Stage photography by Stuart Rankin

Musicals · Theatre · Studio · Events

Light,
held still.

Hong Kong based photographer working across school musicals, live theatre, concerts, studio fashion and events — each project shown here as its own series.

Browse the series
Orchestra Jam ·We Will Rock You ·Company & Cast ·Runway ·Theatre Nights ·Concert Hall ·Occasions ·People & Places ·
Orchestra Jam ·We Will Rock You ·Company & Cast ·Runway ·Theatre Nights ·Concert Hall ·Occasions ·People & Places ·

01 — Youth music workshop

Orchestra Jam

The Fringe Youth Festival 2026 in Hong Kong: violinist and teacher Aniela Emma Chaudhuri led three hours of ensemble work — sight-reading, playing in different positions, watching the conductor and listening to everyone else in the room. After two hours on music they had never seen before, the young players performed it for their parents and siblings.

2026 · 27 frames

02 — High school musical

We Will Rock You

A full run of the Queen musical — dress rehearsal through curtain call, plus the green room in the hour before the house opens.

2025 · 61 frames

03 — Stage & wings

Company & Cast

Ensemble numbers, quick changes and the small pockets of focus that happen just off stage right.

2024 — 2025 · 42 frames

04 — Fashion show

Runway

Backstage focus and stage energy from a fashion show — quick changes, final checks and the walk itself.

2025 · 12 frames

05 — Performance

Theatre Nights

Low-light drama from the stalls: silhouettes, haze, and the moment a scene turns.

2024 — 2025 · 31 frames

06 — Live music

Concert Hall

Orchestras, choirs and soloists — long lenses, silent shutter, no interruption to the music.

2025 · 20 frames

07 — Event coverage

Occasions

Ceremonies, receptions and awards covered quietly from the edge of the room.

2025 · 14 frames

08 — Candid

People & Places

Unposed frames away from the stage — the reportage habit that feeds everything else.

Ongoing · 13 frames

Young cellist performing at the Fringe Youth Festival 2026, photographed by Stuart Rankin

The studio

Working quietly,
close to the action.

From the wings of a school musical to a lit studio corner, the method is the same: stay unobtrusive, shoot the moment before and after the obvious one, then edit slowly so every frame in a series belongs to the same night.

Series
8
Frames online
249
Based in
Hong Kong

Commissions open

Let's make
something still.

stuart@sixcatstudios.com

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