A silhouetted performer balances on or beside a chair with one arm lifted before a vivid purple curtain.

The Cockpit Theatre, London2023

Can't See For Looking

The Production

Living the Drama's Can't See For Looking transferred to The Cockpit Theatre, London in October 2023 after opening at The Old Fire Station, Oxford. Written by Carolyn Lloyd Davies with co-creator Franchezka Cunanan, the production is a fast-moving drama based on interviews with Filipina domestic workers rescued from modern slavery.

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Director: David Trevaskis
Movement Director: Emma Webb
Lighting Design: Sammy Emmins
Set Design: Sorcha Corcoran, Alice Carroll
Sound Design: Stephanie Connell
Commissioned by: Living the Drama
Photography: Steve Gregson

An empty blue-lit stage recedes toward a translucent curtain framed by angled fluorescent lights.

Five performers stand tightly grouped at the front of the stage under blue and purple light.

Three people sit around a small table on a wide, sparsely staged set beneath a glowing overhead light.

A performer in grey stands forward in the centre while others sit behind on the cool-lit stage.

A woman in a red suit holds another performer by the shoulders in an intimate blue-lit exchange.

Silhouetted performers move in expressive poses across a blue and purple stage.

A lone performer stands at the side of a wide warm-lit stage while two people sit at a distant table.

A performer in grey speaks intensely with one hand at their torso as two seated figures blur behind them.

Two women sit side by side, turning toward one another in a quiet blue-lit moment.

A woman in green reaches toward a seated woman while a suited man watches from a table.

A performer in green stands in strong warm light with two seated figures behind in shadow.

A woman in dark clothing gestures with open hands as a green-clad performer stands behind her.

A green-clad performer stands alone at the end of a long stage walkway under bright white beams.

A woman in a red suit gestures broadly in front of seated performers and a translucent curtain.

A woman in a grey cardigan leans face-to-face toward a green-clad performer in tense confrontation.

A woman in grey kneels over a collapsed green-clad performer while a suited man sits at a table behind.

A seated woman in navy leans close and holds the hands of a green-clad performer.

A green-clad performer stands alone in the centre of a purple-lit stage, casting a long shadow.

A distressed green-clad performer sits at a table facing a suited man across documents and a laptop.

The empty theatre surrounds a blue-lit stage with a glowing curtain and seating visible on both sides.

Four performers align one behind another down the centre of a blue stage, with the front performer kneeling.

A solitary performer kneels centre stage before a small case, framed by purple light and a seated silhouette.

Two women stand shoulder to shoulder before a purple-lit background, one in a beige coat and one in green.

Two women struggle in low light, one recoiling with a hand to her head as the other reaches toward her.

A green-clad performer holds a hand to her chest under blue light while a suited figure sits in silhouette.

A woman in grey stands in the foreground with a younger woman close behind her under cool white light.

Silhouetted performers strike energetic shapes in front of a magenta curtain and bright angled lights.

A suited man sits at a table looking down while a woman kneels beside the desk in blue light.

A suited man stands in the foreground with a table and seated figure set back on the stage.

A woman leans forward across a table toward a suited man, speaking beside a laptop and papers.

A suited man sits alone on a wide, dim stage beneath a single blue overhead light.

A young woman in a beige coat gestures while seated beside a woman in grey holding papers.

A young woman in a beige coat stands in close view beneath a bright diagonal beam of light.

A woman in a red suit sits alone at the centre of a wide stage under pale white lights.

Three women face one another across a blue-lit stage with the glowing curtain behind them.

A woman in a red suit looks intently at another performer in close foreground.

A young woman in a beige coat stares forward while a red-suited woman is seen from behind.

Two dark figures walk toward an orange-lit curtain on an otherwise empty stage.

Two women stand apart on a blue-lit stage beneath bright zigzagging light bars.

A performer in grey and green reaches one hand outward toward the audience under blue light.

Two women sit closely together, one in grey and one in navy, sharing a serious look.

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