Brighton Festival is a partner in WithoutWalls, a consortium of festivals and arts organisations bringing fantastic outdoor arts to people in towns and cities across England.
TEABREAK
Have a well-deserved TEABREAK and enjoy a freshly made brew served from a hand painted Tuk Tuk. Catch your breath and enjoy a free, freshly made brew in this heartwarming new show by Trigger.
Valley Gardens North
Sat 27 & Sun 28, 12pm, 2.30pm & 5pm
FREE but ticketed
New Work
This striking and playful duet from Candoco and choreographer Jamaal Burkmar, connects with its public audience. Candoco Dance Company is the world’s foremost inclusive dance company. Our work is driven by the understanding that dance is richer when different bodies and perspectives are part of its creation.
Crawley Queens Square
Sat 27, 12pm, 2pm & 4.15pm
St Peter’s Square South
Sun 28, 12pm, 2pm & 4.15pm
Mughal Miniatures
Sonia Sabri Company presents Mughal Miniatures an upbeat and fun outdoor production, with performers in sumptuous costumes creating vibrant and colourful mini worlds of dance, music and puppetry. A series of pop-up, living pictures evoke scenes of Indian princely courts and lush gardens, and the glory of the Mughal period with a contemporary twist, undercutting expectations and delighting and surprising passers-by.
Royal Pavilion Gardens
Sat 27 & Sun 28, 12.30pm, 3pm & 5.45pm
You & Me
A short dance piece choreographed by Amina Khayyam. You&Me explores a same sex relationship from a south Asian feminist perspective in which an ordinary guy wrestles to confront all that prevents him to be with his lover…
Crawley Queens Square
Sat 27, 12.30pm, 2.30pm & 4.45pm
St Peter’s Square South
Sun 28 12.30pm, 2.30pm & 4.45pm
Choogh Choogh
Inspired by the joy for travelling through India on a train, Choogh Choogh combines classical Indian dance with contemporary movement, theatre and play. The journey starts with the audience getting a special choogh choogh ticket. Three artists weave a traveling tapestry with three scarves, morphing from one scene to the next as the sights, sounds and smells whiz by.
Crawley Queens Square
Sat 27, 1.15pm, 3.30pm & 5.30pm
St Peter’s Square South
Sun 28, 1.15pm, 3.30pm & 5.30pm
Pravaas
A promenade performance inspired by the climate migration of people from the Sundarbans across India and Bangladesh.
Performances on Sun 28 May will be Audio Described and include a Touch Tour. Headsets for the Audio Description must be pre-booked.
Starting Point New Road
Sat 27 & Sun 28, 1.45pm & 4.30pm
Performances on Sun 28 May will be Audio Described and include a Touch Tour. Free but ticketed
Ancient Futures
Afrofuturism inspired outdoor spectacular. Blending circus and storytelling with Sound System culture and West African folklore. Each day, our flamboyant Afrinauts arrive as curious visitors, welcoming willing participants to witness their unique community. In the evening, audiences join their spectacular dance party, a ritual to launch us into a new reality.
Sat 27 May, 3pm & 6.30pm
Sun 28 May, 5.30pm
