A waterphone performance brings an unfamiliar instrument into a Halloween sound rehearsal. Bowed brass rods rise around its shallow metal body, while the musician holds the central neck and listens closely. Her burgundy velvet dress and embroidered cuffs provide a soft texture beside the reflective steel and brass.

Handmade theatre scenery fills the space behind the stool: crooked-house flats, a large owl and translucent fabric clouds. Visible seams and supports show how the elaborate setting is assembled. The photograph keeps the instrument, the musician's hands and her attentive expression readable within the wider stage. It catches the work that gives a performance its atmosphere, where a small physical gesture helps turn ordinary materials into something mysterious.