A performer in a red dress swings a white pillow while another performer bends away amid flying feathers.

Jermyn Street Theatre2021

This Beautiful Future

The Production

Rita Kalnejais’ wartime love story follows Elodie, a French teenager, and Otto, a young German soldier, as they meet in an abandoned room in occupied France and search for tenderness and hope amid the violence of the Second World War.

21 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Chirolles Khalil
Movement Director: Max Keeble
Lighting Design: Tim Kelly
Set & Costume Design: Niall McKeever
Sound Design: Katy Hustwick
Photography: Steve Gregson

A performer in a white slip stands in a lit corner beside a framed window in a dark room.

A performer in a military uniform and cap stands in low light against a dark textured wall.

A performer in a military uniform kneels on a glossy white platform under a spotlight beside a framed window.

A dark-haired performer in a white slip looks upward with one hand raised against a dark blue wall.

A wide stage view shows a performer lying on a low bed on a glossy platform beneath a glowing framed panel and red sign.

Two performers in white sleepwear sit on a low bed with a bag, shoes and flowers on the floor nearby.

A blond performer crouches at a low bed while a dark-haired performer in a red dress stands behind him.

A dark-haired performer in a red dress touches the chin of a seated blond performer holding food.

A dark-haired performer in a red dress smiles down beside white bedding and flowers.

Two performers stand barefoot on a glossy white stage, one adjusting a white shirt and the other clasping their hands.

A framed screen beneath a red “ON AIR” sign displays the words “THIS BEAUTIFUL FUTURE.”

Seen through a blue-lit framed screen beneath an “ON AIR” sign, two blurred figures face each other closely.

Two performers stand face to face in green projection light while a figure lies low behind them.

A performer in a red dress kneels on a bed and pulls a pillow as feathers scatter in the dark.

A performer in a red dress raises a white pillow as another performer reaches in from the right amid scattered feathers.

A performer kneels with arms raised as two others lift pillows above her in a shower of feathers.

A dark-haired performer peers over a folded duvet on the floor with a small green bag in the foreground.

Two performers lie behind a folded duvet and look forward across a glossy floor.

A blond performer crawls toward a small green bag while a dark-haired performer watches from behind bedding.

Two performers crouch beside a small green bag and handle food on the glossy stage floor.

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