Stuart Allen

About

Stuart has been shooting photos since his early teens. He then went on to study photography at Salisbury College of Art and Design. Being surrounded by friends working within the film, theatre and television industry he naturally started to shoot actors headshots and theatre productions. This close relationship with people within the industry has given him valuable experience and knowledge of what is required to make a 'stand out of the crowd' actors headshot and a photograph that helps to sell a play in a London theatre whether its West End or Fringe or any other part of the UK. Since starting he has worked in numerous spheres of the entertainment industry taking photographs and shooting headshots of actors for over three decades.

His work also includes theatre rehearsal photographs, read throughs, backstage, publicity shots and poster images as well as street theatre, film stills, album covers, photographs of singers, bands and concerts, reportage photographs and artwork photography.

Stuart’s headshot clients can be seen in Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, Eastenders, Merlin, Coronation Street, Law & Order, The Hour, Inspector Lewis, Reggie Perrin, Lennon Naked, The Real American: Joe McCarthy, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ironclad, television commercials, Macbeth at the National Theatre and Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe.

He has had work featured in various magazines including American Theatre, Irish Theatre Magazine, The Mail on Sundays Live Magazine, Kerang!, NME, Time Out, The Dubliner and HiFi+. Numerous arts sections of national and regional newspapers and other publications including The Stage, The Irish Times, the books 'Theatre History Explained' by Neil Fraser, 'Shivered' by Philip Ridley, 'Transformation & Revelation' and BBC's Newsnight Review. Plus work exhibited at the UK Design for Performance exhibition.

Life's a Beach, performed by Joli Vyann.

Simon Callow. Theatre Royal Haymarket. London

Select Clients

•   American Theatre
•   Theatre Royal Haymarket
•   The Stage
•   Box Of Tricks
•   Shaw Theatre
•   Mail On Sunday Magazine
•   Masterclass
•   Everyman Theatre Cheltenham
•   HiFi+ Magazine
•   RADA
•   Irish Theatre Magazine
•   Finborough Theatre
•   The Bridewell Theatre
•   Ambassador Theatre Group
•   ReStock Theatre
•   RSC
•   Single Leaf
•   Lightbox Productions
•   Stagecoach
• Play To The Crowd
•   StageCraft
•   Theatre Craft
•   Hat Fair
•   Theatre Royal Winchester
•   Play To The Crowd