FESTIVAL TRANSFORMS SHOP INTO CRIME SCENE

Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival has transformed an empty shop into a crime scene to publicise its show Betrayal

Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival has transformed an empty shop in the Old George Mall Shopping centre into a crime scene to publicise its production of Betrayal, coming to the city from 3 to 5 June.

Betrayal is an immersive music, theatre and dance show which will be staged in an area of The Maltings car park. Beyond a cordon of police tape, the audience will become detectives, moving amongst six scenes involving singers and dancers and encouraged to piece together a web of intersecting stories that unfold before them. The performance is based on the music of Gesualdo, a composer who gained notoriety as a murderer, and whose story has inspired Betrayal. The music is sung by vocal ensemble I Fagiolini who brought How Like An Angel to the Festival with Circa in 2013.

Tickets for Betrayal can be booked at salisburyfestival.co.uk or by calling 0845 241 9651.

• The 43rd Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival runs from Friday 22 May ‚Äì Saturday 6 June 2015.
• The annual 16-day Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival blazed into life in 1973 with a performance by Paco Pe√±a and it is a leading commissioning and producing Festival which attracts over 70,000 attendances each year and contributes ¬£3m to the regional economy.
• Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival won Wiltshire Event of the Year in the 2014 Wiltshire Life Awards and a gold award for Tourism Event of the Year in the 2013/14 South West Tourism Awards.
• Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival is supported by Principal Sponsor Ageas, Wiltshire Council and Arts Council England ‚Äì South West. Its national media partner is The Telegraph and its regional media partner is Salisbury Journal.

• The Festival is supported using public funding by Arts Council England¬†which champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people‚Äôs lives.

• The Festival is a registered charity, RCN 276940.

 

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