Brighton Festival 2017 Podcast

Melita and Rebecca reflect on their favourites from this year's programme, including Silence, Backbone, Flight and Iron Men.

Melita, Rebecca and Mark discuss what they'd like to see at next year's festival.

Two dancers from Boys, the dance piece exploring masculinity by the Pappy Show, join Melita.

In the final episode of the Brighton Festival Podcast, Melita and Rebecca are joined by: members of Vietnam's Tijmur Dance Theatre on Varhung; Kwame and Komron from the Pappy Show on their performance Boys; Dan Canham from free outdoor dance piece Session; and our hosts present their highlights from the festival.

Peter Stickney from theatre company The Lord Chamberlain's Men joins Melita and Rebecca to talk about this year's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Bart Baele discusses the performance piece True Copy, the story of art forgery by Belgian company Berlin.

Director David Gilbert discusses his storytelling project Another Star to Steer By.

Gautam Malkani, author of Distortion, explains his work on the unreported carers in the UK. 

Melita and Rebecca take you behind the scenes. Interviews with author Gautam Malkani; Bart Baele of Berlin's True Copy; David Gilbert, director of Another Star To Steer By; and Peter Stickney from theatre company The Lord Chamberlain's Men on A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Nadine is a Syrian writer and illustrator. Her show Tomorrow tells the story of a brave young boy called Yazan from her book Tomorrow.

Marta Strzalko from Polish theatre company Teatr Buro Podrozy is in the studio to talk their show Silence.

Electronic artist Circuit Des Yeux discusses her original soundtrack to the 1923 silent film Salomé.

Our Place's Jon Mason joins Melita & Rebecca to explain his Time Travel Treasure Hunt, the interactive tour telling the story of Brighton-based inventor Magnus Volk.

Melita and Rebecca take you behind the scenes of the Brighton Festival. Interviews with Marta Strzalko of Polish theatre company Teatr Buro Podrozy on their piece Silence; Storyteller Jon Mason from Our Place on his interactive history tour telling the story of the inventor Magnus Volk; Mark Johnson talks to Ariwo; and Circuit des Yeux on her original soundtrack to the1923 silent film Salome.

Melita and Rebecca do all the hard work so you don't have to. In conversation today: Literature Producer Nii Aykwei; Traptown Choreographer Khermann Khaurighei; Tim Brown on the Film Programme; Seeta Patel on Not Today's Yesterday; Performance Producer Philippa Barr; and Our Place producer Sally Scott.

Choreographer German Jauregui explains his unique performance.

The man in charge of the festival's Literature Programme, Nii Aykwei, joins Melita and Rebecca in the studio.

Head of the Festival's performance strand Philippa Barr discusses her highlights.

Our Place Producer Sally Scott looks back on the weekend's performances, and ahead to the final events bringing the Festival out into local communities.

Seeta Patel, the dancer behind the one-woman-show Not Today's Yesterday discusses her performance.