Current Events
Festival Photo Competition 2009: What Moves You? - in print!
Free events (UK)
With the Festival themes of India, Spirit and Water the programme offered some wonderful chances to capture some amazing moments. The Festival has come to an end and so has this year's Festival Photo Competition so click below to see the winners!
All around the city
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Cape Farewell Exhibition - Art & Climate Change
Family (UK)
Cape Farewell’s international team of artists and scientists have travelled to the frozen world of the High Arctic and into the heart of the climate change debate.
Smith & Williamson, Old Library Chambers, 21 Chipper Lane, Salisbury SP1 1BG
Tickets - Free
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22 May - 05 June
Free Opening Event - Transe Express with Mobile Homme
Free events (France)
A group of internationally-acclaimed French street artists will take to the air in an amazing human mobile.
Market Square, Salisbury
Tickets - Free
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22 May
Robert Hollingworth - Portraits of A People: Retired Gurkha Soldiers
Family (UK)
Photographer Robert Hollingworth has documented the lives of retired British Army Gurkha soldiers in Nepal, capturing intimate and beautiful portraits of these remarkable people and their glorious landscape.
Salisbury Arts Centre White Room
Tickets - Free
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22 May - 06 June
Salisbury Festival Treasure Trail
Family (UK)
A treasure hunt for all the family that will be loads of fun and get you outside and into the sunshine!
All Around Salisbury
Tickets - Free
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22 May - 06 June
Salisbury Live
Music (UK)
If you like live music then you'll love Salisbury Live. Begin the festival with live blues, jazz, folk and bluegrass with music playing in the afternoon long into the night all around the city.
All around Salisbury
Tickets - Free
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22, 23 May
The Solstice Sculpture Trail
Free events (UK)
The Avon, The Mallow and The Dragonfly. Three award-winning sculptures by the QinetiQ apprentices at MoD Boscombe Down.
Solstice Park
Tickets - Free
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22 May - 06 June
Charles Foster: The Selfless Gene, Living with God and Darwin
Literature (UK)
In The Selfless Gene, Charles Foster assesses the claims of Neo-Darwinists and Young Earth Creationists, demonstrating that orthodox Christianity is not incompatible with what evolutionary biology says about our world.
Methodist Church celebrating 250 years in Salisbury
Tickets - £7.50
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23 May
Devdas Bollywood Extravaganza!
Film (India)
SOLD OUT
The most expensive Bollywood film ever made, Devdas is based on a classic of Indian literature often referred to as the Hindi Romeo and Juliet.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £8.50
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23 May
Long Division IOU
Family (UK)
Drop in at any time and discover Long Division, an experience which has been tailor-made for the Cathedral’s beautiful cloisters.
Cathedral Cloisters
Tickets - Free
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23 May - 06 June
Robert Hollingworth Talks About His Exhibition
Free events (UK)
Robert talks about the journey to Nepal and the path to this exhibition together with a representative from the Ghurka Welfare Trust.
Salisbury Arts Centre White Room
Tickets - Free
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23 May
Salisbury Vespers
Classical Music (UK)
SOLD OUT
Hundreds of singers, a huge orchestra and children’s choirs take over the glorious Cathedral in this collaborative enterprise between the main choirs in Salisbury, the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and Salisbury International Arts Festival.
Salisbury Cathedral
Tickets - £25, £20, £15 Festival discounts do not apply on this event
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23 May
The Sun Dragon
Family (UK)
An intergalactic fairytale for children aged four to infinity. This show is an exciting, visual theatre experience for young people with active imaginations and their adventurous families.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £7
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23 May
Amal (UK Première)
Film (Canada)
When eccentric billionaire G.K. Jayaram takes a ride with a humble, kind hearted auto rickshaw driver called Amal, he is so moved by the driver’s altruistic nature that he decides to bequeath his entire fortune to him.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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24 May
Flute Workshop
India (India)
Join the virtuoso bamboo flute player Rakesh Chaurasia for this special masterclass. Please bring a flute.
Salisbury Arts Centre White Room
Tickets - £6.50
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24 May
History and Landscape: The Woodford Valley
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
History and Landscape: an interpretative walk in the Woodford Valley led by Dr Hadrian Cook and Simon Scutt.
Starting point will be notified when booking.
Tickets - £12 (to include drinks and interpretative handout)
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24 May
Music For Mind and Soul
Music (India/UK)
SOLD OUT
Immerse yourself in an evening of Indian music played alongside the river, infused with Indian fragrance and accompanied by Indian food.
Wardrobe Museum Gardens
Tickets - £20 including Indian Food
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24 May
Opera at Trafalgar Park
Opera (UK)
SOLD OUT
Enjoy your picnic with friends in the glorious grounds of Trafalgar Park before entering the majestic Baroque Hall for an afternoon of opera and operetta.
Trafalgar Park
Tickets - £25
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24 May
Slumdog Millionaire and The Children's Bank - Double Bill
Film (UK)
Described as the feelgood movie of the decade, British director Danny Boyle’s film has captured the hearts and minds of audiences across the globe and is an exhilarating representation of the transition that modern India is going through.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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24 May
Tarka the Otter
Film (UK)
The children’s classic returns to the big screen. Filmed over a two-year period, and co-scripted by famous naturalist Gerald Durrell, it takes us into the watery world of a young otter.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £2.50
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24 May
Craig Ogden and Judith Hall
Music (UK)
Between Judith Hall (flute) and Craig Ogden (guitar) there is a natural chemistry which makes their performances together quite exceptional.
St Martin's Church
Tickets - £18, £16, £8 wise card concession available through boxoffice.
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25 May
Drop-In Arts Workshops
India (India)
The monks present a taste of their skills in the art of sand mandala-making, butter sculpture, prayer-flag printing, dukar-wheel making and the Tibetan language, with a demonstration of thangka painting.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £5
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25 May
Hoodwink - Leap of Faith
Theatre (UK)
The story begins with Icarus, having fallen from the sky, wings still smouldering…
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - Free
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25 May
Meet the Tashi Lhunpo Monks
India (India)
The monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in South India bring a wonderful evening concert to the Festival as well as a full-day programme of dances, music and food.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £13, £10, £5 (20% discount on evening concert when buying ticket for workshop or lunch)
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25 May
Monastic Lunch and Demonstration
India (India)
SOLD OUT
Find out about the rituals, routines and structures of life in the monastery and be served a delicious monastery meal by the monks.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £10
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25 May
New Art Club: This is Modern
Comedy (UK)
A hilarious journey for both dance lovers and the uninitiated alike, This is Modern is a comedy dance show in mischievous style, which tells the history of twentieth century dance.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £15, £12.50
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25 May
The Power of Compassion: Sacred Music and Masked Dance
India (India)
Providing a taste of the unique culture of Tibet, the monks perform a traditional masked dance and chant.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £13 (20% discount will be given to those who have also bought a ticket to the lunch or workshop)
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25 May
Before Midnight, A Portrait of India on Film 1899 - 1947
Film (UK & India)
At the stroke of midnight on 14/15 August 1947, India finally achieved independence from Britain.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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26 May
It's Street Theatre Day
Free events (UK)
Look out for fun and fabulous happenings on the streets all for free. Events will be based loosely around the lunch hour and will take the Festival into the streets.
Market Square
Tickets - Free
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26, 30 May
John Lill
Classical Music (UK)
Regarded as the leading British pianist of his generation, John Lill’s career has taken him to over fifty countries, both as a recitalist and as a soloist with the world’s greatest orchestras.
Wilton Church
Tickets - £20, £17.50
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26 May
Monsoon Wedding
Film (India/USA)
This colourful comedy drama begins as the monsoon rains loom and an extended family reunites for an arranged marriage.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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26 May
Sophie Grigson: The Vegetable Bible
Literature (UK)
Sophie Grigson is synonymous with great food and has a natural ability to teach cookery in an informal and friendly way.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £9.50
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26 May
The Tin Forest
Family (UK)
Puppetcraft’s new production is a story about an old man who lives in a dreary junkyard, full of other people’s broken and unwanted junk.
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £5
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26 May
The Tin Forest Workshop
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
Make animated sculptures from discarded materials to display after the show and take home. Join the in-show junkyard orchestra!
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £3.50
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26 May
Vocal Sampling
Music (UK)
Vocal Sampling will blow you away with a full-throated salsa band sound created by a six-piece all-male Cuban a cappella group.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £17.50, £15
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26 May
Abhinava Dance Company
India (India)
This will be a unique opportunity to see the superb twelve-member dance company Abhinava, from Bangalore.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £20, £17.50
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27 May
Django à la Créole - New Orleans Jazz Band
Music (UK)
Impassioned New Orleans clarinettist Evan Christopher is steeped in the tradition of early jazz masters. Imagine a fusion of Créole rhythms from the streets of New Orleans and hot syncopations from the Caribbean and Brazil.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £13, £14 on the door
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27 May
Graham Swift: Making an Elephant
Literature (UK)
Novelist Graham Swift delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way into the minds and hearts of an extraordinary range of characters. In Making an Elephant – his first work of non-fiction – the voice is his own.
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £7.50
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27 May
Shoe Baby
Family (UK)
SHOE BABY
There was once a baby who hid in a shoe, and had learned to say “how do you do?” Shoe Baby is a magical adventure with a baby who takes to the sea, the air and the zoo all in a shoe!
Salisbury Playhouse studio
Tickets - £5, Wise card £4 (available via boxoffice)
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27 May
Simon Adams: Archaeology Detectives
Family (UK)
What was life like for people 100, 1,000 or even 5,000 years ago? Join Archaeology Detective Simon Adams in this exciting hands-on exploration of Archaeological detective work.
Salisbury Arts Centre White Room
Tickets - £5
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27 May
Swimming Sculptures - Drop in family workshop
Free events (UK)
Help create a shoal of fantastical fish to swim through the grounds of the museum.
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Tickets - Free
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27 May
Abhinava Dance Company Workshop
Dance (India)
Come and learn traditional Indian Dance with the fabulous Abhinava Dance Company.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £6.50
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28 May
Andy Sheppard and Kuljit Bhamra
Music (UK/Asian)
SOLD OUT
Andy and Kuljit create a sound-scape inspired by and featuring river sounds from Wiltshire and the Punjab - in this special concert commissioned by the Festival.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £13, £14 on the door
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28 May
Architects of Air - Amococo
Visual Arts (UK)
Enter and be amazed...
Drop in at any time and immerse yourself in an environment of saturated and subtle hues through labyrinthine tunnels and cavernous domes.
Cathedral Close
Tickets - £3 (tickets on the door)
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28 May - 01 June
Ball Pond Bobby
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
Bobby’s trip to the ball pond takes us into another world as we dive deep down into a child’s imagination ... through the universe of lost socks, hidden games and magic sweets.
Salisbury Arts Centre White Room
Tickets - £5
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28 May
Shoe Baby
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
There was once a baby who hid in a shoe, and had learned to say “how do you do?” Shoe Baby is a magical adventure with a baby who takes to the sea, the air and the zoo all in a shoe!
Tisbury Village Hall
Tickets - £5, Wise card concession £4 (available through boxoffice)
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28 May
Tony Benn: An Audience With...
Literature (UK)
The veteran Labour politician Tony Benn will be talking about his life in politics. Expect an evening of frank responses and entertaining political anecdotes.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £14
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28 May
Willow Birds Workshop
Free events (UK)
SOLD OUT
Design and create your own bird sculpture using willow wire and recycled materials.
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Tickets - Free
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28 May
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The Settler's Cookbook
Literature (East Africa/ India)
Experience this story of food and cultural fusion from one of Britain’s most high-profile and vocal immigrants.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £7.50
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28 May
Animated Patterns - Drop in Animation session
Free events (UK & India)
Create beautiful patterns inspired by Rangoli designs and make them move and change using stopmotion animation.
Salisbury Arts Centre Arts Space
Tickets - Free
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29 May
Animation Workshop
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
Come and help create an amazing animated film based on the colours and stories of India.
Salisbury Arts Centre Arts Space
Tickets - £8.50
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29 May
Arthur Smith: My Name is Daphne Fairfax
Literature (UK)
My name is Arthur Smith, unless there’s anybody here from the Streatham tax office. In which case, I’m Daphne Fairfax.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £9.50
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29 May
Dusk at Stonehenge with Kuljit Bhamra
Music (India)
Kuljit Bhamra presents a unique sunset-performance at the world famous Stonehenge.
Stonehenge
Tickets - £15
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29 May
Kathryn Tickell Band
Music (UK)
Kathryn’s band of some of the UK’s most talented young musicians provides a characterful setting for her music, matching virtuosity with sheer musicality and creativity.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £17.50, £15
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29 May
Playday: The Big Play
Family (UK)
For a fantastic finish to half term come along to the Greencroft and join us for
the Playday.
Greencroft (opposite Salisbury Arts Centre)
Tickets - Free
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29 May
Rain on the Window
Classical Music (UK)
Rain on the Window is a new project which brings together saxophonist John Surman and organist Howard Moody
Salisbury Cathedral
Tickets - £12.50 (or £6.50 with a Tallis Scholars ticket)
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29 May
Tallis Scholars
Classical Music (UK)
A very special concert by the Tallis Scholars in Salisbury Cathedral under the spire crossing
Salisbury Cathedral
Tickets - £27.50, £25, £18.50, £10.50
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29 May
Yoga Workshop inside Amococo (Architects of Air)
Visual Arts (UK)
Come and relax in this wonderful space with the unique opportunity to explore the fantastic Architects of Air through the medium of Yoga.
Inside Amococo (Architects of Air) in the Cathedral Close
Tickets - £6.50
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29 May
Drumming Workshop with Kuljit Bhamra
Music (India)
SOLD OUT
Come and join our featured artist Kuljit Bhamra for some hot tips on drumming!
Salisbury Arts Centre Whilte Room
Tickets - £6.50
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30 May
Entr'acte (accompanied by Kuljit Bhamra) and A Throw of the Dice
Film (France/India/UK/Germany)
Kuljit Bhamra will perform live as the surrealist film masterpiece, Entr'acte plays. Followed by A Throw of the Dice - a classic of silent Indian cinema.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £8.50
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30 May
Matthew Engel: Eleven Minutes Late
Literature (UK)
The railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation’s ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humour and capacity for suffering.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £7.50
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30 May
Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf
Comedy (UK)
SOLD OUT
Get on board award-winning comedian Toby Hadoke’s TARDIS for a razor sharp, comic odyssey - charting the rise, fall and rise again of TV legend Doctor Who’s triumphs.
Salisbury Playhouse Theatre
Tickets - £10.50, £8.50 under 18s
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30 May
Opera Project: The Marriage of Figaro
Opera (UK)
One of the UK’s leading touring opera companies, Opera Project, premiere their new production of The Marriage of Figaro at the Festival.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £25, £22, £18
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30 May
Pather Panchali
Film (India)
Often cited by critics as one of the best films ever made, Satyajit Ray’s enchanting 1955 debut is a masterpiece of world cinema.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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30 May
Shakespeare's Globe on Tour - The Comedy of Errors
Outdoor (Uk)
Shakespeare's Globe On Tour returns to the Festival presenting this wonderful farce in the beautiful grounds of Trafalgar Park
Trafalgar Park
Tickets - £17.50, £10.50 (under 16s)
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30, 31 May
Trea Martyn: Elizabeth in the Garden
Literature (UK)
Trea Martyn presents the beguiling story of how Elizabeth I’s two great courtiers fought a lifelong duel for her affections - with their gardens.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £7.50, Wise card concession £5 (available through boxoffice)
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30 May
Tree house Theatre
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
Join in with Treehouse Theatre in a free story-making workshop, mini music session and interactive storytelling all rolled into one fun hour.
11am Downton Library, 2pm Mere Library
Tickets - Free
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30 May
Alexander Waugh: The House of Wittgenstein
Literature (UK)
In this dramatic historical and psychological epic, Alexander Waugh traces the triumphs and vicissitudes of a family held together by a fanatical love for music yet torn apart by money, madness, conflicts of loyalty and the cataclysmic upheaval of two world wars.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £9.50
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31 May
Diana Quick - The Tug On The Thread
Literature (UK)
Diana Quick, one of Britain's best-loved actresses, will talk about her memoir; part detective story, part window onto the actor's world.
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £9.50
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31 May
Fonthill House Walk
Outdoor (UK)
SOLD OUT
Enjoy a walk past Fonthill House and through the private grounds of Fonthill Abbey by kind permission of Neil Rimington.
Starting point TBC
Tickets - £6
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31 May
Mowgli Stories- Illyria
Family (UK)
A young man emerges from the jungle and leads a Forest Officer straight to where the man-eating tiger has hidden. But how?
Wardrobe Museum Gardens
Tickets - £10.50, £7.50 under 16s
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31 May
Orlando Consort with Kuljit Bhamra
Music (UK and India)
'Mantra' - Musical Conversations across the Indian Ocean.
The Orlando Consort is established as one of Britain’s most important chamber music ensembles, performing to the highest standards and renowned for its imaginative and innovative programming.
Wilton Church
Tickets - £18, £16
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31 May
Rainer Hersch: All Classical Music Explained
Comedy (UK)
At last … all classical music explained!!
Brilliant British comic Rainer Hersch’s simple and stupid approach to this rich subject! Is the triangle hard? What do conductors actually do…?
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £15, £12.50, £8 wise card concession available through boxoffice.
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31 May
Shot in Bombay
Film (UK)
The lines between fact and fiction become increasingly blurred in this entertaining and highly original documentary about crime and celebrity in India’s showbiz capital.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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31 May
Stanley Johnson: Stanley, I presume
Literature (UK)
SOLD OUT
Join Stanley Johnson, father of London Mayor Boris Johnson, as he takes the audience through his sparkling and hilarious memoir.
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £9.50
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31 May
The Warrior & The Sheep Thief
Film (UK/France/Germany)
This meditative tale of a warrior’s quest for peace opened to widespread critical acclaim and has received many awards including BAFTAs for Best British Film and Most Promising Newcomer.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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31 May
Kanchivaram
Film (India)
This ravishing 1920’s set drama tells the story of the silk weavers of Tamil Nadu, who, despite their brilliant craftsmanship, live as bonded labourers and are never able to afford the fashions they create.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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01 June
Nick Page: The Longest Week
Literature (UK)
What really happened? Nick Page talks about his book The Longest Week reconstructing the events during Jesus’ final days.
Sarum College
Tickets - £7.50
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01 June
Seven Elements - Confluences IV
Classical Music (UK)
Seven Elements is the fourth and final year of the Confluences journey and weaves the themes of China, Europe and India together.
Wilton Church
Tickets - £20, £16.50
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01 June
Stones in his Pockets
Comedy (UK)
Stones in his Pockets is the award-winning, hilarious and sometimes poignant tale of
a quiet Irish community and its change after the arrival of a massive Hollywood movie shoot.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £16
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01 June
Alex Roth, Vikram Seth and Philippe Honoré in conversation
Classical Music (UK)
SOLD OUT
Join these wonderful artists as they re-travel the Confluences journey
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £5
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02 June
Bully
Theatre (UK)
One day you wake to find that you’ve become your dad... and all you once dreaded now stares back at you... and the cycle of violence continues...
Written and Performed by Richard Fry. Ages 14+
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £8.50
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02 June
Graham Farmelo: The Strangest Man
Literature (UK)
The Strangest Man is a moving human story and a study of one of the most exciting times in scientific history.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £9.50
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02 June
Panel Discussion Cape Farewell: A Conversation
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
Arctic expeditioners, Siobhan Davies and Jonathan Dove, tell of their experiences and how their art practice was informed by their wild arctic experience.
Smith and Williamson offices
Tickets - Free but ticketed. Limited availability so please book in advance.
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02 June
Robert Kershaw: Never Surrender
Literature (UK)
Kershaw's book is a remarkable testimony to the men and women who lived through the Second World War and whose refusal to surrender changed them forever.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £7.50
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02 June
Three Bonzos and a Piano featuring special guest Legs Larry Smith
Comedy (UK)
Robots, smoke, unsuitable medical technology, ancient theatrical props, the kitchen sink and the audience (you get to join-in!) all combine to re-create the atmosphere of those formative years of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £15, £10 under 16's
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02 June
40 Year Anniversary of the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Family (UK)
SOLD OUT
Join in the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the world’s best-selling picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, with a fun, interactive event for children and their families.
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £5
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03 June
A.C. Grayling
Literature (UK)
SOLD OUT
A leading philosopher's personal guide to the ideas that will shape the 21st century.
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £7.50
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03 June
ARM Mireille and Mathieu
Comedy (France)
Enter the world of Mireille and Mathieu for 60 minutes of mayhem where nothing is logical but it all makes sense.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £12.50
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03 June
Endellion String Quartet
Classical Music (UK)
The Endellion String quartet presents an all-Beethoven programme music for which they have garnered international acclaim.
St Thomas' Church
Tickets - £18, £16
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03 June
Melvyn Bragg - Remember me...
Literature (UK)
Novelist and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg explores autobiography in his recent novels, including The Soldier’s Return, Son of War, Crossing the Lines and the most recent, and perhaps most autobiographical, Remember Me…
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £12.50
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03 June
Andy Briggs: Hero.com/ Villain.net (Schools event)
Literature (UK)
Andy started writing with his brother Peter Briggs - working on movie projects such as Judge Dredd and Freddy vs Jason and Foreverman for Spiderman creator Stan Lee and legendary producer Robert Evans - while writing a series and anti-series of books about a group of teenagers who get to choose whether to be heroes or villains. www.whichsideareyouon.co.uk
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £5
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04 June
Art From a Changing Arctic
Film (UK)
First shown as part of Climate Chaos - a major season of BBC programmes on the science behind and issues surrounding climate change.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £6.50
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04 June
El Tanbura
Music (Egypt)
Acclaimed veteran Egyptian musicians El Tanbura visit, with a whirling dervish, as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £17.50, £15
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04 June
MotiveArt Film and Q&A Session
Film (UK)
A wonderful opportunity to see the MotivArt film and talk to the creative team behind the programme.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - Free
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04 June
MotiveArt Workshop
Free events (UK)
In this rare opportunity, during an open session, MotivArt invite you to experience a range of warm ups, movement, acting exercises and fun camera experiments.
Salisbury Arts Centre White Room
Tickets - Free
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04 June
Rosemary Hill - Stonehenge
Literature (UK)
The most famous prehistoric monument in Europe, Stonehenge is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year. Cultural historian Rosemary Hill, describes what is known and believed about the monument's construction and contemplates its uncertain future.
Guildhall
Tickets - £7.50
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04 June
Under Milk Wood
Theatre (UK)
2.30pm still available 7.30pm SOLD OUT
Dylan Thomas’ timeless masterpiece Under Milk Wood is brought vividly to life by the internationally acclaimed solo artist Guy Masterson.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £10, £8.50 under 16s and full time students
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04 June
Vikram Seth in Conversation with Edmund de Waal
Talks (UK)
Experience a summer evening in the wonderful setting of Roche Court, with acclaimed writer Vikram Seth and the ceramicist, historian and critic Edmund de Waal.
Roche Court
Tickets - £20 to include a drink on arrival
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04 June
Clare Teal
Music (UK)
Clare Teal’s intimate gig features brilliant musicians, sparkling new material, inspired interpretations of the great American songbook, plus a liberal sprinkling of favourites.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £17.50
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05 June
Srishti Dance Company - Playball Triple Bill
Dance (UK)
Inspired by British ‘Lads Culture’, Playball is a triple bill of short dance pieces from Srishti, the dynamic Indian dance company based in London.
Salisbury Playhouse
Tickets - £13.50, £12
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05 June
The London Mozart Players
Classical Music (UK)
Mozart’s majestic Requiem, performed by the London Mozart Players with a a stellar line up of soloists
Salisbury Cathedral
Tickets - £32.50, £27.50, £22.50, £18.50, £15.50, £10.50
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05 June
What a Wonderful World
Family (UK)
Hop on the sleeper train and take a journey through space with Lyngo theatre's What a Wonderful World.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £5 Ages 2-5
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05 June
Festival Finale
Closing Concert (Uk)
With music, dancing, workshops and street theatre the Cathedral Close will be transformed in an explosion of vibrant sights and sounds
Cathedral Close
Tickets - £17.50, £10.50 under 16s, under 5s Free, £48 Family ticket (max 2 adults)
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06 June
The Dustman
Family (UK)
The Dustman lives on the other side of the mirror where cats talk and everything floats. At bed-time he comes out, takes you by the hand and you fly off together on the wind.
Salisbury Playhouse Studio
Tickets - £5 Ages 5+
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06 June
Women of Tibet: The Great Mother (UK Premiere) and Great and Small
Film (India)
Critically acclaimed documentary 'Women of Tibet' provides a rare portrait of Tibet's first family and the women who inspired them.
Salisbury Arts Centre
Tickets - £4.00
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06 June