Rehearsals

The Making of Theatre.

Rehearsal and backstage photography documenting the collaboration, experimentation and discovery through which theatre productions take shape.

central figure listening, framed by two blurred colleagues in a studio; warm light and shallow depth of field

Lucy Jones and an ensemble in a tight tableau in a studio as a director gestures from foreground right; black drapes and worklights frame the rehearsal.

Two performers seated in rehearsal hold empty martini glasses; one laughs, the other reacts, with costumes and props in the background.

Two people laughing at a rehearsal table with scripts and coffee cups; candid moment in a bright rehearsal room.

Table read in rehearsal: one performer listens intently, script pages on table, POLICE lanyard visible, shallow depth of field.

Performer seated on studio floor looks up as colleague consults script behind a green quilted prop in a bright rehearsal room.

Two performers rehearse on a plastic-wrapped sofa, one lying back as the other leans in, both gesturing amid bare plywood flats.

Performer in a yellow floral pinafore gestures mid-rehearsal as two cast members react behind in a bright studio.

Ensemble in casual rehearsal, front performer holding script pages, singing together in a studio with black drapes.

Smiling man leans against a rehearsal room wall as colleagues listen; warm red lighting with a computer monitor in the foreground.

Performer in white T-shirt leads expressive movement in rehearsal studio, others practicing on blocks behind under warm light and tall windows.

Performer on a beige landline phone at a rehearsal desk, hand on forehead, with books and pinned notes blurred in the background

rehearsal discussion as a gray‑haired man gestures to a colleague while two others watch in a studio space with tiered seating

rehearsal moment as a suited man holds a champagne flute, another figure blurred behind against an orange wall

Two actors rehearse an intimate scene, holding each other and making eye contact in a bright studio with window and reference photos.

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