Groovescooter presents 2021 Australia Premieres - Sydney: Golden Age Cinema March 7th Tix: bit.ly/2Z7rI31 & Melbourne at Thornbury Picture House Apr 30 Tix: tinyurl.com/De...
A new feature-length cinematic portrait of pioneering electronic musician Delia Derbyshire, who famously conceived and arranged the original Doctor Who TV theme and was part of the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop crew. Among those on screen are Saskia Reeves, Cosey Fanni Tutti (of Throbbing Gristle, also responsible for the soundtrack) and the film’s director Caroline Catz, whose rendering of Derbyshire’s career is as creative as the woman herself. The film’s playful, psychedelic mix uses archival materials and interviews with Delia’s colleagues and collaborators, alongside dramatisations, Cosey Fanni Tutti’s psycho-sonic channeling and inventive juxtapositions that mirror the famously eccentric composer’s own unorthodox and questing spirit.
Following its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, this special International Women's Day screening will also treats for cinema attendees, including some specially conceived Delia Derbyshire / IWD / Synthesizer t-shirts with an Australian-only design by fabulous artist Tierra Boo, plus special guests, as well as Doctor Who vinyl and other giveaways. Come and celebrate IWD with a film that pays tribute to an extraordinary female artist and talent who lived outside of time and space - as others experience it - and whose soundscapes seemed connected to another realm.