A performer balances upside down above a wheelchair while another supports them, with the band and choir behind in magenta light.

Kensington Palace2019

A Night For Dreamers

The Production

Chickenshed’s A Night For Dreamers was a fundraising gala staged at Kensington Palace in November 2019 as part of the inclusive theatre company’s 45th anniversary celebrations.

29 photographs in the curated edit

Choreographer: Andy Turner
Commissioned by: Chickenshed Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

A wide gala-room view shows the stage, dining audience and ceiling rig washed with green, red and blue lighting.

One performer kneels beside a dancer with an outstretched arm, both lit by soft violet beams against a blurred choir.

A dancer leaps high in silhouette against white and blue beams, with the ensemble and audience darkened around the stage.

Confetti falls over a large stage ensemble and cheering audience in warm pink and white gala lighting.

A solo singer stands at a microphone in a mostly dark stage space, isolated between two pink spotlights and a drum kit.

A large ensemble fills the stage in layered poses beneath a central white spotlight and vertical blue beams.

A performer stands alone inside a glowing arched garden tunnel lit with red and green fairy lights.

A solo singer holds a microphone before a choir and band, framed by red and blue beams.

Two performers form a high lift in silhouette beneath crossed spotlights, with choir and audience behind them in blue haze.

Audience silhouettes face a glowing translucent cube onstage while blue beams rake across the room.

Colourfully dressed dancers swirl fabric and feathers around a central performer beneath a bright overhead spotlight.

A performer in a red vest stands alone in a small pool of light against a mostly black stage, holding a microphone.

Two small silhouetted figures stand beneath a dramatic cone of white light in a dark blue auditorium.

An ensemble of dancers leans forward in synchronized movement under bright blue and white beams.

Young singers and musicians perform at microphones in purple stage haze, with drums and guitars visible behind them.

A performer extends an arm from the top of a clustered group as blue spotlights and vertical light bars frame the stage.

A central performer in bright costume is surrounded by dancers, choir and musicians under crossing blue, pink and white spotlights.

A tightly lit group reaches upward together in a dark space, their faces and hands caught by narrow overhead beams.

Foreground silhouettes watch a lit performer near a drum kit, with blue haze and stage lights creating a backstage-like atmosphere.

A line of dancers strikes raised-arm poses across the stage in blue and purple light.

The full venue glows blue as a large cast performs onstage before a seated audience under ceiling-mounted lights.

A performer stands elevated in a white spotlight at centre stage, surrounded by blue haze, musicians and audience silhouettes.

Dancers in pale costumes move through a low ensemble tableau under deep blue light with red vertical accents.

A lively group dances and raises arms at the front of the stage beneath yellow, blue and white concert lights.

A vertical stack of dancers is held under a narrow white spotlight while coloured side beams cut through the darkness.

A lone performer stands centre stage in blue haze as white beams fan above the band and audience silhouettes.

An ensemble forms a sculptural stage picture, with figures seated, crouched and standing beneath smoky green-white light.

A central performer in a bright red skirt is surrounded by dancers and musicians under crossing blue, red and white beams.

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