Performances
Forthcoming Performances
2024
The Epic of Everest, 9 March 2024, Harrogate Theatre. With Frame Ensemble. Booking and info here.
Metropolis, 15 March 2024, Hull Truck Theatre. Booking and info here.
UCL Neuroscience and Comedy Gala, 27 March 2024. From Slapstick to Brains, and back again - a gala night of comedy and neuroscience with Told by an Idiot and Professor Sophie Scott. I’m doing a segment in the show focusing on scoring slapstick comedy. Booking and info here.
The General and The Great Train Robbery, 13 April 2024, The Stoller Hall, Manchester. With Trevor Bartlett (percussion). Booking and info here.
The General and The Great Train Robbery, Brewery Arts, Kendal. Booking and info here.
Chicago, 17 April 2024, Storyhouse, Chester. Booking and info here.
Metropolis, 18 April 2024, Old Woollen, Leeds. With Frame Ensemble. Booking and info here.
Silents by the Sea, Morecambe Winter Gardens, 8-9 June 2024
Northern Silent Film Festival at Morecambe Winter Gardens, 28 September 2024.
Northern Silent Film Festival continues throughout October 2024 - more information to come.
Past Performances
2023
South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic, 18 April 2023, 7.30pm, National Centre for Early Music, York. With Frame Ensemble.
Pandora’s Box, 20 April 2023, The Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds. With Frame Ensemble.
Laurel and Hardy, 13 May 2023, Harrogate Theatre. With Jeff Davenport (percussion).
The General, 13 May 2023, Harrogate Theatre. With Jeff Davenport (percussion).
Metropolis, 14 May 2023, Morecambe Winter Gardens. With Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
The Secrets of the Silent Film Pianist, 25 June, Picturedrome Holmfirth
Metropolis, 25 June, Picturedrome Holmfirth
Metropolis, 15 July, Hull Truck Theatre
Metropolis, 20 July, Storyhouse Chester, with Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
Slapstick for Children, 5 August, Hebden Bridge Picture House.
Pandora’s Box, 16 September, The Stoller Hall, Manchester, with Frame Ensemble.
Buster Keaton shorts, 1 October, Morecambe Winter Gardens.
Would You Believe It, 1 October, Morecambe Winter Gardens.
Chicago, 1 October, Morecambe Winter Gardens. With Susannah Simmons (violin), Neil Diffley (guitar/banjo), Ben McCabe (percussion).
The Big Parade, 11 November, The Stoller Hall, Manchester. With Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
Duck Soup & Do Detectives Think?, Brewery Arts, Kendal, Part of Northern Silent Film Festival
The Great Train Robbery & The General, 23 October 2023, National Centre for Early Music, York.
2022
Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt 14 December, Tagore Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram, International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
The Phantom Carriage, 13 December, Tagore Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram, International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
Foolish Wives, 12 December, Tagore Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram, International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
The Parson’s Widow, 11 December, Tagore Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram, International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
Nosferatu, 10 December, Tagore Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram, International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
The Lodger, 17 November, Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton. With Liz Hanks (cello) and Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
Nosferatu, 26 October, Hull Minster, for Hull Independent Cinema.
Nosferatu, 31 October, The Picturedrome, Holmfirth. Part of Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
The Phantom Carriage, 26 October, National Centre for Early Music, York. With Frame Ensemble. Part of Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Nosferatu, 24 October. Storyhouse, Chester. With Frame Ensemble.
Une Femme a Passé, 23 October, Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield. Part of Yorkshire Silent Film Festival. With Liz Hanks (cello) and Jon Boden (fiddle, accordion).
The Mark of Zorro, 14 October, Hull Truck Theatre. Part of Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Waxworks, 10 September, with Off the Rails Creative Jazz Orchestra, at The Dukes, Lancaster.
The Lodger, July 24th, Morecambe Winter Gardens. With Liz Hanks (cello) and Ben McCabe (percussion). Introduced by Vanessa Toulmin.
Rowdy Ann, What is the World Coming To, and Pranks, June 13th, Harrogate Theatre. Booking.
Beggars of Life, 8 June, Hull Independent Cinema at Hull Truck Theatre. Booking.
The General and Laurel & Hardy triple bill, 29 May, Morecambe Winter Gardens. With Trevor Bartlett (percussion)
Lonesome, 15 May 2022, Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield.
Many a Slip & Chess Fever, 15 May 2022, Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield.
The General, 7 April 2022, The Old Woollen at Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds. With Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
The Unknown, 20 March, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo’ness, Scotland
Duck Soup, Two Tars, & Liberty - a Laurel and Hardy triple bill. 20 March, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo’ness, Scotland
Underworld, 13 March, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield. With Frame Ensemble.
Hell’s Hinges. 13 March, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield.
The Navigator, 13 March, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield.
Steamboat Bill Jr. 10 March, Hull Truck Theatre, with Hull Independent Cinema
The Passion of Joan of Arc, 5th March, Harrogate Theatre. Performing with Frame Ensemble.
2021
Back to God’s Country, 3 October, Midlands Arts Centre. Info and tickets.
The Farmer’s Wife, 12 October, Leyburn Arts Centre. Part of the 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Nanook of the North, (with Frame Ensemble) 13 October, Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax. Part of the 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Nanook of the North, (with Frame Ensemble) 14 October, National Centre for Early Music, York. Part of the 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Piccadilly, Saltburn Community Arts, Saltburn by the Sea. Part of the 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Funny Business with Laurel and Hardy, Mabel Normand, and Buster Keaton, Carriageworks Leeds, part of the 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Back to God’s Country, 17 October, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield. Part of the 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.
Au Bonheur des Dames, 17 October, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield. Part of the 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival. Performing with Frame Ensemble.
Dragnet Girl, 30 October, The Leeds Library. Part of BFI’s Japan 2021 season. Performing with Irine Røsnes (violin).
Nosferatu 31 October, Morecambe Winter Gardens.
Robin Hood, 7 December, Hull Independent Cinema at Hull Truck Theatre.
The Hound of the Baskerville (Der Hund von Baskerville) 6 March, Leeds Lit Fest, streamed performance. Festival website.
The Woman Men Yearn For 20 March, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo’ness. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Festival website. Streamed performance.
Metropolis 17 June, Harrogate Odeon with Harrogate Theatre. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Live performance.
The Woman Men Yearn For 20 June, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Live performance.
The General 20June, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield. Performing with Trevor Bartlett (percussion). Live performance.
The Brilliant Bioscope 20 June, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Live performance.
Stachka 18 July, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Live performance.
Filibus The Mysterious Air Pirate 18 July, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield.
2020
Variety 5 May, Harrogate Theatre. With Irine Røsnes (violin) and Trevor Bartlett (percussion). Cancelled due to Covid-19.
The 4th Yorkshire Silent Film Festival 5 - 17 May, various venues in Yorkshire, including National Centre for Early Music (York), Abbeydale Picture House (Sheffield), Hull Truck Theatre with Hull Independent Cinema, and Harrogate Theatre. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
Laurel and Hardy Triple Bill 22 March, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo’ness. Performing with Frank Bockius (percussion). Festival website. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
The Woman Men Yearn For 21 March, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo’ness. Performing with Irine Røsnes (violin). Festival website. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
The Wind (Victor Sjöström, 1928) Wed 18 March, BFI Southbank. Booking opens 11 Feb. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
Oliver Twist (Frank Lloyd, 1922) Sat 7 March, Leeds Literature Festival, The Leeds Library. Booking.
The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928) Sat 21 Feb, Hull Independent Cinema at Hull Truck Theatre. Booking.
The Good Bad Man (Alan Dwan 1916) 12 Jan, 2.50pm, BFI Southbank, London.
2019
Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein, 1925) 50th International Film Festival of India, Goa, Nov 20th-28th. Festival website.
Pandora’s Box (Pabst, 1929) 50th International Film Festival of India, Goa, Nov 20th-28th. Festival website
Blackmail (Hitchcock, 1929) 50th International Film Festival of India, Goa, Nov 20th-28th. Festival website
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Esfir Shub, 1927) Leeds International Film Festival at Hyde Park Picture House, Nov 11th. Festival website.
The Smiling Madame Beudet & Ménilmontant University of Huddersfield Concerts, Nov 7th 7.30pm. Performing with Irine Røsnes (violin).
The Great White Silence (Herbert Ponting, 1924) York Concerts at University of York, Nov 1st. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Booking.
Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922) National Centre for Early Music, Oct 27. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Booking.
Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922) Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, October 31. Booking.
People on Sunday (1930) & The Great White Silence (Herbert Ponting, 1924) Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield, October 20th. Performing with Frame Ensemble. Info and booking via Yorkshire Silent Film Facebook page.
Speedy Ellesmere College, October 11th. Booking opens soon.
The Great White Silence (Herbert Ponting, 1924) Hull Truck Theatre/Hull Independent Cinema, October 5th. Performing with Frame Ensemble.
Moulin Rouge (E.A. Dupont, 1928) Dolly Shot Pop-up Picturehouse, Huddersfield, July 11th.
The Joyless Street (Pabst, 1925) BFI Southbank, June 23 4pm.
The Devious Path (Pabst, BFI Southbank, June 24 8.30pm.
Sunrise: a Song of Two Humans (Murnau, 1927) Holmfirth Arts Festival, June 16, time tbc.
The General (Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1926) Hull Independent Cinema at Hull Truck Theatre, June 7. With Trevor Bartlett, percussion.
Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, 1925) Harrogate Theatre, 6 June. With Frame Ensemble [Irine Rosnes (violin) and Trevor Bartlett (percussion)].
Waxworks (Leni/Dieterle, 1924), BFI Southbank, 26 May 3.15pm. Part of Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: Weimar Cinema 1919-1933.
Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein, 1925), mac Birmingham, 25 May.
The Last Laugh (Murnau, 1924), BFI Southbank, 14 May 6.30pm. Part of Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: Weimar Cinema 1919-1933.
Opium (Reinert, 1919), BFI Southbank, 7 May 8.40pm. Part of Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: Weimar Cinema 1919-1933. Book at BFI website.
The Golem (Wegener, 1920), BFI Southbank, 5 May, 8.45pm. Part of Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: Weimar Cinema 1919-1933. Book at BFI website.
Pandora’s Box (GW Pabst, 1929), National Centre for Early Music York, 28 April 7.30pm. With Liz Hanks (cello).
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, Leeds Young Film Festival, Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds, Sat 13 April, 3.30pm.
Easy Street (Chaplin) & Angora Love (Laurel & Hardy), National Centre for Early Music, York, 7 April 4pm.
A Modern Dubarry (Alexander Korda, 1927), BFI Southbank, 6 January. Tickets and details.
Blackmail (Hitchcock, 1929), Hull Independent Cinema at Hull Truck Theatre, March 19th.
The Railway Stowaways and The Railway of Death, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo’ness, Scotland 23 March.
Moulin Rouge (EA Dupont, 1928), with Günter Buchwald (violin) & Frank Bockius (percussion), Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo’ness, Scotland, 24 March.
2018
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920), Choppards Mission, Holmfirth. 31 October. With James Hedgecock (percussion).
The Docks of New York - Leeds International Film Festival, November.
Metropolis, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield, October 21. With Irine Rosnes (violin), Liz Hanks (cello) and Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
Recycled Silent Movie Hat Fair Winchester and Corby Cube, Nov/Dec
Diary of a Lost Girl, Cube Cinema, Bristol & South West Silents
Pandora's Box, Hull Independent Cinema & Hull Truck Theatre
Snow White, University of Hull. With Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
Feu Mathias Pascal, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
Prix de Beauté, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival at Showroom Cinema Sheffield
L'Invitation au Voyage, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival at Abbeydale Picture House Sheffield. With Irine Rosnes (violin).
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival at Abbeydale Picture House Sheffield. With Liz Hanks (cello) and Trevor Bartlett (percussion).
The Unknown, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival at Abbeydale Picture House Sheffield and Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
South, Hull Independent Cinema & Hull Truck Theatre
2017
The Lodger, Hull Film Festival & Hull Truck Theatre
Hindle Wakes, Holmfirth Film Festival
Takový je život (Such is Life), Leeds International Film Festival
The Lost World, Leeds Young Film Festival
Battleship Potemkin, York Concerts at University of York
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Abbeydale Picture House Sheffield
7th Heaven, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
Chicago, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
The House on Trubnaya Street, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
Blackmail, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
Silent Shakespeare, University of York
Ben Hur, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
Asphalt, South West Silents
Man with a Movie Camera, Hebden Bridge Picture House
The Four Just Men, Hyde Park Picture House Leeds
Segundo de Chomon shorts, Abbeydale Picture House Sheffield
2016
Battle of the Century & Speedy, Leeds International Film Festival at City Varieties
My Wife's Relations & Exit Smiling, Leeds International Film Festival at City Varieties
Vampyr, National Centre for Early Music York
A Trip to the Moon, National Centre for Early Music York
Flesh and the Devil, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
The Navigator, Leyburn Arts Centre
Phantom of the Opera, Hull Independent Cinema at Hull Truck Theatre
Safety Last!, Hull Independent Cinema at Hull Truck Theatre
The Irony of Justice, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Pordenone
Al Christie Comedies, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Pordenone
Shooting Stars, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
Chaplin Mutuals, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
The Wind, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival
Waxworks, Slung Low Hub Leeds
2015
The Call of the Road, Abbeydale Picture House Sheffield
Nosferatu, Abbeydale Picture House Sheffield
Would You Believe It, Leeds International Film Festival
The Mark of Zorro, Holmfirth Silents
The Rink & Mighty Like a Moose, Holmfirth Silents