Northern Silents

01/04/2026

We're coming to Marsden Mechanics on 19 April!
Book online at www.northernsilents.com

31/03/2026

Pianist Jonny Best and violinist Susannah return to Marsden Mechanics on 19th April with TWO great silent film shows. Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin top the bill in the 2pm show, with the Rudolph Valentino adventure Son of the Sheik following at 4pm. Each show can be booked separately, and great value double bill tickets are available.

Come and join us in the beautiful West Yorkshire village of Marsden for a Sunday afternoon of great classic film with live music!

Info and booking: https://www.northernsilents.com/whats-on?category=Marsden

01/11/2025

31/10/2025

Our friends at Morecambe Winter Gardens have a weekend of events over Halloween, including Haxan, a silent film presented with live score by More Music. All the information is on the Winter Gardens website at

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30/10/2025

Join us at The Stoller Hall Manchester and National Science and Media Museum Bradford for the first performances of a brand new soundtrack to the vampire classic, Nosferatu. Improvising experts, Frame Ensemble, collaborate with Ben Gaunt - Composer on a score which mixes electronics with live improvisation.

Nosferatu is on Friday 31st October at The Stoller Hall, Manchester, and Saturday 1st November at the National Science and Media Museum in the Pictureville Cinema.

Manchester tickets here: https://stollerhall.com/shows/nosferatu/
Bradford tickets here: https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/nosferatu-live-music

23/10/2025

This Sunday 26 October at The Old Woollen, Farsley, Leeds - Phantom of the Opera with live piano

The Phantom of the Opera - Halloween Screening
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The 1925 silent film with live piano by Jonny Best
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23/10/2025

Join us on Saturday November 1st at Bradford's National Science and Media Museum for the 1922 Dracula classic, Nosferatu, with a brand new live score co-created by composer and sonic artist Ben Gaunt - Composer with improvising quartet Frame Ensemble. Mixing electronics with live performance, this is Nosferatu as you've never heard it before...

Full details and booking at northernsilents.com or https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/nosferatu-live-music

23/10/2025

Join us on Halloween in Manchester for the 1922 Dracula classic, Nosferatu, with a brand new score co-created by composer and sonic artist Ben Gaunt - Composer with improvising quartet Frame Ensemble. Mixing electronics with live performance, this is Nosferatu as you've never heard it before...

The Friday October 31st performance at The Stoller Hall is followed by another performance on Saturday November 1st in Bradford at the National Science and Media Museum.

Full details and booking at northernsilents.com

06/10/2025

TONIGHT, Monday 6 October, in York!

06/10/2025

Frame Ensemble is at National Centre for Early Music tonight!

30/09/2025

Our next performance in : an adventure of perilous sea journeys and faith against the odds, brought to musical life by the improvisational talents of Frame Ensemble.

Book now, at National Centre for Early Music
The Divine Voyage
Monday 6th October, 7.30pm
A silent film with live music by Frame Ensemble
www.ncem.co.uk

24/09/2025

Frame is Northern Silents' resident ensemble and they've been playing together for seven years. Liz Hanks Cello Jonny Best Music Irine Røsnes - Violinist and percussionist Trevor Bartlett first got together to play the epic Metropolis at Sheffield's The Abbeydale Picture House in 2018. Now joined by violinist Susannah Simmons, Frame Ensemble is looking forward to a busy few weeks with new projects at National Science and Media Museum National Centre for Early Music The Stoller Hall, and a special masterclass at The University of Manchester. See northernsilents.com/frame-ensemble to find out more...