The ensemble packs the circular platform beneath powerful white spot beams and purple side lights.

PATS Studio Theatre, Guildford School of Acting2023

She Kills Monsters

The Production

Guildford School of Acting’s BA Acting final-year production of Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters was staged at the PATS Studio Theatre in November 2023. The production combined the play’s Dungeons & Dragons fantasy world with a stripped-back staging built around movement, fights and lifts.

46 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Ebenezer Bamgboye
Movement Director: Rachel Birch-Lawson
Lighting Design: Mattis Larsen
Set & Costume Design: Tara Usher
Sound Design: David Lewington
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

A performer raises both hands beside their head like horns, lit by warm and purple side light.

A wide stage view shows the ensemble arranged around a raised round platform framed by blue LED strips and wall lights.

Two performers stand close together holding hands and facing each other against a grey stage wall.

An ensemble clusters on the circular platform with arms flung outward under red and blue light and vertical neon strips.

A performer in a green cloak gestures toward the audience while two others stand in the dark background.

Two seated performers face each other on the floor while an armoured-costumed performer sits behind them.

The ensemble stretches their arms around the platform in bright architectural light, with a central silhouetted figure.

A helmeted performer with a horned headpiece raises both arms beside a vertical blue light.

A performer in brown armour raises both hands while a hooded figure is blurred behind them.

A costumed standing performer addresses a seated group at the edge of the platform in warm side light.

A performer on the platform supports or pulls a reclining figure as others watch from close by.

Five performers in varied costumes line up shoulder to shoulder with their faces lifted in shared focus.

A shadowy figure looms behind a seated performer lit in yellow-green, with other figures sitting in darkness nearby.

A moody wide tableau places a figure lying on the platform beneath a green beam and red haze.

A bearded performer lunges forward grinning with a raised fist, surrounded by seated cast members.

A stacked human tower rises from the platform under green side lights and a teal overhead beam.

An armoured performer speaks intensely to a red-haired figure whose back faces the camera.

A high kicked leg cuts across the foreground as performers gather around the circular platform under magenta light.

An empty black-box stage is set with a circular platform, chairs, pink LED lines and blue haze.

Three performers stand close together, with one leaning forward and smiling brightly in warm light.

In red light, a person lies on the platform while a spiked-costumed performer leans toward them and hands reach in from around the scene.

A central performer in a light costume raises both arms on a green-lit platform while the cast watches from the edges.

The ensemble clusters on a green-lit platform between glowing cyan vertical light bars and haze.

A hooded performer stands with hands together, facing another costumed performer against the grey wall.

An ensemble stands in red light on the platform, gathered around a central performer who gestures outward.

A masked, helmeted performer reaches upward in the foreground while the ensemble bends around them.

A tall blue-costumed performer stands elevated on the platform while the cast sits and kneels in warm side light.

A smiling bearded performer faces another performer in an intimate blue-grey close-up.

Two performers with pom-poms strike strong poses above a heap of bodies on the circular platform.

Performers in yellow capes move across the platform in a dim blue-green action scene.

Cast members crouch and lean around the platform beneath blue overhead light and smoky white side light.

A group huddles and gestures on a red-lit platform while other performers watch from surrounding chairs.

A performer in an orange-brown costume sings or shouts with arms open, backed by bright round bulbs.

Two performers move along the side wall beside blue floor light, one braced against the wall with arms spread.

A performer stands with a folder on a warmly lit platform while the cast sits in a circle around them.

A dark stage picture shows a central figure reaching upward while others hunch around them in silhouette.

A wide ensemble scene is arranged around the platform under strong white beams, green light and red haze.

A performer leaps high with one leg extended on a pink-lit platform as the surrounding cast watches.

A dramatic lift at the platform edge sends one performer arching backward while others reach nearby.

A seated performer embraces another who leans into their shoulder, with a hooded figure in the background.

An armoured performer stares across warm darkness toward an out-of-focus figure in the foreground.

An armoured performer looks outward in blue light while another figure faces them in the foreground.

A close, vulnerable performer looks forward in cool blue light with an armoured figure blurred behind.

A large ensemble celebrates on the platform with raised arms under blue and green light and haze.

A final ensemble tableau fills the round platform with figures reaching outward under blue and amber overhead light.

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