A performer holds up a red apple beside a red-haired performer in a white shirt and red scarf in a dark scene.

Jermyn Street Theatre2022

Orlando

The Production

Sarah Ruhl’s stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando follows its time-travelling hero across centuries, genders and histories, in Stella Powell-Jones’s London premiere production at Jermyn Street Theatre.

34 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Stella Powell-Jones
Associate Director: Elliot Pritchard
Movement Director: Elliot Pritchard
Lighting Design: Ali Hunter
Set Design: Ceci Calf
Costume Design: Emily Stuart
Sound Design: Roly Botha
Photography: Steve Gregson

A performer dances alone in warm light at center stage while others sit or stand at the edges of the painted set.

A performer in a dark embroidered coat smiles in front of a blue draped backdrop.

A wide stage view shows performers moving through a warm-lit set with painted walls and draped fabric.

Three performers in period costume stand and sit before a blue drape and a red chair.

A group of performers gather around a figure covered in white cloth on a blue-lit stage.

A performer in a dark coat stands as a red-costumed performer kneels and other performers hold white fabric behind them.

A performer in a dark coat stands with arms spread while four performers watch around the painted set.

Two performers in ruffs stand close together under blue light, one smiling broadly behind the other.

A red-haired performer in a ruff touches the face of a performer in a dark coat in blue light.

A wide blue-lit stage image shows several performers spaced across the set, with one crouched low at the side.

A performer in a dark coat gestures forward on a blue-lit stage while others watch in the background.

Three performers in pale costumes pose low around a painted column under cool light.

A dark-clad performer lunges across the stage as others sit or stand in shadowy blue light.

A red-haired performer in a ruff faces a performer in a dark coat at close range under blue light.

A performer in a dark coat raises both arms toward a red-costumed performer on the blue-lit stage.

A red-haired performer in an ornate red costume holds a small pipe beside a performer in a broad hat.

A red-haired performer in an ornate red costume sits on a chest in a warm-lit painted room.

A seated red-haired performer in an ornate red costume holds a curved sword against a pale draped backdrop.

A performer in a pale dress and cap stands beneath a large keyhole shape painted on the wall.

A black-clad performer kneels with arms outstretched before a red-haired performer in an ornate red costume.

A black-clad performer kisses the hand of a red-haired performer in an ornate red costume.

Four performers in period costumes cluster around a red chair, with two seated in front and two standing behind.

A red-haired performer in an ornate red costume holds a teacup while a black-clad performer sits close beside them.

A red-haired performer and a black-clad performer embrace beside a red chair.

Three performers in pale costumes stand behind a seated red-haired performer in an ornate red costume.

A red-haired performer in a white shirt stands in the foreground as a dark figure is silhouetted in a doorway.

A red-haired performer in a white shirt and red scarf stands in front of two performers in pale dresses.

A wide warm-lit stage view shows performers arranged around the painted set with long shadows on the floor.

A red-haired performer in a white shirt sits on the floor in a pool of light while another performer stands behind.

Two performers stand apart in a blue-lit stage picture with draped fabric and painted walls behind them.

A black-hatted performer supports a red-costumed performer in a dramatic backward lean at center stage.

A black-hatted performer grips a red-costumed performer from behind in a tense close stage image.

A black-hatted performer lifts an arm while holding a red-costumed performer in a dance-like embrace.

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