The Elephant Man, the CineConcerto by RanestRane at CrossRoads Live Club, November 13, 2026

On Friday, November 13, 2026, RanestRane, a progressive rock band from Rome, bring The Elephant Man to the CrossRoads Live Club. It's their new cineconcerto inspired by the David Lynch film, with the live music synced to the images on screen. The club lists doors at 20:00 and the concert starting at 22:00. CrossRoads is at via Braccianese 771, in the northwest part of Rome, Municipio XIV. The venue doesn't publish any public transit directions, and driving is the most practical way to get there. Admission is €15 with one drink included. The room is set up with seated tables, which you can reserve at 06 89415678, by message too, or at crossroadsprenotazioni@gmail.com.

The evening is the official launch of RanestRane's new album, which comes out right around the concert, before the tour continues on European stages. In our view it's the right night for anyone who loves prog and great auteur cinema, in a club that's almost a second home for this band.

The Elephant Man at CrossRoads: the November 13 evening

The RanestRane cineconcerto The Elephant Man is scheduled for Friday, November 13, 2026, at the CrossRoads Live Club, with doors at 20:00 and the concert starting at 22:00, according to the event page published by the club.

A special date

The club calls it a special date: the Rome concert is the official launch of The Elephant Man. The new album comes out around the time of the event and is previewed for the audience before the European tour.

More than the film

During the evening, besides the new work, RanestRane play a selection of the most significant pieces from their career. It's a chance to hear the new project and the cine-concerts that built the band's reputation, all in one night.

Music and images

The presentation stresses one point: this isn't just a concert with images in the background. It's an audiovisual show where live music weaves into the film and syncs with it, turning its moods, fragility, darkness and emotions into a journey of sound and image.

Who it's for

The club presents it as an event for people who love progressive rock, cinema, and shows that go beyond the traditional idea of a concert. With RanestRane, those three audiences have been the same for over 20 years.

Who are the RanestRane

RanestRane are a Roman neo-progressive band founded in 1998, staging melodic, symphonic prog, partly instrumental, in the form of a rock opera. The name means "strange frogs" in Italian.

Rome, 1998

The band formed in Rome in 1998 and made its name on the Italian progressive scene with live shows. In the years that followed it developed the idea that defines it: rock operas in the classic tradition of Italian progressive, where original music joins short excerpts of a film projected behind the musicians.

Influences

Among the band's influences, the encyclopedia cites Goblin, Genesis and Marillion.

Marillion's verdict

Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery, in an interview with Prog Italia, called RanestRane the best contemporary Italian progressive band. Singer Steve Hogarth described working with them as a great pleasure and a privilege, and highlighted the band's songwriting and musical skills.

The cineconcerto, the RanestRane's invention

The cineconcerto is the format RanestRane came up with in 2002: the band plays an original soundtrack live, in the form of a rock opera, while images from a great film run behind them.

Nosferatu, 2002

The first complete project came in 2002, when the band performed new music live for Werner Herzog's Nosferatu. The encyclopedia notes that they chose not Murnau's original but Herzog's remake. The approach recalls the adaptations by the French band Art Zoyd, who had also worked on Nosferatu.

How it works

On the 2007 album Nosferatu il vampiro, original fragments of the Italian soundtrack, short dialogues and monologues serve as hooks for the individual tracks, which the musicians play on keyboards, guitar, bass and drums, interrupted at times by dialogue inserts from the film. It's the structure the band went on to apply to all later projects.

Live

In a cineconcerto, the film isn't a backdrop. It's part of the score. The music follows the editing, and the images give the pieces a dramatic structure that a traditional concert doesn't have.

The RanestRane albums, from Nosferatu to Apocalypse Now

RanestRane's studio discography includes Nosferatu il vampiro (2007), Shining (2011), the trilogy inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey between 2013 and 2018, The Wall (2020) and Apocalypse Now (2022).

Shining

Shining, an adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's film, came out in 2011, with psychedelic atmospheres and the mix of sung and instrumental parts typical of the band's work.

La trilogia dell'Odissea

Monolith came out in November 2013, the first chapter of the trilogy dedicated to 2001: A Space Odyssey, with Marillion's Steve Rothery and Steve Hogarth taking part. H.A.L., the second part, arrived on November 16, 2015, and in 2018 Starchild closed the project, again with Rothery and Hogarth.

The Wall e Apocalypse Now

In 2020, for the 40th anniversary of the album The Wall, RanestRane released their own version as a soundtrack to Alan Parker's film, following the cineconcerto formula. In 2022 came Apocalypse Now, their interpretation of Francis Ford Coppola's film.

I dischi dal vivo

Among the live albums are Live in Tokyo (2014), Monolith in Rome (2015), Friends, Romans (2016) with Steve Hogarth, and SPQR (2025), recorded with Hogarth in Sala Sinopoli of Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

I RanestRane in tour, dall'Italia all'Europa

I RanestRane hanno portato i loro cineconcerti in gran parte d'Europa e in Giappone, e il nuovo The Elephant Man, dopo la prima romana, proseguirà sui palchi europei.

L'H.A.L. Europa Tour

From November 27, 2015 the band toured Europe in support of H.A.L., playing in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and England. In spring 2017 it went back on the road with The Cinematic Show, a best of the film concerts with a preview of the third chapter of the trilogy.

I festival

In September 2018 RanestRane were among the headliners at the Veruno Two Days +1 Prog Festival, which the encyclopedia calls the most important Italian progressive festival. On July 21, 2019 they played Night of the Prog in Germany, the biggest progressive festival in Europe.

Lo Starchild Tour

After the release of Starchild in 2018, the band celebrated 20 years of activity with a weekend for fans and concerts in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Denmark and Sweden.

What to expect from a film concert

A RanestRane film concert is a show where you watch and listen at the same time. The film runs on the screen, the band plays live, and snippets of the film's dialogue link the songs together.

Il film, non tutto

In the band's projects the film isn't screened in full with music underneath. Short excerpts, dialogue and monologues serve as hooks for the songs, following the structure described for Nosferatu the Vampyre. It's a story told in scenes, closer to a rock opera than to a screening.

Voce e strumenti

The band's classic lineup is keyboards, guitar, bass and drums, with both vocal and instrumental parts. If you love prog, you'll recognize the legacy of the Italian tradition of the Seventies.

The Elephant Man, il film di David Lynch

The Elephant Man is the 1980 film directed by David Lynch, loosely inspired by the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late nineteenth century, called John in the film.

Il cast

The film is a co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, produced by Jonathan Sanger, with Mel Brooks as uncredited executive producer, so that audiences wouldn't expect a comedy. The cast includes John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon and Freddie Jones.

Il bianco e nero

The film was shot in black and white by Freddie Francis, with makeup by Christopher Tucker. The screenplay, written by Lynch with Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren, is based on Frederick Treves's 1923 memoirs and Ashley Montagu's 1971 study, with the surreal sequences typical of Lynch, rare in a biographical film.

I premi

The Elephant Man was a critical and commercial success: three BAFTA awards, including the one for best film, eight Oscar nominations and four Golden Globe nominations. Criticism over the lack of recognition for its makeup pushed the Academy to create a competitive award for best makeup the following year.

The CrossRoads Live Club, Home of the Film Concert

The CrossRoads Live Club is a live music venue at Via Braccianese 771, open since 2008 and described by the club itself as the go-to place in Rome and its province for concert lovers.

Un club con i tavoli

The format is a live club with seating at tables, where you eat or drink during the evening. Every weekend, according to the venue's own description, nationally and internationally known artists take the stage. The club's motto is stated on its home page: we feed on music and give out emotions.

La Hall of Fame

The club's section on past performers names guitarist Andy Timmons, guitarist Scott Henderson, drummer Simon Phillips and bassist and singer Richard Bona. It's a leaning toward musicians of great technical skill, the same kind progressive fans appreciate.

Il cartellone d'autunno

Il calendario del club alterna concerti originali e serate tributo. One week before RanestRane's show, on November 7, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso plays, with the presentation of the single Una Storia Unica: two nights of Italian progressive in seven days.

Admission and tables for The Elephant Man

Admission to the RanestRane cine-concert at CrossRoads costs €15 with one drink included, according to the event page, the room is set up with seated tables.

The table must be booked

For reservations, the club lists the infoline 06 89415678, also available by text message, and the address crossroadsprenotazioni@gmail.com. On its main page it specifies that booking a table is free, that you can also call 347 1694250 to reserve from 10 to 21, and that buying a ticket, on its own, does not entitle you to a seat.

Admission and drink

The admission plus drink formula at €15 is simple: you pay at the door and get one drink. Dinner at the table, for those who want it, is extra, menu and prices must be requested at the time of booking.

How to get to CrossRoads Live Club

The CrossRoads Live Club is at Via Braccianese 771, in the territory of Roma Capitale, Municipio XIV, postal code 00123, in the northwest quadrant of the city.

By car

The venue is reached along via Braccianese. For those coming from the center, it's the most practical option, especially for the return after midnight. It's worth setting your navigator to house number 771.

By public transport

The club does not publish public transport information. Anyone who wants to travel without a car should plan the route with the ATAC journey planner and the regional train timetables, keeping in mind that the concert starts at 22 and ends very late.

By taxi

For the trip back, a taxi should be booked in advance: in an outlying area, late at night, free cabs don't pass by by chance. The Roma Capitale radio taxi answers at 060609.

Surroundings and day trips

CrossRoads is located along via Braccianese, in the northwest of Rome: an area that lends itself to turning the evening into a weekend out of town.

Lake Bracciano

Anyone arriving on Friday afternoon can spend a few hours at Lake Bracciano, with the Odescalchi Castle, and head back toward Rome for dinner at the club.

Galeria Antica and Veii

In the northwest there are also the ruins of the abandoned village of Galeria Antica and the Veio Park: two options for Saturday morning, for those staying in the area.

Accessibility, age and practical information

For information on accessibility at CrossRoads Live Club, on routes and on table layout, it's best to contact the venue at 06 89415678 or 347 1694250, from 10 to 21, when booking a table.

Age

The club does not list age limits for the evening. The concert starts at 22 and ends after midnight, Lynch's film tells a story of suffering and exclusion, and the cine-concert is aimed mainly at adults or older teenagers.

Eating at the club

CrossRoads is a venue with tables and service: dinner at the club, between the 20:00 opening and the 22 start, is the most convenient option.

November

In mid-November, evenings outside the city are cold and often damp. A heavy jacket for the arrival and the late-night departure is essential.

Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man

Joseph Merrick, who lived between 1862 and 1890, is the Englishman known as the Elephant Man because of his appearance, caused by a congenital malformation: his story is the basis of Lynch's film and the new RanestRane cine-concert.

A story told many times

Before and after the 1980 film, Merrick's life has been told in many forms: the stage play The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance, staged on Broadway in 1977, a 1982 television adaptation based on the same play, and a work by Laurent Petitgirard. The RanestRane cine-concert adds to this long series.

The film's sources

Lynch's screenplay is based on the memoirs of Frederick Treves, published in 1923 under the title The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences, and on Ashley Montagu's book The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity, from 1971. Montagu's subtitle, a study of human dignity, sums up the meaning of the story.

The name in the film

In the film, Merrick is called John, not Joseph. It's one of the gaps between history and fiction that the film embraces, along with the surreal sequences typical of Lynch's cinema.

A Week of Progressive at CrossRoads

Between November 7 and 13, 2026, CrossRoads hosts two evenings of Italian progressive: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso on Saturday the 7th and RanestRane on Friday the 13th.

Two generations

Banco is one of the historic bands of Italian progressive from the Seventies. RanestRane, born in Rome in 1998, belong to the generation that picked up that legacy and took it toward neo progressive and film. In seven days the same stage hosts the origin and one of its developments.

Two presentations

Both evenings are official presentations: Banco presents the single Una Storia Unica, RanestRane the new album The Elephant Man. The Roman audience is the first to hear new music from two bands of its city.

Two weekends

Fans of the genre can plan for both evenings, booking a table in good time: the club formula, with dinner and music, makes coming back natural.

How to Plan the RanestRane Evening

The RanestRane evening at CrossRoads begins at 20:00 with the club opening and continues with the cineconcert from 22:00 until late at night. It's best to plan it ahead of time.

Before

Book the table right after deciding to go, asking for a spot with a good view of the stage and the screen.

Arriving

Arriving at 20:00 and having dinner at the club leaves two hours of margin before the start. If you're coming from the center, you do well to allow a margin for the driving time to Via Braccianese.

Getting back

A cineconcert with an additional selection of songs from the career ends well past midnight. Plan the way back before you leave: a shared car with a driver who doesn't drink, or a taxi booked in advance.

A Curiosity About The Elephant Man, the RanestRane CineConcert at CrossRoads Live Club, November 13, 2026

The best curiosity is that RanestRane have already written a page of their history at CrossRoads. On February 5, 2015, the band released Monolith in Rome, a CD and a DVD recorded and filmed right at CrossRoads Live Club, with Steve Rothery of Marillion on stage. It was the live version of the first chapter of the trilogy inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. When the club's presentation says that RanestRane are returning to CrossRoads, it says something precise: the band is returning to the hall where it recorded one of its most important albums.

The second curiosity is about the name. RanestRane means, in Italian, strange frogs: an ironic name for a band that takes on Kubrick, Coppola, Herzog and Lynch. The third concerns The Elephant Man itself: the criticism over the lack of recognition for Christopher Tucker's makeup pushed the Academy to create the Oscar for Best Makeup the following year. A film that changed Hollywood's rules is now becoming a Roman progressive rock album.

Something Nobody Tells You About The Elephant Man, the RanestRane CineConcert at CrossRoads Live Club, November 13, 2026

What few people say is that the ticket alone doesn't guarantee a chair. CrossRoads is a club set up with tables, and most of the audience spends the evening seated, but the club warns that buying the ticket doesn't entitle you to a seat. The table is booked separately, free of charge, at 06 89415678 or by email. For a cineconcert, where you watch a screen as well as the stage, the position of the table matters even more than at a normal concert: whoever books early chooses better.

The second thing is about the schedule. Opening at 20:00 and a start at 22:00 are not a mistake. They're the club's formula, which leaves two hours for dinner before the music. Anyone who arrives at 22:00 finds the hall already full. The third is the most interesting for fans: the evening of November 13 is a premiere. The new album comes out in those very days, and the CrossRoads audience hears it live before the European one.

My Advice for Visiting The Elephant Man, the RanestRane CineConcert at CrossRoads Live Club, November 13, 2026

My advice is to watch David Lynch's The Elephant Man again in the days before. It isn't essential, because the cineconcert stages the images of the film, but knowing the story of Joseph Merrick, the faces of John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins and the black and white of Freddie Francis lets you focus on the music and on how the band transforms the scenes. Those who already know the film would do well to listen to one of the earlier cineconcerts, such as Nosferatu il vampiro or Shining, to understand RanestRane's method.

The second tip is about the table. Book it right away, free of charge, at 06 89415678 or at crossroadsprenotazioni@gmail.com, asking for a spot from which you can see both the stage and the screen well. The third is about timing: arrive when doors open at 20:00, have a relaxed dinner and wait for the 22:00 start seated. The fourth is about getting back: Via Braccianese is far from the center, and after midnight you need a car with a driver who doesn't drink or a taxi booked beforehand.

Another well-known fact, yet one rarely mentioned

Among fans, it's well known that RanestRane have a close relationship with Marillion. It's mentioned less often how concrete and lasting this relationship has been. The meeting took place in 2012, during The Web Italy Convention, when the band previewed the album Monolith and played some pieces from the Marillion repertoire with Steve Rothery. From there came the guest appearances on Monolith and Starchild, the 2014 European tour opening for the Steve Rothery Band, the March 2015 concert at the Marillion Weekend in Port Zelande, in the Netherlands, in front of 3,000 spectators, and the Rome one in September 2015 with Steve Hogarth, on his Christmas tour.

In October 2017 RanestRane opened Marillion's concerts in Japan, and in 2025 they released SPQR, recorded with Hogarth in Sala Sinopoli of Auditorium Parco della Musica. A second rarely mentioned fact concerns Japan: in 2012 the band played at the Italian Prog Rock Festival in Tokyo with guitarist Enzo Vita and a symphony orchestra, performing live in full for the first time Contaminazione, the 1973 album by Il Rovescio della Medaglia.

The right photo to take at The Elephant Man, the RanestRane CineConcert at CrossRoads Live Club, November 13, 2026

The right photo, at a cineconcert, is the one that brings the two languages together: the band on stage and, behind it, the projected image of the film. The black and white of The Elephant Man, with the musicians lit up in front, creates a contrast that a traditional concert doesn't offer. The best moment is the beginning, when the lights in the hall go down and the projection starts.

The advice is to take one photo, two at most, without flash and without holding the phone up: at a cineconcert the bright screen of a phone disturbs the view of the film for whoever is sitting behind. The rest of the evening you watch and listen.

The second photo is taken before the start, from the table: the hall with the tables set, the stage ready and the screen on. It's the portrait of the CrossRoads formula, where you listen to music over dinner. On the way out, after midnight, the venue's sign lit up in the darkness of Via Braccianese closes the story.

Some important events that happened here in history

The history of CrossRoads Live Club begins in 2008, as the club itself states: since then the venue has presented itself as the reference point for live music in Rome and the province, with concerts every weekend. In almost 20 years the stage has hosted musicians such as Andy Timmons, Scott Henderson, Simon Phillips and Richard Bona, and a calendar that alternates original artists, tribute nights and cineconcerts.

For the history of progressive in Rome, an important event that happened here is the recording of Monolith in Rome, the RanestRane concert with Steve Rothery of Marillion, released on CD and DVD on February 5, 2015. The guitarist of one of the most beloved bands of British progressive played in this hall with a Roman band, and that evening became a record.

The history that RanestRane carry with them is long: the founding in 1998, the first cineconcert, on Nosferatu, in 2002, Shining in 2011, the Odyssey trilogy between 2013 and 2018, Tokyo, Port Zelande, the 2018 Veruno Prog Festival as headliner, the Night of the Prog in Germany on July 21, 2019, The Wall in 2020, Apocalypse Now in 2022. On November 13, 2026, at CrossRoads, the premiere of The Elephant Man is added.

Who has passed through The Elephant Man, the RanestRane CineConcert at CrossRoads Live Club, November 13, 2026

Some of the most important names in European progressive have passed through the history of RanestRane. Steve Rothery and Steve Hogarth of Marillion, guests on the records of the trilogy and companions on stage. Enzo Vita of Il Rovescio della Medaglia, with whom the band played in Tokyo. Daniele Pomo, the only singer of Nosferatu il vampiro. And through the films, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alan Parker, Francis Ford Coppola and now David Lynch, with John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and John Gielgud.

Andy Timmons, Scott Henderson, Simon Phillips and Richard Bona have all passed through the CrossRoads stage, the musicians the club remembers in its Hall of Fame, and so has Steve Rothery himself with RanestRane, for the recording of Monolith in Rome. On November 7, 2026, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso comes through.

On the evening of November 13, RanestRane return, with their new work and a 1980 film that tells of the dignity of a man looked at as a phenomenon.

Frequently asked questions about The Elephant Man by RanestRane at CrossRoads

When does the RanestRane cineconcert The Elephant Man take place?

The Elephant Man cineconcert by RanestRane takes place at CrossRoads Live Club in Rome on Friday, November 13, 2026. The club opens at 20:00 and the concert starts at 22:00.

How much is admission to CrossRoads for RanestRane?

Admission to the RanestRane cineconcert at CrossRoads costs €15 with one drink included, according to the event page. Tables are booked separately, free of charge, at 06 89415678.

What is a cineconcert?

A cineconcert is the RanestRane format: the band plays a original soundtrack live, in the form of a rock opera, synchronized with the images of a projected film. The first one, in 2002, was dedicated to Herzog's Nosferatu.

Who are RanestRane?

RanestRane are a Roman progressive rock band founded in 1998. They have staged cineconcerts based on Nosferatu, Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Wall and Apocalypse Now, working with Steve Rothery and Steve Hogarth of Marillion.

Where is CrossRoads Live Club?

CrossRoads Live Club is at via Braccianese 771, in Municipio XIV of Rome, in the northwest quadrant of the city. The club doesn't list public transport connections, so driving is the most practical option.

Do you need to book a table at CrossRoads?

Yes: at CrossRoads Live Club, buying a ticket doesn't give you the right to a seat. Tables are booked free of charge at 06 89415678, at 347 1694250 from 10 to 21, or at crossroadsprenotazioni@gmail.com.

Final advice on The Elephant Man by RanestRane

The Elephant Man at CrossRoads is an evening for fans of progressive rock and film: a Roman band with over 20 years of cineconcerts, a David Lynch film, and the premiere of a new album in the room where the band has already recorded a record. The advice is to book your table right away, rewatch the film in the days before, arrive for the 20:00 opening, and arrange your return before you leave.

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