These were fun to shoot.
Forthcoming new play It Is Easy To Be Dead at the Finborough looks at the life of poet Charles Sorley, who was among the first to sign up to fight in World War I and died a year later.
For the advertising shots of star Alexander Knox, I wanted to focus more on the poet than the soldier so that we could avoid shooting a straight portrait of a man in uniform. But the images still needed to say enough about the war theme for people to understand what the show is. And so came the shadows…
A big thank you to Antic Disposition for kindly lending us the war props that make the shots work.
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Production shots from the super-cool and spectacularly sinister The Local Stigmatic at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
The show runs to 28 May.
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Production shots from charming new musical, Devilish!, in which an angel crash lands in Clapham.
The show runs to 29 May.
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Shots from the return of Anthony Minghella’s iconic production of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly to the English National Opera, which opens Monday.
To view the full image selection, for editorial image licensing and for personal use image downloads (cast and crew only for the latter, I’m afraid), please click here (link opens in new window).
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Production shots from JB Priestley’s wonderfully time-tripping meditation, I Have Been Here Before, at the Jermyn Street Theatre.
The show runs to 21 May.
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Advertising, poster and production photos from Tennessee Williams’ rarely performed In The Bar of a Tokyo Hotel at the Charing Cross Theatre, starring the legendary Linda Marlowe.
If you want to see the show, you have just over a week left. The final performance is on 14 May.
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