A man sits alone in a spotlight as audience silhouettes frame him and huge blue shadows loom across the back wall.

London School of Musical Theatre2024

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Production

London School of Musical Theatre’s 2024 student staging of Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd brought the classic Poirot mystery to the school’s performance programme under the direction of Gary Tushaw.

39 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Gary Tushaw
Commissioned by: London School of Musical Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

An ensemble gathers around a red chaise in a wide stage view with warm red light in the background.

Three young performers are caught in close warm light, their faces lifted with alert, expectant expressions.

A woman in a grey suit is lit in blue side light against dark vertical curtains.

Performers raise their arms in a dark, energetic ensemble scene, with one man in white drawing the eye.

A suited man carefully passes a small object to a woman in a white shawl under warm stage light.

A small figure stands beneath enormous blue-lit shadow silhouettes projected across an arched wall.

A man in a coat raises both hands anxiously, his enlarged shadow falling across the wall behind him.

A red-haired woman holds a green vessel in the foreground while a suited man stands behind her.

A man in a white shirt opens his arms toward surrounding performers in a warmly lit ensemble moment.

A woman in a fur-trimmed wrap stands beneath a visible stage lamp against a saturated blue background.

A bald man and a younger man face each other at close range in a tense confrontation.

A bald man confronts another man as a bright stage light flares between them and a woman watches behind.

Two women stand close together in deep blue light, their faces lifted as if singing or calling out.

A woman in black with a white fur stole stands tensely in blue light while a suited man appears behind her.

A man in a pale suit spreads his arms while his shadow expands dramatically across the wall.

A woman in a pink dress stands in blue light while other performers move through the space behind her.

A woman in a pink dress smiles from a red chaise with other performers standing in the background.

A group stands in formation beneath large projected shadows, seen over the shoulder of a man in the foreground.

A woman in a grey suit gestures forward under blue light while other performers remain spaced behind her.

A man in a pale suit faces an ensemble and directs them beneath giant shadow projections in a wide theatre view.

A seated performer reads from a book in the foreground while a group stands opposite in warm light.

A woman in a pink dress lifts her face and arms, caught in a bright warm pool of stage light.

A woman in a grey suit looks warily across blurred foreground figures toward someone off frame.

A young performer in a cap and beige cardigan stands with arms crossed near a gramophone.

A woman in black points forcefully toward a blurred man, with blue light glowing behind her.

A woman in a white dress stands forward while other women are arranged behind her across the stage.

A woman in a dark shawl holds a young man in a patterned vest close under blue light.

A red-haired woman in black looks alert and still, with a suited man blurred in the background.

A man in a grey suit throws both hands upward with his mouth open as others react around him.

A woman stands illuminated at centre while projected arms and shadows fan out behind her and figures point from below.

A wide view shows performers gathered across the theatre space with visible stage lights, chairs and a red chaise.

A woman in a pink dress confronts a man while another person lies on the floor and others watch from behind.

A woman sits beside a red chaise in the foreground while a lone man stands far across the blue-lit space.

A bearded man bows over a woman’s hand in an intimate moment against a dark background.

A young man pours amber liquid from a decanter into a glass in warm stage light.

A man in a pale suit stands with arms open before a lined-up ensemble and huge shadows on the wall.

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