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Field Day 2013
Opens: 25/05/2013
Victoria Park, London
Fingers crossed for good weather over Victoria Park this May as London’s Field Day returns for a seventh year. As always, there’s a stellar lineup meaning highlights are hard to pick, but apart from the big names like Bat For Lashes, Animal Collective and Kurt Vile look out for sets by hotly tipped newcomers Vondelpark, Chvrches and East India Youth.
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Hay Festival 2013
Opens: 23/05/2013 Closes: 02/06/2013
Hay-on-Wye, Hereford
There’ll be much to ponder upon at the 26th incarnation of the famous annual arts and literature festival. Described by Bill Clinton as ‘the Woodstock of the mind’, highlights among the many creatives and thinkers this year include illustrator Quentin Blake, Swedish politician Hans Blix, Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus and literary personality Will Self.
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London Literature Festival
Opens: 20/05/2013 Closes: 08/09/2013
Southbank Centre, London
This year’s ambitious celebration of the written word focuses on collaboration across the arts as well as the city hosting it. Watch out for a poetry extravaganza featuring 40 individuals reading Sylvia Plath’s Ariel, Lionel Shriver discussing her latest novel, Gavin Turk and Jarvis Cocker ruminating on what it means to be famous and Ute Lemper singing Pablo Neruda’s love poems.
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Glyndebourne Festival 2013
Opens: 18/05/2013 Closes: 25/08/2013
Glyndebourne, East Sussex
It wouldn't be the British summer without it. Brand new 2013 productions include Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos and Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie (with Sarah Connolly as Phèdre). Also catch Michael Grandage's debut opera production revived, Billy Budd, marking Britten's centenary. 1,000 tickets for under-30s are going for £30, while online and cinema broadcasts step up a level.
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Museums at Night 2013
Opens: 16/05/2013 Closes: 18/05/2013
Various locations, UK
Art is at the centre of this year's dose of after-hours culture, which gets you behind-the-scenes at museums, galleries and heritage sites. Catch Turner Prize-winner Martin Creed at the Freud Museum, explore Yorkshire Sculpture Park by night, join a pre-dawn poetry masterclass and create something at Northern Print with Mat Collishaw, after viewing his butterfly prints.
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Brighton Festival 2013
Opens: 04/05/2013 Closes: 26/05/2013
Various Venues, Brighton
Poet, broadcaster and children's novelist Michael Rosen acts as guest director this year, bringing many of his passions to the three-week extravaganza, such as his fascination with language - don't miss recitals of Beauwolf and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and his interest in musical history - see The Great Enormo (an orchestral time-travelling themepark).
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Brighton Fringe Festival 2013
Opens: 04/05/2013 Closes: 02/06/2013
Various Venues, Brighton.
Originally an official strand of the Brighton Festival, this event is now independent, and larger than ever at four weeks. No art form is off limits, and anyone can put on a show (i.e. potential stars of tomorrow). Catch a fresh take on the world of sex workers from the Coin Operated Girl, a tribute to Laurel & Hardy from Lucky Dog Theatre, and family entertainment galore.
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HighTide Festival 2013
Opens: 02/05/2013 Closes: 12/05/2013
Various venues, Suffolk
Champions of emerging theatre talent HighTide return with their seventh annual festival, featuring over 80 performances, from readings of brand new plays to a production of the acclaimed Bottleneck, which started life here last year. Music and comedy aside, budding creatives should not miss stimulating events on offer such as a talk by Notting Hill director Roger Michell.
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The Joy of Influence
Opens: 01/05/2013 Closes: 22/05/2013
King's College London
Throughout May, King's hosts a series of six interviews with major contemporary authors. Writers including Colm Tóibín and Sarah Hall discuss how art forms from opera to video games have influenced their own writing. Andrew O'Hagan (contributing editor to the London Review of Books) leads the discussions, the first being Kazuo Ishiguro talking about film.
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Sundance London 2013
Opens: 25/04/2013 Closes: 28/04/2013
O2 Arena, London
Didn't make it to Utah? Not to worry, Sundance is coming to London again, with live music, indie premiers and filmmaker Q&As. Catch a selection of features from the USA event, which included new work from Sebastián Silva and Steve Coogan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, Amanda Siegfried playing Linda Lovelace, Daniel Radcliffe as Ginsberg and Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs.
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