A lone figure lies on an upper platform above a blue-lit stage with candles on the floor below.

Stockwell Playhouse2019

Spring Awakening

The Production

Cygnet Players’ 2019 production of Spring Awakening brought Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s coming-of-age rock musical to Stockwell Playhouse, tracing adolescent desire, repression and rebellion with an ensemble-led staging.

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Director: Aimee Parnell
Musical Director: Harriet Oughton
Choreographer: Kim Schenkelaars
Lighting Design: Richard Pike
Set Design: Zoe Dobell
Costume Design: Phoebe Fleetham
Photography: Steve Gregson

A white rocking chair stands alone in a blue-lit stage set with textured walls.

A young woman in a white dress kneels alone in a blue spotlight.

A woman in a dark period dress stands near a chalkboard as another performer bends beside her.

A seated woman in a dark dress and a young woman in a white dress look upward under blue light.

A group of young women in black dresses dance around a young woman in white on a classroom set.

Ensemble performers raise their arms around a young woman in white beneath blue stage lights.

An ensemble in dark costumes surrounds a central young woman in white under deep blue lighting.

Three young women in dark dresses stand in separate pools of blue light with shadowed figures behind them.

A young man sits alone on the floor below a chalkboard while another performer stands in shadow.

Two men in dark suits stand on a blue-lit classroom set with a third performer behind them.

Young men in dark school uniforms gather around a central singer under blue haze.

A young man in a white shirt faces men in dark suits on a blue-lit stage.

A performer stands elevated at the side of the set while others kneel and look toward him.

A young man sits on an upper platform while a young woman in black sits behind him.

A young woman embraces a seated young man from behind on a dim upper platform.

A young man and young woman kiss while kneeling on an upper platform.

A young man leans over a young woman on an upper platform in low warm light.

A young man stands over a reclined young woman lit in blue against a dark background.

Performers kneel with candles before a lectern while two performers sit on the upper level.

Performers in dark costumes hold lit candles in the foreground beneath blue light.

A young man stands behind a young woman in black, holding her at the waist in a tight spotlight.

An ensemble dances in red light around a central young man in a white shirt.

A young woman in a black dress sings alone against a classroom wall.

A large ensemble stands across the stage in cool blue light around a small pile on the floor.

Performers gather around a person bent over a pale pile on the stage floor.

An ensemble forms a wide blue-lit line around a central young man in dark school clothes.

Ensemble performers kick and reach in a dynamic formation under blue and purple light.

A central young man raises one arm while the ensemble moves behind him in blue light.

A young woman in black sings downstage while three performers stand behind her in purple light.

A young man stands alone in a pool of purple-blue light with shadowed performers behind him.

Young men in white shirts grapple with one another on a blue-lit classroom set.

An adult woman and a young woman face a young man with his arm outstretched on a warm-lit set.

The full ensemble stands in a line holding candles under purple stage lights.

Four singers in dark costumes are shown close together under blue light.

The ensemble stands across the full stage in a final blue-lit line.

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