Rock in the Rose at Rose Theatre, Rose Bruford College, Sidcup — production hero photograph

Rose Theatre, Rose Bruford College, Sidcup2023

Rock in the Rose

The Production

Rock in the Rose was Rose Bruford College’s annual Creative Lighting Control live music project, bringing together production arts and actor-musician students in a large-scale practical showcase. The event formed part of the college’s hands-on training in lighting, audio and live event production.

37 photographs in the curated edit

Commissioned by: Rose Bruford College
Photography: Steve Gregson

Person operates a lighting control desk beside glowing monitors, with another person and rigging in the theatre.

Empty stage filled with red haze, bright beams and blue laser lines above microphones and floor monitors.

View from the control desk toward performers on a small stage framed by blue lighting towers.

Overhead view of blue-white triangular light beams crossing through haze above a microphone stand.

Three people hold a large stage lighting plan under bright white beams, one gesturing toward the rig.

Band performs on a small stage under blue beams, watched by audience members in the surrounding theatre.

Blue and purple laser lines crisscross through haze in a dark theatre.

Person in a grey hoodie adjusts faders on a large audio mixing console beside stacked flight cases.

Empty stage with tall lighting towers, microphones, floor monitors and a red amplifier at centre.

Two people talk in front of dark lighting towers; one wears a red cap and sunglasses.

Purple and blue laser beams crisscross above a dark stage, with a boom microphone visible at left.

Technicians operate lighting control desks as warm stage beams shine through haze.

A singer holds a microphone beside a seated percussionist on a cajón, with stage equipment behind.

Red, blue and white laser beams form sharp crossing triangles in a dark theatre space.

Groups of people stand and talk on the theatre floor in front of a stage rigged with lighting towers.

White spotlights cut through haze above a dark stage, creating fan-shaped beams.

A technician wearing a headset operates a lighting console in dim blue and red light.

Two guitarists play at microphones while a percussionist on cajón sits behind them.

Red and cyan laser planes intersect in mirrored geometric shapes against a black background.

Lighting control desk with multiple screens showing Rock in the Rose and a theatre camera feed.

People operate lighting control screens beside a blue-lit stage filled with haze and rigged lights.

White spotlights cut through thick haze against a black background.

Group on stage; one person points upward while another looks up beside lighting rigs.

Band with guitar, cajón, vocals, bass and keyboard performs under green haze and blue vertical lights.

Red laser lines and blue-white beams form intersecting triangles in the dark.

Empty stage with microphone stands, a red cajón and tall lighting towers against black curtains.

Person in a hoodie works at a lighting console with multiple colourful control screens.

Blue laser beams crisscross the theatre from a bright light source, with seating balconies visible.

Person in a black leather jacket seated near stage lighting towers, microphones and instruments.

Purple lasers, red vertical light bars and haze fill a dark stage.

Lighting control desk with multiple screens facing blue laser beams and haze across the stage

Groups of people gather beside a stage filled with lighting towers, speakers and microphone stands

Person crouches among cables on a stage under tall lighting towers and dense white haze

Close-up of a group of people talking in low stage light, with one person in glasses centred

Person operates a grandMA3 lighting console as bright blue-white beams and haze fill the stage

Nine people sit arm in arm on the stage beneath red lights and a grid of illuminated bulbs

Continue exploring

Scissors

Greenwich Theatre2023

Explore drama school photography