Pride 10th Anniversary with Tredegar
The 10th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA award winning film 'Pride' is to be marked with a special screening with live musical accompaniment later this year. Tredegar Band, who provided a great deal of the original soundtrack, will appear at the event at Swansea Arena on Friday 25th October alongside The Alternative Orchestra.
'Pride' tells the true story of a group of London based lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help Welsh mining families during the historic year long strike in 1984. The comedy-drama was directed by Matthew Warchus with the score written by Chris Nightingale. Tredegar recorded the music at Air Studios in London and made a cameo appearance in the film. The band also performed at the opening night in London and went on to be invited to play at London's Pride March.
Commenting on the forthcoming performance, Creative Director Nathan Jones said: "This is an incredible opportunity to continue sharing a really important story. The music is an exciting hybrid of Welsh traditions such as the sound of a fantastic brass band who contributed so much to the unique 80's soundtrack composed by Christopher Nightingale. We're absolutely delighted to have Tredegar Band involved, especially since they were hand-picked by the composer to record for the original film recording. The performance will also feature a massed choir including local LGBT, Mixed Voice, Musical Theatre and Male Voice choirs, so it simply cannot be missed."
Tickets are on sale now at the Swansea Arena website at: https://www.swansea-arena.co.uk/shows/pride-10th-anniversary-special-film-with-live-orchestra
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