A lone performer with a red clown nose sits on a chair in a sharp blue spotlight, surrounded by darkness on the stage.

Rose Bruford College2022

New Horizons

The Production

New Horizons was Rose Bruford College’s 2022 season of 38 new works by graduating BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts students. Developed through independent research into theatre and performance, the programme ranged across forms including physical theatre, puppetry, cabaret and live art.

18 photographs in the curated edit

Commissioned by: Rose Bruford College
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two performers in smoky amber-green light hold the sleeves of a grey hoodie around one performer’s shoulders.

On a wide stage, one performer stands at a box beside a microphone while another stands on a chair pointing under a red spotlight, with props and clothing racks behind them.

A performer with a red clown nose stands close to a microphone in intense red light, with another performer blurred at a microphone in the background.

Under blue stage lighting, one performer carries another across their back amid scattered clothing and fabric.

A performer with a red clown nose and bright orange patterned jacket looks upward against a dark stage background.

Blue light fills the stage as one performer sits in a white spotlight while another stands at a small box and microphone to the side.

Two performers kneel among piles of fabric and props, holding up a grey hoodie in warm smoky light.

A performer stands hands on hips in a small pool of light beneath high overhead beams, with sparse props around the dark stage.

Two performers with red clown noses stand close together in blue light, the front performer stretching both arms wide.

On a dark stage, one performer stands in a spotlight looking down at another lying on the floor, with a microphone, chair, table and scattered props nearby.

Two performers under green-blue lighting hold up hoodies and jackets, one with clothing around their neck and a hand raised in an expressive gesture.

A performer with a red clown nose sits in a bright blue spotlight gesturing toward their face, while another stands at a small machine and microphone in the haze.

A performer with a red clown nose stands alone in a tight spotlight, looking down as they operate a white machine on a tall stool beside a microphone stand.

Two performers manipulate a limp, clothed figure with bare feet protruding, set against a dark stage with warm, smoky lighting.

Two performers with red clown noses smile broadly and gesture in unison, one holding an orange cloth, with a clothing rack and stage props behind them.

In blue and amber haze, one performer swings or lifts a long fabric-wrapped figure while another stands watching on the open black stage.

A wide view of the theatre shows two performers at separate microphones under red spotlights, surrounded by chairs, a clothing rack, tables and empty audience seating.

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