BREAKING NEWS: The Guest Director for 2012 is...
Vanessa Redgrave
We are delighted to announce the legendary stage, screen and television actress and doyenne of the performing arts, Vanessa Redgrave, as Guest Director of Brighton Festival 2012 next May.
Find out the full programme including events she will participate in at the exclusive Festival preview launch on Wed 22 February 2012.
To receive an invite and gain priority booking for the Festival become a member today!
Before Olympic fever takes over the nation next summer, head to Brighton Festival – England’s most established mixed arts Festival for three weeks of unrivaled arts celebration.
Join us in May for an inspirational journey through spectacular classical music, innovative theatre, thrilling contemporary dance, groundbreaking debates and striking visual art and film.
We're pleased to announce that next year's Brighton Festival will run from the 5 - 27 May 2012.
Watch this space, join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for news on Festival 2012.
New project from dreamthinkspeak
The Rest Is Silence
THE REST IS SILENCE is an ambitious textual and visual deconstruction of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, interweaving performance, film and installation to create a vigorous new interpretation that cuts to the heart of the play and forms part of the World Shakespeare Festival for the Cultural Olympiad in 2012. We’re pleased to announce that The Rest is Silence will premiere at Brighton Festival 2012 and be performed within a specially designed and multilayered structure, allowing the action to unfold on different levels and on all sides.
Dates and ticketing information will be announced soon.
Key dates for the diary
- Wed 22 Feb
Festival 2012 is unveiled to the press and Brighton Dome & Festival Members.
Thu 23 Feb
- Priority booking for Brighton Dome & Festival Members opens, online, by Telephone and in person at the ticket office on new road.
Fri 2 Mar
- Booking opens to everyone online, by Telephone and in person at the ticket office on new road.
Sat 5 May
Become a member now, and benefit year round
You get priority booking for Brighton Festival events plus discounts with partner organizations such as myhotel, NCP and Terre a Terre plus more. As a member you also make savings on Brighton Dome events year-round. So Members really do get more!