Avatar's the Last Airbender - Film with Live Orchestra

A screening of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender accompanied by a live orchestra, presented at the Eventim Apollo in west London. The programme pairs the original episodes with a performing ensemble.

Avatar: The Last Airbender is the animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, first broadcast on Nickelodeon. It follows Aang, the last surviving Airbender, as he tries to master the four elements and defeat the Fire Nation, and it has since become one of the most widely discussed animated series of its period. This event brings the episodes to the stage, with the soundtrack performed live rather than played from a recording.

In concert, the programme is built around the screen: the film runs while the orchestra plays the score in sync with the images. The performers are arranged in the pit below the screen, so the music and the episodes are presented together throughout the evening. The format is classical in its presentation, with the orchestra as the principal musical voice.

The Eventim Apollo is a concert venue at 45 Queen Caroline Street in Hammersmith, west London. It is suited to film-with-orchestra evenings, and the night is aimed at fans of the series as well as anyone interested in how screen music is performed live.