Brighton Festival Podcast

Brighton Festival Radio Show Episode 6 - airdate Monday May 15th 2017

In this episode Melita Dennett and Rebecca Sandells hear about a show that predicts a near future dystopia, have a look back at…

Rebecca Sandells speaks to artist duo Walter & Zoniel who are attempting to turn Brighton Beach into the biggest canvas in the city by inviting visitors to cast multi-coloured stones onto the beach t…

Rebecca Sandells and Alan Wares look ahead to some of what's happening on Saturday 13th May as part of Brighton Festival including a performance by the London Symphony Orchestra and a day of free art…

Melitta Dennett joins Rebecca Sandells in studio to delve into the fascinating history of Sussex folk Goddess Shirley Collins who performs at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall as part of the Brighton Fe…

Adam Julia of Audioactive - a Brighton music organisation that works with young people - joins Rebecca Sandells in studio to tell her about their work in Hangleton and their participation in the You…

Brighton Festival 2017 Guest Director Kate Tempest has made it clear that one of her aims is to see this year's Festival play out across all of the city's varied communities.

Rebecca Sandells visi…

Brighton Festival Radio Show Episode 5 - airdate Friday May 12th 2017

In this episode Rebecca Sandells looks ahead to the weekend's events at this year's Brighton Festival, we delve into the story …

Fabrica Gallery is one of the many venues at Brighton Festival 2017. This year it celebrates its 21st year as a gallery and performance space.

Director of the venue Liz Whitehead gives Melita Denne…

For The Birds is an installation consisting of sound, video and lighting effects taking place in a darkened woodland in a secret location above Brighton after dark.

Melita Dennett went along on it…

Our reporter Rebecca Sandells went along to a performance of the Australian performance maker Tamara Saulwick's Endings and found out what members of audience thought of the show, which centres aroun…

Melita Dennett heads along to the Brighton Open Air Theatre on Dyke Road Park, which is home to many events at this year's Festival - including a stand up comedy event where the comedians perform wi…

Brighton Festival Radio Show Episode 4 - airdate Thursday May 11th 2017

In this episode Melita Dennett and Rebecca Sandells have a look behind the scenes of some of the Festival venues, review For …

Virgin Territory is a video installation from Brighton's Vincent Dance Theatre which sets out to challenge our hyper sexualised digital world - particularly for younger women.

Melita Dennett meets …

Visual artist Cathie Pilkington brings her exhibition The Life Rooms to Brighton Festival 2017. The exhibition explores images of women, memories of childhood and the uncanniness of dolls.

Melita …

Our reporter Rebecca Sandells went along to Australian performance maker Tamara Saulwick's part chamber concert and part performance Endings which explores the theme of death.

Rebecca joins Melita …

Irish dance and theatre company Teac Damsa bring their take of Swan Lake to the Brighton Festival this year. Melita Dennett caught up with creator Michael Keegan-Dolan to find out about their interp…

Brighton Festival Radio Show Episode 2 - airdate Wednesday May 10th 2017

In this episode we look at Loch na hEala - a fresh take on Swan Lake, Cathie Pilkington's unsettling sculptures and dolls an…

Melita Dennett speaks with Turkish artist Ipek Duben - creator of They/Onlar - a multi-screen video installation that looks at how people view themselves as the "other" in their own society and how …

Our reporter Rebecca Sandells talks to Ellen Booth of Brighton Festival about the number of volunteers at this year's Festival and the logistics of the whole volunteering operation.

To find out mor…

Sally Cowling of Brighton Festival tells Melita Dennett about The Gabriels Trilogy - a landmark series of plays that follows one American family throughout the turbulent election year of 2016.

W…