And in the sweeping final story, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a “safe space” app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle’s snubbing of the bride and groom. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family.Ī high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. If you want to see more photos from Racing Demon, have a look at the poster photo shoot we did a few weeks back.Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. Oli is getting help from Bea in sorting out his clerical collar. A few final touches to the light by Kathryn Dodds. “Peer-pressure, peer-pressure…” The theatre world is filled with internal jokes. Another lineup shot, I like that the shadow fits in the gap between the actors. Final scene of the play, Oli MacFarlane as The Rev Tony Ferris. What did the director just tell Silas? The Director. The set had blue and yellow spot lights rigged which complement each other well. Abusing the spot lights, shooting from on stage to get this photo of Silas. Heather hugging her jacket is probably not part of the play, but made for a cute photo. The tech rehearsal had lots of jumps and breaks in the play. She was a bit quicker than me, so I had to ask her to just take a step back to get this shot. The foyer was brighter, and when she opened the door this presented itself. Bethan Davidson as a sleepy Heather Espy. The light was intended for the cross, but it had not yet been put up, which worked in my favour for this shot. The spotlight on the wall gave a nice halo for her. Heather Fantham as The Rev Donna ‘Streaky’ Bacon. I had to exclude a few people on either side when I was photographing as they did not fit in the frame. By taking a few steps to the side everyone’s face became visible. They were perfectly spaced in the background, this photo practically begged to be taken. Ed Limb in the opening scene of the play. Luckily there are a few rolls in the front that got sharp. This is a photo of the wallpaper, but it seems I managed to get the wall out of focus. I like to shoot from a low angle to get a dramatic backlighting. Bethan Davidson and Bea Svistunenko sharing a sofa. The cast of Equus had been up to 5am for their get out and afterparty. If you want to compare with the uncropped version, click here. I originally had this photo in an uncropped version, but then instagram forced me to crop it to a square, and I liked what it did to the photo. I was sitting on the floor and decided to see if I could use the chair as a frame. The stage is not in order, and about half the cast was in costumes, but I am pretty happy with the resulting photos. Things were still organised chaos when I arrived, but after some minor side-tracks, which I was partly responsible for (look for another blog post about that later) the rehearsal started. They were doing their tech rehearsal in the evening, so I took the chance to get a sneak peek of the play at Corpus Playroom. This weekend was the get in for Racing Demon, their first access to the stage.
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