with a new live score by Robin Harris

Sun 18 July | Crown Hotel | 8pm

A wedding, a revolution and murder! Vilner’s film Benya Krik is a groundbreaking masterpiece from the silent archives.

Composer and musician Robin Harris and nine musicians will perform his critically acclaimed score to the film Benya Krik, a project that attracted Harris for its fusion of comedy, tenderness and urgent political drama.

Once banned and seldom screened, the 1926 Russian film is the thrilling story of Jewish gangsters embroiled in a Bolshevik trap during the Russian Revolution. Following sell-out successes in London and Paris, this is a rare chance to see eight of the UK’s finest klezmer musicians on piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin and drums. Experience a dazzling combination of Yiddish folk, classical Russian influences, klezmer and Eastern jazz.

Tickets: £15 Unreserved
U25s: £5

“The live soundtrack, deeply infused with klezmer, brings the story and its bittersweet humour to life.”
Simon Broughton, Songlines Magazine