A wide view of a decayed room set shows several performers gathered under arched windows and hanging lights.

The Hope Theatre2022

The Moors

The Production

Jen Silverman’s Gothic black comedy, presented as a Hope Theatre in-house UK professional premiere, follows a young governess arriving at a remote mansion on the moors to find no child and a household of strange secrets.

30 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Phil Bartlett
Lighting Design: Jonathan Simpson
Set Design: Sophia Pardon
Costume Design: Sophia Pardon
Sound Design: Julian Starr
Photography: Steve Gregson

An empty distressed room set with blue walls, chairs and a central fireplace is lit in cool stage light.

Three women stand in a doorway area against blue-streaked walls, with one in a shawl facing forward.

A young woman in a white bonnet and apron looks forward in close-up against a dark blue background.

Performers stand and sit in a tense semicircle on a blue-lit wooden stage.

A woman in a pink blouse reads from a book in the foreground while a woman in black faces her.

A woman in black faces a woman in a pink blouse holding a book, with a man standing behind them.

A woman in black touches the face of a woman in a pink blouse who holds a book to her chest.

A man in a brown coat crouches on the wooden floor under cool blue stage light.

A wide stage view shows a man kneeling in the foreground while three women in period costumes face one another.

A woman holding a guitar stands at the left as performers occupy the room around the centre of the stage.

A woman in a black dress sits forward in a chair against a dark stage background.

A woman in a pale blouse sits in blue light with a black-clad figure partly visible in the foreground.

A man in a weathered coat stands poised on the dark wooden stage.

A woman in a maid costume stands facing another performer whose back is to the camera.

A woman in a cream draped blouse speaks with two foreground figures partly visible.

A man stands beside a woman seated on the floor under a bright overhead light.

A woman sits cross-legged on the floor before a blue wall and scattered chairs.

A woman in a maid costume holds an open book and looks upward in blue light.

A woman in a pink blouse faces a woman in a maid costume seen from behind.

A wide view shows a woman in a pink blouse gesturing from a chair while a maid-costumed woman watches.

A maid-costumed woman leans over a seated woman in a pink blouse with a book in hand.

A woman in a black dress holds a small paper in the dimly lit room.

A woman in a black dress holds out a small glass toward a shadowed figure.

A woman in a black dress stands at a table among chairs and dark blue walls.

A woman in a cream blouse stands isolated in a tight pool of warm light.

A woman in a pink blouse stands by a fireplace while a dark-clothed body lies on the floor.

A woman in a pink blouse sits centre stage while another woman sits behind her in blue light.

A close-up shows a woman in a pink blouse raising her hand in deep blue stage light.

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