Brighton Festival 2010

Brighton Visitor’s Nathalie Gomez de Vera is getting very excited about May’s Brighton Festival... it’s overflowing with world class performance, events, debates, art, music, dance and theatre. Check out our top picks or visit the Brighton Festival 2010 site at www.brightonfestival.org

77 Million Paintings

Saturday 1 - Sunday 23 May, 12 noon - 8pm

Brian Eno’s audio visual installation - a random brilliant display of colour, shape and form set with layers of ambient sound. Chill!

Free • Fabrica Gallery, Ship Street / Dukes Street • www.fabrica.org.uk

The Children's Parade

Saturday 1 May, 10.30am

Free • Sydney Street to Madeira Drive

Flickers: Off the Path

Saturday 1 - Sunday 9 May, every 20 mins between 12 noon and 6pm.

Explore the countryside with your expedition kit on this one and half hour walk. A great way to see Stanmer Park anew and keep fit! Great for families.

Stanmer Park • £5

Apollo: For All Mankind

Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 May, 9pm

Live performance to NASA footage from the Apollo programme - a unique multimedia experience. Intro talk by Brian Eno, performed by Icebreaker & BJ Cole. Ambient at it’s best!

£10 -£18.50 • Concert Hall, Brighton Dome • www.brightondome.org

LaLaLuna

Wednesday 5 - Saturday 8 May, times vary

Suitable for all the family - combines clowning, mime, music and film with storytelling and fantastic imagery.

£8 - £18 • Theatre Royal Brighton • www.ambassadortickets.com/Theatre-Royal-Brighton

This is Pure Scenius!

Sunday 9 May, times vary

Seven musicians collaborate in this unique experiment - Karl Hyde from Underworld is one and seeing as they’re my number one fave band - this makes this a must see!

£18 - £55 • Concert Hall, Brighton Dome • www.brightondome.org

Koyaanisqatsi - The Philip Glass Ensemble

Thursday 13 May, 8pm

Watch the cult film and listen to Philip Glass live perform the original score. Unmissable.

£22.50 - £30 • Concert Hall, Brighton Dome • www.brightondome.org

Bodies in Urban Spaces

Friday 14 & Saturday 15 May, times vary

Meet at a secret location and follow 20 ‘movement artists’ across Brighton’s hidden spaces. Sounds like fantastic fun.

Free (Booking necessary) • New England Quarter

Afrobeat

Friday 14 May, 8pm

Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) and Suen Kuti leading the 20 piece band - Egypt 80 - an Afro -beat musical experience.

£20 - £22.50 • Concert Hall, Brighton Dome • www.brightondome.org

Antonia Fraser: My Life with Harold Pinter

Sunday 16 May, 4pm

Recently on Radio 4, now listen to her live.

£8 • Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome • www.brightondome.org

NoFit State - Park Life

Sunday 23 May, 9pm

Workshops / open rehearsals Tuesday 18 - Sunday 23 May, times vary

Circus as you’ve never seen before! Get involved in the rehearsals and then watch the finale. Can’t wait to see this one!

Free • The Level, Lewes Road

Big Splash

12 noon - dusk

The finale! Fun for all, wacky entertainers and hands on activities with displays of parkour - jaw dropping displays of free running and jumping. The finale is the spectacular firework display - out with a bang!

Free • Brighton Marina