the excitement as a heady haze of steam and printing ink results in some of the biggest works ever printed. In partnership with Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft for The Village of Type

Sun 22 May, 12pm – 6pm The Level FREE

Sun 22 May The Brighton and Sussex Medical School Debate Let’s Talk About Death

Sun 22 May, 4pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

It’s official – the UK is the best place in the world to die. But what does this mean? It seems death is still a taboo subject that we would rather skirt around than discuss candidly. Covering many aspects of death and dying, including living while you’re dying, what constitutes a good death and how to plan for one of life’s few certainties, this engaging debate features a panel of renowned experts in palliative care along with Tim Crouch, director of The Complete Deaths.

Death Market

£8

Everything and anything you have ever wanted to know about death. Come and ask about one of the most taboo subjects, and learn about the art of celebration, how to write a will and more. Sun 22 May, 2pm – 4pm Brighton Dome Café-bar FREE

Supported by

The Human Face (1990, UK, cert. 12A) Directed by Nichola Bruce Nominated for a BAFTA, The Human Face is a documentary made for the BBC series Arena. Laurie Anderson presents, narrating an examination of mankind’s obsession with its own image, looking at the use of heads and the human face in art and sculpture, and at the prejudices applied every day based solely on a person’s appearance.

Duration: 60 minutes

Sun 22 May, 4.30pm Duke’s at Komedia £6

New Writing South Annual Lecture Nikesh Shukla Do I need to see myself in stories to enjoy them? Growing up, Nikesh Shukla raced through SpiderMan comics while listening to Bollywood music, assuming that people like him only existed as supporting players in the stories of white people. When he found The Buddha of Suburbia, everything changed. Nikesh (award-winning author of Meatspace, Coconut Unlimited, The Time Machine) will talk about his recent calls for increased diversity in books, the genesis of his forthcoming anthology The Good Immigrant, and why it's so important that Spider-Man is a brown kid called Miles Morales.

Sun 22 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £10

The Dream of Gerontius Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Robert Murray tenor Matthew Rose bass Edward Gardner conductor Lush orchestration, massed forces and profound subject matter: The Dream of Gerontius is an overwhelming musical experience. This is the

kind of music that Brighton Festival Chorus was created to perform, and that is woven into the identity of the renowned CBSO, whose very first performance in 1920 was conducted by Elgar. A truly stellar cast, led by the eminent British conductor Edward Gardner, luxuriates in music of rare power and

eloquence that traces the vision of the journey of a pious man’s soul from his deathbed to his judgement before God.

Sun 22 May

William Blake Christ in the Sepulchre, Guarded by Angels

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Brighton Festival Chorus

Sun 22 May, 7pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £18.50, £22.50, £27.50, £30, Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Brighton Festival music supported by

Mon 23 May Guardian Gaming Artificial intelligence and the future of gaming The way video games are made is set to change drastically over the next decade. Through 'procedural generation', games like Minecraft can create whole new landscapes every time you play, while advances in artificial intelligence allow computer controlled characters that can build new

stories based on player preferences. Guardian games editor Keith Stuart talks to an expert panel of designers and programmers about what this all means for the future of games and the people who play them. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Mon 23 May, 7pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Berlin (Antwerp)

Zvizdal

(Chernobyl – so far so close) UK Premiere Co-produced by Brighton Festival 26 April 1986, Pripyat, Ukraine. A nuclear reactor explodes and some 90 towns and villages are evacuated. But one couple, Pétro and Nadia, refuse to leave. Without running water, electricity, telephone or mail, they hold on indestructibly in the infected zone for 30 years. Berlin, the company behind Bonanza, Perhaps All the Dragons (2014) and Land’s End (2012), returns

to Brighton Festival with a filmic portrait of one elderly couple’s self-imposed solitude. Featuring interviews with Pétro and Nadia filmed between 2011 and 2016, Zvizdal tells a poignant story of survival, hope and love in a ghost town. Duration 75 minutes Age 14+ In Ukrainian with English surtitles Post-show discussion on Tue 24 May Co-produced with Brighton Festival; Het Zuidelijk Toneel, Tilburg; PACT Zollverein, Essen; Dublin Theatre Festival; Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels; BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen; and CENTQUATRE, Paris.

Mon 23 – Wed 25 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £15, £17.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Mon 23 – Tue 24 May

Laura Mvula Plus support One of the most distinctive musical talents to come out of the UK in recent years, Laura Mvula is a one-woman symphony, whose classical training flourishes in songwriting that fuses orchestral soul with poetic lyricism. Nominated for two BRIT Awards, a Mercury Prize and an Ivor Novello Award, her critically acclaimed debut album Sing to the Moon was re-recorded at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios with conductor Jules Buckley and the Dutch Metropole Orkest, taking her stunning debut to new heights.

‘Beautiful in voice and soul, lift your eyes skyward and watch this girl soar’ Clash Magazine Laura has recently collaborated with the legendary Nile Rodgers, combining his upbeat sound with her thrilling harmonies. Mvula's exquisite voice is one of undeniable uniqueness, deserving of every bit of attention it gets. Expect to hear new material from her eagerly anticipated new album in what promises to be a very special performance. Mon 23 May, 8pm Theatre Royal Brighton £22.50, £25, £27.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Anthony Burrill How to use words properly Fresh from producing a new print for Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, graphic artist and printmaker Anthony Burrill will speak about using words properly. He will tell us how he uses words in his work and his attempts to avoid cliché, well worn phrases and cheesy sentimentality.

Tue 24 May, 7pm Sallis Benney Theatre £10

In partnership with Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft for The Village of Type

Tue 24 – Sat 28 May Nutkhut

Dr Blighty World Premiere Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival Ajay Chhabra Nutkhut Artistic Director Tom Piper & Amanda Stoodley Design Shri Shriram Composer Sian Thomas Performance Director Stephen Clark Writer Vinod Chhabra Translation Phil Supple Lighting Designer Novak Video and Animation Ed Carter Sound Designer Thor McIntyre-Burnie Soundscape

In a major new collaboration with Nutkhut, Dr Blighty recalls this unexpected episode in Brighton’s history, bringing the experiences of the soldiers, and the locals who came to care for them, movingly back to life. Dr Blighty is part of 14-18 NOW, the UK's arts programme for the First World War Centenary. 48

A Nutkhut production co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, Brighton Festival, and Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove. Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England, and by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Tue 24 – Sat 28 May, 2pm – 10pm Royal Pavilion Garden FREE

A H Fry photos courtesy of Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove

More than a million men travelled from India to fight for the Allies during World War One. Between 1914 and 1916, over 2000 Indian soldiers wounded on the Western Front were brought to a temporary hospital housed in Brighton’s majestic, Mughalinspired Royal Pavilion Estate.

Visitors to Royal Pavilion Garden can experience a dreamlike environment of immersive installations, ambient soundscapes and theatrical interludes, inspired by letters the soldiers sent back home. After dark, enthralling video projections will colourfully animate the Royal Pavilion. #DrBlighty

Sat 28 – Sun 29 May

Dr Blighty: The Concerts As part of Dr Blighty week, we remember Brighton's Indian military hospital with two special concerts at Brighton Dome marrying classical music traditions from East and West. Brighton Festival music supported by

Philharmonia Orchestra David Murphy conductor Kala Ramnath Indian violin Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Butterworth

The Banks of Green Willow

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Kala Ramnath

The Seasons of India

Music, words and imagery combine to recall memories of the Raj. The Philharmonia

Orchestra and violin virtuoso Kala Ramnath perform some of the best-loved English works of the period, alongside Ramnath’s own traditional music scored for violin, orchestra and Indian folk instruments. With readings from letters and diaries written by injured Indian servicemen recuperating in Brighton, this promises to be a truly poignant and evocative concert.

Sat 28 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £18.50, £22.50, £27.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Debashish Bhattacharya slide guitar Gurdain Rayatt tabla After being immersed in the twilight years of Edwardian England, emerge into the vivid Indian sunlight. Bhattacharya will play a traditional raga concert, alongside virtuoso tabla player Gurdain Rayatt. Bhattacharya plays slide guitar, an instrument he has developed himself – a unique event from one of the great artists of world music.

Dr Blighty: Commemorations We bring the week to a close by laying a wreath at the Indian Gate; unveiling a Blue Plaque honouring Subedar Mir Dast (awarded the Victoria Cross at the Royal Pavilion by King George V); and arranging thousands of diya lamps to commemorate the soldiers’ stay in the city.

‘Sinuous artistry... imbued with the spiritual and the sensual’ Daily Telegraph Sat 28 May, 10.15pm – 11.45pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £15 (£5, £10

with Philharmonia Orchestra) Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

Sun 29 May, 4pm Royal Pavilion Garden FREE To make a diya (decorated clay pot) for the final installation, drop into Brighton Dome Café-bar throughout the Festival – see website for times

Tue 24 – Wed 25 May

‘A truly elevating piece of dancetheatre… that might even change the way you see the world’ Exeunt ‘Rich and vivid, full of humour and urban elegance’ Fest Magazine

VerTeDance / Jirí Havelka / Clarinet Factory (Prague)

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Imagine a world where you can’t progress despite your best efforts to push forward. Multi-awardwinning Czech company VerTeDance presents a beautifully poignant piece about our lack of freedom and our power to make decisions. Reflexes, slants and curvatures, pushing off, tipping and falling: every imbalance is corrected and brought back to equilibrium with theatrics and subtle humour. A live soundtrack by Clarinet Factory builds a fluid tension as the dancers weave around their own shadows. Correction garnered rave reviews and a clutch of awards in 2015, including a Herald Angel at the Edinburgh Fringe, and both the Audience Award and the MESS Festival Award at Birmingham’s Be Festival. It also won the most prestigious Czech award in the field, Dance Piece of the Year, an accolade that VerTeDance has received three times.

Duration: 55 minutes Age 10+ Highly visual performance Directed by Jirí Havelka Choreographed & performed by Veronika Knytlová / Marta Trpišovská, Tereza Ondrová, Martina Hajdyla Lacová / Helena Arenbergerová, Karolína Hejnová, Robo Nižník, Jaro Ondruš / Rado Piovarci, Petr Opavský / Michael Vodenka Live music by Clarinet Factory Lighting design by Katarína Duricová Costumes. Set design by Dáda Nemecek Produced by VerTeDance o.s., danceWATCH – Karolína Hejnová. Supported by City of Prague; Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and Czech Centre in London; Foundation Život umelce; METROSTAV a.s.; Tanec Praha NGO / Ponec – The Dance Venue; Ctyri dny o.s.; and ALT@RT. Supported by

Tue 24 & Wed 25 May, 7.30pm Theatre Royal Brighton £10, £15, £17.50, Under 26s £15 Under 16s half price £10 Festival Standby (see p75) Members' first night offer £12.50

Pianist, inventor and performer Sarah Nicolls developed her unique ‘inside-out piano’ to explore the belly of the instrument and to coax out its hidden sounds. In this solo show, she explores the extraordinary unexpected characteristics of the instrument, moving it around the stage to gradually reveal her parallel journey into motherhood. See this monumental piano in surprising motion, hear the beautiful melodies and textures of Sarah’s piano-songs and contemplate the moments of Tue 24 May, 7.30pm life where everything seems to stand still. Brighton Dome Studio Theatre Commissioned by Brighton Dome as part of earsthetic 2014 £10 © Victor Frankowski

Tue 24 – Sun 29 May

Sarah Nicolls Moments of Weightlessness

Globe Theatre on Tour

The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare Nick Bagnall director Katie Sykes designer James Fortune composer Valentine loves Silvia and Proteus loves Julia – but Proteus is fickle, and falls for Silvia too. When Valentine plots an elopement, Proteus betrays him and Valentine is banished and joins some outlaws in the forest. What are the chances that he’ll be pursued by Silvia, and Silvia by Proteus, and Proteus by Julia, and that all will be waited upon by their servants Speed and Launce, and even Launce’s dog, Crab? This riotous new production is led by a joyful ensemble of players who will delight with songs, romance and chaos, and hurl Shakespeare's anarchic comedy into the 21st-century. Remember to bring a picnic and dress for the weather. Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes approx

Age 8+

Presented by Shakespeare's Globe and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse

Wed 25 – Sat 28 May, 6pm Thu 26, Sat 28 & Sun 29 May, 1.30pm Brighton Open Air Theatre £17.50, Under 19s £10 Family (2 adults, 2 children) £50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Members' first night offer: £15, Under 19s £8 Family (2 adults, 2 children) £40 Touch tour: Sun 29 May, 11am FREE (ticket required) Meet the cast: Fri 27 May, 3pm Dyke Road Park Cafe FREE (ticket required)

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Wed 25 May

I for India (2005, UK, cert. 12) Directed by Sandhya Suri This extraordinary documentary follows Yash Pal Suri, doctor and hobbyist filmmaker, who left India for England in 1965. On arrival, he buys projectors, tape recorders and Super-8 cameras, sending one set back home to India.

So begins a 40-year exchange of ‘cine-letters’, in which he shares his new life abroad with family back home. Rediscovered by his daughter, together they tell a bittersweet tale of one man’s story of migration and the myth of return. Duration: 70 minutes

‘A miraculous mini-epic’ The Guardian Wed 25 May, 6.30pm Duke’s at Komedia £10.50, Under 16s £6, Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £28

ANKH Bodyline

Gauri Sharma Tripathi Antahkarna

Gauri Sharma Tripathi’s company of dancers ANKH explores speed and motion, shadow and light, physical reality and illusion in this free outdoor show.

Kathak is the classical dance form of northern India, defined by fluid grace, intricate footwork and expressive rhythm. It also means ‘to tell a story’. Acclaimed for articulating Kathak for a new generation, choreographer Gauri Sharma Tripathi rediscovers this tradition of storytelling, harnessing the Kathak vocabulary in choreography and improvisations that vascillate between the sensuous and the spiritual, the past and present.

Wed 25 May, 5pm Ship Street FREE

Age 12+

Wed 25 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £15, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Brahms & Schumann Song Lorna Anderson soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Malcolm Martineau piano Schumann

Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 4 Liederkreis Op. 24

Brahms

Mädchenlied Op.7 No. 5

Deutsches Volkslieder (selection)

Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32 (selection)

For the second of his recitals, this time in the glorious Music Room of the Royal Pavilion, master accompanist Malcolm Martineau is joined by one of the brightest young stars in the world of song, the tenor Robin Tritschler, and the distinguished soprano Lorna Anderson, who has enjoyed a long-term collaboration with Martineau. They perform works by the supreme masters of Lieder: two cycles from Schumann’s miraculous ‘year of song’ alongside works by Brahms that rely on the eloquence of the pianist as much as on the expressiveness of the singer.

‘Robin Tritschler proves yet again that he is one of the most sensitive and musical of today’s younger lieder interpreters.’ Daily Telegraph Wed 25 May, 8pm Royal Pavilion, Music Room £32 (includes a glass of wine or soft drink in the interval in the Banqueting Room), Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Until the Lions

‘A firecracker of a show, one that really stays with you and grows in the memory’ The Telegraph êêêê

Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival

‘Thrilling and beautiful’

One of the most respected figures in the dance world, Akram Khan returns to Brighton Festival after eight years (Bahok) with his new, full-length production Until the Lions – his most arresting work to date. Khan is joined by two of his company dancers alongside four musicians providing haunting vocals and soundscape. Together they give a breathtaking performance in this partial adaptation of poet Karthika Naïr’s original reworking of the epic Mahabharata. Beautifully combining the classical Indian dance form kathak with contemporary dance, Until the Lions tells the tale of Amba, a princess abducted on her wedding day and stripped of her honour, who invokes the gods to seek revenge.

The Observer êêêêê For this epic theatrical spectacle, Khan reunites with some of the collaborators behind his Olivier Award-winning solo DESH, including visual artist Tim Yip, lighting designer Michael Hulls and dramaturg Ruth Little. Duration: 65 minutes Highly visual performance This production is a partial adaptation of Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata, a retelling in verse of the Mahabharata by Karthika Naïr (HarperCollins India, 2015 & Arc Publications UK, 2016).

Thu 26 – Fri 27 May

Akram Khan Company

Initiated by the 360° Network of round artistic venues across the world and produced during residency at Sadler's Wells London and Curve Leicester. Sponsored by COLAS. Created with generous support from The Quercus Trust. Supported by Arts Council England.

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £10, £15, £20, £25, Under 19s £15 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Thu 26 – Fri 27 May

The Guardian Newsroom

The EU Referendum David Cameron's promised referendum on the UK's membership of the EU could be called as early as June 2016. As both the EU exit and pro-Europe campaigns gather momentum, Britain faces profound questions about its future. Business leaders claim that withdrawal would lead to economic calamity, while others on the left and the right argue the case for Britain to govern itself. Would an exit see Britain reduced to the status of a minor player on the world stage? Is Britain stronger in Europe? Does the EU need the UK? Join a panel of Guardian writers, including Brighton Festival Chair Polly Toynbee, to analyse and discuss both sides of the debate. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Thu 26 May, 7pm Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts £10

Marlon James Join us for an evening with 2015 Man Booker Prizewinner Marlon James. A Brief History of Seven Killings is a fictional account of an attempt to assassinate Bob Marley in 1976, a novel described by the New York Times as a ‘Tarantino remake of The Harder They Come… sweeping, mythic, over-the-top, colossal and dizzyingly complex’. Spanning three decades, the novel uses multiple voices – CIA agents, drug dealers, ghosts, beauty queens – to explore the turbulent world of Jamaican gangs and politics. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Thu 26 May, 7.30pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Past Historic, Future Perfect: New Buildings in Historic Settings

How should we approach designing new buildings and adapting old ones? Should architecture imitate the past or speak unequivocally of our own time? Hosted by Brighton College, which has a distinguished history of architectural patronage and adaptation, David Robson of The Regency Society of Brighton and Hove discusses the sensitivities of the built environment with Eric Parry and Richard Griffiths,

who have recently completed projects in the College, and with Peter Clegg, the architect responsible for the masterplan for the Royal Pavilion Estate. Duration: 90 minutes Presented with The Regency Society of Brighton & Hove

Fri 27 May, 7.30pm (drinks available from 6.30pm) Brighton College, Music School £10

Stella

World Premiere Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival Really, I think most people have no idea... A theatrical encounter with a truly remarkable person, Stella is a new show inspired by the strange life and lonely death of Ernest Boulton – one half of the now-infamous Victorian cross-dressing duo Fanny and Stella. Intimate and emotional, scandalous and glamorous, Stella uses two performers, an empty stage and a haunting real-life story to ask what it might take to truly be yourself.

Fri 27 – Sat 28 May

Image reproduced by courtesy of Essex Record Office

Neil Bartlett

Neil Bartlett, one of Britain's most individual theatre-makers, makes a welcome return to Brighton Festival following his much-lauded staging of Britten: The Canticles with Ian Bostridge in 2013.

‘Neil Bartlett reminds us that anything is possible in the theatre’ The Guardian

Written & directed by Neil Bartlett Stage design Rae Smith Costumes Johanna Coe Lighting Rick Fisher Sound Chris Shutt Music Nicolas Bloomfield Duration: 75 minutes approx. Age 14+ Stella is a co-commission by LIFT, Brighton Festival and Holland Festival

Fri 27 & Sat 28 May, 8pm Theatre Royal Brighton £12.50, £15, £17.50 Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Fri 27 – Sat 28 May

Beth Orton Plus support Brighton Festival Exclusive Beth Orton returns to the UK for two shows at Brighton Festival premiering highly anticipated new material exploring her electronic roots. Orton has been one of the country’s most unique and beguiling voices in contemporary music for the past two decades. On her debut LP Trailer Park, Orton pioneered the synthesis of electronic beats and acoustic songwriting. She followed with Central Reservation, which brought international acclaim

Alexei Sayle As Margaret Thatcher moved into Downing Street in 1979, Soho’s Comedy Store opened its doors with Alexei Sayle as its master of ceremonies. Sayle’s painfully funny new memoir, Thatcher Stole My Trousers, chronicles a time when comedy and politics collided in new and electrifying ways. Join the godfather of alternative comedy as he discusses his career, from Marxist art-school student to star of The Comic Strip and The Young Ones. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Fri 27 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £10

and a BRIT Award. Further albums deepened the breadth of her songwriting, such as the Jim O’Rourkeproduced Comfort of Strangers and 2012’s Sugaring Season. Beth recently relocated to California, where she began working on a series of beautiful, careerredefining songs: these one-off shows will be the first time she has performed this new material live.

'a voice of seemingly effortless expression' Pitchfork Fri 27 & Sat 28 May, 8pm Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts £17.50 standing Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

The Pier Falls is the first collection of short stories from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Written in a new, darker register, Haddon's stories range from Ancient Greece to the Amazon jungle to the surface of Mars. A 30-stone man is confined to his living room. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox. A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve. Haddon has said that the stories are all bound together by 'an empathy for sometimes unlovable people in difficult situations'. He will read from these new stories and discuss the art of short form writing. Presented in partnership with Guardian Live

Fri 27 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Fri 27 – Sat 28 May

Mark Haddon

yello brick

Masquerade Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival Enter the Masquerade Ball, a world of anonymity and duplicity that spins a web of lies and truth around its guests. Carry out tasks, hide your secrets, do whatever it takes to win. You will need to form bonds, break relationships and be ruthless in your pursuit of glory but remember… trust no one. Masquerade is a game set in the physical world during which participants receive instructions through their phone from the mysterious hosts of the ball. To participate you will need a mobile phone and a flair for deception. Comissioned by Without Walls, Brighton Festival and Winchester Hat Fair

Sat 28 May, 10am – 4pm George Street, Hove FREE (ticket required)

Adriano Adewale

Catapluf’s Musical Journey Catapluf just can’t stay away after last year’s sell-out success! His imagination travels to places where everything makes music: saucepans, water, drums – even the body! His exploration of rhythms and sounds of the world takes in samba, jazz, klezmer and plenty of opportunities for the audience to join in. Created by Adriano Adewale, known for his amazing ability to create magical soundscapes from the ordinary and the everyday, this family show is packed full of music from every corner of the globe.

Sat 28 May, 12pm & 2.30pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10, Under 16s £6

Duration: 50 minutes Age 5 – 7

Touch tour: 1.45pm FREE (ticket required)

Presented by Serious. Originally commissioned by the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Sat 28 – Sun 29 May

Books for Breakfast The City Reads Book Swap City Reads is all about the pure pleasure of taking a little longer over the reading of a book and then discussing it with family, friends, neighbours or acquaintances. Something special happens when we share our passion for a book we love and this is your opportunity to do just that. Bring along just one book that you are willing to swap with someone else and we'll do the rest. Brighton Dome Café-bar will be open – we’ll provide the pastries.

Our Future City Imagining our creative future

Produced by Collected Works CIC

Sat 28 May, 11am Brighton Dome Founders Room FREE

Limited capacity, to reserve a place email info@collectedwork.co.uk

Come and interact with young local artists, experience creativity through their eyes, and help shape the future of the city by imagining what our collective, creative future could be. Our Future City is a 10-year transformation programme that seeks to improve the lives and life chances of children and young people through cultural engagement and creative skills development. For more information visit ourfuturecity.org.uk

Sat 28 May, 2pm Theatre Royal Brighton FREE

Tangled Feet

Emerge/ncy World Premiere Overnight, a strange portal emerges in Brighton: a mysterious form has burst through the ground and an opening is visible at the top. Slowly, displaced people begin to emerge. Where do they go now? How do we respond to them? In this unique durational performance piece, which evolves over the course of each day, Tangled Feet questions how we all cope with standing on the edge of enormous uncertainty. Has this state of

emergency become the new normal? Follow #EmergencyBrighton for more clues.

‘One of the most exciting physical theatre companies in the UK today… a must-see’ The Stage Sat 28 & Sun 29 May 12pm – 7.45pm Durational performance 7.45pm The Closing The Level FREE Meet the artists: Sun 29 May, 11am

Sat 28 – Sun 29 May

Lola Arias (Buenos Aires)

Minefield

World Premiere Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival Argentinian writer and director Lola Arias brought her acclaimed show My Life After to Brighton Festival 2013. Now she returns with the world premiere of her new work about the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, developed with and performed by Argentinian and British veterans of the 1982 conflict. In her trademark style –political, playful and highly personal – Arias brings together soldiers who fought on opposite sides, giving them an opportunity to share their first hand-experiences on a battlefield. Supported by The Aisbitt Family

Merging film, re-enactment and documentary theatre, Minefield blurs the lines between truth and fiction to give a fascinating insight into how and what people remember, and how war continues to cast a long shadow over the lives of its protagonists.

‘A compelling mix of personal memories and a mosaic of modern Argentinian history’ The Guardian on My Life After Duration: 120 minutes Age 11+ Performed in English and Spanish with English surtitles Co-commissioned by LIFT, Brighton Festival, Royal Court Theatre, Le Quai Angers and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm.

Sat 28 May, 8pm Sun 29 May, 2pm & 7pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £15, £17.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75) 59

cky Adam

Sat 28 – Sun 29 May

Letterpress by the Sea A pop-up letterpress studio housed in a replica London Underground Tube tent is set to arrive on Hove Lawns with a team of artists, designers and printers! Watch and learn the letterpress process: setting type, inking up and printing using a press. Have a go on one of the presses and select an artist’s print to take home. In partnership with Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft for The Village of Type

Sat 28 & Sun 29 May, 12pm - 6pm Hove Lawns (near the Lawns Cafe) FREE

The Moon and the Sledgehammer (1971, UK, cert. U) Directed by Philip Trevelyan A rare screening of a cult classic, originally created for television. Isolated in a ramshackle home in rural Sussex, the Page family lets the 20th century slowly pass them by, managing without

running water, electricity or gas. Yet initial judgements of quaintness and eccentricity are challenged as it emerges that they are in control of their world in a way that we can never be in control of ours. Duration: 65 mins Introduced by the writer and curator Gareth Evans Presented in partnership with Film Hub South East as part of the BFI’s UK-wide Britain on Film — Rural season.

Sun 29 May, 1.30pm Duke of York’s Picturehouse £10.50, Under 16s £6 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £28

City Reads 2016 Paul McVeigh The Good Son City Reads is Brighton & Hove’s annual ‘big read’ for adults. This year, people across the city have been reading, sharing and discussing Paul McVeigh’s astonishing debut, The Good Son. Set during the Troubles in 1980s Belfast, it’s an astute, assured and achingly funny novel about the complex nature of innocence and guilt. Paul McVeigh has written plays, Produced by Collected Works CIC comedy and short stories – he is also co-founder of London Short Story Festival. Join him in as he discusses Sun 29 May, 2pm his inspiration for the novel in this final event marking Brighton Dome Studio Theatre the culmination of City Reads 2016. £8

Sally Smith Edward Marshall Hall: A Law Unto Himself Sir Edward Marshall Hall KC, the subject of Sally Smith's first biography, was one of the most famous advocates of all time. Born in Brighton in 1858, the charismatic power of his oratory saved more people from the death penalty than any other known barrister. Sally is a barrister and QC. After ten years of criminal work, she specialised in medical law and has appeared in many highprofile medical cases.

Sun 29 May, 5pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Sun 29 May

Penny Arcade Longing Lasts Longer

‘Bursting with energy… hilarity and pathos’ Edinburgh Evening News Penny Arcade is a force of nature and New York’s undisputed queen of the underground. Outrageous and inspirational, Arcade occupies a unique position in the American avant-garde and counterculture movement. Longing Lasts Longer is her double award-winning Edinburgh show, which turns contemporary stand-up on its head to create a crack in the post-gentrified landscape. Driven by her magnetic rock ‘n’ roll energy, Arcade’s razor-sharp satire is mixed live to euphoric soundscapes inspired by four decades of pop culture. It's a passionate performance anthem where you can think, laugh and dance at the same time.

‘The smartest, most quotable theatrical party in town’ T The Times êêêê Age 14+ Presented in partnership with London Artists Projects

Sun 29 May, 8pm Theatre Royal Brighton £10, £12.50, £15, £18, Festival Standby £10 (see p75)

Floating Points Live Plus support

Dance music trailblazer Sam Shephard – otherwise known as Floating Points – is renowned for his ambitious, forward-thinking DJ sets around the world. For the past ten years, all roads have slowly been leading to his debut album Elaenia: with influences deep in his formative years the album draws upon classical, jazz, electronic music, soul and even Brazilian popular music. At times delicate and intense, with moments of utter stillness, it provides the bridge between his rapturous dance music and his classical roots. Performing with a full live band, don’t miss what promises to be a remarkable live performance from one of electronic music’s most perceptive new artists.

'one of contemporary electronic music's most forward-thinking talents' Rolling Stone

Sun 29 May, 8pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £12.50, £15, £18.50, Festival Standby £10 (see p75) Brighton Festival music supported by Rampion Offshore Wind

Lunchtimes

Brighton Festival music supported by

Our series of daytime concerts featuring classical stars of the future

Amalthea Duo Klio Blonz flute Siobhan Swider harp Mozart

Theme and Variations

Bizet

Entr’acte from Carmen

Einaudi

Le Onde

Shankar L’Aube enchantée Thomas

Watching the Wheat

Marais

La Folia d’Espagne

Chopin

Theme and Variations on a Theme by Rossini

In a delightfully varied programme, Mozart’s graceful emotion gives

way to contemplative music with the mesmerising swirl of Einaudi. Cultures contrast with Shankar’s Indian–Western fusion and Thomas’s Welsh folk song, ending with Chopin’s take on La Cenerentola’s scintillating rondo. Mon 9 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Ferio Saxophone Quartet Huw Wiggin Ellie McMurray Jose Manueal Bañuls Shevaughan Beere

soprano saxophone alto saxophone tenor saxophone baritone saxophone

Singelée Premier Quatuor Op. 53 Michael Torke

July

Guillermo Lago Ciudades: Sarajevo, Addis Ababa, Köln, Tokyo Albéniz (arr. Ferio)

Cádiz

Rivier

Grave et Presto

Alke Quartet Soh-Yon Kim violin Elise Harper violin Ben Harrison viola Karen French cello Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95, ‘Serioso’ Bartók

String Quartet No. 5

Winner of the 2015 ROSL Ensemble Competition, the Ferio Saxophone Quartet pushes boundaries with its eclectic repertory of old music, new music, popular music and almost any other kind of music. In this lively programme, the Quartet conjures a vivid cornucopia of musical periods, moods and foreign lands. The many moods of the string quartet are captured by the exciting Alke Quartet. The mastery of Beethoven's middle period quartets is partnered here with the eerie 'night music' style of Bartók's 5th Quartet.

Luka Okros piano Debussy Children’s Corner Beethoven Sonata in C major Op. 53, ‘Waldstein’ Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

The Georgian pianist Luka Okros is in virtuosic mode as Debussy evokes childhood and his daughter's toys; Beethoven sets the standard for piano music

in the grand manner; and Liszt provides the ultimate vehicle for pianistic speed and brio. In association with The Tillett Trust

Wed 18 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Tue 10 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Wed 11 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

C.P.E. Bach Flute Sonata in G major H550, ‘Hamburger’ John Carmichael

Fantasy Sonata

Gaubert

Ballade

Joseph Havlat Two Pieces for flute and piano Poulenc

Flute Sonata

The Australian flautist Bronte Hudnott offers the classical and the contemporary, drawing on

both masterworks of the European flute canon alongside pieces by the Australian composers John Carmichael and Joseph Havlat. In association with Craxton Memorial Trust

Thu 19 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Lunchtimes

Bronte Hudnott flute Naoki Ishibashi piano

Gemma Lois Summerfield soprano Simon Lepper piano Programme includes Mendelssohn 'Neue Liebe Winterlied’ from 6 Gesänge, Op.19 Der liebende schreibt Hexenlied Fanny Mendelssohn Die Mainacht Debussy

Ariettes oublieés

Strauss

4 Lieder Op. 27

Glyndebourne’s Jerwood Young Artists This special concert presents members of Glyndebourne’s Jerwood Young Artists scheme performing operatic excerpts from every corner of the repertory.

A selection of chansons and Lieder showcases the expressive talents of Gemma Lois Summerfield, who won the 2015 Kathleen Ferrier Competition, accompanied here by vocal specialist Simon Lepper Fri 20 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Supported by June Crown

Glyndebourne works with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation to support the development of young singers; events like this are a unique opportunity to hear great voices of tomorrow — today. Mon 23 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Foyle–Stsura Duo Michael Foyle violin Maksim Stsura piano Schubert Violin Sonata in A major D574, ‘Grand Duo’ Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 94 Brahms

Scherzo in C minor from the F-A-E Sonata

The ‘Grand Duo’ finds Schubert in cheerful, airy mood. Likewise, Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 2 is elegant and carefree, despite

its wartime genesis. Finally, Brahms’s contribution to a sonata written with Schumann and his pupil Albert Dietrich fizzes with youthful zest.

In association with Kirckman Concert Society

Tue 24 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Lunchtimes

'An excellent hidden gem of the Festival' Latest 7

Alexander Soares piano Chopin

Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major Op. 61

Boulez

Douze Notations

Liszt

Sposalizio

Dutilleux Piano Sonata Op. 1

In association with Royal Overseas League

One of the country’s most dynamic young talents performs works from the harmonic

Wed 25 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Y–Squared

demonstrates its wide-reaching artistry. Schumann and Chopin represent the classical rigour that define the duo’s eloquence; solo works by the contemporary composers Nikolai Kapustin and Svante Henryson bring out its daring, freewheeling side.

Yelian He cello Yasmin Rowe piano Schumann 5 Stucke im Volkston Op. 102 Nikolai Kapustin Concert Etudes Op. 40, No. 6 ‘Pastoral’ for solo piano Svante Henryson Black Run for solo cello Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65

Y-Squared is a duo as imaginative as its name, and this programme

Trio Isimsiz Erdem Misirlioglu violin Pablo Hernán Benedí cello Michael Petrov piano Schubert Notturno in E-flat major Op. 148, D. 897 Dvoràk

Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65

Music of power and substance from the prize-winning Trio Isimsiz. Schubert’s contemplative Notturno is a comparative rarity performed here alongisde Dvoràk’s epic and turbulent Piano Trio, which nevertheless contain a slow movement of superlative grace and radiance. In association with Young Concert Artists Trust

Fri 27 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

complexity of Chopin to the grandeur of Liszt’s Sposalizio via Boulez’s set of short miniatures. The concert ends with Dutilleux’s sensuous sonata taking us to the soundworld of post-war France.

In association with Kirckman Concert Society

Thu 26 May, 1pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £10

Brighton Festival music supported by

26 Letters

Our annual celebration of words and pictures for young people

Michael Morpurgo Former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo is spellbinding company, a master storyteller who has created some of the most brilliant children’s books of recent years. Join him as he talks about his work, which includes War Horse, Private Peaceful and Why the Whales Came, and hear all about his latest book, An Eagle in the Snow, the extraordinary story of the man who could have stopped World War Two before it even began. Age 8+

Wed 11 May, 6pm Brighton Dome Corn Exchange £6

The Story Stew Show What are the ingredients for a great story? Is there a recipe that will make our stories taste even better? Find out with Mary Evans, author of Who Let the Gods Out? and Rosie Harker, Nosey Parker, in this fun, interactive and downright daft creative writing show.

Age 5 – 10

Sat 14 May, 10.30am Salllis Benney Theatre £6

Daddy’s Sandwich with Pip Jones and Laura Hughes If you were going to make Mummy or Daddy a sandwich containing ALL their favourite things, what would you include? Tomatoes? Cheese? Their favourite slippers and bubble bath? Join author Pip Jones and illustrator Laura Hughes to see what happens when one little girl makes a sandwich for her daddy. Expect joining in, drawing,

and helping make a gigantic sandwich yourself! Age 4+

Sat 14 May, 12.30pm Sallis Benney Theatre £6

26 Letters

Chris Riddell Children's Laureate in residence Winner of two Kate Greenaway medals for illustration, Brighton’s own Chris Riddell (The Edge Chronicles, Goth Girl) joins 26 Letters for no fewer than three events – for young people and grown-ups too!

Ask the Laureate

Poems and Pictures Live

Picture Book Masterclass

Come and meet Chris Riddell, and ask him anything you like about his work and how he gets ideas for his gorgeously detailed illustrations. Chris wants to show how much fun you can have with drawing, so the twist is that he will be drawing the answers to your questions. The questioners he picks can take their doodleanswers home as a unique memento.

See Chris’s enchanting illustrations take shape before your eyes while poet Rachel Rooney (The Language of Cat) reads some of her beautifully crafted poems in this lively literary event. Chris’s pictures are loved for their keen observation and telling detail, so Rachel’s poems will provide plenty of inspiration for his drawing.

Find out everything you need to know about creating a picture book, from idea to publication, in this in-depth masterclass for grown-ups. Particularly helpful for students of illustration, there may also be the chance to show your own work to Chris, whose books include Pirate Diary and the Ottoline series.

All ages

Sun 15 May, 2.30pm Sallis Benney Theatre £6

Sat 14 May, 6pm Sallis Benney Theatre £6

Age 8+

Guy Parker-Rees Find out how bestselling illustrator and author Guy Parker-Rees conjures characters for his books, which include Giraffes Can’t Dance. Meet Guy’s newest creation, Dylan the Dog, and enjoy stories, dancing and lots of

Release your inner cartoonist with Harry Venning Cartoons are great, and so are cartoonists. Harry Venning’s exclusive cartoon workshops will help you become part of this elite branch of the arts as you learn how to transform a blank piece of paper into a riot of laughs,

an explosion of adventure, a cacophony of sound and a gobsmack of disbelief. Age 7+

Sun 15 May, 12.30pm Sallis Benney Theatre £6

Duration: 3 hours For ages 16+

Sun 22 May, 10.30am Brighton Dome Founders Room £25, Under 26s £15 drawing fun, with enough tips to make up your very own character. Gerald the Giraffe might even come out for a dance at the end... Age 4 – 8

Sun 15 May, 10.30am Sallis Benney Theatre £6

26 Letters

Young City Reads 2016 Brighton & Hove’s Big Read for young people returns! This year young story-lovers are invited to read and discuss Hamish and the WorldStoppers by Danny Wallace. For the Young City Reads Big Event, the award-winning author and presenter, together with the book’s illustrator Jamie Littler, will take centre stage for a live, interactive schools event to talk about their book and tell us more about Hamish, Alice and some disgusting creatures called ‘The Terribles’, who might come from outer space – or maybe France… Age 8–11

Julia Copus When a hog and shrew are best friends, it's only so long before there'll be a hullabaloo! When Harry the Hog can't sleep for strange noises, it's up to Lil the Shrew to come over and find out what the problem is – not everything is what it

Young City Reads Big Event Thu 19 May, 1.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall £3

‘Inventive, magical and rib-tickling’ The Guardian

Teachers who would like to sign up their class for the Big Read should visit collectedworks.co.uk/young-city-reads

seems! Join author Julia Copus to meet the characters, play some games, and enjoy a lovely reading of the adventure! Age 3+

Sat 21 May, 10.30am Brighton Dome Founders Room £8 (admits 1 adult & 1 child)

Poetry workshop with Vanessa Kisuule At just 23, award-winning Vanessa Kisuule is establishing herself as a leading young voice in contemporary poetry. In this workshop, focusing on the idea of ‘home’, she’ll show you

Writing workshop with Sita Brahmachari

opportunity to gain writing tips, discuss storytelling and have a creative brainstorm with an award-winning author.

Sita Brahmachari is the acclaimed author of Artichoke Hearts, Jasmine Skies, Kite Spirit and Red Leaves. This workshop offers a not-to-be-missed

Duration: 2 hours

how to find your unique voice and writing style and teach the performance and breathing techniques that will help your words get heard. Duration: 2 hours Age 11 – 15

Sat 21 May, 2.30pm Brighton Dome Founders Room £12

Age 11 – 15

Sun 22 May, 3pm Brighton Dome Founders Room £12

26 Letters

Murder Mysteries and Bun Breaks with Robin Stevens Robin Stevens is the author of the Murder Most Unladylike series, the witty and intriguing whodunnits set in a girls’ boarding school. Hear her talk about her detective duo Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong; find out why she is so fascinated

with murder mysteries and what makes a great detective; and help create and solve a mystery of your very own… Age 9–12

Sat 28 May, 5pm Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £6

Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant creator Derek Landy’s epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America continues in Demon Road: Desolation. Action-packed and loaded with Landy’s signature razor-sharp wit, it’s guaranteed to set pulses racing. Join Derek to get a sneak peek of what will happen in the thrilling closing chapter of the trilogy. Age 12+

Sun 29 May, 11am Brighton Dome Studio Theatre £6

Adopt an Author Supported by

GM Building

This exciting project to promote literacy and writing sees primary schools across Brighton & Hove linking with authors in eight weeks of creative fun and emailed inspiration. The project culminates in a ‘Meet Your Author’ party, at which each class meets its adopted author. This year Carden, Patcham, Stanford and Woodingdean

Primary Schools are adopting the novelists Sarah Lean and Ross Montgomery and the comic artists/writers Marcia Williams and Gary Northfield. Visit the official blog for a fascinating selection of their emails: adoptanauthor.wordpress.com Produced for Brighton Festival by Collected Works CIC

Peacock Poetry Prize For the 50th Brighton Festival, our annual poetry competition in partnershipwith Brighton & Hove 6th Form College (BHASVIC) takes the theme of ‘Celebration’. Rejoice in the everyday or revel in the outlandish: what will you choose to celebrate? Entries will be judged by our panel of experts and prizes awarded at a special ceremony at Brighton Dome on Thu 26 May, 5pm. There are four categories, for ages 8–11, 12–15, 16–17 and 18+. You can submit up to three poems with a maximum length of 40 lines per poem.

Email your entry, stating your full name, age and date of birth, to writing@brightonfestival.org. Deadline for entries: Fri 22 Apr, 5pm.

Sat 30 Apr – Mon 30 May

aoh.org.uk

This May Artists Open Houses open for five weekends, including both Bank Holiday weekends. Exhibiting work in a wide range of media, over 1,000 artists take part, opening up their homes and studios across the city and beyond. With homemade tea and cake on offer, the Open Houses are an unmissable part of the festival season.

The Village of Type Throughout May (events until Sep) ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk A fun and dynamic season of events celebrates 100 years since London Underground’s typeface was designed in an artists' community just over the Downs from Brighton. Workshops, exhibitions, residencies and commissions by renowned artists throughout the picturesque village of Ditchling and beyond. You can also enjoy free specially designed letterpress prints as part of Letterpress On Board (7 & 8 May) on selected Southern Rail services between London Victoria and Brighton.

Brighton Fringe Fri 6 May – Sun 6 Jun

Alongside Brighton Festival

Artists Open Houses weekends

brightonfringe.org

Brighton Fringe is England’s largest arts festival and one of the largest fringe festivals in the world. This vast celebration of all things creative consists of hundreds of events and performances across a dizzying array of art forms. Start your Brighton Fringe with a trip to Fringe City on New Road, every Saturday and Sunday in May.

Fashion Cities Africa 30 Apr 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

b rightonmuseums.org.uk

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery presents the first major UK exhibition dedicated to contemporary African fashion. Explore street style and couture from Casablanca, Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg.

Charleston Festival Fri 20 – Mon 30 May

charleston.org.uk/festival

As part of Charleston 100, celebrating one hundred years of Bloomsbury in Sussex, this year's Festival will explore creative ideas from Shakespeare to fashion, feminism to the future of the planet. Highlights include conversations between Ian McEwan and Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees; Zaha Hadid and Julia Peyton-Jones; Joan Bakewell and Jon Snow. Plus talks from James Shapiro; Graham Swift; Andrew Marr; Edmund de Waal and Jeanette Winterson. Free shuttle bus from Lewes station.

The Great Escape Thu 19 – Sat 21 May

greatescapefestival.com

The Great Escape returns to venues across Brighton, bringing with it 450+ of the best up and coming artists. Day and weekend tickets available.

10 mins St Nicholas Church 8 mins Brighton Station

Map

1 min Lighthouse 11 mins Duke of York’s Picturehouse

10 mins ONCA Gallery 14 mins The Level

Jubilee Library

Duke’s at Komedia

26 mins ACCA 28 mins The Keep

Jubilee Square

Victoria Gardens

The Old Courtroom Corn Exchange

18 mins All Saints Church 19 mins George Street, Hove 20 mins B.O.A.T.

Church Street Ticket Office

Theatre Royal Brighton

Fabrica

Sallis Benney Theatre

Founders Room & Café–bar

University of Brighton Gallery

Brighton Dome

Studio Theatre

Concert Hall

C LTU RA CU AL QUAR RTT E R

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Royal Pavilion Garden

Royal Pavilion

Music Room

27 mins The Spire 17 mins Brighton College

THE LAN NEEES S

Visitor Information War Memorial

Steine Gardens

11 mins Grand Hotel 15 mins Angel House 26 mins Hove Lawns

The Lanes Friends Meeting House

Coach Station Fishing Museum

Sea Life Centre

Artists’ Quarter

Brighton Pier

About 5min walk This map is part of a wider scheme, including on-street signs, printed maps and a free WalkBrighton app. For more information go to Visitbrighton.com Copyright © 2010 Brighton & Hove City Council, using map design and source data supplied under licence. All right reserved. Designed by Applied Information Group

Brighton Dome Café-bar Concert Hall Corn Exchange Founders Room

Church Street, BN1 1UD Studio Theatre

New Road, BN1 1UG Access info: 01273 261525 / 261541 brightondome.org

Glyndebourne Near Lewes East Sussex BN8 5UU Wheelchair access – foyer circle level only

Duke's at Komedia 44 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN Royal Pavilion, Music Room Pavilion Gardens, BN1 1EE Theatre Royal Brighton New Road, BN1 1SD

Brighton College Music School, Eastern Road BN2 OAL

Brighton Open Air Theatre Dyke Road Park, Dyke Road BN3 6EH Duke of York’s Picturehouse Preston Road, BN1 4NA East Brighton Park Wilson Avenue, BN2 5PB Nearest accessible toilet: Whitehawk Library Easthill Park Easthill Way, Hove BN41 2FA George Street Hove BN3 3YA Nearest accessible toilet: Goldstone Villas Hove Lawns Kingsway, Hove BN3 2FR Nearest accessible toilet: Kings Esplanade The Keep Woollards Way, BN1 9BP The Level Lewes Road, BN2 9SA Lighthouse 28 Kensington Street, BN1 4AJ

Ship Street BN1 1AF Nearest accessible toilet: Bartholomew House The Writers’ Place New Writing South 9 Jew Street, BN1 1UT

Grand Hotel, Consort Suite 97-99 King's Road, BN1 2FW

Fabrica 40 Duke Street, BN1 1AG The Old Courtroom 118 Church St, BN1 1UD Sallis Benney Theatre 58–67 Grand Parade BN2 OJY University of Brighton Gallery 58–67 Grand Parade BN2 OJY

Jubilee Square BN1 1GE Lavender Street, Kemptown between Hereford Court and Wiltshire House, BN2 1JT Onca Gallery 14 St George’s Place, BN1 4GB The Spire, St Mark’s Chapel Church Place / Eastern Road BN2 5JN For accesss info, email access@brightonfestival.org Angel House 1 Brunswick Terrace Hove BN3 1HN Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts University of Sussex, Falmer BN1 9RH Portslade Beach Basin Road South Portslade BN41 1WF

Royal Pavilion Garden New Rd, BN1 1UG St. Nicholas Church Church Street, BN1 3LJ

East Street BN1 1NF

Venues & Access

Venues

All Saints Church The Drive, Hove BN3 3QE

Roedale Allotments Ditchling Road BN1 7AA

Audio Described

Catapluf’s Musical Journey (p57) Sat 28 May, 1.45pm

Assisted Performances & Events British Sign Language interpreted Please confirm when booking if you require this service, so that we can reserve you an appropriate seat. Yanis Varoufakis (p20) Tue 10 May, 7.30pm Portraits in Motion (p13) Wed 11 May, 6.30pm A Weekend Without Walls at Easthill Park (p29) Sat 14 May, 12 – 5pm. Interpreter present -– see website for details of times The Complete Deaths (p23) Sun 15 May, 2.30pm Can I Start Again Please (p33) Mon 16 May, 8pm A Boy and a Bear in a Boat (p42) Sat 22 May, 1pm

Transcript Available 213 Things About Me (p11) Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 10am – 5pm

Captioned Unlimited: Him (p11) Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 10am – 5pm The Encounter (p22) Sat 14 May, 7.30pm For The Encounter captioned text will be delivered to your phone or handheld device for this show. If you intend to make use of this, email access@brightonfestival.org

Highly visual performances The following performances are highly visual with few or no words: Smoke and Mirrors (p18) Chiflon: Silence of the Coals (p24) Clairière Urbane (p43) Correction (p50) Until the Lions (p53)

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (p35) Sat 21 May, 2.30pm

The Two Gentlemen of Verona (p51) Sun 29 May, 11am

Unlimited: Him (p11) Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 10am – 5pm

Access Enquiries

Unlimited: It’s Like… (p11) Sat 7 – Sun 29 May, 10am – 5pm

To book tickets for all these events please call our ticket office on 01273 709709 or email tickets@brightondome.org

Touch Tours

Contact us if you have a specific access enquiry: access@brightonfestival.org 01273 261541/ 525 brightonfestival.org/access

These events allow visually impaired people to visit the set and feel the props in advance of a performance. Touch tours are free but tickets are required. Anatomy of the Piano (p13) Sun 8 May, 1.45pm Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (p35) Sat 21 May, 1pm

Large print brochure available on request 71

Diary

Week 1: Sat 7 May Children’s Parade 10.30am p12 D igging for Shakespeare 10.30am & 2.30pm (RA) p9

Sun 8 May D igging for Shakespeare 10.30am & 2.30pm (RA) p9 The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6

The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6

Anatomy of a Piano 11.30am & 2.30pm (ST) p13

Pitch Perfect 12pm – 4pm (various) p12

No Home Movie 1.30pm (DK) p16

Anatomy of a Piano 2.30pm (ST) p13

Know My Neighbour 2pm (FR) p16

Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7

Three Score Dance (see website) p17

London Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm (CH) p14

Howard Jacobson 5pm (SBT) p15

Charles Linehan Company 8pm (CE) p15

Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7

Portraits in Motion 9pm (ST) p13 Letterpress On Board (see website) p69

Mon 9 May Amalthea Duo 1pm (ST) p62 Smoke and Mirrors 8pm (CE) p18 Portraits in Motion 8pm (ST) p13

Charles Linehan Company 8 (CE) p15 Portraits in Motion 8pm (ST) p13 Tindersticks 8.30pm (CH) p16 Dido and Aenaes 7.30pm (TRB) p17 Letterpress On Board various (see website) p69

Week 2: Sat 14 May The Story Stew Show 10.30am (SBT) p65 D igging for Shakespeare 10.30am & 2.30pm (RA) p9 BAFTA Kids 10.30am & 2pm (FR) p30 Bed 10am & 2pm (GS) p30 The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6 Lou Reed Drones 12pm – 5pm (S) p25

Sun 15 May Bed 10am & 2pm (ES) p30 D igging for Shakespeare 10.30am & 2.30pm (RA) p9 Guy Parker - Rees 10.30am (SBT) p66 The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6

Blackouts: Twilight of the Idols 2pm (ST) p33 Lou Reed Drones 12pm – 5pm (S) p25 Can I Start Again Please 8pm (ST) p33 A Voyage Around My Bedroom 12 – 6pm (JS) p34

Lou Reed Drones 12pm – 5pm (S) p25 A Weekend Without Walls 12pm – 5pm (EBP) p29

A Weekend Without Walls 12pm – 5pm (EP) p29

Release you inner cartoonist 12.30pm (SBT) p66

Daddy’s Sandwich 12.30pm (SBT) p65

San Soleil 1.30pm (DOY) p32

Kate Summerscale 1pm (ST) p31

Poems and Pictures Live 2.30pm (SBT) p66

The Encounter 2.30pm & 7.30pm (ACCA) p22

The Encounter 2.30pm (ACCA) p22

The Complete Deaths 2.30pm & 7.30pm (TRB) p23

The Complete Deaths 2.30pm (TRB) p23

Secret Homes 3pm (TK) p31

Takacs Quartet 3pm (G) p32

Belonging(s) 4pm & 7pm p30

Chiflón: The Silence of the Coal 5pm & 8.30pm (ST) p24

Brighton Youth Orchestra 5pm (AS) p32

Ask the Laureate 6pm (SBT) p66

Comeback Special 5.30pm (CE) p33

Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7

Mon 16 May

Of Riders and Running Horses 8.30pm p28

Nederlands Dans Theater 2 7.30pm (CH) p27 Sara Pascoe 7.30pm (CE) p31 Of Riders and Running Horses 8.30pm p28

Week 3: Sat 21 May Boy and a Bear and a Boat A 10.30am & 1pm (GH) P42 Julia Copus 10.30am (FR) p67 D igging for Shakespeare 10.30am & 2.30pm (RA) p9 The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6 At Home 2pm, 6pm & 9pm (AH) p40 ur Ladies of Perpetual Succour O 2.30pm & 7.30pm (TRB) p35 Vanessa Kisuule 2.30pm (FR) p67 Clairière Urbane 3pm & 6pm (LS) p43 Shakespeare Untold 4pm (ST) p42 Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7 The Idiot Brain 7.30pm (ST) p42

Sat 28 May

Picture Book Masterclass 10.30am (FR) p66 Boy and a Bear and a Boat A 10.30am & 1pm (GH) p42 D igging for Shakespeare 10.30am & 2.30pm (RA) p9 The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6 Big Steam Print 12 – 6pm (TL) p43

The Dream of Gerontius 7pm (CH) p45 Nikesh Shukla 8pm (CE) p44

Sun 29 May The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6

Dr Blighty 2 – 10pm (RPG) p48 Murder Mysteries and Bun Breaks 5pm (ST) p68 Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7 Philharmonia Orchestra 7.30pm (CH) p49 Neil Bartlett: Stella 8pm (TRB) p55 Minefield 8pm (CE) p59 Beth Orton 8pm (ACCA) p56 Debashish Bhattacharya 10.15pm (CH) p49

Zvizdal 8pm (CE) p46

The Human Face 4.30pm (DK) p44

Books for Breakfast 11am (FR) p58

Our Future City 2pm (TRB) p58

Guardian Gaming 7pm (ST) p46 Laura Mvula 8pm (TRB) p47

Sita Brahmachari 3wpm (FR) p67

Derek Landy 11am (ST) p68

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1.30pm & 6pm (BOAT) p50

Complicity and the ethics of undercover security 6.30pm (OC) p7

Let’s Talk about Death 4pm (CE) p44

The Last Resort 11am – 9pm slots (PB) p6

Emerge/ncy 12 – 7.45pm (TL) p58

Glyndebourne’s Jerwood Young Artists 1pm (ST) p63

Death Market 2 – 4pm (CB) p44

Emerge/ncy: Meet the Artist's 10am (TL) p58

Letterpress by the Sea 12 – 6pm (HL) p60

Mon 23 May

Shakespeare Untold 2pm (ST) p42

Masquerade 10am – 4pm slots (GS) P57

Catapluf’s Musical Journey 12pm & 2.30pm (ST) p57

Sun 22 May

Letterpress by the Sea 12 – 6pm (HL) p60 Emerge/ncy 12 – 7.45pm (TL) p58 Two Gentlemen of Verona The 1.30pm (BOAT) p50 T he Moon and the Sledgehammer 1.30pm (DOY) p60 Paul McVeigh 2pm (ST) p60

Throughout Brighton Festival G illian Wearing 10am – 5pm (Thur 10am – 8pm) (UBG) Metahaven: The Sprawl 11am – 6pm (L) F uturegazers Wed – Fri 12 – 7pm, Sat & Sun 11am – 6pm (ON) Giddy Brighton 10am – 6pm (UBG) Writing Home 10am – 5pm (WP) Roy Haselden 12 – 7pm (F) Unlimited: Three Films 10am – 5pm (CB) Real Life Actually see website (SN)

Minefield 2pm & 7pm (CE) p59 Dr Blighty: Commemorations 4pm (RPG) p49 Sally Smith 5pm (ST) p60 Penny Arcade 8pm (TRB) p61 Floating Points 8pm (CH) p61

Colour Key Week 1 (7–13 May)

Week 2 (14–20 May)

Week 3 (21–29 May)

Throughout Brighton Festival

This also corresponds to the colour coding throughout the brochure

Wed 11 May Alke Quartet 1pm (ST) p62

F erio Saxophone Quartet 1pm (ST) p62

The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6

peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7 Music for Dogs 7.30pm (BOAT) p19 Yanis Varoufakis 7.30pm (CH) p20 Smoke and Mirrors 8pm (CE) p18 New Blood: 130701 8pm (S) p20 Portraits in Motion 8pm (ST) p13 Heart of a Dog 9pm (DOY) p19

peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7 ichael Morpurgo M 6pm (CE) p65 ortraits in Motion P 6pm & 9pm (ST) p13 righton: Symphony of a City B 7.30pm (CH) p21

Thu 12 May

Fri 13 May

The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6

peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7

Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7

Bridget Christie 7.30pm (CE) p25 hiflon: The Silence of the Coal C 7.30pm (ST) p24 The Encounter 7.30pm (ACCA) p22 The Complete Deaths 7.30pm (TRB) p23

Writing Home workshop 4 – 7pm (WP) p10 Lou Reed Drones 12 – 5pm (S) p25

Diary

Tue 10 May

T he Soldier: From Severn to Somme 7pm (AS) p26 Nederlands Dans Theater 2 7.30pm (CH) p27

The Encounter 7.30pm (ACCA) p22

hiflón: The Silence of the Coal C 7.30pm (ST) p24

The Complete Deaths 7.30pm (TRB) p23

The Encounter 7.30pm (ACCA) p22

Lionel Shriver 8pm (CE) p24

The Complete Deaths 7.30pm (TRB) p23 f Riders and Running Horses O 8.30pm p28 African Dance Party 9pm (CE) p28 Vox Luminis 9.30pm (AS) p26

Tue 17 May

Wed 18 May

Voyage Around My Bedroom A 12 – 6pm (RPG) p34 L ou Reed Drones 12pm – 5pm (S) p25 This is How We Die 5pm (ST) p34 peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7 ur Ladies of Perpetual Succour O 7.30pm (TRB) p35 Song Conversation 7.30pm (CH) p36

Luka Okros 1pm (ST) p62 The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6 peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7 Reader I Married Him... 7pm (ST) p38 ur Ladies of Perpetual Succour O 7.30pm (TRB) p35 Slideshow 7.30pm (CH) p37 Duke Garwood 9pm (CE) p38

L ost Dog: Paradise Lost 8pm (CE) p34

Thu 19 May Bronte Hudnott 1pm (ST) p63 oung City Reads Big Event Y 1.30pm (CH) p67 The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6 peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7 ur Ladies of Perpetual Succour O 7.30pm (TRB) p35 Phronesis 8pm (CE) p39 lap and Tickle S 8pm (ST) p39

Fri 20 May emma Lois Summerfield G 1pm (ST) p63 The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6 ur Ladies of Perpetual Succour O 2.30pm & 7.30pm (TRB) p35 Writing Home workshop 4 – 7pm (WP) p10 Modern Poetry in Translation 5pm (FR) p39 At Home 6pm & 9pm (AH) p40 Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7 lap and Tickle S 7pm & 9.30pm (ST) p39

Alfred Brendel 8pm (RP) p38

Breaking the Rules 7.30pm (AS) p40 Fuga Perpetua 8pm (CE) p41 Hacienda Classical 9pm (CH) p41

Tue 24 May

Wed 25 May

Foyle–Stsura Duo 1pm (ST) p63

Alexander Soares 1pm (ST) p64

Dr Blighty 2 – 10pm (RPG) p48

peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7

The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6

Anthony Burrill 7pm (SBT) p47 Sarah Nicolls 7.30pm (ST) p51 Correction 7.30pm (TRB) p50 Zvizdal 8pm (CE) p46

Bodyline 5pm (SS) p52 T he Two Gentlemen of Verona 6pm (BOAT) p50 Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7 I for India 6.30pm (DK) p52 Correction 7.30pm (TRB) p50 Zvizdal 8pm (CE) p46 Antahakarna 8pm (ST) p52

Thu 26 May Y – Squared 1pm (ST) p64 T he Two Gentlemen of Verona 1.30pm & 6pm (BOAT) p50 Dr Blighty 2 – 10pm (RPG) p48 The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6 peration Black Antler O 6 – 9pm slots p7 kram Khan: Until the Lions A 7.30pm (CH) p53 Marlon James 7.30pm (ST) p54 Guardian Europe Debate 8pm (CE) p54

Fri 27 May Trio Isimsiz 1pm (ST) p64 Dr Blighty 2 – 10pm (RPG) p48 The Last Resort 2 – 8pm slots (PB) p6 Globe Theatre: Meet the Cast 4pm (DRC) p51 Writing Home 4 – 7pm (WP) p10 Operation Black Antler 6 – 9pm slots p7 T he Two Gentlemen of Verona 6pm (BOAT) p50 Akram Khan: Until the Lions 7.30pm (CH) p53 Past Historic, Future Perfect 7.30pm (BC) p54

B rahms & Schumann Song 8pm (MR) p52

Neil Bartlett: Stella 8pm (TRB) p55 Alexei Sayle 8pm (CE) p56 Mark Haddon 8pm (ST) p57 Beth Orton 8pm (ACCA) p56

Event Key Art & Film

Venue Key 26 Letters

Books & Debate

Circus

Classical Music

Comedy

Contemporary Music

ACCA . Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts AH . . . Angel House AS . . . All Saints Church BC . . . . Brighton College BOAT . Brighton Open Air Theatre

Dance

CB . . . . Brighton Dome Café-bar

Outdoor

CE . . . . Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

Theatre Children & Family Lunchtimes

CH . . . Brighton Dome Concert Hall DK . . . Duke's at Komedia DRC . . Dyke Road Park Café DOY . . Duke of York’s Picturehouse EBP . . . East Brighton Park EP . . . . Easthill Park

ES . . . . East Street

RA . . . Roedale Allotments

F . . . . . Fabrica

RP . . . . Royal Pavilion, Music Room

FR . . . . Brighton Dome Founders Room

RPG . . Royal Pavilion Garden

G . . . . Glyndebourne

S . . . . . The Spire, St Mark’s Chapel#

GH . . . Grand Hotel, Consort Suite

SBT . . . Sallis Benney Theatre

GS . . . George Street, Hove

SN . . . St. Nicholas Church

HL . . . . Hove Lawns

SS . . . . Ship Street

JS . . . . Jubilee Square

ST . . . . Brighton Dome Studio Theatre

L . . . . . Lighthouse

TK . . . . The Keep

LS . . . . Lavender Street, Kemptown

TL . . . . The Level

OC . . . The Old Courtroom

TRB . . . Theatre Royal Brighton

ON . . . Onca

UBG . . University of Brighton Gallery

PB . . . . Portslade Beach

WP . . . The Writers’ Place

Become a gold member to celebrate our gold edition. To commemorate our 50th Brighton Festival we have commissioned a record number of Brighton-based companies and artists to premiere new work. By joining as gold members, you will be helping to fund The Complete Deaths (see page 23), directed by Brighton-based multi-award winning playwright and performer Tim Crouch. Leading physical theatre company Spymonkey will perform all 74 deaths in the works of William Shakespeare, in a solemn, sombre and sublimely funny tribute to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Gold membership costs £500 per annum for two people (or £42 a month) and gives you the exclusive opportunity to get closer to the art and the artists.

To find out more contact Sarah on 01273 260818 or sarah.shepherd@brightonfestival.org Other membership options start from just £30 a year, and benefits include priority booking on all Brighton Festival events and selected Brighton Dome events. Visit our website for the full list of membership benefits and options, brightonfestival.org/support

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Free and £10 or less There are 32 free events and 96 performances and events for £10 or less to help you see more of this year's Brighton Festival programme.

Food & drink During May, Brighton Dome’s Café-bar on Church Street becomes the heart of Brighton Festival; an ideal place to meet friends, relax and soak up the atmosphere. JRC Café presents a menu of seasonal dishes and a signature range of delicious cakes all made with fresh ingredients, sourced from local producers and suppliers. Open 10am til 9pm daily (except 12, 15, 16 & 21 May)

See the show, buy the book Independent book shop The Book Nook will be on hand selling titles at most of our Books and Debates and 26 Letters events.

Meet the artists For your chance to interact with our Brighton Festival artists and companies, look out for pre and post show details across the event pages. Admission is free to performance ticket-holders, unless otherwise stated.

Festival volunteers Help make England’s biggest annual mixed arts festival happen and join our invaluable team of volunteers. Email volunteers@brightonfestival.org to find out how you can be part of this year’s 50th Brighton Festival. Brighton Festival volunteers and information points supported by:

Access enquiries See p71 for details of venue accessibility and a list of assisted performances. If you have a specific access enquiry, you can find more information at brightonfestival.org/access or contact: access@brightonfestival.org 01273 261541/525

Programming partners

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Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts | Brighton College | Dance Consortium

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