What's on in Brighton

Brighton Festival

May 2009 (annual)

Cost: Various

Every May, Brighton becomes a festival city for three weeks as everything from opera to stand-up comedy, readings, screenings and street theatre takes over indoor and outdoor venues.

In 2008, Brighton Festival boasts 12 premières, nine exclusives and 30 free events, sometimes at weird and wonderful locations.

Among this year's highlights are: Shakespeare's Globe's Romeo and Juliet, an al fresco performance among the catacombs of Dyke Road's Victorian Rest Gardens (the centrepiece being a VW camper); Ballet National de Marseille's brilliant Metamorphoses; Still Black, Still Proud - a musical Afro tribute to James Brown at Brighton Dome's Concert Hall; famous gypsy band Fanfare Ciocarlia at the Brighton Dome; Mozart's Marriage of Figaro at the Theatre Royal Brighton and the Philarmonia Orchestra at the Brighton Dome.

Please visit the festival website for full details of the programme.

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