With the London School of Musical Theatre but weeks away from their return to the Bridewell Theatre, I thought I’d revisit the second of their shows there last year, Applause.
Applause, based on the film All About Eve, is basically an instruction manual for aspiring stars who happen to be psychopaths. Think of it as Fatal Attraction meets Fame and you’re there.
And it’s back to the Coliseum for the English National Opera’s reimagining of Handel’s Rodelinda. If you want to see this one, get down there this evening. It’s the last performance.
Shots from the extraordinary-looking new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto at the English National Opera.
The show, with its gigantic wood-paneled set, runs until 14 March.
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.
Production shots from the massive staging of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman at the English National Opera two years ago.
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.
Never let it be said that Shakespeare was a twisted man. Shots from last year’s production of Measure for Measure at the Union Theatre, which saw the space transformed into, well, a walk-through brothel among other things…
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.
Production photography from the 2012 production of Shakespeare’s King John at the Union Theatre. Avec blowtorch.
