DAVID STEWART
FOR
ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE
David Stewart is commissioned by the Royal Exchange Theatre for their 50th anniversary season, A Homecoming, to capture the essence of key productions.
Road, featuring Lucy Beaumont, Shobna Gulati, Lesley Joseph, and Johnny Vegas, and Private Lives with Jill Halfpenny, mark just the beginning of his collaborations, with more to come throughout the year.
Taking inspiration from his shots for the Almeida Theatre’s Greek season, David Stewart captures Lucy Beaumont, Shobna Gulati, Lesley Joseph, and Johnny Vegas for Jim Cartwright’s Road, directed by Selena Cartmell.
Road explores the lives of residents on an unnamed street in a deprived, working-class area of Lancashire during the Thatcher government, a time of high unemployment. The action unfolds over one evening as the residents prepare to go out, visit a club, and return home.
Jill Halfpenny for Noël Coward’s savage comedy Private Lives, directed by Blanche McIntyre.
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy about a divorced couple, Elyot and Amanda, who unknowingly visit the same hotel for their respective honeymoons with new spouses. The play comments on the naive idealism of marriage and its insufficiency for healthy, enduring relationships.
PHOTOGRAPHER
@DAVID STEWART
CLIENT
@ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE
STYLING
@Felicia Jange
HMU
@Melissa Victoria Lee
DESIGN
@BROWNS