Gallery & CASE STUDIES - THEATRICAL

They're creepy and they're kooky! The Addams Family Musical is a favourite amongst adult and youth drama groups.

These projections can be adapted for your company. Consider some green screen filming with your actors when watching this demo.  StageProjection.uk can help!

"Special mention has to go to ... the excellent projections that take the place of scenery – particularly the spooky picture gallery." (Barrie Jerram, The Argus)

Written for schools, this highly entertaining feast is a magical treasure of a show for youngsters, loaded with great catchy songs and a laugh-a-minute script.

Easily adaptable for any "Aladdin" -style show as well.

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In Bad Girls, director Michael Burnie wanted abstract and interesting backdrops to be used in almost all the scenes.  He also wanted something that matched the images to run in a loop during scene changes.  The result received critical acclaim from reviewers of the show, "a well conceived set with great abstracted projections that worked well..." (Andrew Kay, Latest Brighton)

Michael added metallic clanging sounds with reverb, which transported the audience to a prison institution. The cast discreetly moved on stage furniture and set pieces in tandem with the scene change animations to provide an almost choreographed and slick experience.

The production received multiple positive reviews, one noting that "the backdrop projections creating the inside of the prison are particularly effective."  (James Ledward, GScene)

Bugsy Malone is a time-honoured favourite show, especially amongst schools as it was mean't to be cast with children playing adults.  Gangsters, more specifically. What could be more fun than that?  Doing projection animations is!  Here is a slideshow of scenes that I made for this school's production of the show.

Chitty is truly the most fantasmorgorical musical ever written, and the production mounted by Brighton Theatre Group in the Theatre Royal Brighton was no exception.

The production came with many gorgeous practical set pieces and backdrops.  What was needed, however, was some projection animation for Act I which helped bring the illusion of the famous four-fendered friend's journey from a wreck to a motoring miracle.

Some animations were meticulously timed to the score/songs.

Fame presented new challenges in projection timing and placement.  A critical sequence during the first number had projection playing in front of cast members singing the song "Pray".  They were lit with spotlights during individual solos so that they could be seen through the projector screen (gauze), appearing to be inside the windows.

Original buildings were modelled too, to represent the Performing Arts school depicted in the musical.

A little bit of Halloween fun here, utilising a 'Scooby Doo' feeling for animated backgrounds.

Hair was a trippin' experience.  It was director Michael Burnie's vision for the projections to enhance the mind-blowing songs with psychedelic visual journeys. In the second act, one of characters experiences a drug-induced hallucination which was depicted through fantastic acting and projections. Some of the other animations were captured from royalty-free YouTube videos as they were perfect for certain scenes.

G-Scene : "The staging is particularly effective with the projection design and screen animations on the backdrop capturing the psychedelic 60s perfectly. The second half in particular when Claude is on a drug induced trip is very effective."

Scenery projections for the Frank Loesser musical Hans Christian Andersen.  Some animations in this video are sped up for demo purposes.

Review: "The stage was set with very effective props when needed, but the stage is mainly bare: scenes and set dressing coming from brilliant moving projections onto the backdrop. Each scene was accompanied by a matched projection, sometimes the projections moved with the cast on stage while they were walking, and in one scene the backdrop turns 180 degrees so we start as the audience for the show within the show, then the performers turned round at exactly the same time as the backdrop, so we look at their backs as the curtain closes behind them – reminiscent of Phantom of the Opera. It was perfectly executed and very clever."  Susanne Crosby, National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA)

Disney's High School Musical lives on in a live theatrical performance with the stage adaptation of a story where Grease meets Fame (story-wise).  With catchy, memorable tunes the show glitters from start to finish.  For this adaptation directed by Michael Burnie, I recreated (in 3D) most of the school's exterior and interior scenes (rooms) to allow him the maximum freedom of background settings and scene change animations.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a legendary show that provides a feel-good experience for everyone who participated in it.  These projections will provide appropriate backgrounds for all the scenes in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. 

This is a lite version.  A more enhanced version (including more animated 3D scenery) will be available in Summer 2023.

Here's a useful animation sequence if you're doing "The Lion King" on stage.  An animated backdrop that can be played behind the stampede sequence.

Oliver!. Ahh, that age old classic loved by theatre-goers everywhere.

This quick turnaround project had original artwork supplied by Jai Sepple (the director) who wanted some animation to bring his still designs to life.

Matilda the Musical, Jr., is an amazingly fun show for youngsters to sink their dramatic and musical teeth into.

This set of projections includes all background scenes from the show and animations perfectly timed to the professional backing tracks.

Unless you've got access to wires and rigging, Peter Pan is a difficult show to put on.

One way around it is to pre-film your flying sequences with your actors and project them.

Even if you decide to do practical flying effects on the stage, these projections can work in your background and save you loads on set construction.

Sister Act required several original 'locations' in its story line.  To achieve the required backgrounds for this production, an entire 3D mock-up of an original American-style church was constructed so that various rooms could be depicted, including the sanctuary, a vestibule, a dining hall, a choir room, some sleeping chambers and Mother Superior's office.

In addition some other models were created to represent Eddie's apartment, Curtis' club, and the police station.

"We used these for our production and I have had so many wonderful comments about them. They enhanced the performance and helped tell the story and we LOVED working with Steve at Stage Projections!"  Rebecca Bennett, Director.

"As with many shows, the need for various sets is a demand on societies. Steve Gallant should be especially commended for his creation of the projections used here. All designed from scratch in 3D and “moving” as the scene moved, the chase scenes and the TV in particular were clever and effective."  Mark Hall, National Operatic and Dramatic Association

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and became the hottest star on Broadway? Why, it's SpongeBob SquarePants! And now he’s ready to ride the wave to your theatre to entertain and delight audiences in this brilliant, bright, hilarious and brand-new musical.

This set of projections will provide your backgrounds from start to finish.

Teddy The Lost Dog is an original musical written by James Burn.  It had its premiere performance in Bermuda under the capable production abilities of BMDS.

As this was a totally new production, the writer (James Burn) and director (Jo Shane) contacted StageProjections.uk to establish a digital backdrop which would complement minimal set pieces, and take the audience through a journey that reflected both human and animal perspectives.

A classic favourite of theatre groups, The Wizard of Oz.

Animations in this video have been sped up for demo purposes.  Scene changes and backgrounds were requested for this adaptation.