Two performers embrace at the centre of thick fog under a blue backlight, with shadowy figures around the edges.

The Backstage Theatre, Mountview2025

Spring Awakening

The Production

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts presented Spring Awakening as an intimate studio production performed by its Musical Theatre students at The Backstage Theatre. The double-cast run played from 22 February to 1 March 2025.

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Director: Sherrill Gow
Musical Director: Nicholas Chave
Choreographer: Gerrard Martin
Lighting Design: Alex Musgrave
Set & Costume Design: Bob Sterrett
Sound Design: Matthew Giles
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

A seated schoolboy in a burgundy blazer leans forward in a tight spotlight against a black background.

Four schoolgirls sing and dance on a raised wooden platform while boys crouch around them under blue and yellow stage lights.

A lone figure stands on a small platform in a narrow blue spotlight surrounded by darkness.

A boy in a school blazer sits close to a girl in a blue floral dress as they talk warmly on wooden steps.

A large ensemble stands spaced across the stage in saturated red light and haze.

A young man in a white shirt reaches a letter toward the camera, his face lit in electric blue.

A boy stands in low fog near seated classmates at a table as bright beams cut through the haze.

One young man gently touches another's face in an intimate close-up against a black background.

Schoolboys in burgundy blazers sing into microphones on and around a wooden platform, with one caught mid-leap under red and blue light.

Two students sit back-to-back on a wooden platform with the ensemble seated in rows behind them in haze.

A student in a burgundy blazer sings into a handheld microphone against a blue-black background.

A boy stands on a platform above classmates lying and crouching on the floor in blue fog.

A woman in a long green dress stands before a chalkboard wall while two boys watch her.

The ensemble lunges across a marked floor in vivid red and blue light.

A girl in a blue floral dress appears tearful in a close portrait lit from above against black.

A seated figure is isolated in blue fog and backlight, with other students silhouetted at the side of the stage.

Boys clash in a green-lit movement scene as one is thrown backward and others close in.

A man in a waistcoat sits at a table with papers, candlesticks and a glass decanter in low light.

A wide stage view shows the ensemble spread across the marked floor under blue and white beams.

A girl clings to a boy in a close embrace, her face turned toward the camera against the dark stage.

A silhouetted student stands at the end of a platform before blue backlight, fog and two distant figures.

The ensemble forms a layered tableau beneath intense amber and blue overhead light, with figures seated, kneeling and standing.

Three girls in patterned dresses extend their arms while dancing on a wooden platform in purple and gold haze.

Silhouetted students stand and kneel in a sharp white beam cutting through red haze, with a figure low in the foreground.

A girl in a green-blue dress embraces a seated boy from behind as both smile on a wooden platform.

A boy in a blazer speaks from a raised platform while a seated man writes at a table below.

A red-haired girl stares ahead in warm red light while a blurred figure stands behind her.

A central student stands on a wooden platform surrounded by crouching classmates under twin white beams.

A young girl and a woman in a blue dress face one another under an overhead pool of light.

Two boys sit shoulder-to-shoulder laughing, warmly lit against a dark blue background.

The ensemble gathers around wooden platforms as several performers lift their arms beneath red and white beams.

A boy holds up a thin stick or pointer, his face caught in cool blue light.

A seated boy smiles as another gently holds his face in an intimate close-up.

Two students occupy a central table while classmates ring the dark stage under crossing white spotlights.

A girl clasps her chest anxiously as a boy in a burgundy blazer reaches toward her in warm darkness.

A student on a platform receives a flower while the ensemble gathers behind in bright haze.

A blond boy in a burgundy blazer looks offstage in blue light, with the ensemble blurred behind him.

A woman in a green dress faces a boy on a wooden platform beneath two converging white spotlights.

A boy kneels on a wooden platform writing on paper, with a red shoe lying beside him.

Performers raise flowers into overhead light from the side of the stage.

A tense close-up shows one student staring at another in a burgundy blazer under stark theatrical light.

Three students stand closely on a wooden platform, their shadows stretched by a single blue spotlight.

The full ensemble raises flowers across the stage under celebratory white beams.

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