Continuing our Halloween tradition of presenting a silent horror movie on the Saturday before Halloween, on Saturday 26 October we present Phantom of the Opera. 

This 1925 silent horror film stars Lon Chaney in the title role. The film remains most famous for Chaney’s ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film’s premiere. No doubt you know the story of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in a vain attempt to make the woman he loves a star.  But have you ever seen it on the big screen, with live accompaniment?

This classic silent movie will be masterfully accompanied on the Barton Organ by Tim Mesun with his original score developed specially for this event. (And no, that’s NOT Tim in the photo!)

We hope you will include the theatre in your Halloween plans. Get your tickets now and you too, can experience the theatre in the same way as our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. We think it’s a theatre tradition worth preserving.