A man in a suit stands alone at a microphone in a bright spotlight, with a seated woman and stage instruments visible in the surrounding darkness.

Rex Doyle Theatre, GSA2024

Alfie

The Production

Guildford School of Acting’s 2024 BA (Hons) Actor-Musician production of Bill Naughton’s Alfie featured the graduating actor-musician company in a student staging of the 1960s London play. The production was associated with GSA’s public performance programme and its actor-musician training cohort.

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Musical Director: Dan Smith
Lighting Design: Joseph Luff
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

A woman in a red dress walks through patterned yellow and green light, with other performers and the band receding into the dark stage.

A wide stage view shows performers seated at small tables and musicians under contrasting blue, red and white spotlights.

A woman in a red dress sings beside a piano while a pianist plays behind her against a wall of colourful posters.

A man in a suit holds a woman in a green dress close, their foreheads touching in an intimate moment beside the band.

A woman plays flute in close foreground under blue stage light, with other musicians blurred behind her.

A man in a dark suit stands in the foreground holding a coat, while a woman in white and red sits behind him in a pool of light.

A performer arches backwards across a café chair and table under saturated pink light on an otherwise dark stage.

A performer in a grey suit sits alone at a white table holding a cup against a stark black background.

A large saxophone fills the foreground as a seated performer sings into a microphone, with musicians behind under blue light.

A blonde woman with glasses reads a magazine in front of a drum kit and colourful wall posters.

Four performers dance toward each other under blue light, with seated performers watching from the sides.

A man in a suit examines a dark radiograph against a red-lit stage background.

A wide blue-lit stage shows a singer at the left with a double bass, drum kit and posters across the back wall.

A woman in a green top looks tensely forward in close-up, with a man blurred behind her at a table.

Two performers sit close together at a small table, leaning toward each other with a double bass behind them.

A woman plays trumpet directly toward the audience, lit by multicoloured circular patterns.

A woman lies curled in a tight spotlight on the stage floor while figures remain in shadow around her.

One performer lies on the floor while another crouches over him, with further action continuing in the background.

Four performers pose at the front of the stage, with two suited men holding a large striped board between them.

A performer in a blue uniform writes in a notebook at a small white table beside a brass handbell.

Three women perform with instruments under blue and red beams, with the wider band visible behind them.

A man gestures from a chair beside a seated woman at a small table, beneath bright green stage lights.

A man in a suit stands with open hands under patterned yellow light, framed by instruments and posters.

The ensemble forms a broad circle around a central figure under a spotlight, casting long shadows across the stage.

A woman in a white cardigan and red skirt offers a red object to a seated performer in the foreground.

A bare-chested man sits while a woman in a white coat examines him under bright stage light.

A woman in a black top smiles as she sings into a handheld microphone against a blue-lit background.

A very wide stage view places a suited man in a central spotlight, with performers seated along both sides.

A man dips a woman backwards in a dramatic embrace beside café tables on the stage.

A performer plays violin in close-up, lit by cool blue light against a dark background.

Two women in green-toned outfits stand close together with bags, facing each other in a tense exchange.

A man leans over a seated woman on a bed or couch and kisses her under warm stage light.

A man in a shirt points at a woman in a checked top during a confrontation against a black curtain.

A man in a dark suit and glasses adjusts his hat while another performer stands behind him.

A man stands at a microphone in a narrow spotlight, facing two women seen from behind in the dark.

A man and woman face each other closely as she holds a bouquet of flowers under warm stage light.

Performers are spaced across a wide stage under blue light and angled overhead beams.

Two performers sing into microphones in saturated red and blue light, one reaching outward with an extended arm.

A man in a suit speaks animatedly at a small round table with a woman in green, while the ensemble gathers behind.

A smiling technician sits at a control desk with a laptop, with the lit stage visible behind them.

The ensemble moves across the stage in colourful costumes under cool blue light, with the band and posters behind.

The full cast stands together across the stage under blue lights, led by a suited performer at centre.

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