An ensemble in green and orange patterned costumes forms a low tableau around a central standing performer under golden lights.

Riverside Studios2026

Sweet Charity (Associated Studios Graduate Show 2026)

The Production

Associated Studios' graduating musical theatre students perform Sweet Charity, the Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Neil Simon musical about optimistic dance-hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine, staged at Riverside Studios for the show's 60th anniversary.

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Director: Ché Walker
Musical Director: Dean Austin
Choreographer: Kirsty Ingram
Lighting Design: Tyler Forward
Set Design: Emily Bestow
Costume Design: Alice McNicholas
Sound Design: Findlay Claydon

Two women leap across an open stage with arms extended beneath magenta and blue overhead lighting.

A man in a tan jacket sits beside a table while a woman in a black dress crouches in the foreground, surrounded by club-lit figures.

An empty stepped stage glows under blue and amber lights with oval graphic projections across the back wall.

A woman in a black checked dress stands in a red-lit spotlight while dancers crouch symmetrically around her.

A musician in black reads sheet music at an electric keyboard under a tight pool of light, with another figure in silhouette.

Two young women stand close together under purple light, one in a black checked dress making an open-handed gesture.

A lone silhouette crosses a dark blue stage in front of glowing oval projections.

A performer in flowing green costume sings upward, surrounded by kneeling ensemble members in warm golden light.

An ensemble in black and red costumes dances in a dynamic formation under saturated red and blue lighting.

A man embraces a woman in a pale dress from behind as she closes her eyes in cool blue light.

A woman stands centered on the steps while dancers frame her on both sides beneath blue and purple lights.

Several performers lean over a raised platform while a woman hangs upside down from the edge.

A woman in a black hat and dress stands on the central platform with one arm raised under violet lighting.

A woman in a pale dress stands in the blue-lit foreground while a man in a tan jacket watches from a raised platform behind.

A full ensemble in dark cabaret-style costumes performs a high-energy formation under red and amber lights.

A woman stands behind a seated man in red sunglasses as they smile and raise their arms in bright theatrical light.

Two seated silhouettes sit beneath a bright Charity Karaoke projection and pink overhead light.

A woman in a black dress and a man in a tan jacket gesture toward the audience in a tight, brightly lit frame.

Dancers stretch across the stage in a long blue and magenta line, extending their legs and arms through the light.

A woman in a black dress and a man in a brown jacket confront each other across a table on a red-lit club set.

A performer in a red gown and mortarboard raises folded arms above her head in a tightly cropped vertical frame.

A wide view shows a colourful ensemble spread across the stage around a central raised figure beneath warm golden lights.

A woman in a black dress sits close behind a man in a white suit, both facing forward in a quiet two-shot.

A woman in a pale dress extends an arm as a man in a tan jacket holds her hand under blue stage light.

An ensemble in coats clusters tightly at center stage beneath cool blue lighting and projected event text.

A seated dancer in a black checked dress arches back on a chair while another performer sits far upstage in blue light.

A man in a white suit stands in shadowed foreground while a woman in a black dress is lit behind him against projected city shapes.

Three women dance in a triangular arrangement under blue and purple overhead lights.

Two performers sit on a raised platform in warm red light as other cast members watch from the sides.

Three women hold a woman in a purple dress at center, their faces intent under saturated pink and blue light.

A woman in a black hat and dress lounges on a rectangular platform beneath cool blue and violet projections.

A woman in a pale dress smiles with one hand to her chest as a man stands on a raised platform behind in blue light.

A woman in a black hat and dress stands with a microphone while a man in a tan jacket reaches from the platform below.

A woman in a black sequined dress sings with one hand to her chest while the ensemble dances behind her in blue stage light.

A woman reaches both hands toward the audience while seated beside a man in red sunglasses.

Two performers grip each other face-to-face in a close confrontation, surrounded by other cast members.

A woman in a pale dress leans back against a man on a platform, caught in a narrow blue spotlight.

Three women in black and purple costumes laugh and lean together with seated performers behind them.

A man in a tan jacket holds a kneeling woman in a pale dress close by the face on a blue-lit platform.

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