Rio Cinema | Unity Arts London

As part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund project

MOONBEAM MAGIC

Unity Arts and the Rio Cinema are hosting an event

SEPTEMBER 29 from 830pm

The Beauty of Silent Film

looking at the history of silent movies in post WWI Britain.

This in the year that the Rio celebrate their 115th Anniversary as arguably the longest running cinema in the UK.

The event will include a presentation by expert Andrew Woodyatt from the Rio Cinema, a live performance from Dan de la Motte and Lil Warren created by Unity Arts, based on the very first films made by Edison.

There will be a small installation in the foyer created by participants in our first set of Silent Film workshops at St Margaret’s House in Bethnal Green (where silent star Mabel Poulton is from). One discovery was the first screen male on male kiss.

All followed by a screening of the silent film The Pleasure Garden, the directorial debut of Alfred Hitchcock.

The bar will be open. There will be 1920s music played and a bottle of champagne for the most interesting costume worn!!!

This is a FREE event but you need to register on the link below (for obvious reasons).

https://beautyofsilentcinema.eventbrite.co.uk

DOORS OPEN 8PM.

We have just had the exciting news that our submission to NLHF to fund a 30 month project with a 1920s heritage focus has been successful!

MOONBEAM MAGIC will deliver a blended programme of in person and online events and activities looking at post-war social history including the subjects the “Bright Young Thing” Stephen Tennant and silent movie star Mabel Poulton.