A small group forms a sculptural pose on a raised platform beneath a stark cone of white light, surrounded by darkness.

The Backstage Theatre, Mountview, 120 Peckham Hill Street, London SE15 5JT2025

Sweet Charity

The Production

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts’ Sweet Charity was a double-cast Musical Theatre student production staged at The Backstage Theatre, Mountview. This reimagining of the Broadway musical brought the work to life through drag, grotesquery and wild abandon.

45 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Emily Aboud
Musical Director: Michael Cullen
Choreographer: Cressida Carré
Lighting Design: Alex Musgrave
Set Design: Bob Sterrett
Costume Design: Hazel Low
Sound Design: Andy Graham
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

Blue beams cut through haze as a silhouetted performer raises an arm in the foreground with an ensemble gathered around the platform behind.

Three performers in colourful costumes interact in a crowded dressing-room-style set covered with posters and props.

A close portrait catches a performer’s concerned expression in cool blue light with haze behind her.

Performers hold a sculptural ensemble pose around a metal-railed platform in blue and red concert-style lighting.

Two women sit beside a red telephone, one holding the receiver while the other looks on with comic poise.

Three dancers leap and kick across a blue-lit stage, with one airborne performer holding a feathered prop.

Two performers embrace tightly in blue light, one in a white jacket looking distressed.

A wide red-lit stage view shows two figures on the central platform with the ensemble seated and watching around them.

A smiling performer’s face is framed by colourful mesh webbing in purple theatrical light.

A performer in a shirt, tie and trousers stands on a small platform holding a metal lid high above a cluttered prop setup.

Dancers are spaced across the stage under sweeping patterned floor light with the raised platform visible to the side.

A performer in a pale costume smiles up at another person in a close, warmly lit conversation.

A feather-fan ensemble advances through purple haze with arms lifted and faces turned toward the audience.

Two performers kneel together on a small platform, viewed through the dark frame of a railing.

A woman in a white coat with red theatrical makeup peers around the curved back of a chair.

A central performer in an orange vest stands with arms out on the railed platform as the ensemble moves around her.

Two women face one another at a railing under purple-blue light, one in a pale costume and one in black lace.

Performers sit at a dressing-room counter before a wall of posters and lights, arranged like a backstage tableau.

A performer in a pale dress and black hat reclines with one leg extended, holding a cane in blue spotlight.

A performer in a pale dress and red tights reclines on the dark stage under blue light as others crouch and stand around her.

A performer in an orange shirt reaches one arm high beside the platform railing while others gather around.

A performer is reflected in a lit makeup mirror, resting her chin on her hand in a dressing area.

An ensemble advances toward the camera in red and pink light, mid-step and tightly packed.

A performer in a pale dress and red tights sits on a chaise, looking sideways with stacked chairs behind her.

A woman gently holds the face of a distressed performer in a white jacket during a close blue-magenta-lit moment.

Performers with batons or canes face one another across the stage under bright white and red light.

Four performers in fluorescent vests look upward together in deep blue stage light.

A blonde performer in a glittering costume and small hat holds a red fan before shelves of wigs and masks.

An ensemble sprawls, climbs and reaches around a raised platform in saturated red stage light.

A solitary performer in a pale dress and red tights stands centred before the raised platform and collage-covered wall.

A performer in a pale costume holds a green telephone receiver with a wide-eyed expression against a cluttered set.

Two brightly costumed performers pose close together in front of shelves filled with wigs and costume pieces.

A performer leans over a chair toward a seated man in a suit during an intimate blue-lit exchange.

An ensemble reaches upward toward figures on a central platform in warm red light and haze.

Two performers stand at a railing, one smiling in a red coat while another in a dark coat leans forward with stylised red makeup.

A performer in an orange vest stands raised on the platform while others lie and crouch around her in purple-blue light.

A seated performer in a pale costume laughs or sings with one arm extended while holding a black-and-white portrait.

A man in a shirt and tie and a woman in a pale dress sit back-to-back on a small platform, smiling in a bright set.

An ensemble in dark jackets moves in unison around chairs under warm and purple overhead light.

A lone performer in a pale dress and red tights stands behind a railing beneath warm spotlights in a darkened stage space.

A woman in a black blazer sits with a clipboard or case, opening her arms as she addresses someone off camera.

Two performers sing or gesture on a small platform while the surrounding ensemble is caught in blue-green beams.

Four performers cluster in a dressing-room set with a red fan, mirror and bright collage of posters behind them.

Two performers lie on a small platform isolated beneath a single overhead beam in a surrounding black stage space.

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