A silhouetted performer rises dramatically from the red sofa into powerful white backlight and haze.

Backstage Theatre2022

Romeo & Juliet

The Production

Mountview’s 2022 student production of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet was staged in the Backstage Theatre at its Peckham campus. Directed by Dan Herd, the production formed part of Mountview’s 2022/23 season.

51 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Dan Herd
Movement Director: Fiona Ross
Lighting Design: Steve Howard
Set & Costume Design: Frankie Gerrard
Sound Design: Russell Ditchfield
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Silhouetted performers move around the sofa against a blazing backlight and haze-filled stage.

A young performer wearing headphones reads a book while lying across a red leather sofa against a brick wall.

Performers strike angular poses around the sofa under stark white overhead beams and haze.

A lone figure stands near the red sofa in a wide pool of white beams and patterned shadow.

A central performer stands at a microphone in blue light while others cluster around the sofa in smoky stage atmosphere.

Confetti fills the air above a crowded stage as performers reach and move through the falling paper.

Two performers sit close on the red sofa, sharing a small cup in a warmly lit intimate moment.

A performer in a red dress stands in a circular spotlight with one arm raised before an ensemble in shadow.

Bodies lie scattered across the stage around the red sofa as a standing figure faces away in a wide overhead composition.

One performer kneels and holds another performer's hands beneath a bright shaft of light cutting across the stage.

A performer stands on the red sofa with arms thrown wide while another leaps above behind them in bright stage light.

A single performer sits beside the red sofa in a small circular spotlight surrounded by blackness.

Three performers crowd onto the red sofa, laughing and gesturing toward the audience against the graffiti-covered brick wall.

A large group gathers in intense red light, with several performers reaching and bending in a crowded stage picture.

A performer in a red beret strides across the lit stage while another lies on the floor beside the red sofa.

One performer kneels before another at centre stage while the ensemble watches from the surrounding shadows.

A performer sits alone before the red sofa under a narrow cone of white light in an otherwise black stage.

A performer cups another performer's face tenderly in a close, purple-lit moment on the sofa.

An ensemble surrounds the red sofa in a dramatic red and blue lighting state, with bodies lunging outward on both sides.

A bespectacled performer emerges from deep darkness, their face partially caught by a narrow strip of light.

Performers move through a dynamic group sequence, including one figure kicking high in warm stage light.

Two performers lean toward each other across the red sofa, one hand pressed gently to the other's face.

A performer stands with their back to the audience behind the red sofa under sweeping white beams and a blue-lit wall.

Two performers hold each other tightly near the brick wall, one looking outward with a fearful expression.

An ensemble dances across the stage in warm and blue beams, with the red sofa centred behind them.

Several performers pile onto and around the red sofa in blue and magenta light, with paper scattered across the floor.

A performer lies beneath a plaid blanket on the red sofa, staring outward in low red light.

A silhouetted performer raises an object into a glaring backlight while the ensemble moves dimly behind.

Two performers stand close at the front, one pointing upward, with others seated on the sofa behind them.

A group gathers closely behind the red sofa, with one performer leaning in toward another in blue light.

A silhouetted performer stands behind the red sofa with arms spread beneath a purple overhead glow.

Two performers sit low behind the red sofa, each holding a small cup and looking tensely ahead.

A wide stage view shows three performers near the sofa beneath crossing coloured beams and smoky overhead light.

A performer lies motionless on the floor in stark light while another figure stands in darkness holding a bright beam.

A full-stage tableau places performers around the sofa beneath white and amber beams, with figures spaced across the set.

One performer looms over another reclining on the red sofa, raising an object in a tense blue-lit scene.

A performer crawls low across the foreground while another sits on the red sofa in the background under magenta light.

A group crowds around a performer lying on the red sofa, their hands and faces drawn toward the centre.

A performer stands on the red sofa holding a red object aloft while the stage falls into magenta shadow.

Three performers sit and lean together in purple light, their faces lifted with heightened expressions against the brick wall.

Two performers sit apart in red armchairs under isolated warm light, surrounded by darkness and scattered paper.

One performer touches another's face closely, their expressions focused in a softly lit exchange.

Red balloons float above the stage as the ensemble reaches upward around the central sofa.

A small group sits tightly on and around the sofa in a narrow pool of white light surrounded by darkness.

A performer gestures forcefully toward another while a seated figure watches from the red sofa in magenta light.

The ensemble stands across the front of the stage with arms raised in warm theatrical light.

An overhead view of a technical desk shows monitors, cue sheets, controls and a live view of the stage.

A smiling person in a blue hoodie operates a large console in a dark technical booth.

A blue-lit ensemble crouches in a semicircle around a central standing performer backlit by warm haze.

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