Step into the cinematic dreamworlds of George Méliès and Buster Keaton with the improvised music of Frame Ensemble.

Two pioneers of visual fantasy meet in a specially created cine‑concert. To set the stage, we celebrate Georges Méliès, whose imagination and technical ingenuity carried cinema beyond the simple recording of everyday life and opening up its magical possibilities for the first time.

Frame Ensemble, Northern Silents’ resident quartet, brings films to life with music created in the moment. No two performances are ever the same: each score emerges spontaneously as the musicians respond to the film in real time alongside the audience. This immediacy makes each Frame Ensemble screening a vivid, one‑of‑a‑kind experience where sound and image become thrillingly alive.