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Guildhall School of Music and Drama Studios2025

Black Box

The Production

Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Black Box was a November 2025 Drama production within the School’s actor-training repertoire. The project is associated with short contemporary works including Sticks and Stones, Interruptions, Gloria, Rock/Paper/Scissors and Hang.

40 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Dan Coleman
Commissioned by: Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Photography: Steve Gregson

Performer in a black hoodie looks up between standing figures, with seated performers blurred behind.

Technician wearing a headset smiles at a lighting control desk with multiple screens and faders.

Four performers sit on cube blocks across a black box stage under bright beams of light.

Two performers face each other closely, gesturing under warm stage light.

Performer in a pale green top reaches one hand forward, with another performer partly visible behind.

Blue-lit stage with two performers near a cube block and audience seating dimly visible behind.

Performer in black looks down at a smartphone under warm light, with a blurred figure behind.

Two performers face each other, gesturing with open hands against a dark stage.

Ensemble of performers holding sticks spread across a stage lit in amber and blue.

Performer in a blue shirt grips their head under stark blue stage lighting.

Seated performer in black reaches toward a standing performer in a green plaid shirt on a dark stage.

Three performers sit apart on box stools under yellow, blue and white spotlights in a black-box theatre.

Performer in a grey ribbed sweater speaks with hands raised against a black background.

Person wearing a headset holds a radio at a lighting control desk with screens and faders.

Performer in a bright green dress stands near a box while two others sit apart under overhead spotlights.

Performer sits on the floor looking upward, with three others seated behind in soft focus.

Performer in a green jumper gestures toward another seen from behind, with a third standing between them.

Two performers call out under bright spotlights, with box props and audience seating behind.

Two performers face each other; one raises both hands while the other rests a hand on their chest.

One performer sits on a wooden box while another stands apart in a green sweater on a dark stage.

Performer in a black fleece gestures forward while speaking, with two others partly visible in low light.

Ensemble gathered around a performer standing on a wooden box, with sticks on the floor under spotlights.

Performer in a yellow cardigan and patterned trousers sits cross-legged on a wooden box, looking upward.

Performer in a dark pinafore stands under a spotlight, looking upward against a black background.

Performer faces a blurred figure in the foreground, with blue-lit figures in the background.

Performer in black sits on the floor with one hand on their head and a white stick laid in front.

Performer in a dark pinafore faces a blurred figure in green in the foreground.

Two performers stand before seated audience members; one reads from a stack of papers.

Performer in a black sweater stands with arms spread wide against a dark background.

Three performers sit on black boxes under hazy spotlights, with audience seating visible behind them.

Performer in a red striped shirt sits on a wooden box, looking down in a pool of warm light.

Two performers stand in a spotlight while a blurred figure in the foreground gestures toward them.

Performer in a black top holds both palms upward while speaking under a focused spotlight.

Performer in an oversized grey jumper holds a sheaf of papers, facing a blurred figure in the foreground.

One performer sits in an oversized grey jumper as another stands nearby, hands behind their back, in blue light.

Performer in a bright green dress looks upward under spotlights, with another performer behind in a yellow top.

Large ensemble stands across the stage, arms raised toward the audience under blue and amber lights.

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