A performer stands behind a billowing translucent sheet, framed by green crossing beams, haze and scaffolding.

Bridewell Theatre2023

SOMA

The Production

SOMA was a London School of Musical Theatre commissioned new musical, with book and lyrics by Sean Cook and music by Charles Miller, presented at the Bridewell Theatre. Performed by LSMT students, the production explored climate change and the consequences of ignoring its impact.

44 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Anna Fox
Musical Director: Jamie Noar
Choreographer: Josh Baker
Lighting Design: Rachel Astall
Commissioned by: London School of Musical Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

A wide view of a multi-level stage with scaffolding, marked floor lines and performers spread across platforms under coloured spotlights.

A woman in a green outfit leans through metal scaffolding while speaking or singing into a microphone.

Performers burst into energetic movement across the stepped set, with raised legs and colourful costumes caught mid-action.

A woman stands half-lit beside a tall cabinet or doorway, holding an object against a mostly dark stage.

Dancers reach and kneel across the stage beneath crossing white beams and green-blue light.

Two men kiss under warm stage lights, one holding the other’s face in both hands.

A young woman rests behind a scaffold rail as bright white beams cut through haze above her.

An ensemble in bright costumes poses with open beige umbrellas on the stage, framed by scaffolding and retail-style signs.

A wide, dark stage scene places a brightly lit performer on a raised platform with others positioned in the surrounding shadows.

A blonde woman sits at a tabletop with printed packaging, a tray and a red drink cup, touching her ear with a startled expression.

A woman in a brown puffer jacket spreads her arms wide while holding a bottle, with other performers watching behind her.

Performers stand across the stage in blue-green light, with a bright horizontal strip of light along the foreground.

A young man in a pale cardigan looks upward into a narrow white spotlight against a smoky stage background.

Two men sit close together against a grey wall, leaning toward each other in conversation.

A translucent sheet stretches across the foreground as performers and high-visibility vests move behind it under green beams.

A hooded performer in a high-visibility vest stands alone in deep blue haze on the marked stage floor.

Performers crowd toward the front under bright beams, extending snack packets and props toward the audience.

A solitary performer in dark clothing stands centered on the marked stage floor beneath two cool white spotlights.

A smiling woman in a colourful shirt sits holding a paper, with another performer in green standing behind her.

A full-stage composition shows performers arranged on platforms and steps beneath warm overhead lights.

A woman in a printed white T-shirt stands with one hand on her hip while a man in green watches from behind.

A woman in a puffer jacket stands front and centre with arms raised, holding a bottle under purple and amber lights.

A shadowed figure stands near a doorway while a woman crouches in blue light on the stage beyond.

A woman in a white robe stands smiling beneath blue spotlights, with other performers dimly visible behind her.

A young woman holds a cup and smiles gently beneath a bright vertical shaft of white light.

A performer in a high-visibility vest leads a crouched dance formation beneath vivid green crossing beams.

A woman in a white turtleneck and a man in a maroon hoodie sit side by side on a glowing stage edge.

A woman in a colourful shirt peers through scaffolding while holding a sheet of paper in blue stage light.

A very wide stage view shows performers lunging at opposite sides of the marked floor in a dark, graphic composition.

A man in a green cardigan grins in the foreground while holding a small printed item, with another performer blurred on the platform behind him.

A performer wrapped in a clear sheet drinks from a cup while a high-visibility-clad figure stands nearby.

A translucent plastic sheet ripples like a wave across the foreground while performers are silhouetted behind it in green and blue light.

A woman in a long coat and white turtleneck sings or speaks from the front, with another performer seated behind her.

Empty orange chairs sit beneath slanting spotlights as two performers occupy opposite sides of the smoky stage.

A woman in a pale green outfit gestures with a shopping bag at the front while other performers lean and pose behind her with paper props.

A woman in a hooded puffer jacket points upward at the front of a blue-lit stage as ensemble members move behind her.

A wide ensemble scene shows figures spread across the stage, with high-visibility silhouettes in the foreground and raised arms behind.

A woman sits on a crate in a focused spotlight, with a red chair in the foreground and another performer on the upper level.

A man sings or calls out at centre stage while performers seated around desks and chairs surround him under warm light.

A woman in a white sweater grips a scaffolding pole, partially hidden in warm amber light.

A young woman in a dark sweatshirt stands in blue haze at the front while another performer works with a large object behind her.

The ensemble faces forward in a balanced formation with arms extended, framed by bright haze and overhead stage lights.

A woman in a white beanie and turtleneck holds up a small white object while a man sits in shadow behind her.

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