Sat 6 – Sun 14 May
Prodigal Theatre Ten Thousand Several Doors
World Premiere
Nightingale Theatre 7pm & 10pm
This thrilling site-specific promenade production transplants Jacobean drama to the backrooms, stairways and surrounding streets of the intimate Nightingale Theatre.
Festival co-commission with Made in Brighton Ltd.
LAST FEW TICKETS REMAINING

Sat 6 – Mon 8 May
Beckett Weekend
Gare St Lazare Players Access All Beckett
UK Premiere
This mini festival within a festival celebrates the centenary of Nobel laureate and 21st-century cultural icon Samuel Beckett. ‘A ringing achievement for all concerned.’ Sunday Independent
LAST FEW TICKETS REMAINING
Plus more Samuel Beckett events from the Books & Debate programme

Sat 6 May
James Knowlson and John Calder Remembering Beckett
Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome 4pm
Join James Knowlson and John Calder as they attempt to assess the monumental impact of Beckett as novelist, playwright, poet, friend and mentor.

Sun 7 May
John Minihan Samuel Beckett: Centenary Shadows
Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome 1pm
In the early 1980s, Irish photojournalist John Minihan gained unprecedented access to the notoriously reclusive Samuel Beckett: Don’t miss a chance to catch a rare glimpse behind the legend.

Tue 9 – Sat 13 May
Oxford Stage Company Paradise Lost by John Milton
Theatre Royal Brighton, times vary
This spectacular new production of Milton's classic plays out the ultimate struggle for ascendancy with compelling contemporary invention. An irresistible theatrical temptation from the awesome creative team of Liam Steel, Rupert Goold and Ben Power.

Wed 10 - Sat 13 May
Vélo Théâtre There is a Rabbit in the Moon
UK Premiere
The Old Market, times vary
Enchanting, funny and utterly charming, this magical production for young children takes our night time fears and casts them to the four corners of the universe. Suitable age 4+.

Thu 11 - Sun 14 May
Told By an Idiot The Evocation of Papa Mas
Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, times vary
With breathtaking costumes and hypnotic Trinidadian music, this spellbinding journey into the heart of carnival is a sensual, raucously funny, theatrical dance with death from one of the UK’s most inventive theatre companies.

Tue 16 – Sat 20 May
Tim Crouch An Oak Tree
Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome 8pm
Theatrical alchemist Tim Crouch plays a hypnotist whose patient walks on stage having never seen or read a word of the play! Miraculous theatrical magic created on the hoof in an absurdly comic tale of and loss and the power of suggestion! (post show talk on Wed 17 May)

Tue 23 – Fri 26 May
Spymonkey Cooped
UK Premiere
Theatre Royal Brighton, times vary
All the uproariously irreverent invention of Spymonkey’s deliciously demented comic masterpiece Cooped is cranked up to the max in this UK premiere. In short: it’s Cooped, Uncooped! (post-show talk Wed 24 May)

With classic tales and contemporary stories, international companies and home-grown talent, award-winning artists and groundbreaking productions, this year's Festival theatre promises to be quite a performance! So, whatever you do, make sure you get in on the act...