The Kid – HOME, Manchester
Charlie Chaplin is one of those iconic movie characters that I am embarrassed to admit I've never seen on screen until Manchester Camerata's live orchestral accompaniment of The Kid. The beauty of his movies is that a story can be followed without the use of dialogue.
At first, I thought this would be screened on one of the cinema screens at HOME, however it took place in their main theatre space. The movie is projected onto a screen at the back of the stage.
Given the movie was originally released in 1921, the person who managed to digitally restore and bring it up to viewable quality should be applauded.
The movie, as you can imagine, is silent. Yet it is filled with humour from beginning to end.
Obviously for the movie to work without any dialogue it does rely quite hea...