A woman arches over a seated man on a bed beneath a hotel sign, her hair flying in blue light.

The Mack, Mountview2025

The UN Inspector

The Production

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts’ double-cast Acting student production of David Farr’s The UN Inspector was staged at The Mack in May 2025. Farr’s contemporary Gogol adaptation relocates The Government Inspector to a corrupt dictatorship, where a British businessman is mistaken for a UN inspector.

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Director: Martha Geelan
Lighting Design: Ryan Littler
Set Design: Rhyannon Richardson
Costume Design: George P Martin
Sound Design: Matthew Giles
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

The empty stage is framed by angular grey walls, a desk and overhead beams cutting through haze.

A performer in a grey top leans around tall textured panels with an animated expression and one arm reaching upward.

Three performers cluster around a globe as one points toward it under warm stage light.

Five performers stand tightly grouped, reacting with alarm against the grey stage walls.

A wide stage view shows several figures spaced around a person lying face down at centre under smoky spotlights.

A man lies on the floor beside a brightly coloured globe, his face turned toward the audience.

Three men in suits and overcoats laugh together with their arms around each other.

A man in a dark suit grips a woman in a white blouse as she turns with an open-mouthed expression.

A woman in a white blouse and patterned skirt stands poised against tall wall panels with one hand raised.

A man in a red tie gestures beside a black-clad woman exhaling smoke.

A blue-lit hotel bedroom set shows a woman sitting on a bed beneath a tilted Marriott sign.

A woman raises a pillow over a seated man on the bed while he reaches up toward her.

A woman leans over a high counter beside a small lamp, pointing sharply across the blue-lit room.

Two men sit on a bed in the hotel-room set, smiling and gesturing in cool blue light.

Purple-blue light fills a bedroom scene where one figure sits on the bed and two dark-clad performers stand in the doorway.

Two women, one wearing a fur coat, lean together while reading a sheet of paper.

Two women confront another performer as bright orange fabric whips through the air behind them.

Performers stretch a white sheet across the stage near a red carpet.

A wide ensemble gathers around a red carpet and long table beneath bright stage lights.

A black-clad performer embraces a blonde woman holding a dark prop in a close, tense frame.

A woman in striped socks stands in a doorway while a dark-clad figure with a round object appears behind her.

A woman in yellow trousers gestures beside a large framed portrait.

The empty stage holds red chairs and a large portrait under strong overhead beams and haze.

A man in a white shirt adjusts his red tie while a black-clad figure in sunglasses watches from the background.

A man lies curled on a red carpet while a black-clad seated figure points from across the stage.

An ensemble huddles closely together with faces pushed forward and red chairs behind them.

A man in a checked jacket holds out his hands pleadingly against the grey wall.

A man with glasses looks down at his bloodied hand while another man reacts opposite him.

A man raises binoculars toward a woman standing opposite, with empty red chairs between them.

A woman stands in a bright blue doorway holding a folder, framed by dark wall panels.

A man in a loose tie holds a crumpled sheet of paper close to his chest.

A black-clad woman crouches by railings as smoke drifts from her mouth in dark green light.

Blue haze, low footlights and silhouetted figures fill a dark wide stage of angular walls.

A woman gently holds a man's face as they stand close and smile at each other.

Two performers lie sprawled on the floor near red chairs and a large portrait.

A woman and man rise behind a black wall with their arms thrown upward in comic exclamation.

A black-clad performer in a cap and sunglasses exhales smoke against a pale wall.

A large seated ensemble spreads across the stage under warm overhead beams and a chandelier.

A man wearing a green party hat reads a paper close to the audience while figures blur behind him.

A woman and man sit side by side, looking upward with anxious expressions.

Two performers sit closely on a bed in cool blue light, talking quietly.

A blue-lit black-clad performer crouches beside piping while holding folded papers.

An ensemble huddles in cool blue side light near the edge of the stage.

The full company is arranged across the stage under layered warm and cool overhead light.

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