Puffs of Smoke is a live musical performance featuring a program of short silent films, mostly from before 1920, accompanied by live music composed and performed by Phillip Johnston. Interspersed with these films are short narratives that together create a fantasia exploring the little-known history of the Australian silent film era.
These films combine a variety of techniques, subjects and styles, including dramatised poems, newsreel footage, fragments of bushranger melodramas, advertisements and short documentaries. The program also includes magic lantern slides from the Salvation Army's proto-multimedia event Soldiers of the Cross (1900).
This performance includes short films and other excerpts from the NFSA collection.
Dates & Times
- Sat 30 May 7pm–9pm
Accessibility
- Actively welcomes people with access needs.
- Offer multiple options for booking - web, email, phone
- Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
- Accept the Companion Card
- Employ people with disability
- Train your staff in disability awareness
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
When
30 May
7pm–9pm
Price
$25 - $35
+ $1.50 booking fee
