From behind, a silhouetted seated woman stretches both arms wide beneath a hazy beam and the portrait on the back wall.

The Jack Studio Theatre2023

Behold! The Monkey Jesus

The Production

The Monkey Jesus was staged at The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre in 2023. Joe Wiltshire Smith’s surreal black comedy revisits Cecilia Giménez’s infamous church fresco restoration in Borja, Spain, and the viral phenomenon it created. Directed by Scott Le Crass.

26 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Scott Le Crass
Lighting Design: Joseph Bryant
Photography: Steve Gregson

A man in a dark suit throws his arms open as papers flutter through blue haze around him.

Two performers face each other upstage among red chairs and long shadows, with a large portrait hanging on the back wall.

A woman in black reaches toward the darkness with tense hands, edged by cool blue theatrical light.

A man kneels beside a standing person in a nun-like habit, clasping their hand beneath warm and blue spotlights.

A bearded man in a paint-stained white T-shirt holds a crumpled cloth aloft and grips a dark container at his side.

A backlit figure stands centered in blue light between rows of benches, framed by darkness and haze.

A seated woman in a floral dress looks down while a man leans close behind her, speaking into the intimate space.

A lone figure bends over a bench in deep red light on a mostly dark stage.

An older woman in a floral top holds a hand to her chest under bright lights cutting through haze.

A man seen from behind holds up a large portrait against a black stage wall.

A wide, empty-feeling stage shows red chairs, scattered paper on the floor, and a lone woman near the rear wall.

A kneeling man reacts to an older woman holding a bright yellow cloth under angled stage lights.

A man sits alone on a bench with his face buried in his hands, surrounded by red chairs and stage portraits.

A woman in black gestures outward in a dark red-and-blue-lit space with empty chairs behind her.

An older woman points across the chairs at a man covering his face beside a large portrait.

A woman in a grey blazer stands pensively in blue light, with red chairs and a portrait receding behind her.

A figure in a hooded work suit walks away between rows of red chairs toward blue light and a religious-style portrait.

An older woman stands with arms extended in a blue-lit wide view of the stage and empty benches.

A woman in a floral dress stands foreground in sharp focus while a suited man gestures behind her near the red chairs.

An older woman with glasses sits front and center beneath a soft overhead beam, with red chairs blurred behind her.

A man clasps his hands to his mouth in front of a large religious-style portrait, lit against a black background.

Seen from behind, an older woman sits facing the portrait with both arms raised and small objects in her hands.

A woman stands alone center stage in a floral top as haze and warm spotlights stream over the benches.

An older woman with glasses opens her hands in a direct, questioning gesture under bright stage light.

A seated woman is silhouetted on a bench with arms outstretched inside a stark cone of white light and haze.

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