Brighton Theatre Collective

  Brighton Theatre Collective is a theatrical production house that aims to produce high quality theatre by Brighton practitioners.

Our current production is DAMIEN by Aldyth Morris for the Brighton Fringe 2019

Directed by Janette Eddisford

9th May to 1st June The Lantern Theatre @ ACT Brighton
8-10 Rock Place, Brighton.

Our inaugural production was Trunks by Stephen Plaice. This was followed by a specially commissioned adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Buy tickets Our production of Screaming Inside by Stephen Finlay for the Brighton Fringe Festival 2012 won an Evening Argus Angel and was nominated for best New Play by New Writing South.

contact us: info@actbrighton.org

About us

Brighton Theatre Collective is a production house that aims to produce vibrant and relevant theatre for Brighton and Hove. Founded by Janette Eddisford and Daniel Finlay, BTC is flying in the face of the current theatre funding crisis and is determined to create a new model for funding and producing.

Artistic Directors Janette Eddisford and Daniel Finlay have almost 60 years of theatre experience between them - acting, directing, stage managing, writing, producing and teaching.

Brighton Theatre Collective is the realisation of their long cherished ambition to establish a resident, producing Theatre Company in Brighton and put our extraordinarily exciting and creative city on the theatre map. Their shared artistic vision has been developed through their work at the Academy of Creative Training - the only Drama School on the South Coast offering professional training for actors. With a 65% graduate employment rate and having attracted the services of some of the South's leading actors and directors, ACT's undoubted success has established Brighton as a key contender for students choosing a contemporary actor training. Janette and Daniel have achieved all this with no funding or subsidy of any kind and, moreover, whilst operating with a not-for-profit ethos so as to offer maximum accessibility to new talent.

Taking the similarly un-funded Globe Theatre as a source of inspiration, Brighton Theatre Collective aims to build upon and extend this reputation for excellence - creating a high quality repertoire using exciting and dynamic established local actors alongside newcomers to the profession, including the cream of ACT graduates.