Brighton Dome and Festival

http://www.brightonfestival.org Tickets on Sale now! Ticket Office: 01273 709709 Brighton Festival Runs from 4-26 May 2013 The Festival includes free events, and tickets for £10 or less. Brighton Festival 2013 launches three weeks of unrivalled arts celebration with Guest Director Michael Rosen at the helm. The Brighton Festival's programme spans music, theatre, dance, film, literature and debate. 2013's Festival holds in store over 370 performances and 154 events including, among others, Sinead O'Connor, Beowulf, Wara, Paul Lewis, Martin Parr, and hit show Sutra straight from Sadler's Wells. The Brighton Festival 2013 will take place in 30 venues across the city including Brighton Dome, Brighton Corn Exchange and Theatre Royal Brighton.

Buy tickets for Clod Ensemble here: http://brightonfestival.org Clod Ensemble perform at the Brighton Festival 2013 launch A world première at Brighton Festival 2013 Led by choreographer/director Suzy Willson and composer Paul Clark, Clod Ensemble makes performance work that pushes the boundaries between art forms. Recently the company presented their critically acclaimed piece Silver Swan at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. A turbulent mix of dance, music and visual theatre, Zero is set to an original score played live by a band of acclaimed musicians and featuring an explosive cast of performers.

Find out more about Brighton Festival - http://brightonfestival.org Guest Director Michael Rosen in discussion with Polly Toynbee and Andrew Comben at Brighton Festival 2013 launch. Celebrated poet, writer, broadcaster and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen is one of the best-known figures in the world of children's books. He has written numerous award-winning poetry collections, non-fiction and picture books, including this one: We're Going On a Bear Hunt. Over the three-week Festival, many of his interests and passions will be explored in a wide-ranging programme which spans music, theatre, dance, film, literature and debate.

Find out more about Brighton Festival Guest Director Michael Rosen http://brightonfestival.org/guest_director/ Celebrated poet, writer, broadcaster and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen is one of the best-known figures in the world of children's books. He has written numerous award-winning poetry collections, non-fiction and picture books, including this one: We're Going On a Bear Hunt. How better to celebrate Michael Rosen as Guest Director of Brighton Festival 2013 than with a reworking of one of his most iconic poems? Thanks to everyone who gave their time to be involved! Produced by Fat Sand Productions

http://brightonfestival.org - Find out more. A flavour of some of the 120+ events you can experience at Brighton Festival 2013. Produced by Echo Video (http://echovideo.co.uk) This year's Brighton Festival holds in store over 370 performances and 154 events in 30 venues across the city. There will also be 27 unique Brighton Festival commissions, premieres and exclusives. Particular strands of the Brighton Festival 2013 programme include: Emil's World -- Erich Kästner's Emil and the Detectives, one of Michael Rosen's favourite novels, is the starting point for exploring the work of artists in Germany in the 1920s and 30s and the impact of their ideas throughout the last century. From the ground-breaking film techniques of Zimmermann and Fassbinder; the impact and influence of modern cities discussed by Eric Parry, Owen Hatherley and Leo Hollis; Nina Hagen and others in the songs of Brecht and Weill; to Apparat's new electronic music, this strand pays tribute to the free-thinking artists and intellectuals of Berlin both then and now.. Vergiss mein nicht (Forget me not) -- The traces of lives lived and lives lost infuse the work of theatre artists Lola Arias, Blast Theory and Version 1.0. Like Michael Rosen's own moving reflections on grief and death, playwright and director Young Jean Lee and visual artists Kaarina Kaikkonen and Mariele Neudecker also address the inevitable with realism, humour and wit. Sense and non-sense (Stories, Lies and Rhetoric) - Michael Rosen's fascination with language is infectious and there are dozens of events and discussions with authors, poets, thinkers, commentators and comedians. There will also be artists telling some of the great epic tales such as Beowulf and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and exploring language at its most virtuosic, from Shakespeare to Beckett via the politicians and rhetoricians throughout history. Michael Rosen said, "It's a huge privilege for me to be the Guest Director of Brighton Festival for 2013. I believe in the chemistry of it, the way it will get the whole city talking and wondering. Festivals are great informal colleges of the arts for anyone. Contributing to what the festival will offer has drawn together many of my passions, interests and daily concerns. You will see I hope, 'moments of Emil' throughout the festival. The book expresses hope, invention, dissent, cooperation and originality set mostly in a great city and perhaps you'll find these ideas running through many of the events too. In this time - more than 80 years later - these ideas are not optional. They are what we urgently need and should continue to consider in our day to day lives." Music - Cafe Connection by morgantj

http://brightonfestival.org/... Buy tickets for Brighton Festival Brighton Festival 2013, with Guest Director Michael Rosen at the helm, has launched three weeks of unrivalled arts celebration. Brighton Festival is an innovative commissioning and producing mixed arts festival offering an ambitious programme which has won critical acclaim for presenting exciting site-specific work and encouraging artistic debate. In 2011 Brighton Festival took the art world by surprise, appointing Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as Guest Director and other previous Guest Directors have included Vanessa Redgrave; actress and human rights campaigner, renowned visual artist Anish Kapoor and the celebrated musician Brian Eno. Michael Rosen said, "It's a huge privilege for me to be the Guest Director of Brighton Festival for 2013. I believe in the chemistry of it, the way it will get the whole city talking and wondering. Festivals are great informal colleges of the arts for anyone. Contributing to what the festival will offer has drawn together many of my passions, interests and daily concerns." Andrew Comben, Chief Executive of Brighton Dome and Festival, said, "Michael Rosen has entertained, educated and moved audiences of all ages and over several generations. He has the infectious energy of a polymath and is curious about and interested in everything - perfect for such an eclectic and wide-ranging festival as ours."

http://brightonfestival.org/whats_on/family/ - View Festival Family events. You're never too young to get involved with Brighton Festival. Family Programmer Pippa Smith introduces some of this year's highlights for young audiences. Brighton Festival 2013' Family programme, with Guest Director Michael Rosen at the helm, has launched three weeks of unrivalled arts celebration which includes family performances of The Adventures of Don Quixote by Bicycle, Tam Teatromusica's Picablo, the World Premiere of Glyndebourne's Captain Blood's Revenge: A Pirate Opera and more. Film produced by Echo Video.

Music Producer Laura Ducceschi on some of our exclusive appearances and collaborations at Brighton Festival 2013. Film produced by Echo Video.

Classical Programmer Gill Kay introduces some of this year's highlights and premieres. Film produced by Echo Video.

The Brighton Festival team on what makes Brighton such a great city for an arts festival. http://brightonfestival.org/your_visit/ - Head here to find out all you need to know about your visit to Brighton and Brighton Festival.

Literature & Spoken Word Programmer Mathew Clayton introduces some of the literary treats in store this year. Film produced by Echo Video.

With Germany of the 1920s and 1930s being one of this year's Festival themes, Cinecity's Tim Brown talks to us about this year's Film programme, while Chief Executive Andrew Comben introduces some of this year's exclusive visual arts commissions. Film produced by Echo Video.

Brighton Festival Chief Executive Andrew Comben introduces our Guest Director and some of the themes running through this year's programme. Film by Echo Video.