A couple weeks ago, I shot the final production of their summer season at Summerset Theatre, Cash on Delivery. It’s a zany British farce, so you know it starts off in high gear and accelerates from there! The general premise is a fellow who has lost his job but found he could collect benefits from the government for made up tenants. Impersonations, crazy stories, it just goes on and on. I managed to keep up with it pretty well, even while photographing it. And that’s saying something!
The show is all in a box set of the living room with the players scrambling in and out various doors. The very bright pastel and white backgrounds, all well lit, are a bit of a challenge for making really good photos. The wife entering in her bright yellow coat and the green door in the shot above work well, though. It’s one of my favorite shots from the night.
There’s lots of activity, people all over the set. I look for ways to prune down the subjects to a smaller group that still evoke some of the action and craziness.
There were opportunities to catch two people interacting. I was happy for the bright, and large, pink bra as it pops form the photos and was a primary subject in two or three.
There are a few tender moments in the show, perhaps to give the audience some time to recover for the next bit of insanity.
And there’s the requisite dead body scenes – and, of course, the body isn’t actually dead.
I found some moments to shoot a few of my favorite type of shots with the foreground subject interacting with someone in the background. I tend to seek these shots out.
Cast and Crew
Lindsey told me the show they’re hoping to produce as the musical next summer for Summerset, and it’s awesome. It sounded like things weren’t all ironed out yet, but if it happens, it should be terrific. Meanwhile, Riverland will be starting classes soon and their new theatre season. And RCT is in rehearsals for The Marvelous Wonderettes. A new theatre season will be here before we know it. And that’s a very good thing!
