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
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, Mask, Made in Africa, Loved by the World, Kings, No 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
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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*











