About us
The Iambic Arts Theatre, Brighton - the little theatre with a big heart! Fantastic shows through the year with an outstanding listing for the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Our purpose built boutique theatre is in the centre of the North Laine, and we would like to think it is an almost perfect theatre, in miniature!
As such, it has a fixed stage, a permanent dressing room, as well as a dedicated control box, good sound system, and an intimate warm atmosphere.
The seating is simply tiered and comfortable , and there is a licensed bar, en suite to the theatre, complete with interesting paintings.
Founded by Emma D’Arcy, & with a direct affiliation with Pentameters Theatre in Hampstead, our aim is to bring high quality new plays, as well as classic revivals, exceptional poetry, and select music events.
There are also inspirational classes,workshops, some with an metaphysical bias, some artistic.
Emma D’Arcy, the Artistic Director of Iambic Arts, comes from a theatrical background and is a performance poet.
Her uncle was an American playwright, as well as the International Stage & TV Producer, Philip Burton; he founded the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in New York, and was its first President; the school specialized in the training of professional actors.
Emma attended the Academy, and studied both drama and voice projection under his direction, and gave solo performances of poetry in New York.
Philip adopted Richard Burton, and as a result much of her earlier life was steeped in film and the theatre.
Emma D'Arcy
The Burtons sponsored her highly successful series of underground poetry magazines and her other various literary publications dedicated to poetry.
“So speak as if the world entire were but a single ear, intent on hearing what you say. And so, in truth, it is.” Emma D’Arcy
