Richard Dawson - 'The Hermit' film premiere announced!

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

Richard Dawson - 'The Hermit' film screening premiere
In person Q&A w/ Richard Dawson and director James Hankins hosted by Adam Buxton
Jennifer Lucy Allan (DJ set)
Record signing

Saturday 12 November
Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High St, London, E8 2PB
4pm-6pm (please arrive promptly at 4pm) | £14 | Tickets: https://riocinema.org.uk/RioCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=14925370

To celebrate the release of his new solo album 'The Ruby Cord' via Weird World on Nov 18, Richard Dawson presents a feature-length film for the album's 40-minute opening track, a sprawling mood piece entitled 'The Hermit' that tells the story of a loner living in a bucolic dreamworld.

Directed by Bristol filmmaker James Hankins and shot across South-West England in summer 2022, the short film will be shown at several cinemas and art spaces across the UK in the week leading up to the album release, with Q & A sessions after each screening. This event offers the first opportunity to hear music from 'The Ruby Cord'.

'The Ruby Cord' is the final part of a trilogy that started with the pre-medieval world of 'Peasant', was brought back to the present day with '2020' and - possibly - concludes in the future with Dawson’s seventh studio album. After recent collaborations with Finnish metal innovators Circle and his work with Hen Ogledd, this is a return to Dawson’s own world with seven tracks that plunge us into an unreal, fantastical and at times sinister future where social mores have mutated, ethical and physical boundaries have evaporated… a place where you no longer need to engage with anyone but yourself and your own imagination.

This special event will feature the premiere screening of the 40 minute film that accompanies 'The Hermit' followed by an in-person Q&A with Richard Dawson and director James Hankins hosted by the brilliant Adam Buxton.