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WORLD PREMIERE.
Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls (1962) is the best film
you've never seen and what better way to see it than with an
entirely new, totally live soundtrack. An original score,
composed by musical madman Leon Radojkovic, is performed live as
the film plays, and a company of actors and a Foley artist add
dialogue and sound effects - under the direction of Oliver
Driver.
Live Cinema - Live Theatre - Live Music - Live Sound Effects. A
Cult Classic.
Praised for its stunning cinematography and dreamy surreal
atmosphere, Carnival of Souls is the best film you've
never seen and what better way to see it than with an entirely new,
totally live soundtrack.
In this unforgettable production, Herk Harvey's stunning black and
white horror film Carnival of Souls is given a fully
re-imagined soundtrack composed by musical madman Leon Radojkovic
and performed by members of Dr Colossus, while brilliant actors
including Chelsie Preston Crayford (Home By Christmas) and
Cameron Rhodes breathe new life into the characters, and one daring
Foley artist re-creates every sound effect, all live on stage,
directed by theatrical troublemaker, Oliver Driver.
Mary Henry is beautiful and vivacious. Having improbably
survived a car wreck she moves to a small town in Utah to begin her
new job as a church organist. But something is wrong in middle
America. Who is the man that follows her days and haunts her
nights? What is it that draws her to the old deserted pavilion by
the highway, and most of all, when will this nightmare
end?
This is a must-attend, multi-dimensional Festival extravaganza
performed at two of Auckland's classic theatres - The Mercury and
The Civic.
PHOTOGRAPH: Hans Edward Hammonds
Co-commissioned by Auckland Arts Festival and Christchurch
Arts Festival in association with Jumpboard Productions
With support from
REVIEWS
"...get as close to the stage as you can, to watch the live
performers, as well as the undead ones on screen.
Exhilarating."
- NZHerald, read the full review here
"A true original, Herk Harvey's unique and haunting
cine-anomaly could be the hypnotic offspring of a shadowy affair
between Bergman and Cocteau."
- Ant Timpson, Incredibly Strange Film Festival
"[Leon Radojkovic's] arrangements … are just madly
sophisticated, nutty and exciting"
- Neil Finn