Inferno

Island Shakespeare Festival premiered Bryan Burch's new adaptation of Dante's Inferno  in their tenth anniversary season of 2019. The new play blends levity and pathos as it re-imagines a modern Dante, a struggling poet and songwriter. His journey through hell to rediscover life's purpose brings modern thoughts together with very old words to make a poignant and amusing reflection. 

photography by Michael Stadler, courtesy of ISF.
https://www.stadlerstudio.com/index.html

The Cyclops

Director Mariagrazia LaFauci breathed new life into Euripides' satyr play The Cyclops​ by envisioning it as a modern drag show, using a new context to look at male roles from Greece to modern times. This show appeared as part of LAMDA's 2017 MA directors showcase.

photography by Terry Smith
http://www.terrencesmith.co.uk/productions.html

Skin Tight

Part of LAMDA's 2017 MA directors showcase, this compact, swiftly moving show details the lives and love of a young couple, Tom and Elizabeth. Max Kirk directed this production from New Zealand playwright Gary Henderson.

Skin Tight transferred to the Hope Theatre in Islington, London following its premier at LAMDA.

photography by Terry Smith
http://www.terrencesmith.co.uk/productions.html

Blackberry Troutface

Director Athina Deliadi's contribution to LAMDA's 2017 MA directors showcase, this show explores the challenges and joys of three siblings growing up alone in Liverpool. The show grapples with the meaning of family, identity, and loyalty, bringing a poignant realism to challenge and touch audiences.

photography by Terry Smith
http://www.terrencesmith.co.uk/productions.html

Sweeney Todd

Paul Kerryson's production for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama opened June 28, 2017. This show resets Sondheim's musical into London's East End during the 1960.



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photography by Kirsten McTernan
http://kirstenmcternan.zenfolio.com/

Moon over Buffalo

Directed by Nick Hoenshell, this American farce looks at the backstage life of a touring theatre company in 1954. The troupe deals with personal entanglements while performing Cyrano de Bergerac and Private Lives in repertory.



photography by Baylor Photography

Die Fledermaus

This production of Johann Strauss's comic waltz opera captured the feeling of the 1880s for modern audiences. Characters fumble and twirl within an elaborate practical joke until the triumphant finale.



​photography by Octavio Cardenas​

Elixir of Love

Directed by Octavio Cardenas, this production of Donizetti's comic opera placed the story on Baylor University campus in the 1970s. An Elvis-impersonating mountebank, football captain recruiting officer, and tie-dyed clad hero populate this energetic story.

photography by Blythe Tierny Dever
​http://www.blythetierneydever.com/

Prima Donna

Arthur Benjamin's comic operetta, staged by Baylor Opera Theatre and directed by Octavio Cardenas, reset the tale of Italian aristocracy as a generational conflict in a Texas oil baron's family. Big hair, bling,  fringe, belt buckles, and cowboy boots all play a part in this story of seduction and singing.



photography by Baylor Photography

Trial by Jury

Gilbert and Sullivan's lighthearted lighthearted satire, directed by Octavio Cardenas, offered an amusing take on American perceptions of British stereotypes. The Spice Girls clash with Austin Powers while a jury of Beatles and other fictional and popular characters look on.




photography by Baylor Photography