A performer crouches low in a cloud of blue smoke on a red-lit stage, with a shadowed figure looming at the right edge.

Rose Theatre, Rose Bruford College2022

Her Naked Skin

The Production

Rose Bruford College’s production of Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Her Naked Skin was staged in the college’s Rose Theatre as a drama-school presentation of this modern classic about women’s suffrage. The archive records a 2022 Rose Bruford production directed by Ewa Dina.

50 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Ewa Dina
Set & Costume Design: Sorcha Corcoran
Commissioned by: Rose Bruford College
Photography: Steve Gregson

A high, wide view of an empty theatre-in-the-round shows a red stage, scattered furniture, and vertical blue light tubes above a few people below.

Under stark spotlights, a person in a yellow hoodie leans toward a seated performer in a white blouse and dark skirt, who sits upright with hands clasped.

A performer in period-style dark clothing stands under hazy spotlights holding a straw hat, with a chair and pole nearby on the dim stage.

A moustached performer in a black suit reads a red newspaper aloud while another performer sits at a typewriter with papers under warm stage light.

On a red tiered stage beneath hanging lights and haze, a performer in a long white dress stands centered while others wait in the shadows around the edges.

Several barefoot performers in white undergarment-style costumes gather on the red stage, with one lying in the foreground and another standing with folded arms.

A dark, atmospheric stage shows performers in white spaced across a red platform beneath suspended blue-white light tubes, with others lying at the edges.

A performer in black leans closely over a kneeling performer in a white cap and apron, who clutches fabric and looks up anxiously.

Women in black dresses, white caps and aprons scrub a red stage floor with brushes and buckets while others work on a raised platform behind them.

A wide, dimly lit red stage shows performers in pale undergarments sitting and standing in small groups beneath cool blue vertical lights.

Men in black formal suits sit around a raised red platform while one man stands gesturing near a central pole, with haze and spotlights overhead.

A man in a brown suit stands in close-up on the red stage, looking intently forward as formally dressed men sit blurred behind him.

A man in a brown suit addresses seated men in black around a raised red platform with a central pole, under warm spotlights and stage haze.

A man in a dark coat sits on bedding facing a woman in a black uniform and white cap who holds a folded newspaper under a cool spotlight.

A woman in a straw boater holds a large banner reading “DEEDS NOT WORDS” while other period-dressed performers with sashes stand on the red platform behind her.

An ensemble gathers on and around the raised red platform, where women with suffrage banners face men in dark coats under dramatic overhead beams.

A crowded stage confrontation unfolds as men in dark coats cluster and pull at one another while women with suffrage sashes stand on the platform nearby.

Two women in period coats, hats and rosettes face each other closely in conversation, with other performers dimly visible on the red stage behind them.

Two performers in dark period clothing stand on a red platform under blue haze, with a vertical pole, scattered bedding and a basket beside them.

A performer in a white nurse-style cap and dark dress crouches low on white bedding on the red stage, lit by cool blue light.

A nurse-capped performer bends forward in distress toward another performer seen from behind, in a tense, shadowy confrontation by a stage pole.

Two performers in dark clothing support a nurse-capped performer who leans back with an anguished expression in stark blue-black lighting.

A lone nurse-capped performer sits on white bedding at the centre of a red platform, isolated beneath a blue overhead spotlight.

A performer in a textured white blouse looks upward with hands at their throat, caught in a warm spotlight against darkness.

A performer in a white blouse and long skirt reaches to a suited performer's face as he holds a cigarette, beside a dark trunk onstage.

From high above, a solitary performer in white sits on bedding on a red platform in an otherwise dark, empty theatre with poles and hanging lights.

Two performers in white sit close together on bedding, one gently touching the other's cheek in an intimate moment on the red stage.

A performer in a straw boater, suit jacket and gloves aims a pistol straight ahead, with the red stage and blurred figures behind.

On a red stage under blue haze, several performers in long coats and straw hats kneel or stand around a platform, with one at the front aiming a pistol outward.

A performer in a waistcoat stands on a red platform while another in a white cap and apron sits beside a blanket and chalk writing, beneath hanging blue light tubes.

A performer in a white cap and apron kneels on the red stage, writing in chalk beside crumpled fabric under strong pink light.

In a tight spotlight, a mustached performer in a dark coat grips another performer who is bent forward, creating a tense physical moment.

Two performers in pale dresses embrace at the centre of a red platform, surrounded by smoke, overhead lights and the dark auditorium.

Two performers kneel close together on the red stage and kiss, one cupping the other's face with a brown satchel over their shoulder.

A performer in a white blouse sits at a table reading a book, with a gramophone horn prominent in the foreground and glassware behind.

A lone performer in a waistcoat stands in a dim pool of light on the red stage near a table with a gramophone and glasses.

Several performers in period dress sit at small tea tables on a red platform, with smoke, overhead spotlights and a central pole framing the scene.

A performer in a lavender buttoned coat and dark hat stands in close-up, with another performer partly hidden behind them on the dark stage.

On a red-lit stage, a man in a waistcoat holds a distressed woman in a white blouse and grey skirt as she bends over his hand beside rumpled bedding.

A man in a waistcoat sits rigidly on rumpled white bedding while a woman behind him bends forward gripping a tall pole in the dark red-lit space.

A lone performer in a dark dress and white apron stands on a red platform beside a tall pole under blue vertical lights and drifting smoke.

In a brightly lit theatre-in-the-round, performers cluster on a red platform around a seated figure, with green aprons, gloves, tubing, and a nurse-like apron visible.

Two performers in green rubber aprons and gloves attend to a slumped seated person while another holds a funnel connected by red tubing beside a metal pole amid stage smoke.

Under narrow spotlights in a dark, smoky auditorium, a performer in a white dress stands on a red platform beside a figure lying under white bedding.

A performer in a pale, lace-trimmed dress stands isolated against blackness, face anguished and hands stained red.

A performer in a pale blue dress leans close to a reclining performer’s face, their hands clasped among white pillows and sheets.

Thick blue smoke surrounds a nurse-costumed performer kneeling on the red stage as one black-clad performer holds their face and another holds a smoking canister.

An ensemble stands spread across a red stage under strong beams of light, with musicians holding brass and string instruments on the raised platform behind.

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