A small red-cloaked figure stands alone in a pool of white light, with blue haze above and a red band of light behind.

Bellairs Theatre, Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford2022

Attempts on Her Life

The Production

Guildford School of Acting’s Foundation Acting production of Martin Crimp’s Attempts on Her Life was directed by Michael Toumey and performed at Bellairs Theatre, Ivy Arts Centre. The ensemble staging presented Crimp’s fragmented scenarios around the absent, continually reinvented figure of Anne.

37 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Michael Toumey
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two people in pale protective suits aim handheld lights through darkness, forming blue cones across the stage.

An ensemble is spread across a bare stage beneath blue spotlights, with a central figure forward of the group.

A man in a black suit holds a hand to his face in the foreground while suited figures blur behind him.

Two performers sit at either end of a narrow table with a person lying across it under a blue overhead spotlight.

A woman in a red dress stands alone at center stage beneath hazy blue overhead lights.

A woman in a red dress and headset looks out against a smoky dark background.

A woman in a red dress stands surrounded by kneeling performers in blue and magenta stage light.

A performer stands in a large dark stage space while shadowy figures and a chair are caught under a diagonal white spotlight.

A young man in a blue Superman T-shirt sits cross-legged downstage as a woman sits behind him on a chair.

A close portrait shows a performer with dark makeup and tousled hair in a black leather jacket against a black background.

A red-haired performer in a black leather jacket stands center stage in red and blue light, with another figure and a bench behind.

Six performers sit spaced across chairs beneath blue haze and overhead stage lights.

A woman sits alone at a desk under warm overhead lights, surrounded by a wide pool of darkness and haze.

A performer in shirt and suspenders holds out a tray with a pink brain-like prop under cool light.

An ensemble stands widely spaced around a lit screen marked with a triangular symbol beneath sweeping blue haze.

A woman in a dark suit is lit magenta in the foreground while two blurred performers stand behind her.

A masked face emerges from rippled blue fabric, lit in a narrow band across the eyes and mouth.

Two people in pale suits stand at opposite sides of a stage, aiming bright beams toward each other against a dark curtain.

A large ensemble stands in a wide formation under saturated red overhead lights and haze.

Performers cluster and lean into motion within a red-lit ensemble scene on a bare stage.

A lone performer in a red hoodie sits low in a wide pool of blue light with an overturned bicycle behind.

A performer in a red hoodie sits cross-legged beside a bicycle lying on the floor, facing forward.

A performer in a red hoodie rides a bicycle across a dark stage under blue overhead light.

A performer in shirt and suspenders smiles while holding papers under a bright blue stage wash.

Two performers in shirt and suspenders stand close, one touching the other's face while holding papers by a chair.

A performer in shirt and tie faces forward in a tight portrait with red light glowing behind.

A wide tribunal-like stage arrangement shows performers at desks and chairs under blue lights and haze.

Three seated performers in white shirts and suspenders lean toward one another in an intimate group conversation.

A woman in a white robe gestures with one hand while holding a glass against a dark stage background.

A seated performer in a cap lounges on a chair while a woman kneels beside them with papers on the floor.

A woman in a grey blazer faces forward in blue light while another performer stands blurred behind her.

Two people in pale protective suits stand apart with bright torches around a red-cloaked figure under a central spotlight.

A person in a pale suit glows red while holding a bright light toward the camera in blue haze.

Three empty chairs sit in a blue-lit stage space between low rectangular set pieces and hanging haze.

Two headset-wearing people talk backstage under blue light, one holding papers or a clipboard.

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