LEONARD’S BEAUTIFUL PICTURES Princess Theatre

La Fee aux Fleurs (France, 1905)

Theatre North presents STOP PRESS! Leonard’s Beautiful Pictures

A rare vision of a former world, drenched in hand-tinted colour and laughter.

Popular In the family of entertainers known as The Marvellous Corricks there were eight talented siblings: seven sisters and their brother, Leonard. He was just 14 years old when he started making and screening silent films. It was 1901 and his early projections – a highlight of his family’s travelling shows filled with sketches and singalongs – would light up the world. Paying homage to The Marvellous Corricks’ musical talents, renowned Tasmanian composer and performer Dean Stevenson and his band accompany these moving pictures with a playful new musical soundscape. Bring your family and welcome Leonard’s Beautiful Pictures into the 21st century. Wednesday 27 April, 7pm Princess Theatre

60 minutes (no interval) Tickets

Priced from $18.90 - $29.90 Group & Family tickets available

Composer & Musical Director: Dean Stevenson Musicians: Randal Muir & Ralph Forehead Films Digitally Restored by: National Film & Sound Archive Originally Commissioned by: Ten Days on the Island

Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive Digital Restoration Program – NFSA Restores – Reviving Australia’s cinema icons. Image from The Corrick Collection; courtesy National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA). 28