MED Theatre Archives - Jenny steer photographer

Photographing MEDTheatre | Stapledon

Posted on 26th August 201826th August 2018 by Jenny

Documentary Med Theatre photographer photojournalist, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset, Exeter, UK, abroad

Photographing MEDTheatre for the ‘Stapledon’ performance this week was such fun. We were capturing images for some publicity shots for the upcoming play. I’ve worked with this great community theatre company on many occasions and it was great to be back on Dartmoor with them again. It was lovely to meet Suvi and Helen with 5 members of the cast. We walked up to Hound Tor and then on down to the medieval village in front of the Greator.

MEDTheatre is a community theatre organisation and registered charity based on Dartmoor, working with people in remote rural areas. All of their work is inspired by the history, ecology and folklore of Dartmoor and surrounding Devon as well as the pertinent social, scientific and environmental issues which face the residents of a National Park.

The performance is about Bishop Stapledon (1261 – 1326) who was also Bishop of Exeter and twice Lord High Treasurer of England.

The play will show the poverty at that time which saw children starving to death while the Bishop collected taxes from their families. Stapledon lived in luxury and looked down on the poor people. There was talk of cannabilism with children being eaten, such was the hunger and desparation of that time.

The play will be performed in Ashburton on the 27th, 28th and 29th of September 2018. All performances are in St Andrews Church, Ashburton, and start at 7.30pm. Contact The Med Theatre for details.

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Med Theatre Dartmoor | Butter-Girls

Posted on 19th August 201519th August 2015 by Jenny

Always a great pleasure and creative joy to be the photographer for Med Theatre Dartmoor. We went up to Bellever on Dartmoor to photograph some pre-production shots for their upcoming production. The play is a promenade play about the history of Central Dartmoor, beginning with the Bronze Age. The pre-shoot was focusing on a scene about Saxon Dartmoor, when so-called ‘butter-girls’ pastured their cattle for dairying on Dartmoor’s summer grass – although there was always a threat from the Vikings. Here are some of my favourites.

Shadow Walk on Dartmoor

Posted on 27th June 201527th June 2015 by Jenny

Devon, Dartmoor, Med Theatre photographer

Always a great pleasure to work with Med Theatre. This was a publicity photoshoot for an upcoming production – The Walk Dance Drama. The shoot took place on Dartmoor on a bright sunny day with lots of shadows and high contrast…usually a photographer’s nightmare! But this time the choice was deliberate – to photograph three young dancers with the sun casting shadows. Fabulous afternoon with lovely people. These are some previews of my favourite photographs.

The first performance will be at Bridford Woodland Trust Amphitheatre on August 1st at 4.00pm.

Badgerland | Med Theatre

Posted on 12th February 2015 by Jenny

How I loved going up to Dartmoor again. This time to photograph some pre publicity pics for the Med Theatre Company for their upcoming production of “Badgerland- A Dartmoor Comedy.” The Moor is such a magical place and it was really exciting to be taking photographs with such beautiful backdrops. The two actors were fab to work with! So many thanks to Grace and Mark. We started off at the Spinney at Cold East Cross (aptly named!) and then moved onto Hound Tor. These are some of my favourites from the shoot…

Med Theatre | Dartmoor

Posted on 5th September 201317th December 2014 by Jenny

MED Theatre is currently running a young people’s research and performance project called Dartmoor in World War One. What a great afternoon I spent with these guys. We went to a place near Princetown and photographed two of the teen actors on a path that was built by conscientious objectors during the war. It was a path that went nowhere and came from nowhere. Just a random path to be built as a sort of punishment. Here are a few of the pictures.