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Greenwich Theatre2023

A Vampire Story

The Production

Rose Bruford College’s London Season 2023 staging of Moira Buffini’s A Vampire Story was presented at Greenwich Theatre by BA Acting and BA Actor Musicianship students in collaboration with the college’s production and design courses.

40 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Sarah Bedi
Lighting Design: Darwin Hennessy
Set & Costume Design: Victoria Bradley, Pilar Peres
Sound Design: Ryan Bailey
Commissioned by: Rose Bruford College
Photography: Steve Gregson

Multi-level metal platforms and stairs in haze, purple and amber sidelight, empty stage with microphones for A Vampire Story.

A Vampire Story at Greenwich Theatre: man in dark coat lunges, mouth open, as woman recoils under red sidelight; tense mood.

Ensemble on a stepped platform under twin spotlights; party hats and school attire amid dark, moody staging.

Stage manager at cue desk during A Vampire Story, headset on, prompt book and comms lit by a small lamp.

Kneeling girl with clawed hands and wild hair looms over a prone figure by a teal suitcase under moody blue stage light.

Pale, pigtail-wearing performer framed in rusted scaffolding, blue pinafore and smeared makeup, under moody low light.

Ensemble gathers on a tiered industrial set as a performer confronts them from downstage right under hard sidelight; tense standoff

Smiling worker in hairnet and blue apron holds a potato beside crates on a trolley, lit against a grey stairwell set.

Two students in shirts and ties with blue hairnets share metal bowls on an industrial set, paused in quiet conversation.

Central figure kneels under red spotlight as ensemble surrounds her on a tiered set; moody haze and side pools of light suggest tension.

Performer in red-and-blue smock looks up, clutching a potato and syringe beside a rusted pole under moody spotlight.

Central performer raises arms as others watch on a multi-level scaffold set; warm haze and red accents create a tense, gothic mood.

Singer in a white corset holds a microphone as another performer drinks behind on a scaffold set under moody red lighting.

Ensemble on a tiered metal staircase in party hats; one in shirt and tie raises both hands as others cheer under cool, focused lighting.

Performer with pale makeup grips a rusted ladder, gazing upward in stark side light against a black stage for A Vampire Story.

Cold spotlight on central platform: one performer collapsed, another looks down; two watch from gantries amid smoke on a scaffolded set.

Leather-clad young woman holds a man’s hand to her chest, meeting his gaze under warm, moody light; a tense two-hander moment.

Two performers on a tiered metal staircase, one seated and one standing behind in backlight and haze, A Vampire Story.

Leather-clad performer looks up on a smoky, industrial staircase set; blurred figure crosses foreground left.

Empty multi-level scaffold set in haze, lit with blue and amber backlight; checked bag and suitcase on central platform.

Two students in shirts and ties on a metal staircase; one grips the rail as the other sits, arm outstretched, in stark side light.

Two in school uniforms and one in a blue dress race across metal scaffolding; red sidelight heightens a tense, kinetic beat.

Performer beams mid-run downstage as another sings from a scaffold above, stark spotlight against a dark, industrial set.

Woman in period dress kneels on steps reaching toward a fallen man as others watch from a gantry in red-blue haze on a multi-level set.

Performers on tiered scaffolding confront a central figure; two raise wooden stakes as spotlights pierce haze on a dark stage.

Crew member on headset in the auditorium; blue-lit, misty set with steel stairs for A Vampire Story.

Two performers on a metal staircase set; one kneels and lifts the other's chin beside packed bags under cool, moody side light.

Ensemble in blue hairnets on tiered scaffolding; one crumples on steps as a cook tends a trolley in moody side light.

At the platform edge, one actor cradles another’s head beside a glowing lantern; low amber lighting and a shadowy set build tension.

Backlit haze on a staircase set as two actors clasp on the central platform; a lone figure watches from above.

Bloodied student in white shirt and tie under a hard spotlight, staring offstage; microphone behind on a dark, bare set.

Two performers struggle on a low platform as one leans to the other's neck in red haze, against a scaffolded set in A Vampire Story.

Industrial scaffold set at night: two performers stand on the upper deck as, below, a red-lit embrace suggests a vampire bite.

Two performers embrace under a lone spotlight on a metal platform, haze pooling around them in A Vampire Story at Greenwich Theatre.

Two students in white shirts face off on a dark stage; one, blood-smeared, lifts hands under red light beside a stand mic.

A Vampire Story at Greenwich Theatre: central figure kneels and smiles under red backlight as classmates sit around on a shadowy scaffold.

One in a loose tie stands left; another crouches with dark eye makeup, tense under stark light against a black stage.

Tiered metal scaffolding set lit by a single downlight and warm backlights, haze creating a moody, symmetrical stage picture.

Ensemble of A Vampire Story stands in a curtain-call tableau on tiered platforms, mixed period and school costumes under warm spotlights.

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