A solitary performer climbs or stands among stacked blocks under vivid blue beams and patterned floor light.

Backstage Theatre, Mountview2024

Junkyard

The Production

Jack Thorne and Stephen Warbeck’s Junkyard was presented by Mountview’s Actor Musicianship students at the Backstage Theatre in May 2024. This vibrant actor-musician production brought its junk-orchestra energy to the story of a group of 1970s Bristol schoolchildren building a playground from scrap.

49 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Simone Coxall
Musical Director: Ben Goddard
Choreographer: Emma Woods
Lighting Design: Hayden Camidge
Set & Costume Design: Laura Ann Price
Sound Design: Justin Teasdale
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two young women sit on a low platform facing each other in a tense exchange against a concrete set.

An ensemble gathers across the block set as a standing performer raises both arms beneath a diagonal spotlight.

A performer sings into a microphone as a trumpet player and another performer crowd close under saturated blue light.

A seated performer in a pale blue jacket looks emotional in an intimate pool of warm light.

A wide dark stage is washed in blue beams as performers gather below a bright rectangular wall opening.

Two seated performers sit before a concrete wall, one holding up a small object while the other looks startled.

A performer in maroon trousers leans back with one arm raised while ensemble members and brass players fill the blue-lit stage.

A bearded man in a suit leans across a block toward a seated person beside a small green desk lamp.

A seated woman in a dark coat holds a small cigarette-like object against a textured wall in cool side light.

A blue-lit stage of blocks and pallets holds a person lying among tilted structures while others sit or stand in shadow.

A performer in a blue jumpsuit sings or shouts while carrying a bundle of wooden stakes among the ensemble.

Two seated performers lean toward each other in intense conversation over stacked planks.

A saxophonist plays in purple and blue light, the instrument gleaming against the dark stage.

Performers sit in a low cluster beneath cool beams, with two central figures looking upward in blue-green light.

A performer in a red top leans back on a plank below a guitarist seated high on a ladder.

A performer in a pink striped shirt and overalls faces forward against black, her face half lit.

An ensemble works among red-lit blocks while two seated figures are framed high in a rectangular opening.

A performer seated in a wheelchair plays trumpet while several others gather tightly behind.

A woman in a patterned dress confronts a seated man under a bright backlight and amber haze.

A small group clusters in a white spotlight around instruments and equipment on an otherwise dark stage.

A seated performer leans toward someone lying in a hospital bed under cold blue-green light.

A performer with red suspenders stands alone holding two wooden sticks, arms open against darkness.

A bearded suited man leans close to another performer, his face intense in warm side light.

A full-stage tableau places the ensemble on stacked blocks beneath blue shafts and warm patterned light.

Two performers crouch behind a wooden pallet, with one peering over the edge in a close, anxious moment.

The ensemble surrounds a hospital bed beneath bright overhead beams on a busy stage.

A seated performer listens to a guitarist seen from behind, both isolated in warm amber light.

A musician plays a red bass guitar above a crouched performer under warm stage light.

A man in a brown jacket stands below a high rectangular opening where a woman sits in darkness.

A young performer gestures pleadingly toward a taller figure in suspenders under warm stage light.

A guitarist stands alone under a spotlight, casting a long sharp shadow across the floor.

A large ensemble is arranged across blocks and a wheelchair beneath sweeping blue and amber stage lights.

A performer in a blue jacket hangs upside down over a concrete block as another in a black cap leans close.

A bearded man in a brown jacket addresses the audience from center stage while ensemble activity continues behind him.

Two performers face each other across partly built wooden framework and concrete blocks in a smoky workshop-like scene.

A standing performer in a white shirt rests hands on the shoulders of a seated performer in blue under saturated blue light.

A performer in a pink striped shirt stands near a shopping trolley with the ensemble behind in hazy blue light.

Three performers cluster around a hospital bed, with one standing in red as two seated figures look up.

A bearded man in a suit raises both fists in an emphatic gesture above surrounding heads.

A seated performer in a pale blue jacket looks up beside a wheelchair as a guitar neck cuts through the foreground.

Performers are spaced across a blue and purple stage of blocks as a bright spotlight falls on a standing figure.

Three performers occupy different levels of concrete blocks, with a suited figure leaning forward in a stark pool of light.

A performer on a pallet points a handgun-like prop toward a suited man while others sit watching.

Performers hold a warm tableau on individual blocks, with a suited figure elevated in amber haze.

A performer in a blue jacket leans on a concrete block with a direct stare while another stands close in the foreground.

The ensemble clusters in a sculptural group beneath dramatic blue beams on a darkened stage.

Three women pose closely together in warm light, one seated low while two others frame her from behind.

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