Chris Columbus’s Home Alone screens in full at the Royal Albert Hall while the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra plays John Williams’ score live under Anthony Gabriele.
Chris Columbus’s Home Alone screens in full at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2026, with John Williams’ score played live. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performs under Anthony Gabriele.
Released in 1990, the film was written and produced by John Hughes. Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin, an eight-year-old left behind when his family flies away for Christmas.
Alone in the house, Kevin defends it against two burglars played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. Catherine O’Hara plays his mother, and John Candy co-stars.
Williams’ score was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Its carol “Somewhere in My Memory” was nominated for Best Original Song.
The Hall gives four performances across the weekend, two each day, as part of its Christmas season and its Films in Concert series. The film runs with its full original dialogue, subtitled.
The Crouch End Festival Chorus joins the orchestra for the score’s choral parts. Gabriele also conducts the orchestra in Casino Royale at the Hall on Wednesday 30 December.