A 1920s French silent film with live music by Frame Ensemble
A young woman comes to Paris to work at her uncle’s haberdashery shop only to find that the family business is being crushed by the huge department store opposite. Adapted from Emile Zola’s novel, Au Bonheur des Dames is both a stunning evocation of late-1920s Parisian style and a comment on the consumerism of the age. With gliding camerawork and beautiful Paris settings, Julien Duvivier’s elegiac film was shot in the Autumn of 1929, just as the silent film era was being replaced by the talkies.
Frame Ensemble’s acclaimed improvised scores bring silent cinema into vivid life, each performance a unique and unrepeatable spontaneous musical response to the film. Frame Ensemble returns to The Stoller Hall following their performance of Pandora’s Box in 2023.
Get 15% off when you book for both this and The Phantom of the Opera (Friday 14 March 2025) in the same transaction. Discount will be automatically applied during the booking process.
Seating for this show will be unallocated in the Carole Nash Hall. If you have any access requirements, please do let us know at boxoffice@stollerhall.com or on 0333 130 0967 (lines open Tuesday – Thursday 1.30pm – 4pm). You can find out more about access in our building here.
