LEONARD’S BEAUTIFUL PICTURES
Leonard’s Beautiful Pictures makes its debut tour on the mainland, originating from the Ten Days on the Island Festival in Tasmania.
Friday 15 April @Four Winds Festival, Bermagui TICKETS
Saturday 16 April @Lake Crackenback Resort, presented by Lake Light Sculpture & South East Arts TICKETS
Sunday 17 April @Centennial Park, Cooma presented by South East Arts TICKETS
Wednesday 20 April @ Picton Shire Hall presented by Wollondilly Council, Southern Tablelands Arts & South East Arts TICKETS
Thursday 21 April @ Southern Cross Cinema, Young presented by Southern Tablelands Arts & South East Arts TICKETS COMING SOON
About the Show
In the family of entertainers known as The Marvellous Corricks there were eight talented siblings: seven sisters and their brother, Leonard. He was just 14 years old when he started making and screening silent films.
It was 1901 and his early projections – a highlight of his family’s travelling shows filled with sketches and singalongs – would light up the world.
In 2021, Leonard’s Beautiful Pictures returned in all their wonder for a world premiere at Ten Days on the Island in Tasmania. These 100-year-old films once again are entertaining and delighting audiences.
Leonard’s fascinating newsreels and dramatic films once awed our local communities with the latest in cinematography. Now, a selection of Leonard’s films, some black-and-white, some gorgeously hand-tinted – digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) – represent a rare vision of a former world.
Paying homage to The Marvellous Corricks’ musical talents, renowned Tasmanian composer and performer Dean Stevenson and his band will accompany these moving pictures with a playful new musical soundscape.
Presented by South East Arts and the National Film and Sound Archive Digital Restoration Program – NFSA Restores – Reviving Australia’s cinema icons.
Originally commissioned by Ten Days on the Island.
Supported by Create NSW through the Regional Touring Fund.
