A full-stage tableau places a young woman at centre while dancers sweep around her under bright overhead beams and haze.

The Mack, Mountview2023

Disney's The Little Mermaid

The Production

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts' BA Musical Theatre production of Disney's The Little Mermaid was staged at The Mack in April 2023. The production was billed as an inventive family staging of the Disney musical, featuring songs including “Part of Your World” and “Under the Sea.”

43 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Dan Herd
Musical Director: Nicholas Chave
Choreographer: Amy Lawrence
Lighting Design: Adam King
Set Design: Rhyannon Richardson
Costume Design: Katie Higgins
Sound Design: Adam Fisher
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

A performer in striped shirt and overalls sings intensely with raised hands against a black background.

A large colourful ensemble fills the stage around a central group, framed by purple, green and yellow lighting.

A young woman crawls low across the floor, her body and shadow sharply lit against a pale sketched backdrop.

A line of performers in boat costumes dance beneath blue spotlights and haze on a dark stage.

A young woman in soft green-blue light stands tensely in the foreground as a red-jacketed performer watches behind her.

A red-jacketed performer stands with arms wide before a shadowed line of ensemble members under crossing blue beams.

A young woman holds a small shell-like object to her mouth in a quiet, green-blue pool of light.

A white-wigged performer in a dark gown is surrounded by bubbles, blue haze and fish puppets.

A lone performer stands beneath intense red beams on a dark stage, one arm lifted into the light.

A performer in a bright skirt leaps sideways before a pale backdrop while another performer reaches toward her.

A seated young woman in a coral dress smiles beside a large blue fish puppet, lit by warm sunlike stage light.

A red-lit ensemble spreads across the stage around a central performer, with haze and suspended lights overhead.

An older-looking performer in a hat and draped coat sings with arms stretched wide before a glowing backdrop.

A seated young woman is surrounded by a close group of grey-costumed performers in a tight pool of light.

A performer in a pale costume leaps across a purple-lit stage while an ensemble crouches and reaches around her.

A red-jacketed performer faces a projected shadow figure with outstretched arms against a blue-lit backdrop.

A young woman in a pink robe stands still in a cool blue spotlight against a dark background.

A wide blue scene shows performers gathered around twisting tentacle-like set pieces under narrow shafts of light.

Two performers animate fish puppets toward a seated young woman, all washed in vivid green stage light.

A performer dressed as a chef stands in dense smoke, partly backlit against a colourful set.

A dancer in a pale costume moves before a tall backdrop, her shadow stretching dramatically up the wall.

A performer in blue overalls pulls another across the floor while dancers in pale costumes move behind them in blue light.

A white-wigged performer sings with arms open against a saturated blue backdrop.

A performer in gold stands in a spotlight at stage left while a line of black-clad figures faces her from the side.

A kneeling performer is isolated in a pool of warm light, with a cool blue spotlight and dark set around him.

A young woman and a white-wigged performer look upward together in a close blue-green stage moment.

A wide stage view shows a grey-costumed ensemble surging around a central area, with figures visible on upper platforms.

A white-clad performer poses inside a circular spotlight projected on a pale wall while another performer watches below.

A young woman seated on a sculptural sea-creature prop sings with arms open in saturated blue light.

A red-lit ensemble erupts around a wheeled seat as a white-costumed performer rises at the centre.

A giant hand shadow reaches across a pale projected backdrop while small figures remain in darkness below.

A red-costumed performer crouches in a bright spotlight, pointing outward while the surrounding ensemble recedes into darkness.

Three performers lean together near a colourful rock-like set, their faces tightly lit in an intimate exchange.

A young woman stands alone on a raised seat beneath bright blue beams, arms lifted against a dark stage.

A striped-overall performer is lifted amid laughing performers in feathered headpieces and black-and-white costumes.

A seated figure is surrounded by a dense ring of performers reaching inward in cool underwater light.

A white-wigged performer in a voluminous dark gown is isolated beneath sharp blue spotlights on a black stage.

A smiling performer in striped shirt and overalls sings toward the audience, with blurred dancers behind in cool blue light.

A colourful ensemble forms a broad semicircle around central performers, framed by blue haze and a tall projection screen.

A white-wigged performer raises a trident-like prop as puppet fish and surrounding performers crowd the blue-lit stage.

A young woman sits against a pale backdrop with strong shadow shapes falling across the wall behind her.

The full company fills the stage beneath blue overhead lights, with 'the END' painted on the backdrop behind them.

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