Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

09/12/2024

📢 Preview performance: Candoco Dance Company & Dan Daw Creative Projects 'Over and Over (and over again)'

Time stretches. The dance floor is a paradise. This moment is all there is. We are lifted by the lights, held by the music. Our hard edges soften and our hearts swell - finding place, finding ground, finding home.

Join Candoco Dance Company and Dan Daw Creative Projects on a beat-driven, joyful journey to a perfect rave - a place where everyone is welcome and where you love doing something so much that you would never want to stop.

📅 Thursday 20 March 2025
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Book tickets: https://ow.ly/9f7C50Unea4

📷Hugo Glendinning

02/12/2024

"...standing ovations all around" 👏
Read Brighton and Hove News review of Erland Cooper's performance at ACCA last Saturday.

ERLAND COOPER - ATTENBOROUGH CENTRE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, BRIGHTON 30.11.24 Now here’s a thing! Something that The KLF no

26/11/2024

'Exactly what the doctor ordered.' 💙


Audience member's Insta comment on last week's infectiously fun performance by Moonchild Sanelly.

Kudos to the audience members who braved the ACCA stage for a twerk off!

📷Victor Frankowski

25/11/2024

📢 Just announced: Fennesz

'...the scene’s great romantic' Pitchfork
'...a fixture in the experimental music world' Stereogum

Austrian guitarist, composer and electronic musician Christian Fennesz is recognized as a key figure in experimental electronic music today.

Formally educated in guitar and ethnomusicology from an early age, Fennesz became involved with the 1990s Viennese techno scene. By plugging his guitar into his laptop and transforming and processing it, he managed to create a distinctive sound that is difficult to mistake for another’s.

His first full-length solo release, 'Hotel Para.lel' (1997) was awarded the Prix Ars Electronica, and his milestone third album 'Endless Summer' (2001) was acknowledged as one of the most important releases of the decade, helping to change the perception of electronic music today.

His new album 'Mosaic' will be released on Touch in December 2024.

📅 Wednesday 9 April 2025
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Book tickets: https://ow.ly/3eKO50UeH0H

21/11/2024

"...indefinable magic"

Read Brighton Source's review of last week's sold out performance by Xiu Xiu with support by I Am Fya that left reviewer John Parry in a "slightly altered state which only the most significant gigs can deliver".

https://brightonsource.co.uk/reviews/xiu-xiu-review-2/

Photos by Victor Frankowski

20/11/2024

📢Michael Attenborough in conversation with University of Sussex Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil.

Theatre Director, University of Sussex alumnus and our patron, Michael Attenborough will share his experiences, career highlights and personal memories.

His illustrious career in theatre spans many prominent roles (including at Young Vic, Almeida Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company). His awards and achievements include the Award for Excellence from the International Theatre Institute and the CBE for services to the theatre. In 2016 he was appointed Director Emeritus of RADA.

This event promises to be a rich and engaging exploration of the Attenborough family's legacy and Michael Attenborough's contribution to the arts and to University of Sussex.

📅 Wednesday 4 December, 1.30pm
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Book FREE tickets: https://ow.ly/KFbv50UaIYu

17/11/2024

Blown away by their performances on Later with Jools?
Don't miss the chance to see both of these incredible artists perform live in Brighton!
📅 Moonchild Sanelly plays Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts on Tuesday 19 November 2024
📅Nubya Garcia plays Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts on Wednesday 5 March 2025
🎟 Book now! Tickets at https://www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/

16/11/2024

🏃Thinking of joining 'Can you see me now?' as a a runner? Hear from Sarah Lau, who took part as a runner for Blast Theory's game last month.

🏃Inspired? Intrigued? Join us as a runner at ACCA next week.

📅 Tuesday 19 November – Thursday 21 November, 12pm – 2pm.
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Find out more and book your FREE slot. See ‘what’s on’ link in bio https://www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5243/blast-theory-can-you-see-me-now-runners-in-person/

15/11/2024

⚡The buzz is definitely building for South African superstar Moonchild Sanelly
"the funk pop diva we need right now" The Times
"on track for global adulation" The Guardian
Check out her performance on Later with Jools on BBC iPlayer
Don't miss out on seeing her at ACCA with support from Paige Kennedy
📅 Tuesday 19 November, 8pm
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Book tickets: https://ow.ly/L9gj50U7MCO

15/11/2024

What happens when an artist risks losing the only recording of their album, by burying it in the earth in the name of art? 'Recomposing Earth', a film by Christian Cargill, tells this unique and defiant story – of Orcadian composer Erland Cooper’s ultimate collaboration with the natural world.

We're delighted to be screening this short film for ticketholders ahead of Erland Cooper's live performance: 'Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence'. LIMITED AVAILABILITY

📅 Saturday 30 November, 8pm
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Tickets: https://ow.ly/pKFe50U7qq5

A newly refurbished interdisciplinary arts hub connecting University of Sussex to Brighton & Hove and the wider international arts community.

14/11/2024

🎥Part of Brighton Cinecity 'Scanner: Harry Smith at 100', Friday 15 November

Scanner will perform a live soundtrack to Harry Smith's Early Abstractions (1946–57) and Untitled Seminole Patchwork (1965–66).

Presented with The Spirit of Gravity

📅 Friday 15 November, 8pm
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Book tickets: https://ow.ly/minf50U6KeE

12/11/2024

🏃Get ready to play the queen of mixed reality games. Live for three days only!
📅 Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 November, various times
🏃Can You See Me Now? is a thrilling mobile chase game by Blast Theory.

To play, drop into a vivid 3D world and swap tactics with other players to avoid the runners. The twist? Those runners are pounding the actual streets on your map. Listen to their live audio as you try and outsmart them.

How long will you survive this game of cat and mouse with a twist?
🎟 Book your free slot now https://ow.ly/8aEJ50U4aen

11/11/2024

11/11/2024

🎥 Part of Brighton Cinecity: Ukrainian Short Films, Saturday 16 November

Two programmes of recent short films made by Ukrainian filmmakers, at home and abroad.

Programme 1: Ukrainian Cities Talking, 11.30am
https://ow.ly/ollK50U49Cy

Programme 2: Ukraine Displaced, 1.30pm
https://ow.ly/ollK50U49Cy

Curated by Sasha Prokopenko, Head of Programming, and Olga Gusiatynska, Programmer, Kyiv International Short Film Festival.

📅 Saturday 16 November, 11.30am & 1.30pm
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Pay what you decide tickets available

11/11/2024

🎥 TONIGHT: Resistance - New Female Ways of Seeing from North Africa. A triple bill bringing together three remarkable feminist films from North Africa.

One long film from Morocco, the contemporary sci-fi adventure 'Animalia' by Sofia Alaoui, and two short pieces from Algeria, 'If They Could Have' by Sarah El-Hamed and 'Between Midnight And Six In The Morning' by Nadja Makhlouf which explore the role of women in the Algerian War of Liberation 1954 – 62.

Curated by Martin Evans, Professor of Modern History at University of Sussex

Part of Brighton Cinecity
📅 Mon 11 Nov, 6.30pm
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Tickets: https://ow.ly/wnzX50U0jqv

10/11/2024

💥Can You See Me Now? Join a thrilling mobile chase game with a twist by Blast Theory

🏃Download the app and you’re dropped into a colourful 3D world where you swap tactics with other players to avoid being caught by the game’s runners.

🏃The twist? The 3D world of the game is based on the real courtyards and buildings of the campus around ACCA. And as your player dodges round corners and down cut-throughs to evade the runners, those runners are chasing you in real time across the campus: working up a sweat and streaming their taunts via live audio.

🏃Play on your mobile from the comfort of an armchair or join in-person as a runner.

📅 Tuesday 19 November – Thursday 21 November, various times
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Find out more and book your FREE slot at:
https://ow.ly/Gxqy50U2Yww

09/11/2024

🎥 Part of Brighton Cinecity: 'The Captain' (Dir: Jamie Patterson) WORLD PREMIERE!

A retired sea captain is placed under house arrest after robbing his local newsagent on a mobility scooter. While confined to his home, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his Greek caregiver sparking a journey of self-discovery for them both. A quiet story of hope, friendship and the importance of inter-generational relationships.

Shot on location in Brighton, by local production company Jump Start Productions in association with MetFilm School Brighton.



📅 Saturday 16 November, 6pm
📌 Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
🎟 Tickets on sale: https://ow.ly/G9FM50U19GZ