The domestic room set stands empty, with a sofa, lamp, fireplace, cushions and Christmas tree warmly lit.

The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury2026

Nora: A Doll's House

The Production

A Marlowe Theatre production featuring students from the Marlowe Academy of Performing Arts in their final assessment production. Stef Smith’s radical retelling of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House reframes Nora across three time periods and was staged in The Marlowe Studio.

14 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Anna Millington
Lighting Design: Andrew Parker
Set & Costume Design: Rachel Baynton
Commissioned by: The Marlowe Theatre / Marlowe Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA)
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two actors in formal and period-style clothing face each other tensely in a warmly lit room set.

Two actors sit close together on a sofa in the room set, leaning in as if sharing a private conversation.

A young woman in a white blouse stands in close-up against the room set, her face caught in warm stage light.

A performer stands with their back to the camera at the end of a runway stage, facing the room set and surrounding audience.

Three actors stride down a central runway between audience banks, lit in strong pink and blue stage light.

A makeup artist applies lipstick to a young performer seated at a dressing-room mirror.

A wide view of a warm wooden room set shows actors gathered around furniture while the audience sits on both sides.

An older performer in a red coat opens her arms dramatically in the warm room set.

A blue-lit stage scene includes a guitarist, stacked chairs and seated performers in a shadowy arrangement.

A performer sits in silhouette on the room-set floor while other figures and furniture are rim-lit behind her.

A performer in a long padded coat stands alone at the front of the room set, hands braced on the sofa behind.

Three actors stand in a dark foreground pool of light, with a shadowy group arranged behind them on the room set.

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