Several blue-lit figures huddle beneath sweeping fabric on a dark stage, flanked by small red lights.

King's Head Theatre, London2026

May Day

The Production

A workshop production of a new LGBTQIA+ musical inspired by gender inclusion protests at Hampstead Heath Ladies Ponds, following Rae, a water sprite turned human, as they navigates gender, protest, belonging and a threat to the Heath.

40 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Millie Foy, Molly Stacey
Musical Director: Livi van Warmelo
Choreographer: Rhys Wilkinson
Lighting Design: Amy Daniels
Sound Design: Pierre Flasse
Photography: Steve Gregson

A wide black-box stage is surrounded by audience members as four performers stand beneath a bare branch.

Two performers kiss while holding each other against dark blue stage curtains.

A performer reaches toward a bare hanging branch while handling long yellow strips of fabric.

An ensemble celebrates with arms thrown high as confetti fills the brightly lit stage.

A performer sits in half-shadow, looking to the side as blue and magenta light catch their face.

A group gathers around a raised silver bowl, their faces lifted dramatically toward it.

A performer holds a small red stage light outward, illuminating their face and hands in the dark.

A centered wide stage view shows a performer seated on a bench between red practical lights and tall black drapes.

Two performers face each other in a tense close standoff under clear stage light.

Three performers move with long yellow fabric, one twisting low as the cloth sweeps across the stage.

A performer stands alone with hands raised and an anguished expression against a dark background.

Five performers sit and stand around a bench, shouting or singing toward the audience in warm stage light.

A performer faces forward in warm red light while other ensemble members blur behind them.

A blue-lit stage frames a central standing performer between dark hanging drapes and small red lights.

A curly-haired performer smiles brightly at another performer in close conversation under cool blue light.

An ensemble forms a sculptural tableau around a bench, with bodies leaning, balancing and reaching outward.

A bearded performer with yellow goggles on his head clasps his chest in warm light.

Two performers stand on a bench beneath a hanging branch, with audience members visible at the side.

A performer’s face is lit red by a small glowing prop held close in the surrounding darkness.

Four performers sit and stand in low teal darkness, with one figure at the side reaching upward.

Two performers face each other low on their hands and knees across the stage floor.

Three performers grin together, one lifting yellow sunglasses toward their face in bright front light.

A solo performer stands with arms slightly open in intense blue light before black drapes.

A performer raises a glowing red lamp high beside hanging yellow fabric against a black background.

Three performers cluster on a bench, leaning toward the seated figure at the centre.

Three performers seen from behind spread long yellow fabric like wings across a blue-lit stage.

A performer stands alone in warm orange light with yellow fabric draped from one shoulder.

Four performers pose at different heights around a bench while holding and eating ice lollies.

A very wide black-box stage glows blue and red, with a low central figure and audience seated around the space.

A close red-lit exchange shows one performer speaking intently to a red-haired performer in the foreground.

A performer in a white shirt raises both arms high in a triumphant gesture under purple-blue light.

A close portrait shows a curly-haired performer lit in blue and purple, mouth slightly open.

A performer kneels low on the stage between benches in saturated orange light.

A bearded performer speaks or sings while another performer leans in closely behind him, with audience faces visible beyond.

A performer wraps their arms around a goggled bearded performer in warm red side light.

A curly-haired performer speaks toward a red-haired figure in the foreground under amber light.

Two performers share a delighted close exchange while clasping hands in purple stage light.

A curly-haired performer eats an ice lolly on a bench beside a goggled bearded performer.

Two performers sit closely on a bench as one raises a hand and the other watches attentively.

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