An empty thrust stage is seen from high above, with a small object isolated in a purple spotlight at centre.

Orange Tree Theatre2026

Britney’s Lock

The Production

Orange Tree Theatre’s OT 15-18 Young Company performed Alexandra Wood’s Britney’s Lock as part of National Theatre Connections 2026. Staged on the Orange Tree stage, the production formed part of a seven-month youth theatre project that also took the work to the Lyric Hammersmith.

27 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Jordana Golbourn
Set & Costume Design: OT 15-18 Young Creatives
Commissioned by: Orange Tree Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

A schoolgirl with a loosened striped tie holds a small object and looks tensely ahead in a darkly lit close-up.

A blue-lit wide stage view shows performers moving toward distant boxes across the pale wooden floor.

Students surge forward with arms raised in a wide, dark stage composition.

A curly-haired student sits alone at the front with a notebook while classmates argue or move behind her.

Smiling technical crew sit at a lighting and sound console surrounded by screens and controls.

Two school-uniformed girls embrace beside a paper-covered table as other students gather around them.

A lone school-uniformed performer stands in a magenta pool of light on the otherwise dark stage.

Three students in blazers cluster beneath a green and yellow wall hanging, listening intently.

Two people sit behind a dark control-room window, their faces reflected in low light.

Students around a map-covered table watch a placard reading HISTORY held above a central performer.

A schoolgirl leans on a paper-covered table, facing a curly-haired adult across shallow focus.

An ensemble seen from behind throws confetti or paper pieces into the air beneath greenish stage light.

Two people smile behind a control-room window, with a bright reflected light flaring on the glass.

A schoolgirl with clasped hands faces two classmates in an intimate three-person confrontation.

An ensemble sweeps across the stage in a diagonal rush under bright overhead theatre light.

Two students bend over papers on a table, concentrating on writing or drawing together.

Two students huddle under green and yellow lighting, looking warily toward someone off frame.

A large ensemble clusters in warm red light, with raised arms and hair caught in energetic motion.

A schoolgirl touches her face with both hands while another student stands close in an intimate confrontation.

Three school-uniformed girls study a phone held upright, their faces lit by cool blue stage light.

A young technician paints or marks a blue globe beneath a green and yellow banner.

A large group of students gathers tightly for a celebratory pose on a confetti-strewn stage.

Students in uniform wave small flags in warm red light, standing shoulder to shoulder.

A wide stage view shows students lifting papers or signs while one sits writing in the foreground.

A woman in a dark top with a shoulder bag stands alone under a tight spotlight against a black background.

School-uniformed performers gather in a narrow backstage corridor under a bright backlight in black and white.

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