An Oak Tree, Tim Crouch, Sutara Gayle - AKA Reggae star Lorna Gee - in Legends of Them, Victoria Melody’s Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak, photo by Matt Stronge
Lucy Davies, Chief Executive of Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival says:
“This autumn, our theatre programme celebrates the very best of Brighton and beyond. From landmark works returning home to stories inspired by community and resilience, these are fantastic pieces of theatre-making, intimate and epic, classic and original."
Eddie Izzard performs Shakespeare’s Hamlet, described as “spectacular” by Dame Judi Dench, comes to the Brighton Dome Concert Hall stage.
Legendary theatre-maker Tim Crouch’s groundbreaking play An Oak Tree comes home to Brighton, more than 20 years after it was developed in the city. This landmark piece of experimental theatre features a different guest actor every night, none of whom have seen or read the play before. Previous stars include acclaimed actors David Tennant, Jessie Buckley and Sophie Okonedo. The cast for this season will be revealed closer to the time.
Following a hit run at Edinburgh Fringe, Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival commission and award-winning local theatre maker Victoria Melody’s new show Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak also returns to Brighton, where Melody originally developed it with the local community of Whitehawk, including working with local charity The Crew Club to reclaim a plot of land to grow vegetables. Directed by well-known British comedian and activist Mark Thomas, the show tells the uncovered story of the 17th-century radicals The Diggers and is a “joyful testament to people power” (The Guardian) offering a bold, funny and heartfelt celebration of communities and the ordinary people who shape history.
Eddie Izzard performs Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Sutara Gayle – AKA Reggae icon Lorna Gee – brings Legends of Them (***** The Stage) to Brighton Dome, a breath-taking, roof-raising celebration of her extraordinary life and the figures who have guided her. With electrifying original reggae and gospel-infused tracks, the show is “a joyous, heart-stopping spectacle” (The Guardian) and a testament to resilience, community, and the transformative power of music. It comes fresh from a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe’s Here & Now Showcase.
BBC award-winning writer and “the great Welsh storyteller” (The Stage) Shôn Dale-Jones (The Duke) returns to Brighton Dome with Stories from an Invisible Town, a darkly comic and heartfelt collection of stories from his childhood in the half-real, half-imagined town of Llangefni on the Isle of Anglesey. The show is a poignant celebration of storytelling, childhood, and the strange magic of the everyday.