The Tempest

Strange Frames and Jarman Now present an afternoon of magic and mystery, with Derek Jarman’s spellbinding adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Starring punk icon Toyah Willcox as Miranda, and poet, Heathcote Williams as Prospero, Jarman’s The Tempest is an anachronistic and expressionistic film, punctuated by deliriously camp theatric spectacle.

The film exhibits an ethereal magic inspired by Jarman’s own practice of alchemy and Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, in which “the whole landscape is alive with apparitions and malevolent dreams” whilst distinctly avoiding cliched horror tropes.

Join us for a deeply personal film, manifested through the words of William Shakespeare. With introduction from Strange Frames’ Katie Spooner and talk from Jarman Now’s Elisa Oliver.

Short film TBA.

Hosted and curated by  Strange Frames, a monthly film club that celebrates the offbeat, grotesque and arcane, examines the unexpectedly transgressive and revels in the strange frames of cinema. Exploring the 20th century’s most important storytelling medium through the lens of history, folklore and legend. 

Elisa Oliver is a Cultural Historian with a particular interest in British Visual Culture from the late 20th century. An active producer and curator she has worked with Tate and FACT, Liverpool, New Art Gallery Walsall and Project78 amongst others in the realisation of events, exhibitions and publications. Oliver is the Director of Jarman Now, a project exploring the legacy of the work of artist and film-maker Derek Jarman.

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