A blonde performer lies flat on a plastic-wrapped couch with arms hanging down and legs extended, in a bare plywood rehearsal setting.

The Clare, Young Vic Theatre, London2024

Girl in the Machine

The Production

Young Vic presented Stef Smith’s Girl in the Machine in The Clare, directed by 2024 Genesis Future Directors Award recipient Annie Kershaw. Starring Leah Harvey and Sophie Melville, the intimate production explored love, mental health and technological escape through the arrival of the Black Box.

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Director: Annie Kershaw
Movement Director: Nevena Stojkov
Lighting Design: Lucía Sánchez Roldán
Set & Costume Design: Khadija Raza
Sound Design: Odinn Orn Hilmarsson
Commissioned by: Young Vic Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

A performer in a dark T-shirt lies on a plastic-wrapped couch, staring intently at a tablet held close in front of them.

Two performers stand close together as one gently holds the other's raised forearm, creating an intimate, focused moment against a plywood wall.

Across a white table, one performer holding a small object faces another who leans forward tensely, with rehearsal room furniture and props behind them.

One performer lies across another's back on a plastic-wrapped couch while the lower performer watches a tablet, both framed in a bare rehearsal space.

Leaning over a plastic-wrapped couch, a performer covers their mouth while watching a tablet on a small side table.

Two performers sit side by side on a plastic-wrapped couch, smiling at each other as one holds a white mug.

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