Salisbury INTERNational Arts Festival

Day 2 at Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival saw the streets come alive with City Encounters, the festival’s programme of free outdoor performances. Amongst jugglers, human jukeboxes and a cottage with chicken legs, Company Chameleon brought us Witness This – a reworking of their theatre show Witness, which charts artistic director Kevin Edward Turner’s personal … More Guest blog: Viv Gordon talks stigma, audience impact & changing attitudes with Company Chameleon’s Kevin Edward Turner

Yesterday I met with Josh Lucas from Running Dog Theatre before his show Wanna Dance With Somebody! kicked off the MouthPieces programme at Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival 2017. The show is about Social Anxiety, Dancing and Theoretical Physics and has grown out of Josh’s own lived experience of mental health. It is utterly charming … More Guest blog: Viv Gordon chats to Running Dog Theatre’s Josh Lucas

If you’re travelling to Salisbury for a Festival event, be sure to make time to have wonder round the beautiful city and pop into the many fantastic independent shops we have to offer! In need of that perfect present or just fancy treating yourself because… well, why not? Often called Salisbury’s prettiest shop, Casa Fina … More Where to shop in Salisbury

As mentioned in Québec: An Insight, there wasn’t a huge amount I knew about the region (and if you still don’t then head right back over to that post!). But one thing I did know is that Québec is home to the world renowned contemporary circus company, Cirque du Soleil. Cirque du Soleil are the … More Circus delights at the Festival

This month, it seems the arts news is improving with the weather. Spring has sprung, the sun is beginning to shine and thankfully there seems to be lots of uplifting arts news from the last month. As usual, there’s been a lot going on. But here’s my pick of cultural happenings from the last few … More Arts and Cultural News: March

Another month, another round-up of all things arts and culture! In perhaps the most important news you’ll hear all year (not to blow our own trumpet) the Festival has just announced its full programme of events! So, after keeping everything under wraps for months, we’re very pleased to announce all the amazing artists and performers … More Arts and Cultural News: February

As December was a busy month with the Highlight launch and a nice break over Christmas, I’ve unintentionally skipped a month of my news round up! As always, there’s never a quiet month of cultural news (or any news for that matter), so I’m sure you still managed to keep updated. Moving on to January, … More Arts and Cultural News: January

December saw the launch of our 2017 Festival Highlights event, where Director Toby Smith addressed friends, colleagues, stakeholders and press with details of performances and the revealing of this year’s theme. This year is the last of Toby’s four-year directorship and the last year of the Festival theme’s four-year cycle following the journey of the … More Québec: An insight

The 2016 Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival has now finished and my internship has also come to an end, and I can’t quite believe it!  It doesn’t seem like two minutes ago that I was packing up my little car to move to Salisbury, and this morning I packed her up once more to move … More It’s All Come To An End