A performer extends one leg horizontally from a pole on a circular platform, isolated against a dark stage and empty chair.

The Courtyard Theatre2024

Whiplash

The Production

Lockdown Projections’ world-premiere production of Rachel Isobel Heritage’s Whiplash played The Courtyard Theatre as part of Camden Fringe 2024. Set in the fictional Olympus Gentlemen’s Club, the play draws on lived experience to explore stripping in the UK, sex-worker rights, exploitation and sisterhood.

40 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Saffron Woolven
Choreographer: Luna Minxx
Lighting Design: Ryan Jones Littler
Photography: Steve Gregson

A performer in red fishnets sits before a dressing-room mirror holding red high-heeled shoes, her focused reflection visible.

A bald man in a light suit leans toward a seated woman on a dim stage with a pale screen behind them.

A performer in red stockings sits at the base of a pole while another woman watches from a chair in a narrow pool of light.

A man at a backstage bar or sound station watches two women in stage costumes speak under magenta light.

Three women in stage costumes lean forward in a diagonal line across the stage, with a pole and chair behind them.

A woman in a pale costume arches back while gripping a pole and standing on a black sofa against a dark background.

A dark-haired performer sits on a sofa gesturing as another woman listens closely in tight stage light.

A woman in red stockings stands behind a chair holding a microphone while another woman sits nearby under stark side light.

Several performers sit around a circular platform while a standing woman faces them on the open stage.

Performers crowd around a sofa as raised phones capture a celebratory selfie moment.

Six women stand hand in hand across the stage as if presenting an ensemble number.

Three women and a man gather at a bar in a tense exchange, with one woman tossing her head back.

A smiling woman in a school-style top stands foregrounded while another performer is sharply lit behind her.

A performer in a black and gold costume grips a pole in close spotlight, red lipstick catching the light.

One seated woman touches or applies lipstick to another woman's mouth in an intimate stage moment.

A woman checks her makeup in a small compact mirror under vivid magenta light.

A blonde performer lifts herself sideways on a pole, wearing black boots and a pale costume against the dark stage.

A performer crawls across the circular platform in red heels beneath magenta stage light.

A bearded man in a blue suit looks toward an out-of-focus woman singing into a microphone at a table.

A bald man in a light suit stands in the foreground looking aside while another man remains near the bar behind him.

Three suited men advance in a tight line, the front man intense, with a performer visible at the pole behind them.

A woman in a red plaid costume holds tissues at a table, looking upset against a dark tiered set.

A young woman sits curled on a chair with arms crossed and a downcast expression.

A teary woman is comforted by another person in a close, softly lit exchange.

Two women embrace tightly in an isolated pool of stage light.

A man in a light suit bends toward a seated woman, their hands connected in warm yellow light.

A woman points sharply at a man during an argument near a covered table.

A man stands apart from a seated woman on a sparse stage, leaving a wide space between them.

A seated man and woman clasp hands during an emotional close conversation.

A bald man stands alone in warm side light, looking upward with his hands in his pockets.

A blonde performer in a pale costume poses beside a pole with one arm raised in a narrow spotlight.

A red-haired performer in stockings leans against a pole in a black void, looking off to the side.

Two women stand front and centre while suited men sit and stand in the blue-lit background.

A seated performer in magenta haze raises feathered wings or fabric around her face on a sofa.

A man in a blue suit lounges in an armchair beneath a neon VIP lounge sign while holding a phone.

A suited man sits behind a kneeling performer, holding her as she leans against his legs.

A kneeling performer whips her hair beside a chair and discarded boot while two men stand behind.

A man in a light suit pulls a kneeling performer backward as another suited man watches from nearby.

A dark-haired performer crawls low across the stage reaching for a boot, with a suited man distant behind her.

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