what's on in brighton & hove

Virtual Brighton & Hove hosts a What's On section, in association with The Latest magazine, as well as interactive arts magazine Seelife

Evening Argus has a weekly What's On section

Brightonlife.com contains lots of venue information and listings; visitors can contribute their reviews and join the discussion forums.

For information about the myriad arts events that take place in Brighton each May, check out the Brighton Festival and Brighton Festival Fringe.

Brunswicknet is the community website for the Brunswick area of Brighton, where the New Venture Theatre is located.

other venues in brighton

Professional theatres include the Theatre Royal, the Brighton Dome and the Komedia.

Brighton Little Theatre is our near neighbour in the centre of Brighton.

Gardner Arts Centre is at the University of Sussex in Falmer.

Sussex Arts Club is a members' club, aimed at those working in and around the arts, as well as others who like to talk arts.

local theatre companies

Sweetspot Theatre Company presented two very successful productions at the NVT last year and have been offered a residency.

Breakthrough Theatre is an independent group, based in Brighton & Hove, focusing on workshops, reviews and plays.

Second Impression Theatre Co. describes itself as a "Brighton-based, non-profit-making Theatre Company, committed to staging innovative and engaging theatre, with a speciality for the absurd.

nvt writers

Helen Nelder's play, w@rn, which premiered at the NVT in 2000, is now being used in support of various police and local authority initiatives to counter domestic violence.

Anita Sullivan (aka Anita Hickmore) has penned a number of plays that have been produced at the NVT, including Just Whores and Monumental, and was the driving force in founding the NVT's HotBed writers' group and the HotShorts showcases.

Robert Cohen has also had several of his own plays — short and full-length — performed at the NVT, including Still, Let Me Sleep and The Death Of Nelson.

Eliza Wyatt has had a number of her short plays performed at NVT, as well as many of her other works in various cities throughout the United States.

general theatre links

UK Theatre Web is the self-proclaimed, definitive WWW guide to professional and amateur performing arts

The British Theatre Guide pages contain theatre news and an impressive collection of British theatre web links

Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain can be found in the UKTW pages

Amdram.co.uk contains information and links relating to amateur theatre

Not to be confused with amdram.net, an online community for amateur theatre.

Amateurdramatics.com is a worldwide directory of Amateur Dramatic and organisations

TLC Theatreworks is home to Arts Fundfinders and the Nu-Plays Agency

for the techies

Association of British Theatre Technicians is the organization concerned with technical standards in the UK theatre

PLASA is the UK-based Professional Sound and Lighting Association

Stage Lighting Tech Pages include technical info and UK directories relating to stage lighting

School Show Page is a very handy resource for amateur groups

Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms is hosted by Exeter University

That's not bad for starters, but if you have any suggestions for other links, please feel free to contact us using our feedback form.