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Playboy Of The Western World, Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton, May 12-16

6:13pm Thursday 7th May 2009

When JM Synge’s Playboy Of The Western World opened in Dublin in 1907, riots broke out in the theatre.

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An Infinite Line: Brighton, Basement at Argus Lofts, Sat May 3 – Sat May 24

5:12pm Friday 11th April 2008

Over the course of a year, David Harradine, artistic director of Fevered Sleep, observed and recorded the quality of the light in Brighton.

Shakespeare a la Carte, Pizza Express, Jubilee Square, Sun May 4, Mon May 5, Sun May 11, Sun May 18 and Sun, May 25

5:10pm Friday 11th April 2008

Fancy a croissant with a Capulet or a Danish with Hamlet? Breakfast with the Bard in this unique Brighton Festival commission.

So Close To Home, Number 10, Circus Parade, Tues May 13 – Sun May 25

4:58pm Friday 11th April 2008

I suppose I always wanted to write about the experience of fathers and sons but I didn’t find the idea for the play until I discovered professional kitchens”...

Happy Together, Starts in Jubilee Square, Thur May 15 – Sat May 17

4:55pm Friday 11th April 2008

Fusing choral singing, dance and physical theatre, Happy Together uses Brighton's reputation as the hen and stag capital of the UK to explore the divide between the sexes.

Glow, Fabrica, Fri, May 23 – Sun, May 25

4:53pm Friday 11th April 2008

A moving figure within a living painting, Glow is a site-specific performance for Fabrica - the deconsecrated Holy Trinity Church - and is described as a digital portal into another world.

Story Of A Rabbit, Brighton Dome Pavilion, Tues May 20 – Sat May 24

4:51pm Friday 11th April 2008

My interview with Shon Dale-Jones, the performer behind Story Of A Rabbit, gets off to a surreal start when he insists on being interviewed as his alter-ego Hugh Hughes.

Traces, Theatre Royal, Tues May 20 – Sat May 24

4:45pm Friday 11th April 2008

“We've all worn the tights and done the traditional circus stuff, but we wanted to make something that was more personal, to incorporate the things that we found cool and would be interested in ourselves."

Romeo and Juliet, Dyke Road Rest Garden, Sat May 24 – Sun May 25

4:38pm Friday 11th April 2008

Echoing the original touring theatre company culture of Shakespeare's Globe, Romeo and Juliet goes on the road again, this time in a blue VW camper van.

Breakin' Convention, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, May 25 & 26

4:21pm Friday 25th May 2007

Sadler's Wells' hip-hop dance theatre festival, Breakin' Convention, is breaking out of London for the first time, bringing together the very best international and national artists for one explosive dance experience.

Ockham’s Razor, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 22 - 26

6:00am Tuesday 22nd May 2007

For the past four years, Ockham's Razor have been devising and performing arresting aerial feats, combining physical theatre with their various backgrounds in dance, fine art and communication studies. Tonight they will present two short pieces - Momento Mori and Every Action.

Mahabharata, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until Sat, May 26

6:00am Tuesday 22nd May 2007

More than two decades have passed since Peter Brook's seminal, nine-hour staging of the epic, ancient Hindu text Mahabharata and no one has dared take on the sheer magnitude of it since.

Michael Clark: Mmm, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 19

6:00am Saturday 19th May 2007

Nudity, rubber kilts and even, according to one reviewer, dancers dressed as lavatories: it could only be a work by the notorious Michael Clark, the punk choreographer whose works have been known to involve everything from sex toys to giant pornographic sculptures.

King Arthur, Theatre Royal, Brighton, May 17

6:00am Thursday 17th May 2007

Last year, the Armonico Consort brought us their highly inventive production of The Fairy Queen, set in a mental hospital and blending opera with dance and circus skills. This year they're transporting Purcell's King Arthur to the trenches of the First World War and director Tom Guthrie has once more found a use for his skilled aerialists.

Dido and Aeneas, Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, Wed, May 16

5:47pm Wednesday 16th May 2007

Next spring, New London Consort and Jonathan Miller, the team who brought us the 2004 Brighton Festival sell-out L’Orfeo, will tour a brand new production of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, reinstating it to the length of a full opera.

PlayRec, Trafalgar Street Arches, Brighton, until Sat, May 12

5:04pm Wednesday 9th May 2007

More than 60 per cent of Brighton Festival ticket sales are to BN postal addresses, and this is one show which very much taps into a sense of community. The strange thing is, the company is from France.

The New World Order, Brighton Town Hall, until May 19

6:00am Wednesday 9th May 2007

The team behind The New World Order, a site-specific performance of Pinter's political shorts, have been visiting Brighton Town Hall for more than a year now.

Dublin by Lamplight, Theatre Royal Brighton, until Sat, May 12

6:00am Tuesday 8th May 2007

Joyce's Ulysses took place over one day in Dublin in 1904.

C-90, Argus Lofts, Brighton, until May 20

6:00am Tuesday 8th May 2007

Where have all the mix tapes gone, long time passing?