Jermyn Street Theatre

JST is the West-End’s most initimate theatre. With a shift over to becoming a producing theatre they needed a new brand identity to reflect this change in direction. Descending the stairs to the intimate basement is part of the theatre’s charm. 

Closer to drama

A new brand idea ‘Closer to Drama’ enabled them to clearly communicate the benefit of a more visceral experience as well as the work they do in supporting the next generation of directors and producers. 

Bringing it to life

Using this, we developed a stepped custom wordmark, designed to build a sense of drama - leading the audience down to the stage in the theatre below. In purple we found a colour that they could own in the crowded theatre space, making it instantly recognisable. 

Drama through typography

Creating a shorthand for the theatre, the oversized JST characters that step diagonally anchor to the edges of the page. The confined usage references the sense of intimacy audiences experience. Cropping sections of the image into the characters created a sense of drama while a glass effect magnified the image where it overlapped. The Display font Dala Floda brings sophistication and added drama to contrast against the simpler support font.

Bespke production imagery

For the initial year we created the production imagery for each show before handing over to internal teams.  Images were deliberatley closely cropped to bring the viewer into the scene, replicating. the intimacy of the experience.

Website

When designing the site we looked to simple – employing the same approach as much as possible to the season guides, creating a familiar environement through vertical type, portrait production imagery to fill space on mobile, bringing you closer to the drama of each image and creating fewer formats for the internal team to create. 

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