The full ensemble is silhouetted in a semicircle beneath shafts of white light cutting through haze.

Bellairs Theatre2023

What Comes Next?

The Production

Guildford School of Acting’s What Comes Next? was a 2023 musical theatre showcase presented at the Bellairs Theatre. The production featured staged musical theatre material by emerging GSA performers as part of the school’s performance training.

48 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Gerry Tebbutt
Lighting Design: Brett Kasza
Commissioned by: Guildford School of Acting
Photography: Steve Gregson

A suited man faces a woman in a red dress under purple-blue light, with other performers visible behind them.

A wide blue-lit stage shows a woman in a red dress and a man in a suit standing centre, with other performers spaced around a projected backdrop.

A woman in a green patterned dress extends both arms near an arched set piece, lit by red side light.

Three women dance across a purple-lit stage with arms and legs extended, in front of projected portraits.

A young man in a blue waistcoat plays violin toward the camera through amber haze.

A man in a tuxedo and a woman in a pale dress clasp hands and lean toward each other on a warmly lit stage.

An ensemble stands along a runway-like stage under a single overhead spotlight, with two women leading the formation.

Three women are silhouetted with arms raised in heavy haze and strong backlight.

A woman in a blue patterned dress sings under saturated pink light, her enlarged shadow falling across the backdrop.

One performer leaps with legs split while another supports him against a red backdrop.

Five performers hold hands and raise their arms around a woman in a burgundy dress, with cast portraits projected behind them.

A wide stage scene places a central couple among surrounding performers in pink and blue haze beneath overhead spotlights.

A man in a tuxedo and a woman in a pale dress clasp hands and lean close beneath purple spotlights.

Several couples are separated across a wide magenta-lit stage, with projected portraits on the backdrop.

Two performers in maroon school uniforms sit close together, holding hands against a pale backdrop.

Two women smile at each other with microphones in hand against warm orange projected portraits.

Two performers in maroon school uniforms stand and kneel within a tight white spotlight below projected portraits.

Two men pose closely by a chair against a blue backdrop, one seated and the other leaning in with an arm around him.

Two men stand far apart on a blue-lit stage with a chair between them and warm side lights behind.

Two men are silhouetted beneath a triangular white spotlight, one gesturing toward the other.

A woman in blue overalls stands centre stage while an ensemble sits and stands around her against an amber backdrop.

Performers in plaid costumes cluster around seated women in front of a bright yellow dive-bar projection.

A dancer is held horizontally high above another performer while a seated ensemble watches in red-orange light.

Two women in plaid shirts and denim pose at the front under orange light, with other performers silhouetted behind.

One performer carries another on his back through purple haze, surrounded by the ensemble.

A man in a plaid shirt sings alone under purple light with a projected portrait behind him.

Two women stand at the front in a white cone of light, with the ensemble seated along both sides.

Two young women clasp hands and lean toward one another against a red backdrop.

A man in a white shirt raises a prop pistol straight upward against a red backdrop.

Two performers sit close together on a chair at centre stage under red light, surrounded by empty chairs.

Dancers in black leap with arms raised through red haze in front of projected headshots.

A solo dancer in a burgundy costume balances on one leg with arms arched in blue haze and bright side beams.

An ensemble runs and reaches across the stage through split blue and red haze.

A group of men in tuxedos stand in formation under golden backlights and haze.

A young man in a tuxedo sings in warm light, with another suited performer standing behind him.

A woman in a patterned dress stands smiling beside visible side lights and beams.

Performers in formal dresses and suits stand spaced across a magenta and blue stage, gathered around a central woman.

Three women sing at the front of the stage in warm light, with silhouetted performers and projected portraits behind them.

Two men in waistcoats perform a playful partnered lift against a bright blue backdrop.

Two men in waistcoats face each other with long props raised between them under green and pink stage light.

Three women stand together in a tight spotlight, casting long shadows beneath a projected title and headshots.

A wide backlit dive-bar scene shows performers seated around chairs while central figures stand in haze.

A man embraces a woman in a floral dress from behind as she sings in magenta side light.

Two women sing with arms open before a blue projection reading “10 years From now.”

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