VILE is a rude and radical re-evaluation of life at Henry VIII's court, celebrating queer and disabled identities in an era where neither were recognised. Subverting the expectations of a traditional period drama, VILE is very funny and occasionally anachronistic - think: 'The Great' meets 'Our Flag Means Death'. Writer: Laura Crow Director: Ellie Rose Theatre photographer: Mike Beard

From the streets of Manchester, through the windmills of your mind - come the misty watercolour memories, of the way we were! Our Sketch Show: Happy Daze will take you back to times past, when things were simple, everything was brilliant and nothing bad ever happened. A Curious, Camp and Cosy look at our past eccentricities, traditions and imagined history. Was it really as we remember it? Was it always like this? Did things ever make sense? Does it matter? We're going to find out! So go and grab your free school milk and a wagon wheel as big as your head, get on your bikes and we'll meet you there! Directed by the cast of Chorlton Players. Theatre photography: Mike Beard

It was such fun joining Bthechange Theatre CIC to photograph their research and development session for the play 'Domino'. Written and directed: by Emma Turner and John Priestley. Theatre R&D photography by: Mike Beard

Stage Door Youth Theatre. Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. Directed and Choreography: Janet Philbrook Theatre Photography: Mike Beard

War doesn’t end when the fighting stops. It lingers – in the bodies left behind, in the silence of those who turned away. Paradise isn’t just a retelling of an ancient myth; it’s a mirror held up to our own fractured world. Kae Tempest, one of the most urgent voices of our time, rewrites Philoctetes not as a hero’s tale, but as a scream against the machine: What happens to the broken when the system discards them? Director: Tom Gilbert - Chorlton Players. Theatre Photography: Mike Beard

Chorlton Players are a long-running local theatre group and it was a pleasure to photograph their performance of Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. Director: Rohan Shenoy. Producer: Juliet Ashton. Theatre Photographer: Mike Beard

A fellow disc golfer invited me up to Colne to photograph the musical Chicago by Stagedoor Youth Theatre.  Definitely my biggest production to date! Director: Janet Philbrook Musical director: Matt Leedam Choreography: Amy Ansell and Janet Philbrook Theatre photography: Mike Beard

Dracula - directed by Ben Hanley. I was delighted to be asked by an actor from a previous shoot, 'As The Bombs Fall', to photograph this play at Guide Bridge Theatre. Theatre Photography: Mike Beard

Publicity photographs taken for the playwright Anusia Battersby during the techical rehearshal of 'Old Tricks' at 53Two in Manchester.   This was another shoot that occurred as a consequence of working on Sign of Omission. Theatre Photography: Mike Beard