A top-hatted performer in black tails plays violin center stage amid haze, patterned rugs, hanging empty frames, and musicians behind.

The Barn Theatre, Rose Bruford College2022

Jekyll and Hyde

The Production

Rose Bruford College’s MA Actor-Musicianship students presented a live actor-musician reworking of Jekyll and Hyde at the Barn Theatre in Sidcup. The gender-reversed adaptation follows Harriet Jekyll as she investigates her late husband’s experiments, reframing Stevenson’s Gothic tale through contemporary questions of gender and power.

43 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Lucy Betts
Musical Director: Greg Palmer
Commissioned by: Rose Bruford College (MA Actor-Musicianship)
Photography: Steve Gregson

Close-up of a top-hatted performer in a black coat staring intensely under warm stage light, with musicians blurred in the background.

Under blue and purple lighting, a performer in a dark suit reaches one arm upward while musicians play behind on the patterned rug set.

A performer in a white shirt fastens their collar while a top-hatted performer stands close behind in moody red and blue light.

In low fog, one performer raises a pistol as another is bent backward and a third pulls at their arm beneath hanging frames.

A top-hatted violinist plays in a tight pool of dramatic light against a nearly black background.

Two performers face each other in hazy backlight, one wrapped in a dark shawl and looking up at the other in a black coat.

A performer leans over a small table of glass jars and papers, with shadowed musicians playing across the dim stage behind.

Two performers stand close together holding open parasols under blue light, framed by red curtains and empty picture frames.

Two performers stand face to face in a tense close-up, one holding folded papers near the other's face under stark stage light.

A bearded performer stands in shadow beneath a smoky spotlight, with another performer crouched on a rug in the distant framed stage set.

Close-up of a performer in a black top hat and Victorian-style coat holding a suspended microphone close to their face under stark blue light.

An ensemble performs on a rug-lined stage, with singers and dancers in front and guitar and double bass players behind amid pink haze and hanging frames.

Two performers stand close in a dark scene, one raising a finger in warning while the other looks up with a bright, intent expression.

In a wide blue-lit stage view, one performer bends over a kneeling performer while musicians stand in the background among rugs, red drapes, and hanging frames.

A top-hatted musician holds a violin and suspended microphone as a cellist leans beside them, with another performer blurred in purple haze behind.

At a small table, a performer in a white shirt and tie stares tensely across at a blurred seated figure, with a patterned tissue box between them.

Performers kneel in a circle on a red rug around a backlit central figure, creating a smoky, ritual-like stage tableau with instruments nearby.

A solemn performer in a tall black hat and dark coat holds a saxophone against a red curtain backdrop.

A performer in a white shirt gently touches the face of a top-hatted performer as they face each other under red stage lighting.

Three performers in period-style costumes stand close together under blue stage lighting, holding open patterned umbrellas against a backdrop of empty picture frames.

A seated performer in a red waistcoat looks alarmed as another performer looms behind them in the darkness with raised hands.

Two performers embrace and kiss in a tight spotlight against a dark stage background.

A performer in a top hat and tailcoat stands center stage holding a violin and bow, with musicians behind them in smoky light beneath hanging picture frames.

A performer in a blue ruffled blouse and dark vest pulls back their hair in moody blue light, with a blurred musician behind them.

A performer in a top hat holding a violin faces another performer at stage left, while musicians stand nearby in haze beneath hanging frames and bare bulbs.

A performer in a pale tracksuit stands alone in a stark spotlight, holding a small plush tiger against a dark stage.

Under purple and blue spotlights, a performer in a suit sings into a hanging microphone while a saxophonist and bassist kneel beside them on patterned rugs.

A performer in a blue costume holds out a crumpled paper with a tense expression, while another performer stands blurred behind them in blue light.

A woman in a blue blouse leans forward through low stage fog, with sharply lit performers and musicians behind her in a dark, red-draped set.

A performer in a top hat and dark suit holds up red-stained hands under moody blue light, framed by a vivid red curtain.

On a dark stage, one performer lies on the floor while another kneels over them, gripping their face in a tense, low-lit moment.

A bearded performer in a dark coat and patterned scarf stands in front of red curtains, lit warmly from the side.

Under deep blue lighting, a woman stands over a seated man and raises a small blade above him on a rug-covered stage.

A performer in a gray sweatshirt holds up a blue smartphone with a fierce expression, isolated in stark blue light.

Three performers play saxophone, cello, and double bass together, smiling amid stage haze and hanging picture frames.

A woman in a blue blouse faces a man in a red waistcoat, standing near a chalkboard and red curtain on a dim stage.

A performer in a top hat plays violin at center stage, surrounded by haze, rugs, red curtains, and shadowed musicians.

Two performers react tensely beside red curtains, one in a top hat and the other with red-stained hands held together.

Under cold blue stage light, a performer in a police-style coat grips a helmet and looks tensely to the side, with a shadowy figure blurred behind.

In smoky blue-purple light, several performers cluster closely as a woman at center looks outward while another reaches toward her hand and a violinist plays in the background.

A woman stands center stage in a long dark skirt amid low fog, surrounded by three performers under warm light, with empty frames, red curtains, and a chalkboard reading “VOTES 4 MEN” behind her.

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