Young Vic goes underground

Saturday was a busy day - as well as my work for The Yard (see post below) I was also shooting for the Young Vic in the afternoon. Here are some of the delightful participants from a community choir in Brixton, performing in the Leake Street Tunnel. 

Vernon God Little Redux

So...Vernon God Little opens tonight at the Young Vic, and so I'm able to show the images I captured of the actor playing the eponymous anti-hero. (You may remember I was embargoed!) Below are my favourite and the image they chose to use.

It's also interesting shooting these kinds of press / promotional images because the venues are liable to use them as a starting point rather than a finished product. Below is the end result, drawing on the marketing image.

Vernon God Little at the Young Vic

This morning I hauled a full lighting kit over to the Young Vic theatre, near Waterloo. I was asked to shoot some images of the newly-cast Joe Drake, who'll be playing the protagonist in the theatre's revival of their smash-hit adaptation of DBC Pierre's novel Vernon God Little. It was a super-small time frame, and Joe was a lovely chap and a trouper. We whipped through a few set-ups in no time at all. They'll be used for press and publicity for the show as it gets nearer the run (opening end of January). Unfortunately, because they're for press I can't share the pictures of Joe's lovely face with you just yet. To whet your appetite, though, here's the Young Vic's lovely Press and PR Manager, Laura, who was acting as my lighting test bunny!

Laura's one of the most stylish people I know...