Three cloaked figures stand in a tight cluster before a bright blue backlight, their long shadows stretching toward the camera.

Bellairs Theatre, Ivy Arts Centre2022

Macbeth

The Production

Guildford School of Acting’s February 2022 student production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth was staged at the Bellairs Theatre, Ivy Arts Centre. The production formed part of GSA’s on-campus performance programme for its acting and theatre production students.

47 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Jaq Bessell
Lighting Design: Fridthjofur Thorsteinsson
Set & Costume Design: Philippa Brocklehurst
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

Narrow beams of light rake across an empty black stage, creating long striped shadows in haze.

A performer holding a lantern crouches in blue stage light while three cloaked figures wait in shadow behind.

Three cloaked women gather closely, one raising a hand as if presenting or inspecting a small object.

Several performers huddle around a seated, blood-covered figure under cold blue light.

Three cloaked women stand together in a circular pool of blue light on the bare stage.

A technician operates a lighting or sound console from behind red auditorium seats, with screens and the stage visible beyond.

A technician in glasses adjusts a control desk lit by blue and green console lights in a dark auditorium.

A woman in a long red dress stands alone in a large blue-lit space with shadowed floor lines behind her.

A woman holds a man's face with both hands in an intimate blue-lit exchange.

A cloaked body lies face down on the stage beside a lantern, isolated in a broad wash of blue light.

A young performer kneels on the floor holding a sword horizontally beside a small lantern.

A man in dark tactical costume stands beneath a bright backlight that flares above his head.

A group kneels across the stage while a woman in red stands apart under smoky overhead light.

A woman in a red dress sits alone on the floor beneath a wide turquoise haze and overhead lights.

A large ensemble faces front under a row of bright stage lights, casting long shadows across the floor.

A man in dark costume looks out from a blue-lit close-up against vertical stage panels.

An ensemble kneels around a central pair joining hands beneath bright blue-white overhead light.

A richly dressed performer and a man with a red sash clasp hands as another figure kneels behind them.

Three performers are arranged low on the floor, with a red-sashed figure standing behind them in blue light.

A man with a red sash stands alone, arms extended, holding a looped cord beneath a row of lights.

A bearded man in padded costume points upward into darkness, his face caught in cool side light.

A woman turns away while a man kneels beside her, holding her hand in a dark intimate scene.

Two performers in pale costumes embrace tightly against the blue vertical stage wall.

Two young performers in pale costumes hold each other, one with blood visible on his shirt, while figures blur behind them.

Two richly dressed performers embrace at the edge of intense blue beams that stripe the stage floor.

Two figures face each other across a wide stage patterned with strong diagonal beams and haze.

Three performers move forward through bright blue backlight, their shadows stretching sharply behind them.

A small figure in a red sash stands alone at the far end of a wide, empty, blue-lit stage.

A blood-smeared man stands in smoky blue light, his dark costume and face marked red.

Three cloaked women occupy a bright rectangular stage area, with chairs and smoke framing the ritual-like scene.

Three cloaked women lean together in green-blue haze, holding cups and watching something intently.

Three cloaked women sit spaced apart on chairs beneath heavy blue smoke and a row of low lights.

A man in a red sash and a hooded woman lift small glasses toward each other in a close blue-lit moment.

A bloodied performer stands with one arm raised while others crouch and kneel around them in smoky light.

A kneeling figure is isolated in a spotlight beneath a large ghostly face projected across the dark stage wall.

A man in a red sash crouches close to the camera, glancing sideways out of deep darkness.

Three men stand in a wide pool of blue light, surrounded by strong patterned shadows on the floor.

A woman in a white nightgown holds a lit candle in the foreground while a dark figure watches behind her.

A woman in a white nightgown stares at her raised, blood-stained hands against a black background.

A woman in a stained white nightgown stands tense in front of two shadowed figures holding candles.

A young performer peers over a dark barrier, their face isolated against the surrounding blackness.

A line of performers with weapons crosses the stage in silhouette through blue haze and side light.

A lone performer points across the stage under a tight overhead light, casting a large shadow at their feet.

Two performers duel with swords in a balanced lunge beneath a row of stark white lights.

A central performer in a red sash stands surrounded by kneeling and seated figures in a bright blue stage wash.

Three performers stand front-facing beneath blue overhead lights, one holding a head-shaped prop.

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