Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival is delighted to announce that Friends Life will support Party in the Close, a fantastic evening of live music, entertainment and fireworks which features as the Festival finale event on Saturday 9 June 2012.
2012 will be the 27th consecutive year that Friends Life has supported the Festival, including being principal sponsor for a number of years, making it one of the longest sponsorship partnerships in the UK. The Principal Sponsor for the 2012 Festival is Ageas.
Maria Bota, Festival Director said “We are delighted that Friends Life is continuing its long-standing support of the Festival. Friends Life has played a major role in the Festival’s successes over the last 26 years and the Festival would like to thank the company for its long association”.
Ashley Taylor from Friends Life said “As a major employer in Salisbury Friends Life has strong links with the community. The Festival has always been a fantastic celebration of the arts, woven into the community.”
The Festival presents a wonderful array of spectacular events. Classical and world music share the limelight with international theatre, dance, film, visual arts, children’s events, free outdoor events and a full literature programme. The Festival brings the best artists from around the world, commissioning and creating work unique to the region.
Highlights from the Festival’s 2012 Festival programme include the free opening night, Le Concert de Feu where ever-lasting memories will be made as world-renowned French Company Les Commandos Percu dazzle audiences with magical music and flames in a pyrotechnic extravaganza. Ever rich in variety the Festival also comprises a world première composed by the internationally celebrated Jonathan Dove, The Walk from the Garden, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre performing Henry V, extraordinary theatrical juggling by Gandini Juggling and classical music with particular performances celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations at Salisbury Cathedral.
In 2012, the Festival will also present Fire Garden at Stonehenge for the London 2012 Festival at dusk from Tuesday 10 July to Thursday 12 July. French outdoor alchemistsCompagnie Carabosse will create a magical, glowing fairytale of fire sculptures that dance in the landscape.
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Abi Singleton, Development and Communications Manager, Salisbury International Arts Festival - abi@salisburyfestival.co.uk or 01722 332 241
Notes to Editors:
About Salisbury International Arts Festival
- The 40th Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival runs from Friday 25 May – Saturday 9 June 2012.
- The annual 16 day arts festival blazed into life in 1974 with a performance by Paco Peña and is a leading commissioning and producing Festival which attracts over 60,000 attendances each year and contributes £3m to the regional economy.
- In 2010 Salisbury International Arts Festival won silver in the national Enjoy Excellence ‘Tourism Event of the Year’ Awards, run by Enjoy England.
- The full Festival programme will be announced on Monday 27 February 2012 and goes on sale to general public on Tuesday 13 March 2012.
www.salisburyfestival.co.uk