Beth Flintoff's

The Ballad of Maria Marten

Writer
Beth Flintoff

Director
Aaliyah Mckay

Location
The Carne Studio Theatre

Dates
Saturday 7 February at 7pm
Monday 9 February at 2pm
Tuesday 10 February at 7pm
Wednesday 11 February at 2pm
Thursday 12 February at 7pm

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About the show

Summer, 1827. In a red barn in Suffolk, Maria Marten awaits her lover. A year later, hidden in a grain sack under the floor of the barn, Maria's body is found, barely identifiable - and the manhunt begins.

The Red Barn Murder had all the hallmarks of a classic crime drama: a missing body, a country location, a disreputable squire and a village stuck in its age-old traditions. But whilst sending shockwaves throughout the country, Maria's own story was lost.

Theatre credits include: as staff director, Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre; and as assistant/associate director, Grenfell: in the words of survivors at the National Theatre. 

Other theatre includes: as assistant/associate director, A Face in the Crowd at the Young Vic; Eureka Day at the Old Vic; TheTaxidermist Daughter at Chichester;  After the End at Stratford East; and Typical Girls for Clean Break; as director,  Prison Plaits for The Tower Theatre; Barbecue for Guildford; Kemi from the Block at Theatre Peckham; Best Fit at Blue Elephant; Essentially Black on UK tour; The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and DNA for Fourth Monkey; and Voices from Prison for Clean Break; and as director and writer, History on the Road for Cockpit; and Trio of Convictionfor Brunel University, Feltham Prison and Downview Prison

For TV: as writer/assistant producer, Big Narstie Show

For Film: as director, MaskMade in AfricaLoved by the WorldKingsNo Second Chances and Lockdown Love

For music videos: ‘Man I Become’, ‘Harami’ and ‘Trippi’n’

Beth Flintoff is a playwright and theatre director.

Her plays include: The Ballad of Maria Marten (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, and UK tour, 2020/21); The Glove Thief (2017, commissioned by Tonic Theatre Company as part of their Platform scheme in association with Nick Hern Books); Matilda the Empress (Reading Between the Lines, Reading, 2017) and Greenham: One Hundred Years of War and Peace (a large-scale site specific performance piece performed on Greenham Common in September 2017). 

She was the founding Artistic Director of new-writing fringe ensemble Debut Theatre Company, and was Outreach Director at The Watermill Theatre in Berkshire.

Themes of coercive control and the threat of violence. Discussions of murder, birth, baby loss, grief, sex and methods of contraception. Descriptions of violence. 

This is an amateur production presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. 

Booking

Once you have booked a ticket, you will receive an email confirmation. Read up on our latest audience guidelines here.

Members of the industry: secure your complimentary seat by emailing the Box Office​​​ on [email protected]

Pricing and concessions 

Tickets cost £14, but we have £7 concessions tickets available to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, schools, students, or people who are over 65, under 18 or are on Job Seeker's Allowance. You'll just need to provide proof of your eligibility when you collect your tickets at the Box Office. We offer a complimentary ticket for carers, to book please call the box office on 020 8834 0500. If you belong to our Pathways Programme or work with any of our Pathways Partners you are entitled to complimentary tickets. Please contact the box office to book.

Accessibility 

If you have any additional requirements, you would like us to be aware of, please contact box office on 020 8834 0500. 

Booking your tickets 

Book your tickets online or by calling our box office on 020 8834 0500. 

Industry booking 

If you're a member of the industry, please email [email protected] to book your tickets. 

Group tickets 

We're pleased to offer discounted tickets to groups of 10+ people. Standard tickets are discounted to £9 per person, while under 18's tickets are discounted to £5 per person. To book, please contact [email protected]

E-Tickets

There is no need to collect tickets. You will be send an E-Ticket via email which you can present on arrival.

Refunds 

Unfortunately, all tickets are non-refundable.

Creative Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Director
Aaliyah Mckay*

Designer 
Delyth Evans*

Producer
Rebecca Lyle*

Assistant Producer 
Bobby Harding*

Assistant Director
Yanlin Zhang

Fight & Intimacy Director
Marie Drisch*

Movement Director
Kristin Fredrikkson*

Voice Director 
Jessica Hammett*

Lighting Designer
Paige Fernandez

Sound Designer
Chloe Wood

Composer
David Lewington*

Singing Specialist 
Rhianna Compton*

Cast

Peter Mathews
Emily Beck

Phoebe Stowe / Mrs Woodstock
Sole Bovelli

Ann Marten
Francesca Davidson

Thomas Corder
Chelsea Jean-Michel

Maria Marten
Yasaman Mohsani

Lucy Baalham / Miss Pettigrew Princess Nwafor

Lady Cooke
Jibby Oladapo

Sarah Stowe
Megha Thyagarajan

Theresa Havers / Miss Anvil
Annie Topham

Production Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Production Manager
Sofia Altamirano

Stage Manager
Indianah Raymond 

Deputy Stage Manager 
Ben Birkwood

Assistant Stage Manager 
Seoyoung Shin

Production Lx
Caspar Edwards

Programmer / Dep Lx
Abigail Quelch 

Production Sound Engineer
Izzy Barton

Dep PSE
Phoebe Bennett

Lighting Technician
Jack Moodie

Sound Technicians 
Erin Mitchell
Elaine Redshaw

Production Carpenter
Nic Usher 

Dep Carpenter
Phoenix Morgan 

Costume Supervisor
Hannah Stevens*