A central trio stands in bright blue-white beams as the surrounding ensemble forms a shadowed ring across the stage.

PATS Studio Theatre2024

Violet

The Production

Guildford School of Acting’s Spring 2024 student production of Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley’s Violet was presented as part of GSA’s public season. The production ran from 29 February to 2 March 2024 and was staged in the PATS Studio Theatre.

47 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Christian Durham
Lighting Design: Alex Musgrave
Costume Design: Emily Stuart
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

A crew member stands at a backstage control console as blue LED strips and stage lights recede into the darkness.

A young woman in a grey dress smiles with her hands behind her head in a narrow spotlight against black.

An ensemble sits with chairs and luggage on a bus-like stage set under cool blue overhead beams.

A group gathers on chairs and cases around a kneeling woman at centre stage beneath blue theatrical light.

Two young women sit side by side with books while other passengers remain partly shadowed behind them.

Three passengers lean closely together in a row of chairs, the central woman looking ahead as others press in around her.

A wide stage view shows several acting areas held in separate pools of warm and cool light.

A man at a diner table raises a finger toward a seated woman in a green cardigan under warm amber light.

A young woman holding a small case stands before warm wall panels with a large shadow cast behind her.

A young soldier leans in close toward a seated young woman among rows of stage chairs.

A man seen from behind faces a cluster of seated women, luggage and chairs in a dimly lit stage space.

A woman in a long white coat stands centre stage with one arm extended, surrounded by empty chairs in blue light.

A smiling young woman holds an illustrated Movieland magazine in front of her chest.

A performer in a white suit and dark hat gestures upward in purple-blue light with haze behind him.

A man in a top hat and a young woman reach toward the audience in a tight blue-purple composition.

A uniformed man stands high with arms outstretched under purple overhead light while a woman watches from below.

A bed sits alone at centre stage under blue beams, with musicians visible on the raised platform behind.

A woman in a red dress sits on the floor against a vivid blue backdrop, lit from the side.

A uniformed man dips a woman in warm light, their enlarged shadows falling across the painted wall panel.

A young woman beside a hospital bed extends her hand toward a man in a sleeveless shirt.

An ensemble dances across the stage in blue beams, creating long shadows on the floor.

Dancers spread across the stage in an energetic formation beneath angled blue beams and haze.

A woman in a plaid dress sings with one arm raised against a deep blue background.

A singer stands elevated above the set while couples dance below in blue and magenta light.

A uniformed man and a young woman stand close together in a doorway before a draped bed.

A woman in a red dress confronts a tall man in a sleeveless shirt under cool blue side light.

A young woman sits on a bed while another person rests curled against her lap in soft blue light.

Three women stand around a hospital bed where a patient sits upright under cool stage light.

A backstage crew member holds a camera or monitor rig beside technical equipment and cables.

A woman in a green dress and a uniformed man face each other at close range in warm side light.

Two figures stand apart on a red-lit stage with a hat and bag lying on the floor between them.

A young woman smiles beside a uniformed woman in strong blue side light.

A young woman appears framed inside a rectangular doorway or panel, holding a small item.

A wide magenta-lit stage shows a robed ensemble below a single elevated figure.

A white-suited performer stands with open arms at the front of a magenta-lit stage, with robed singers behind.

A robed choir performer beams with outstretched arms, framed by other magenta-robed singers.

A robed ensemble forms a symmetrical group under magenta and blue lights around a central singer.

A young woman in a cardigan holds a letter in warm light while a couple embrace out of focus behind her.

A man supports two women in an intimate embrace near the edge of the stage.

Two people sit and hug in shadow against a painted wall panel.

A young woman at a lectern holds up a letter or card in blue and gold light.

A wide stage view isolates a woman alone at a lectern in a tight pool of light.

Two travelling figures stand far apart on a blue stage while another figure appears on the upper level.

A young woman in a cardigan looks down pensively, with a uniformed figure blurred behind her.

A young woman embraces a smiling uniformed woman beneath a projected figure on the upper wall.

A young woman stands alone in a narrow lit doorway within a dark blue set.

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