Brighton Festival Podcast

Shortlistied for a Total Theatre award at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Snigel & Friends is a show aimed at the under 1s. The show invites its audience to join an inquisitive snail and friends,…

Do people tell the truth when they talk in their sleep? Could anyone be on the verge of admitting some dark desire, or telling the person beside them what they really think?

That’s the dangerous pr…

A live string quartet plays along to readings which explore some of the more discomforting aspects of human existence in The String's Quartet's Guide to Sex and Anxiety.

Actor and performer Cathy T…

In this episode : we hear about the perils of talking in your sleep and sleepwalking;  we discover new styles of tango music for the 21st century; find out how a children's show tackles ideas of disa…

Jean-René Lemoine’s reimagining of the classic tale of passion and revenge casts Medea as the ultimate outsider. This dramatic monologue – half witness statement, half incantation – takes us from anc…

Fifty years ago a new choir was launched with a performance of Walton’s epic cantata Belshazzar’s Feast. That choir was Brighton Festival Chorus, now established as one of the finest symphony choruse…

West Africa's first all-female super group has formed in the fight against violence towards women. This incredible collective of female stars are singing out against gender inequality over a soundtra…

Inspired by Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, who remains eternally youthful at a terrible cost to his soul, British - German arts collective Gob Squad are premiering Creation (Pictures for Dorian) in the U…

In this episode : we hear about a unique performance that explores self image through the lens of a classical work from Oscar Wilde; find out about a solo show that dives into the heart of darkness o…

Now in it's second year, Your Place is a community initiative at Brighton Festival which takes the festival out of the city centre and into outlying parts of the city.

Melita Dennett popped along t…

SHUT DOWN is a multi-screen video installation at ONCA Gallery featuring dance, spoken word and rap and explores masculinity and its pressures and contradictions.

RadioReverb's Bruce Guthrie spoke …

Oska Bright Film Festival celebrates learning disabled workers in a selection of short films from around the globe. Oska Bright films show you the world differently; through the eyes and imagination …

Dance the NELKEN Line is a community/dance performance created by German choreographer Pina Bausch and celebrates the four seasons.  The participants walk in a line making hand movements mimicking th…

In this episode : we find out how 200 local residents danced in perfect harmony on the seafront; hear about children's events still to come in this year's festival; look back at a weekend of communit…

Combining free-jazz, avant-rock and ages-old Greek folk traditions, Xylouris White performed at this year's Brighton Festival. The duo are formed of Cretan lute player George Xylouris and Australian …

Blaas is a Dutch creation which takes audiences inside air-filled spaces created through billowing cloth and giant inflatables. 

Melita Dennett went to meet performer Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti to…

From the folks that brought Mykki Blanco to Brighton Festival 2017 comes Brownton Abbey - a new Afro-futurist collective that will take you to church!

In this pastoral performance party, celestial …

San Fransisco's Kronos Quartet have pushed the boundaries of classical music for four decades. They're coming to the Brighton Dome on Sunday 20th May for a collaboration with Trio da Kali from Mali.

The annual 'Big Read' for schools is back with Kid Normal, a hilarious, laugh-out-loud, adventure story for young readers about ordinary boy Murph, who is accidentally enrolled at a school full of su…

In this episode : we hear about an unusual performance that takes the audiences into spaces filled with air; we find out about a kaeledoiscopic queer party; talk about Young City Reads and learn how …