Screening of the classic 1922 horror film Nosferatu accompanied by a live musical score performed by composer Chris Green.
Nosferatu with Live Score comes to the York Theatre Royal on Thursday 5 November, with the screening taking place in the Main House. It's the 1922 silent classic Nosferatu — arguably the film that gave birth to the horror genre and the first cinematic interpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula — played with a live score by composer Chris Green.
The score itself has a bit of a story. Green wrote it when English Heritage commissioned him for a live outdoor screening of the film at Whitby Abbey, which is Dracula's spiritual home. It's a haunting blend of electronic and acoustic instruments, and Green performs it live on the night, so the music is happening in the room with the film rather than just playing from a recording.
Green is a musician who's worked across folk, theatre, and early music. He's a regular at Shakespeare's Globe and has played as a musician on the BBC's Poldark. In 2018 he released his first solo album, Switched-On Playford, which fuses 17th-century dance music with electronica — that same mix of the old and the electronic runs through this score too.
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So, on Thursday 5 November, you'll get the 1922 film on the screen at the York Theatre Royal Main House, with Chris Green performing the score live. It's a good one if you fancy a silent horror classic with a live soundtrack.
