SOME of the best and wackiest events are left till last with a flourish of shows in the final days of Salisbury Festival.

Sue Broadway and Eccentric Acts opened Thursday, June 6, at Salisbury Arts Centre bringing one of the most unusual entertainments to this year's festival.

"It's weird and wonderful," said Trevor Davies, festival director.

"Sue Broadway has been one of the most important people in this whole movement of new circus."

She was director of the renowned Australian Circus Oz and Britain's Ra Ra Zoo, touring quirky new circus performances to Edinburgh and elsewhere before coming up with her new double-act show.

"For this show she has found a companion to go back to vaudeville with an almost tongue-in-cheek tribute to the era," Trevor said.

"It's a lot of short acts strung together, light-hearted and musical, almost filmlike.

"They have these weird costumes it's a wonderful family show."

Also set to please festival audiences is Compagnie Fiat Lux a leading French mime and physical theatre company with a show in a similar style to others that have been popular with festival-goers in previous years.

Their show Nouvelles Folies, at Salisbury Playhouse, on June 6 and 7, is a hilarious parody about tourists in a fishing village.

"It's a very warm humour, not cutting or sarcastic, about silly everyday things that get chaotic," Trevor said.

He has seen the show in France and says the cast's facial expressions and clowning mime acting need no language to be understood.

Another unusual event has quickly proved to be a favourite this festival-time the Tibetan Monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery.