A wide ensemble scene unfolds under vivid purple and green light, with performers lunging, reaching and crouching across the gridded stage.

Guildford School of Acting2026

The Watsons

The Production

Guildford School of Acting presented Laura Wade’s The Watsons as part of its Spring 2026 production season, featuring BA Acting students in Wade’s stage reworking of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel.

27 photographs in the curated edit

Lighting Design: Elanor Higgins
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

Against a black background, a woman in a peach dress looks alarmed while a woman in pale blue leans close beside her.

A wide dark stage is cut by a bright overhead beam as figures stand and kneel in haze, with a woman in peach seen from behind.

A top-hatted figure in a brown coat faces a woman in a peach dress who reaches toward him through smoky green stage light.

A woman in a blue apron stands foreground right on a gridded stage while a group of performers gathers in distant blue light.

A maid-like figure in a dark dress raises both hands beside a broom or duster, isolated in warm light against darkness.

Two women in period dresses stand close together, one in peach smiling outward while the other in pale blue looks at her warmly.

Seen over the shoulder of a top-hatted figure, a woman in peach stands isolated on the gridded stage before several distant performers.

A man in a black coat gestures in the foreground while soldiers and dancers move behind him in smoky warm light.

A woman in pale blue leans over a table set with a small vase of flowers, framed by a red cabinet and dark stage space.

A woman in a yellow dress with a white ruff and gloves looks intensely toward a blurred woman in peach in the foreground.

An ensemble huddles tightly together in period costumes, leaning toward the centre as one raised arm breaks above the group.

A young man in a green coat addresses someone blurred in the foreground, standing in a pool of warm light on a dark stage.

An ensemble performs across a blue-lit stage, with figures dancing, reaching and falling amid magenta and violet theatrical light.

A woman in pale blue sits at a table with flowers, gazing upward thoughtfully beside a red cabinet.

Two women stand cheek-to-cheek in close-up, the woman in peach grimacing while the woman behind her reacts with a comic expression.

A young man in a brown coat gestures as he speaks, with a seated figure and table flowers softly out of focus behind him.

A woman in peach speaks anxiously at close range to a woman in pale blue, with suited figures softly blurred behind them.

A woman in a yellow dress and white gloves raises one hand in an expressive gesture against a black background.

Two women in peach and pale blue lean forward shoulder to shoulder, both watching something off to the side with concern.

A woman in pale blue stands alone in sharp focus while blurred figures in peach and blue interact behind her.

A tight group of performers crowds together around someone’s hands, their faces intent and closely lit.

A woman in pale blue sits at a table holding a white cloth, her face turned slightly downward in quiet concentration.

A woman in a peach dress raises one hand sharply as if making a point, her expression tense against the dark stage.

A smiling woman in a blue apron holds a telephone receiver to her ear while a line of performers stands dimly behind her.

A large cast in period costumes gathers around a raised woman in peach within a warmly lit interior set.

A wide tableau shows the cast spread across a dark stage around a central set, with draped fabric rising at the sides.

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