Photographing The Arts: A Chorus Line (2020/2022)

Recently it was the 50th anniversary of A Chorus Line, the famous musical based on actual stories from performers working in the industry, their lives, their fears, and the challenges of getting that job and then actually DOING that job.

I photographed the Darlinghurst Theatre Company production in 2020—having flown back from my father’s funeral in Canada to be in Sydney for the dress rehearsal, only for the borders to close and theatres shut down just in time for their opening night—and again in 2021 when the show actually managed to happen, with an almost entirely different cast than the first version I’d seen a year or so earlier…

Photographing The ArtsRobert CattoJuly 29, 2025Eternity PlayhouseTheatre, Sydney, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, A Chorus Line, Fuji X-H1, XF 50-140mm f/2.8, XF 16-55mm f/2.8, XF 8-16 f/2.8, Photographing The ArtsComment

The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, at Darlinghurst Theatre Company

I’m really pleased to be spending time with Darlinghurst Theatre Company this year - their whole mainstage season, in fact - not only because they do good work, but they’re also really lovely to work with. So it’s great to be ducking over to the Eternity Playhouse on a regular basis, all through 2019!

Our first production in this collaboration, which is on through 24 February at the Eternity Playhouse, is The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice - starring the amazing Caroline O’Connor as Mari, and the wonderful Geraldine Hakewill as her daughter “LV”.

Directed by Shaun Rennie - who I also worked with on Only Heaven Knows at the Hayes - it’s a dark comedy about finding your voice, breaking out of old relationship traps, and being true to yourself…