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Here you’ll find our latest news and updates.

| naomi alexander

Theatre in Uncertain Times

Well, hello there. How are you? I really hope that you, your family and loved ones are doing okay. At Brighton People’s Theatre we have spent the last few weeks trying to

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| niamh hicks

Marina Norris joins Brighton People’s Theatre as an Interim Executive Director

After our search for an Executive Director, we are delighted to have appointed Marina Norris to work with us for the next 6 months, while our Founder and Artistic Director, Naomi Alexander,

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| maddy costa

Our First Ever People’s Inspiration Meeting

Naomi Alexander, artistic director of Brighton People’s Theatre, is feeling nervous. She’s tacked a huge sheet of bright blue nylon to a wall in Brighthelm Community Centre and invited a group of

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| naomi alexander

Looking back and forward: Reflections from BPT’s Artistic Director

As 2019 comes to a close and people inevitably reflect on the year they have had, we thought it might be nice to do the same for us at Brighton People’s Theatre

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| naomi alexander

Work With Us

Executive Director We’re looking for someone who is excited by (and highly skilled in) strategy and organisational development, finance, fundraising, people and culture. All the things that will build our infrastructure and

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| maddy costa

Thoughts from our Special Guest workshops

In a quiet, sunlit room in the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, a young woman is pretending to be Brighton-based theatre-maker Tim Crouch. His voice is playing in her ears through

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| maddy costa

Dialogue Theatre Club

Maddy Costa writes on the community-building, conversation-starting power of Theatre Clubs, which make space for audiences to discuss the work they’ve seen. The group of people gathered around a meeting table at

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| maddy costa

A People’s Theatre for Brighton

Like many people impassioned by theatre, director Naomi Alexander also seethes with frustration at the way this potentially radical art form so often reinforces class divides.

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