Posts Tagged ‘West Yorkshire Playhouse’

WYP Transform Festival – Day 6

Feast in The Park

Day 6 – 21st April 2012 FEAST! It’s the final day of the first week of Transform and what a brilliant week it has been.



WYP Transform Festival – Day 5

Scratch Tech

Day 5 – Saturday 20th April Its the weekend and a big day at Transform Festival and a big photography day for me.



WYP Transform Festival – Day 4

Matthew Bellwood - An Icy Man

Day 4 – Friday 19th April Day 4 of the festival and everything is going great. Everyone seems to be enjoying the shows on offer and there are some really interesting pieces being performed.



WYP Transform Festival – Day 3

Odd Doll Puppet Theatre

Day 3 – 18th April 2013 Day 3 of Transform and a few new shows to photograph.



WYP Transform Festival – Day 2

Uncanny Theatre

Day 2 – Wednesday 17th April 2013



WYP Transform Festival – Day 1

The Market

For the next 2 weeks I will be in Leeds at the West Yorkshire Playhouse as resident photographer for Transform Festival.



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 [...]



RashDash The Ugly Sisters Rehearsal

RashDash Ugly Sister Rehearsal

I got a good dose of one of my favourtie Theatre companies today who i have photographed for the past 3 years. I sat in on the rehearsal for their latest show The Ugly Sisters and took some photos of the development so far. They are collaborating again this year with Not Now Bernard, the [...]



The Paperbirds – Aged – WYP Transform 12

Aged by The Paper Birds. West Yorkshire Playhouse

I photographed a show today by The Paper birds. It was so uplifting and enjoyable to watch, the majority of the cast were made up of older ladies who were full of energy and enthusiasm. About the Show (WYP Website) Leeds based, The Paper Birds have been working with members of Heydays, West Yorkshire Playhouse’s [...]



Curious Directive – In the Image of you – WYP Transform

In the Image of You. Curious Directive. West Yorkshire Playhouse

I had the pleasure of photographing Curious Directive yesterday as part of the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s TRANSFORM 12 festival. The show ‘In the image of you’ was a visual treat, I love photographing theatre that uses projections and lighting in such a creative and well executed way. Add on top the interesting subject matter and [...]



Little Bulb present Hot Club de Bulb – WYP – Transform 2012

Hot Club de Bulb by Little Bulb. Transform Festival 2012

Tonight I got to photograph the wonderful Little Bulb Theatre company who were performing in the Cafe Bar of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Little Bulb continue to explore their fusion of Orpheus in the underworld, with the 1930s Parisian Gypsy Jazz scene. Expect hot club music, cheeky theatrics and a certain mustachioed guitarist. Little Bulb [...]



9 Production Photos – WYP Transform 2012

©RWD12_9-WYP_127

Today I started my weekend job photographing the dress rehearsal of 9 – a new production at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Created exclusively as part of Transform, this very special collaboration with Chris Goode & Company features nine ordinary people taking an extraordinary leap into the unknown. The process began with an open call-out for [...]