A performer stands downstage with arms spread while others gather around a cardboard tree in intense blue-white beams.

Guildford School of Acting2022

As You Like It

The Production

A Guildford School of Acting student production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, presented during GSA’s June 2022 summer season. The production formed part of GSA’s programme of public student performances.

40 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Robert Kirby
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

An operator’s hands work at a lighting or sound desk with monitors overlooking a stage from the technical position.

A group crouches around a low glowing table in a dark blue pool of light, with musicians barely visible at the edges.

One man grips another around the head and shoulders in a tense black-background close-up.

Four women stand in a tight line under a vivid blue spotlight while shadowed figures frame them.

Two women sit on the floor facing each other on a bare stage, with dress forms and a trunk behind them.

A woman plays a snare drum at the side of a dark stage, lit sharply against a black background.

A woman reaches around a man’s neck in a tight, darkly lit close composition.

A woman in a yellow floral dress stands with arms flung wide as another performer watches from a distance.

One woman holds another’s face in an intense close two-person scene against a black background.

A woman in a teal robe strides toward the front with a second performer following through smoky red light.

A solitary man stands in a narrow blue-white spotlight on an otherwise dark stage.

Two standing performers address one another over a person lying on the patterned floor in warm red and blue light.

Silhouetted performers occupy a wide blue stage with a bare tree set piece and sharp beams cutting through haze.

A performer appears suspended horizontally across the stage while others react beneath cool blue beams.

Under saturated blue light, a standing performer reaches toward a seated woman who raises her hand defensively.

A performer balances on a small stump with arms open while seated performers look on beneath blue beams.

A large ensemble fills the stage around a stylised tree, bathed in blue, pink and amber patterned light.

A small group of musicians and singers cluster together, with a guitarist at center in purple stage light.

A solo performer gestures upward beneath green beams and small hanging lights.

A woman reads from a folded paper, isolated in a cool blue spotlight.

Beside a stylised tree trunk, a performer in a checked shirt speaks with both hands raised.

A lone figure stands center stage in green-blue light, surrounded by dimly visible performers at the edges.

Five musicians stand in a line under green beams, holding guitars, wind instruments and a small brass instrument.

Two performers kneel face to face, holding hands in a warm pool of light.

A taut rope stretches across the stage as two performers pull and others crouch in the middle.

Three performers stand close under red and blue light as two clasp hands in the foreground.

A performer leans sideways with a playful raised arm while holding a sheet of paper in blue light.

A man stands alone beneath symmetrical blue beams, his shadow falling across the patterned floor.

A performer raises one arm in a red-and-blue lit ensemble scene with musicians gathered behind.

A couple stand together at center stage under blue and purple beams, encircled by an ensemble and a large tree set piece.

A couple embrace in the foreground while a softly lit ensemble watches from the blue background.

Two smiling women stand arm in arm in warm light against a dark backdrop.

A group gathers closely as one woman extends an embroidered shawl between them under magenta light.

A woman speaks emphatically with both hands lifted while other performers blur behind her in pink and blue light.

The ensemble dances across a wide stage in blue and magenta light, with musicians and strings of bulbs framing the space.

A clarinet player stands in sharp foreground focus as the ensemble mingles and plays behind him.

A crowded musical scene fills the stage, with performers singing, playing instruments and dancing beneath warm string lights.

Singers and musicians fill a tight frame, with a bass guitar and violin prominent in the foreground.

The cast stands across the stage in a bright final tableau, lit by blue overhead beams and a central flare.

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