Battleship Potemkin with original score by Body Orchestra

Back by popular demand, Body Orchestra are performing their original score, live, to Sergei Eisenstein's seminal movie, Battleship Potemkin (1925). Featuring field recordings of Bolshevik funeral marches, and manipulating the audio using reel to reel tape machines (inspired by Eisensteins signature collage techniques), Body Orchestra will accompany the film's dramatisation of the real life Russian Battleship mutiny in 1905 performing onboard an historic cargo ship.

Returning from sell-out performance in 2024 at Theatreship, the music ranged from extended drone pieces, inspired by Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel, to decomposing Shostakovich's 11th symphony (an interperetation of a Bolshevik funeral march about the Russian Revolution of 1905, which the film is based on).

This event is part of Silent Film with New Sound season at Theatreship.

Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.

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Doors open at 4pm for drinks in the bar. Please arrive before 7pm to allow time to enter the theatre and settle in! There is no allocated seating.

Theatreship is committed to broadening access to the arts - we know that ticket price is a huge barrier for some. If the regular ticket price is beyond what you feel able to afford for whatever reason, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] and we will do everything we can to help, no questions asked.

We also offer arts supporter tickets, for those that can, to pay a higher price to support the venue, the artists who perform here and subsidised tickets for others.

Due to the historic nature of the ship, we’re sorry to say there is not currently step-free access into the theatre space. We have dedicated staff on hand to help with stairs, and an onsite wheelchair once you’re inside the venue. If you have any access needs, please do e-mail us at [email protected].

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