Purple Rain

When?

Thursday 10 March 2011, 20.00

Where?

The Electric Theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford

Open to:

Public, Staff, Students

Admission price:

£6.50 full/senior citizens, £5 concessions, £4 Boileroom Loyalty Cards/ACM/University of Surrey students

Admission information:

Tickets available from The Electric Theatre

In 1984, the music of Prince crossed-over to cinemas everywhere with his hit film Purple Rain. Most reviewers praised the music enthusiastically, but criticised the film itself as a B-grade version of the traditional “backstage musical.” Both observations, however, missed the central point that audiences immediately understood: Purple Rain is not a film but rather a long-form music video, made to capture all the excitement, complexity, contradiction, and glory of Prince as a live performer. It remains today a dynamic portrait of an artist at the precise moment when he was the world’s most interesting musician.