In the heart of the summer 2025, Grimeborn Opera Festival returns from the 16th July for its seventeenth year of radical opera, featuring seven innovative productions from across the globe
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“It’s a pleasure to be bringing audiences another serving of Grimeborn for the seventeenth year now.Â
 Grimeborn allows us to do that with programming from both classical and radical thought-provoking artists and companies from across the continent and some of the most affordable ticket prices in the UK.”
Arcola Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen
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Grimeborn Opera: TESTAMENT
This immersive performance explores humanity’s evolving relationship with nature, blending timeless masterpieces with modern revelations.
Grimeborn Opera: The Elixir of Love (Re-imagined)
Follow our characters’ entangled love story in this bold contemporary re-imagining of The Elixir of Love story for London life today.
Grimeborn Opera: Jane Eyre
First heard in concert with the English Symphony Orchestra under Kenneth Woods, this bold adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s novel follows one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfilment on her own terms.
Grimeborn Opera: Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde: the opera that changed music forever. A forbidden love, a deep betrayal, a wound that never heals.
Grimeborn Opera: Tristan und Isolde, a Masterclass
In this special masterclass, emerging artists Robin Whitehouse and Becca Marriott, delve into key scenes from Wagner’s masterpiece.
Grimeborn Opera: Sense & Sensibility, The Musical
Music by Neal Hampton
Book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow
Directed by Alexandra Cowell
Book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow
Directed by Alexandra Cowell
If ever a novel were screaming for a musical adaptation, Sense & Sensibility is the one. After 2024’s sold out run, Sense & Sensibility: The Musical comes to you in a new, intimate chamber setting, featuring outstanding international singer-actors from the UK premiere cast. Set against the stoic and judgemental values of Regency-era England, the Dashwood sisters experience the world very differently. Elinor, patient and thoughtful, upholds the values of society, yet yearns to express her true feelings. Marianne, young and passionate, dives head-first into romance without a thought for her reputation. With its soaring musical score and sensitive lyrics
Grimeborn Opera: Don Giovanni
Enjoy another unique minimalist production by Marcio da Silva, performed by Ensemble OrQuesta, with the orchestral accompaniment by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble.
Grimeborn Opera: Becoming Tosca
Becoming Tosca, a unique and innovative lyric drama, relocates the action to an unspecific Latin American setting in the second half of the 20th century.
Grimeborn Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
Barefoot Opera return to Grimeborn Festival bringing their unique blend of ensemble storytelling and physical theatre to Donizetti’s classic gothic opera.
Image by Charles Flint