A standing woman looks down at a kneeling figure beneath a fan of intense white beams.

The Mack, Mountview2023

9 to 5: The Musical

The Production

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts staged 9 to 5: The Musical in The Mack as part of its Autumn 2023 public season, showcasing Musical Theatre students with Production Arts support. The production was billed as an unexpected, bold and dark take on Dolly Parton and Patricia Resnick’s musical.

46 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Dan Herd
Musical Director: Audra Cramer
Choreographer: Laura Weston
Lighting Design: Adam King
Set & Costume Design: Sophia Pardon
Sound Design: Matthew Giles
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

A wide smoky stage frames the ensemble in silhouette against intense white backlight beams.

Three performers lean together with handbags, grinning out toward the audience.

A performer stands inside a large red-framed TIME sign while two others present it on either side.

Performers with painted faces crowd into a tall doorway, stacked tightly under a sharp overhead beam.

A red-lit ensemble stretches across the stage in a line with arms extended beneath white beams.

A performer lies on the floor beside a stage light, face turned toward the camera.

A desk sits in a pool of light below a small figure framed high in a circular opening.

An ensemble reaches inward toward a screaming central performer beneath bright top light.

An ensemble dances in a wide line against blue light and a strip of bright backlights.

Two women clasp hands and face each other while office workers sit behind them in cool stage light.

A performer appears airborne above a clustered ensemble, caught in a spotlight through haze.

A blonde performer in a white blouse sings or speaks with her hands at her chest in cool side light.

Performers are spaced across a geometric stage while a figure appears high behind a desk.

A group huddles behind a cartoon office desk, laughing and singing toward the audience.

A lone silhouetted figure stands beneath a narrow red downlight on an otherwise dark stage.

A woman and man face each other closely while a red-lit ensemble reacts behind them.

The ensemble forms a tight sculptural huddle under red light and bright white overhead shafts.

Silhouetted performers toss small objects upward beneath purple spotlights.

A green-lit stage shows a booth in the foreground, a man at left and three seated figures at right.

Two seated performers lean forward with drawn cocktail-glass props, their painted faces brightly lit.

A colourful ensemble scene surrounds a couch under blue, green and purple beams.

A suited performer holds another from behind in a smoky close frame with hard side light.

A solo dancer arches dramatically under sharp blue-white beams on an open stage.

One woman holds a tablet in the foreground while another stands behind her in smoky light.

A large ensemble forms a layered tableau around a central performer on a desk beneath radiant white beams.

Two uniformed performers stand against a wall with large shadows cast sharply behind them.

Dark silhouettes stand around a seated central figure on a dim stage lit by overhead beams.

Two performers stand in a white cone of light on a sparse stage while another figure appears high at left.

One performer presses a finger to a man's chest as the ensemble watches behind them.

Performers cluster behind desks holding placards in a protest-like tableau under crossed spotlights.

A solitary woman in a pale dress stands centred under a cathedral-like spread of white beams.

A group surrounds a blonde performer in blue light, their faces close and attentive.

Blue backlight silhouettes performers lunging toward a central blonde woman beneath a top spotlight.

Performers tilt a drawn office desk prop while a woman sings or speaks at the side.

A solitary performer bends forward in a smoky grey corridor formed by set walls.

Five performers surge forward together through red haze with animated expressions.

A silhouetted crowd raises arms against blinding white backlights as a seated figure is picked out in red.

A man behind a stylized desk opens his arms toward the audience under stark theatrical light.

A figure stands elevated with arms outstretched above a table as the ensemble gathers in golden backlight.

Blue light splits the stage as a group reaches toward a woman while seated figures watch from the side.

Silhouetted performers stand below a small figure framed high inside a tilted square set piece.

A large ensemble stands in a line across an industrial set under three white spotlights and drifting haze.

A suited performer reaches forward with both hands, mouth open, in a crowded bright scene.

A central group poses powerfully as one performer is lifted high above them under white shafts of light.

A large ensemble celebrates across the stage under cool blue light with arms raised.

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