A man stands on pink blocks surrounded by heart-shaped balloons above the orange circular stage, framed by magenta brick light and musicians at the side.

Arcola Theatre, Studio 12025

The Elixir of Love (re-imagined)

The Production

Baseless Fabric's contemporary, English-language re-imagining of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love for modern London, presented at Arcola Theatre's Grimeborn Opera Festival with a reduced arrangement for violin, accordion and bassoon, alongside South London street-opera performances.

23 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Joanna Turner
Musical Director: Leo Geyer
Lighting Design: Joe Price
Set & Costume Design: Marina Hadjilouca

A close, warm moment shows a smiling man leaning toward a laughing woman in a denim jacket.

From high above, the mostly empty orange circular playing space curves around small pink blocks with musicians seated at the far edge under blue light.

A bald man with a sticker-covered laptop reacts with an open mouth while a woman beside him looks at a phone, with musicians seated behind them.

A wide magenta-lit stage moment shows performers watching a man on pink blocks with balloons as confetti hangs above him.

A woman in a denim jacket stands in sharp focus with an intent expression while a man in sunglasses is blurred behind her.

Seen over a bald man's shoulder, a man in a pale shirt and tan trousers stands facing him in blue stage light.

Under pink lighting and circular floor patterns, one man flexes his arms while another stands on a block near the musicians.

A woman in a denim jacket and a bald man sit close together on a pink block, leaning toward each other in an intimate exchange.

A bald man in a brown jacket smiles and waves while taking a phone selfie under warm stage light.

A wide view of an orange circular stage and blue brick wall shows musicians seated along the back and a performer standing near a column.

A man in a pale shirt grins and flexes both arms in front of a magenta-lit brick wall with musicians behind him.

Two performers sit on pink blocks at the front of the stage while musicians play in shadow against the brick wall behind them.

Two men crowd into a phone selfie, one holding two cans and grinning in sunglasses while the other smiles behind him.

A woman in a denim jacket gestures as she speaks to a bald man at the edge of the stage, with musicians visible behind her.

A bald man with a backpack faces forward while another man in a cap with headphones around his neck rests a hand on his shoulder under warm stage light.

A bald man in a brown jacket looks forward in sharp focus while a woman's face is blurred close to the lens in the foreground.

A seated person records a bald man on pink blocks with a phone, creating a vertical frame within the dark stage.

A bald man and a woman in a denim jacket share a smile over a sticker-covered laptop in a close foreground moment.

A woman in a denim jacket holds a phone and looks toward a bald man whose shoulder is blurred in the foreground.

A man in a pale shirt and cap smiles broadly against a dark auditorium background.

A man in a cap and a woman in a denim jacket sit on pink blocks, turned toward each other in conversation.

A woman in a denim jacket and teal dress stands holding a pale pink bag against a warm wooden backdrop.

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