Welcome To The Lantern Theatre
The Lantern Theatre is versatile and flexible performance space in the heart of Brighton, Sussex. We programme a wide range of theatre and performance as well as being the home venue of ACT Brighton the South Coast's premier Drama School.
What's On
Highlights
Chopped Liver & Unions
Theatre
3rd - 5th May 7:00PM
Magpie
Theatre
3rd - 5th May 9:00PM
Plastic & Chicken Bones
Theatre
9th May 5:00PM
10th - 12th May 9:00PM
Daytime Performing Arts Classes
Six Characters in Search of Pirandello
Theatre
9th - 12th May 7:00PM
RANK.
Theatre
10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th May 9:00PM
In an alternate universe, I don’t want to live in the UK
Theatre
11th - 12th May 5:00PM
The Lantern Theatre and ACT Brighton received funding from the Department for Culture and Health to create The Lantern Arts Hub and run a programme of daytime performing arts classes.
Classes running throughout the year. Drop in available. Let us know if there are any classes you would like to suggest.
2 Queers in Tears?
Theatre
16th May 7:00PM
24th May 5:00PM
The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey
Theatre
16th - 19th May 9:00PM
The Waiting Room
Theatre
17th - 19th May 5:00PM
Dinner! Darlings! Dinner!
Theatre
17th - 19th May 7:00PM
The Rain
Theatre
17th & 18th May 7:00PM
Love and Information by Caryl Churchill
Theatre
20th May 5:00PM
That Witch Helen
Theatre
23rd - 25th May 7:00PM
Karaoke at the S.U
Theatre / Comedy
23rd - 26th May 9:00PM
Coffee After Therapy
Theatre / Musical
25th - 26th May 5:00PM
Locusts
Theatre
26th May 7:00PM
Geneva Convention
Theatre
27th - 29th May 9:00PM
28th - 29th May 7:00PM
The Strange Case of Dr Dillon
Theatre
30th May 7:00PM
The South Of Somewhere Else
Theatre / Comedy
30th May - 2nd June 2:00PM
Kitchen Underwear
Theatre
31st May - 1st June 7:00PM
1,2,3. sh*t. that’s my OCD.
Theatre
31st May - 1st June 5:00PM
Seldom Differ: Work in Progress
Comedy
1st June 9:00PM
Chuck ‘n’ Jeck
Theatre / Comedy
1st - 2nd June 9:00PM
The Olive Boy
Theatre / Comedy
6th - 8th June 7:30PM
Hamstrung
Theatre / Comedy
15th June 8:00PM
ACT Two Week Acting Workshop
Course
3rd - 13th June
Finlay Bar
Our Finlay Bar is a unique place to have a pre, interval or post-show drink. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available, alongside our carefully curated wine & beer menu.
Brighton Fringe 2024
We have an exciting programme this Fringe starting in May - Book Now.
Studio Hire
Spaces are available to hire daytime, evenings and weekends. Our spaces are suitable for a range of Dance and Drama activities as well as for meetings, teaching and training, Yoga, martial arts, youth groups and so on. The Lantern Theatre @ ACT Brighton.
Theatre Hire
The theatre is available for hire throughout the year, dependent on availability and the approval of the Artistic Director. The theatre has a maximum seated capacity of 50 theatre style and 70 standing. There are two entrances to the space and the performance area can be arranged in a variety of configurations from traverse to in the round.
ACT Brighton
ACT is the only Drama School on the South Coast offering a professional actor training. ACT consistently achieves a Graduate employment rate of 65%.
Our ethos is to provide access to professional Drama Training and acting classes for talented individuals who have been unable to follow traditional routes into the acting profession through lack of academic qualifications, financial restrictions or family responsibilities.
Courses run during the evenings and weekends so that students can earn a living or maintain family commitments. Students must be 18+ to apply to the Diploma in Acting and 16+ for the Foundation in Acting and all other adult courses. There is no upper age limit.
AKT - Act Kids Theatre runs on Saturdays during term time and is open to students 6 to 18 years old.