Poster shots and production photos from Burlesque, which ran at the Jermyn Street Theatre.
The musical, an engaging look at the plight of revue theatres under McCarthyism, went on to win the Offie award for best new musical.
Assistant for the poster shoot at the Southwark Playhouse: Jaap Jong.
It shouldn’t be possible to squeeze a cast this size into the Union Theatre and have them whirl and jig with all the gusto they do. And yet, somehow, they fit.
Shots from the amazing Finian’s Rainbow, in its first professional London revival since its original West End run. The show runs until 15 March.
I try to mix my blog up a bit for variety, so this post is something of a rarity: production shots from a production that’s still open and you can still go to see!
These shots are from the fantastic new musical Lost Boy, which floats the question of how Peter Pan and co would cope with adulthood and World War I.
Having debuted at the Finborough, the show’s on at the Charing Cross Theatre until 15 February and you can book tickets here.
Back in the spring of this year I was privileged to shoot the production shots for the London School of Musical Theatre’s season at the Bridewell Theatre (famed for having a swimming pool beneath the stage, trivia geeks…). These stills are from the brilliant production of My Favorite Year.
Way back in 2011, people were rioting on London’s streets. It would be nice to say that it was all about Howard Goodall’s musical The Hired Man at the Landor. But that’d be about as much of a leap as everything else newspaper columnists tried to pin the blame on.
A great show put on during interesting times…
Some more from the revival of Lionel Bart’s Fings Aint Wot They Used T’Be earlier this year at the Union Theatre. The pictures speak for themselves, although I took the liberty of expunging the girls-on-their-knees number (use your imagination) to protect more innocent audiences…
Particular thanks to Chris Hornby and Oliver Townsend for their assistance on the publicity shoot.
It’s also only fair to namecheck the unsung heroes (beyond the cast and everyone else involved, of course) who make a key difference to the visuals when photographing the production itself, so here goes: for sumptuous lighting design, Jason Meininger, for sumptuous design of everything else, Oliver Townsend (again), and, as associate designer, Emma Tompkins.
You will need:
Stand Photographer upright, garnish with table mat or chopped-up legal folder (to suit preference). Marinade in Myra Hindley expression. Illuminate to taste.
