Leonard’s Beautiful Pictures was first commissioned by and presented at Ten Days on the Island 2021. The world premiere season was at the Gaiety Theatre in Zeehan;Mechanics Institute in Scottsdale and the Theatre Royal Hobart.The 60 minute performance is a screening of selected films from the National Film and Sound Archive’s Corrick Collection presented with a live music and foley score by three musicians. This is a family friendly event.

Creative Team:

Composer & Musical Director: Dean Stevenson
Musicians: Randal Muir & Ralph Forehead
Films Digitally Restored by National Film & Sound Archive
Originally Commissioned by Ten Days on the Island

Films:

PRINCE OF WALES VISITS LAUNCESTON
LeonardCorrick, Australia 1920
This film documents the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) visit to Launceston in late July1920. This is one of the final films that Leonard Corrick shot.

Dean Stevenson:

Graduating with a Masters of Music from the University of Tasmania,local composer musician Dean Stevenson has performed,recorded and toured across the world. You may have seen him play in Ten Days on the Island or at Mona Foma or Dark Mofo among other Australian festivals. In 2018,he received a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship for a composition research project that sent him to eight countries.Other highlights of his career include producing new music by Sting in collaboration with David Walsh and a commission from the Governor of Tasmania to write a new work celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday.