A woman in black sits alone in a pool of light beneath dramatic blue-white beams, her hands raised.

Union Theatre, London2021

Children of Eden

The Production

London School of Musical Theatre’s December 2021 production of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s Children of Eden was staged at the Union Theatre as a student showcase. This intimate staging brought the Genesis-inspired musical into contemporary focus, with reviewers noting its ensemble impact and ecological resonances.

52 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Graham Hubbard
Musical Director: Tim Jackson
Set Design: David Shields
Commissioned by: London School of Musical Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

An ensemble reaches upward toward a woman on an elevated metal platform in a wide blue-lit stage scene.

A blue-lit singer stands in close foreground with other performers emerging from darkness behind him.

Grey-clad performers move in formation across the stage while a woman watches from the upper level.

A performer in a pale hooded costume is lifted and surrounded by an excited ensemble beneath the metal balcony.

A woman in a patterned robe raises both hands behind an upper railing under saturated blue light.

A wide blue stage composition shows a figure lying on the patterned floor as performers line the stairs and balcony.

Warm light frames kneeling performers gathered around a small object while a woman stands elevated with arms raised.

A woman in a patterned robe stands hands on hips in the foreground, with seated performers arranged on the metal balcony behind.

Three performers in pale costumes look and point upward together against the industrial set.

Two performers in pale hooded outfits react with comic surprise in a tight, brightly lit frame.

The ensemble lunges outward in an energetic formation across the circular floor pattern.

Two silhouetted figures stand in the foreground facing a distant woman isolated in a blue beam.

A woman stands high on the platform above two curled figures on the floor in a deep blue stage picture.

A couple stand face to face at center stage while a chorus forms a shadowed line on the balcony.

A woman in a yellow dress stands alone in the foreground with a grey-clad chorus watching from above.

A man holds a woman in a yellow dress by the upper arms in an intimate, tense exchange.

A woman in a yellow dress sings with raised hands beneath green-blue lighting and balcony shadows.

A group of red-wigged performers lean forward toward a woman in a yellow dress.

A woman in a yellow dress stands to one side as a row of red-wigged dancers sit in blue light with legs lifted.

A row of grey-clad performers sit closely side by side under cool blue lighting.

A couple kiss at center stage while a woman on the upper platform looks down over them.

A couple in white stand with their backs to the audience, facing an encircling ensemble in blue and red light.

A man and woman stand hand in hand in a bright blue-white pool of light.

Red light washes a stage where one grey-clad performer stands isolated as others huddle and sit nearby.

A woman in a grey costume sings in close-up against a dark stage background.

A woman in grey stands in side light while performers work around ladders and props behind her.

A woman in a patterned robe lifts a seated man's hand toward her mouth as he looks back at her.

Two performers in knit sweaters sit close together beside a ladder under warm red light.

Performers on ladders gesture upward above a seated ensemble in a wide industrial stage composition.

An ensemble hold drawn placards at the front of the stage under vivid blue lighting.

Animal-costumed performers dance across the blue-lit stage in a broad ensemble formation.

A man in a naval uniform stands alone at center stage with a woman positioned high on the platform behind him.

A naval-uniformed man holds a finger to his lips while performers crouch and reach behind him.

The ensemble lunges and reaches around a central group beneath pale beams of light.

A naval-uniformed man holds a small red light aloft in blue darkness.

A naval-uniformed man kisses a woman in a green hooded coat under cool blue light.

A woman in a yellow raincoat sings with arms open against a blue-lit industrial backdrop.

Two silhouetted figures embrace beneath a blue overhead spotlight on the patterned floor.

A group in white dresses hold umbrellas beneath blue beams on the wide stage.

A man stands centered in blue light facing a woman on the upper platform as others sit and stand at the sides.

A woman in a yellow raincoat stands in the foreground before a grey-clad ensemble under blue light.

Red light and haze surround performers crouching and reaching around prone figures on the circular floor.

A man in a dark coat holds a vertical pole at center stage with seated performers behind him on the balcony.

Two men in dark suits hold and comfort a woman in a yellow coat in a close, emotionally charged moment.

A brightly lit ensemble surges forward in dance with a performer in orange at the center.

Dancers leap and stretch around central singers while circular props are raised in the air.

A mixed-costume ensemble stands together in strong white beams on the circular stage.

A woman in black stands behind the upper railing with an ensemble lined behind her in warm haze.

A mixed-costume ensemble stands at the front while a woman in a patterned robe commands the upper platform.

The ensemble appears in silhouette against intense red, green and blue backlights.

The empty stage is washed by red, green and blue shafts of light over the circular floor pattern.

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