Archive for May, 2012

The Sluts of Sutton Drive Rehearsal

©Richard Davenport 2012. London, UK. Arch 468. Sluts of Sutton Drive Rehearsal

Yesterday I went along to a rehearsal for a new production – The Sluts of Sutton Drive by Joshua Conkel which will have its world premiere at The Finborough Theatre. We started the morning taken some set ups (which i will share soon) and then I photographed parts of the rehearsal. The cast and creative [...]



The Folk Contraption – Southbank

©Richard Davenport 2012. London, UK. Southbank Center. Rogue's Gallery Theatre present The Folk Contraption

I got a last minute call on Saturday asking if I was around to photograph Rogues’ Gallery Theatre do their thing in their show The Folk Contraption. Fortunately for me I was. I made a dash for the Southbank with a few minutes to spare. It was the perfect sunny Saturday afternoon show full of [...]



The Ugly Sisters Scratch

©Richard Davenport 2012. Leeds, UK. RashDash perform a scratch of The Ugly Sisters as part of Transform12 at The West Yorkshire Playhouse

RashDash performed a scratch during the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Transform Festival. It was a small showcase of work from their upcoming show The Ugly Sisters. Accompanied by Not Now Bernard they delighted the audience with a selection of songs and small snippets of dialogue. Having photographed RashDash for the past 3 years I was delighted [...]



You The Player – WYP Transform

You The Player (Look left Look Right) held as part of Transform 12 at West Yorkshire Playhouse

You the Player was created by Look Left Look Right as part of the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Transform Festival 2012. It was an interactive adventure , inviting the audience to explore corridors and unknown spaces throughout the West Yorkshire Playhouse for one-on-one encounters and daring scenarios. The audience were asked to make choices, solve clues [...]



Tangent by Waxwing Theatre – The New Diorama

©Richard Davenport 2012. London, UK. New Diorama Theatre. Waxwing Present Tangent

On Wednesday i photographed the Dress Rehearsal of Waxing Theatre’s new show Tangent at the New Diorama Theatre. It is a show full of imaginative imagery and a dynamic set. The show tells the story of two 15 year olds, both with an exam to pass. One, a girl at a failing school who wants [...]



Up Down Boy – The Salisbury Playhouse

©Richard Davenport 2012. Salisbury, UK. Salisbury Playhouse Studio. Up Down Boy

Yesterday was my second visit to The Salisbury playhouse for work. I was there to photograph a show called Up Down Boy by Sue Shields. The play was inspired by the extraordinary life of a boy with Down’s Syndrome, and his mother’s humorous and idiosyncratic perspective on bringing him up. The central character of the [...]