A performer with a sword stands inside a smoke-filled circular opening, silhouetted against bright backlight.

PATS Studio Theatre2023

As You Like It

The Production

Guildford School of Acting’s 2023 production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It was staged at PATS Studio Theatre as part of GSA’s summer season. This archive entry presents Steve Gregson’s photography of the production.

48 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Dan Hill
Musical Director: David Lewington
Lighting Design: Alex Musgrave
Sound Design: David Lewington
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

The empty two-level set glows blue, with circular lattice openings, stairs and yellow ladders arranged symmetrically.

A wide, shadowy view shows performers silhouetted before circular openings and strong beams of light.

An overhead view shows two technicians working at a lighting desk with cue sheets, monitors and hazy stage light beyond.

Three crew members wearing headsets laugh together in a backstage corridor lit by a bright work light.

A crew member smiles from a yellow ladder beside the ornate set while stage lights glow overhead.

Performers move across a blue-lit stage under bright beams, with the circular set and musicians visible around the edges.

A performer stands framed inside an elevated circular opening while another watches from below in the foreground.

Two performers stand close together inside a large circular opening surrounded by purple light and green lattice.

Two seated performers smile and gesture toward each other at the foot of the stage steps.

A woman in a checked coat lunges toward a man in a suit as he throws his arms back theatrically.

A solitary performer stands inside a glowing circular opening, silhouetted by warm backlight.

A broad warm-lit stage scene shows performers seated and standing around the circular two-level set.

A group of performers rush and spar across a blue-lit stage, caught mid-movement beneath sharp overhead beams.

Two performers grapple in a stylised fight at centre stage while others watch from the blue-lit set.

A performer lies on the stage floor with another crouched over them as figures and ropes surround the scene.

A woman gently holds a young man’s face as they stand close together in soft blue light.

A woman in a checked coat faces a young man in a vest on an otherwise open blue stage.

Two smiling performers embrace playfully, one leaning over the other’s shoulder in a close, bright frame.

Two performers kneel facing each other on the stage, holding hands in an intimate exchange.

One performer appears in an upper circular opening while another stands below, creating a layered stage composition.

A lone figure in a dark dress stands centre stage under a cool overhead pool of light.

A small group huddles in deep red light while another red-lit figure appears high in the set above them.

Three circular set openings contain separate actions under magenta and white beams, including a figure lying in one opening.

Performers face off across the stage beneath white beams, with one person down on the floor and red foliage flanking the set.

Two bundled performers stand close together, one raising both hands with a worried expression.

A young performer in a mustard sweater clutches another performer as both look toward the audience from a dark edge of the set.

A wide blue-lit scene places a small figure in a circular opening while other performers wait in shadow.

A close foreground figure raises a finger in blue light while a silhouetted performer is framed in a glowing circle behind.

Two men lean together in a tight comic moment, one in a dark suit and the other in a white costume with a red scarf.

The set stands in saturated blue light with a warm circular opening glowing at the centre and figures placed at different levels.

A bundled performer points emphatically across the stage while holding a small white cloth.

One performer lies dramatically on the floor with a leg raised while another stands above in a green dress.

A performer in a hat and dark sweater reads a small paper against a blue-lit backdrop with red blossoms.

Two young performers stand close together, one holding the other protectively at the shoulder and chest.

A wide view frames multiple performers across the two-level set, with one person moving through the central circular opening.

Two performers pose close together, one with an arm around the other’s shoulders, against the bright stage set.

A performer in patched overalls stands confidently near the steps while two hidden figures peer from behind set blocks.

A young woman in a patterned costume holds an open fan beside her face in purple-blue light.

A woman embraces a seated man from behind near the stage steps, with red foliage and cool light around them.

Two performers hold hands through a smoke-filled circular opening, backlit in pale blue and violet.

The full stage glows purple and blue, with performers spaced across the floor and one figure high in a circular opening.

A large ensemble gathers across the blue stage under amber and white beams, with one performer low at centre.

Several small groups stand in separate pools of white light across a dark blue stage.

A couple kisses in a bright circular spotlight while the ensemble watches in shadow around them.

An ensemble dances beneath blue and amber beams, their shadows patterned across the stage floor.

A woman in a pale dress stands with arms open beneath stage light as others crouch behind her.

The ensemble stands in a line across the stage under bright final lighting.

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