A lone performer stands in shadow holding a small object, facing a dim apartment-like set under a narrow overhead spotlight.

The Backstage Theatre, Mountview2026

Breathing Corpses

The Production

Mountview staged Laura Wade’s Breathing Corpses at The Backstage Theatre in April 2026, directed by Anna Ryder and performed by the BA Musical Theatre cohort. The production was presented as a darkly comic jigsaw-puzzle thriller tracing characters linked by encounters with death.

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Director: Anna Ryder
Movement Director: Raniah Al-Sayed
Lighting Design: Will Evans
Set & Costume Design: Anna Toumanova
Sound Design: Alex Adshead
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two performers stand far apart on a wide stage with a red-covered bed, yellow cleaning cart, and apartment set lit by green and yellow spotlights.

A performer in a red pinafore leans anxiously over someone lying in bed, with warm window light behind them.

A performer in red shorts and a white T-shirt stands alone near a lit counter on a sparse apartment set, framed by rows of audience chairs.

In a close, tense moment, a standing performer in a red-and-black striped top holds a seated performer's head and chin as they look at each other.

A performer in a red-and-black striped top raises a red shoe over a seated performer on the floor beside a red-covered bed.

A performer stands with their back to the audience at center stage, facing a red sliding door and counter under warm overhead lights.

A blonde performer in a pale pink cardigan sits clutching bags, looking worried against a dark green stage wall and glowing counter.

Wearing yellow gloves, a performer in a red pinafore pulls up a white sheet over someone lying in a bed with a deep red blanket.

Two performers stand talking on a dim, blue-lit apartment set, with a bed to one side and rows of audience seats in shadow.

A man in a purple sweater looks anxiously toward a blurred blonde woman in the foreground under tight stage lighting.

On a bedroom-like stage set, a woman in green overalls stands with arms crossed while a man crouches over a rectangular panel near the bed.

A woman wearing yellow cleaning gloves holds a caddy beside two doors, a reception desk, and a lit floor lamp.

At a green-lit counter, a blonde woman leans forward speaking animatedly to a person in workwear while another man looks down behind the desk.

A man kneels on the floor holding the foot of a woman lying in red shorts, with the bed and auditorium seating visible behind them.

A man in a red-and-black striped sweater grips a woman's arm as she recoils with her mouth open in front of red blinds.

A wide stage view shows a woman near the reception desk holding fabric while a seated man works with a long wooden pole beside the bed.

A seated man in a purple sweater concentrates on carving or marking a long wooden pole in dim, focused light.

A person in green overalls stands arms crossed in the foreground while a man behind them works on a wooden pole on the bench.

A performer stands tensely downstage beside a red toolbox, while two others face away on a stark interior set under cool overhead spotlights.

From behind, a performer in shadow holds a small pill bottle while another figure stands blurred in a doorway across the dim stage.

A performer in a red apron and yellow rubber gloves holds a yellow cleaning caddy, staring ahead beside a lit floor lamp.

A performer in a red apron parts sheer curtains at a large yellow-lit window on a sparsely furnished stage.

A performer in a red apron and yellow gloves leans over tangled bedding with an open-mouthed expression, lit dramatically against rows of empty seats.

A seated performer in a blue shirt studies a large knife held upright, with rumpled bedding in the foreground.

A performer sits behind a reception-style desk holding a phone, with cleaning supplies on the floor nearby and dark doorways behind.

Behind a counter with a laptop and fan, one performer grips another’s face in a tense close encounter near a wooden door.

A smiling performer holds a phone to her ear in the foreground, while another performer stands blurred behind her against a red-lit window.

A wide stage view shows a performer in a red apron standing near a cleaning caddy, with a bed and rumpled blankets in the foreground.

A woman in a loose white T-shirt and red trousers stands hands on hips under warm stage light, with a man blurred behind her near a door and counter.

A woman in green overalls leans urgently toward a man seated on the floor beside a fallen door panel, with a bed and audience seating behind them.

A man in a pale blue shirt stands under a focused spotlight near a rumpled bed, with audience members dimly visible at the edge of the stage.

A young woman in a red tabard stands behind a reception counter facing a man seen from behind in the foreground.

A man at a counter holds up a white packet while speaking animatedly to a woman in a light coat holding a handbag.

A woman in a pale pink sweater stands with folded arms in the background while a man in a check shirt is shadowed in the foreground.

A smiling woman in a pink sweater rests a hand on a young man in green overalls as he leans against a counter lit green from below.

A woman in a red apron and yellow rubber gloves stands in a bright spotlight beside a bed covered with a magenta blanket on a sparse stage set.

A headset-wearing technician sits at a control desk in low light, grimacing with a hand near her mouth.

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