A SILENT film from 1920 starring Lon Chaney is to tour Scotland.
The Penalty, starring Chaney as a double amputee gangster running San Francisco's criminal underworld, is to be accompanied by Graeme Stephen and Pete Harvey, who will play a new live score commissioned by HippFest.
The funding has been provided for the tour by Film Hub Scotland.
It will be shown at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh on 1 December, at Glasgow Film Theatre on 2 December, at the Macrobert Art Centre in Stirling on 6 December, Eden Court in Inverness on 7 December and at the DCA in Dundee on 6 January, 2019.
The Penalty was directed by Wallace Worsley, who also worked with Chaney in the more famous Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The score written by Graeme Stephen for guitar and cello.
Alison Strauss, director of the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival said: "We are delighted to be able to tour The Penalty thanks to support from Film Hub Scotland. Graeme’s new score, which was premiered at this year’s HippFest, is a dynamic musical interpretation of this rarely screened film.
"Chaney is brilliant as Blizzard – the criminal mastermind driven by his lust for revenge and with Graeme and Pete’s terrific new score this film is ripe for discovery by fans of horror and great music."
Stephen said: “Absolutely delighted to get the opportunity to work with this brilliant piece of early onscreen horror.
"Lon Chaney is captivating and I have had a wonderful time working with Pete on developing this new score. I hope audiences throughout Scotland will enjoy the film."
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival was launched in 2011.
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TWO Scottish theatre companies, Catherine Wheels and Lung Ha, are to produce a new show to tour schools next year.
Emma & Gill explores the lives of two young girls and their different experiences of school and family life.
A statement from the companies said: "It questions what is ‘normal’ and why being different is to be celebrated."
The show features Emma McCaffrey who has performed with Lung Ha Theatre Company since 2013 and was diagnosed with autism when she was 11, and Gill Robertson the artistic director of Catherine Wheels.
The show will be directed by Lung Ha Theatre Company’s artistic director, Maria Oller, and with design by Karen Tennent and sound design by Danny Krass.
Catherine Wheels creates work for children and young people.
Lung Ha Theatre Company are one of the leading theatre companies for people with learning disabilities in Scotland.
This is the first time Catherine Wheels and Lung Ha theatre companies have collaborated and the first time Lung Ha Theatre Company has created a show for schools.
Emma & Gill will tour to P1-P3s in mainstream and special schools across Edinburgh and the Lothians from 18 February to 8 March next year.
The show is part of the Theatre in Schools Scotland 2019 programme, a new initiative.
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THE TV series Outlander has launched a trainee programme, to help them shoot season five of the popular drama.
The production will get underway at Wardpark Studios in the new year.
It will, the producers says, "foster practical production skills and provides the professional experience required to enable the next generation of screen talent to enter and progress careers within the industry."
Trainees will develop skills in a variety of creative and technical roles including costume, production, production design, locations, props, rigging, carpentry, set painter, assistant director and camera.
Guy Tannahill, a producer of Outlander, said: “Outlander has run four successful training programmes since it began in 2013, training over 90 people.
"Many of the alumni have gone on to take on important roles on both Outlander and in the wider industry and we look to continue to build on this for Season 5.
"It is an excellent scheme, not just for the trainees, who will get to work alongside first-class talent, but also for the wider Scottish industry which will reap the benefits of the training through the increased talent base we are helping to build and nurture."
Scott Donaldson, head of Screen Education at Screen Scotland said: "Outlander provides exceptional opportunities for significant numbers of training positions in specialist skills across key departments.
"We are delighted to be able to support this unique programme once again, and we look forward to seeing the trainees' careers develop in future."
Outlander is adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s international best-selling series of eight books.
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