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Picture Parlour 'The Travelling Show' by Harv Frost

Rob Ulitski - 17th Dec 2025

Harv Frost directs The Travelling Show for Manchester indie rock band Picture Parlour, part of the filmmaker's creative direction for the entire campaign, covering multiple music videos, visualisers, stills, artwork and merchandise.

The video is a showcase of performance and narrative, interwoven in an abstract yet inspired way. With the campaign unfolding across different formats, it's a glimpse into the world Frost and the band have created.

"Working with Picture Parlour has been an exercise of true creative expression from our first meeting," says Harv Frost. "Being along for the ride on this campaign, and working alongside them in bringing the visual world of the record to life was a truly rewarding process.

"Our first video in the campaign, Who’s There To Love Without You?, is a love letter to Northern Soul and the venues that birthed the subculture that are now lost in time. {That] was an inspiring launching off point of what would become an almost seven month long friendship and collaboration.

"Being a part of the campaign more holistically, right down to the album sleeve, press photos and the conceptual world that the album takes place in has been incredibly gratifying. The second video in the campaign for Cielo Drive had me tag along on the bands writing retreat in Paris to self shoot them on Super 8 lurking streets, and I got to try my hand at shooting and operating Super 8 for the first time which was slightly nerve-wracking as I was fully expecting it all to be over or under exposed and we would have nothing to edit. Thankfully it turned out gorgeous, and was lovingly edited by Eden Read.

"The final video in the campaign is for me, by far a favourite. It’s a deeply personal track for Kate (the lead singer), and required a sensitive approach. For me, I set out with the goal of creating a character study, a video that focused on performance and ‘acting’ than I’ve ever done before.

"My overall goal being ‘I want to make people weep by the end of it’, and I certainly cried so that’s a win if you ask me. This video was a passion project in the truest sense, in which Kate and I had to really trust our relationship and lean on each other to bring out the performance. The first video and the last are spiritual sequels to one and other, with plot points, characters and emotional beats carried on from the first."

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  • Alternative
  • Rock
  • Indie
  • Performance
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  • Multiformat
  • Abstract
  • Inspired
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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Harv Frost
Producer
Emily Barker
Production Company

Camera

Director of Photography
Charlotte Croft
Focus Puller
Laura Flack

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Louie Johnson

Wardrobe

Stylist
Jessica Lythgoe
Make-up
Georgia Hope

Editorial

Editor
Imogen Perry

Grading

Colourist
Dan Levy

Agent

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