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22 February 2021
Snape Maltings to host diverse Festival of New
Andrew Clarke
From ancient horns to ‘fractured punk’, Britten Pears Arts is offering audiences
a lockdown mini-festival of music this weekend.
Festival of New is a whirlwind annual showcase of new projects in
development, created on residencies at Snape Maltings by musicians
representing a large breadth of musical genres.
Usually, it takes the form of a live weekend at Snape in September but,
because of Covid, this year it will be broadcast online.
It takes place on Saturday, February 27 on YouTube Live and tickets are free.
The event will be hosted by radio presenter, audio producer and DJ Zakia
Sewell.
The line-up is eclectic. Dance-theatre duo Thick and Tight are working on a
piece inspired by Japanese Noh theatre and Benjamin Britten’s piece Curlew
River, incorporating elements of these influences into their home territory of
dance and queer performance.
