A full ensemble musical tableau fills the neon-framed stage beneath green, white and red overhead light and haze.

PATS Studio Theatre, Guildford School of Acting2024

The Unmanageable Sisters

The Production

Guildford School of Acting staged The Unmanageable Sisters at PATS Studio Theatre in spring 2024, directed by Maisie Newman. The production presented Deirdre Kinahan’s Dublin-set adaptation of Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles-Soeurs.

48 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Maisie Newman
Lighting Design: Alex Musgrave
Set & Costume Design: Elliott Squire
Sound Design: David Lewington
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

A young woman in a blue sleeveless dress over a checked blouse looks off to the side against a dark background with round theatre lights.

A wide view of the orange patterned stage shows performers spread across the room beneath blue overhead beams and dappled floor light.

A blonde woman in a fur coat smiles across a table at another seated woman in the warm orange room.

A fur-coated woman raises one hand in a dark, red-lit moment with strong side light on her face.

A blue-lit wide stage frames a clustered group near a table inside the glowing neon outline of the set.

Three women stand close together against the patterned wall, the centre woman wearing a teal sash.

A young woman sings or speaks into a handheld microphone under blue light, with a reflected figure visible behind her.

A diagonal wide view shows the blue neon-framed set, seated performers and haze-filled side lighting.

A seated woman in blue foreground light faces away from a group gathered behind her on the stage platform.

The red-lit set sits nearly empty, with sofas, tables and a glowing dressing-room doorway defining the space.

A performer in an orange coat stands in a warm spotlight before a shadowy group on the red-lit stage.

Several women sing into a microphone in tight side view, one placing a supportive hand on another’s shoulder under blue light.

A group huddles together on a sofa beneath glowing vanity bulbs, surrounded by blue and red stage light.

A young woman sits near the front eating, with tables and several performers active behind her in the orange room.

Two women in headscarves share a microphone area, one pointing outward beside a vase of flowers.

A woman in a pale coat stands at a microphone on an angled blue neon stage while the ensemble remains dim behind her.

An older woman with glasses sits near the front holding a basket, with other performers dimly visible behind her.

A performer sits alone in a front spotlight while the ensemble is arranged behind her across the blue and red stage.

Two young women sit close together on the floor, leaning toward each other in a quiet exchange.

A warm wide scene shows one performer lying on the floor while others stand and react around her.

An older woman in glasses and a scarf faces forward against a dark background, lit strongly from the front.

The set appears in a deep red lighting state, with small figures spaced across the stage and a glowing vanity area at the back.

A woman in a teal dress and sash sings into a microphone near the front while performers move behind her.

A dancer in an orange-red outfit holds an arched pose in saturated blue and red light.

A seated woman with a microphone occupies the foreground while a standing singer is backlit at the edge of the stage.

A singer stands at the left while a dancer poses centre stage inside red and blue neon lighting.

Three women confer closely, one in red leaning toward two seated women with a bright stage light behind them.

Two women face each other across the stage beneath a strong blue overhead beam, with the ensemble dim in the background.

A blonde woman sings into a microphone in close-up, edged by a warm red backlight.

A seated singer leans into a microphone as two women hold close behind her in intense blue light.

A woman in a teal sash confronts a woman in a patterned dress while another performer looks on between them.

A cool wide ensemble scene shows performers leaning and reaching across tables and boxes on the neon-framed stage.

A singer in a patterned jacket performs at a microphone with the ensemble seated and standing behind in blue and red light.

A woman in a headscarf stands in the foreground looking sideways, with a blonde seated figure blurred behind her.

The ensemble stands across the stage as warm vanity lights flare from the open doorway beneath blue haze.

A crowded warm scene shows a woman in a teal sash gesturing while the ensemble gathers tightly around her.

Performers kneel and reach around fabric near a box marked WINNER as others crowd behind them.

Cards or papers are scattered across the floor near a WINNER box while performers react across the orange set.

A woman in black uses a blower or cannon to send green confetti across a dark backstage area.

The ensemble fills the neon-framed stage with arms raised as confetti lies across the floor.

A woman in a teal dress and sash stands alone inside a narrow illuminated doorway, looking outward.

A tight vertical group of women huddles together near a glowing vanity doorway in blue and warm light.

A young woman stands in a spotlight at a microphone on a blue-lit stage while others sit in shadow around her.

A standing woman reaches both hands forward as two seated women at a table watch her in warm stage light.

A blonde woman in a fur coat looks down while holding a small card or paper in close warm light.

A wide ensemble scene captures dancers lunging across the coloured stage as a singer performs at the front.

A woman stands centre stage with hands on hips while other performers sit and stand around the retro patterned set.

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