The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre — production photograph

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The Maids

The Production

You girls worship me, don’t you? Two maids, Solange and Claire, are sisters with a secret. When their wealthy, glamorous madam is away, they fill their time roleplaying as mistress and maid in her lavish bedroom. However, their private ritual is not harmless fun. A shocking revelation soon turns their world into a deadly game of cat and mouse and the true intentions of their power play are unveiled.

22 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Annie Kershaw
Writer: Jean Genet
Movement Director: Adi Gortler
Lighting Design: Catja Hamilton
Set & Costume Design: Cat Fuller
Sound Design: Joe Dines
Commissioned by: Jermyn Street Theatre
Cast: Carla Harrison-Hodge
Cast: Charlie Oscar
Cast: Anna Popplewell
Photography: Steve Gregson

The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre: performer in a fur coat by a vanity, tense gaze as a lamp casts warm light in a plush bedroom.

Woman in silk robe at a vanity faces a kneeling maid; warm lamp light and padded walls heighten a tense standoff

A maid holds a red gown while a woman in a silk robe faces a mirror; white padded bedroom, scattered roses, cool blue-pink light.

Performer in white feather-trimmed robe stands tense in a blue-lit bedroom set during The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre.

A maid faces a fur-clad woman before a mirror; reflections echo a tense standoff on a white padded set under cool blue light.

Tense exchange in a lavish bedroom as a woman in a fur coat accepts a teacup from another under warm lamplight.

Kneeling maid grips a woman in a red velvet dress as they lock eyes; mirror doubles the scene on a white-tiled set under blue-magenta light.

Two maids face each other in a tense exchange, cool blue‑pink lighting against tiled walls at Jermyn Street Theatre.

The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre: two maids in black uniforms face off, one gripping the other’s shoulders under moody sidelight.

Woman in red studies a pearl necklace as a maid watches from the bedroom, cool blue and amber light heightening the tension.

One maid watches as another, dressed as the mistress, applies makeup at a vanity in a padded white bedroom.

Performer in a red velvet dress stands by a vanity in a padded bedroom set, lit with cool blue and warm lamp light.

Maid in uniform screams at woman in red dress in a blue-lit bedroom; vanity table and scattered roses underline a tense confrontation.

Maid in black top and apron stands tense, hand to stomach, beside lit vanity in blue-lit bedroom.

The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre: a figure in satin with feather cuffs and gold choker stares forward, warm sidelight on a padded wall

Backlit close-up of a performer mid-speech, tense expression and warm, dappled light in The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre.

Two women face off inches apart—maid in black and apron vs woman in red dress—tense standoff under cool, clinical lighting.

Two women on a padded white set: one barefoot in red dress, one in maid uniform; a shoe and rose lie nearby under cool blue light.

Figure in a white feathered gown stands tense against a padded wall, warm spotlight cutting through cool blue light; vanity at right

Two actors face off by a padded wall; one in a white gown, one in black with apron, lit in blue and red, tense confrontation.

Performer in white satin robe, hand to chest, stands by a vanity in a blue-lit, padded bedroom; scattered roses suggest unease.

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