The Virgins
An Autumn Season 1 production
This public production is part of LAMDA’s 2026 Autumn Season 1, and brings together our graduating BA (Hons) Professional Acting students and BA (Hons) Production & Technical Arts students, working alongside a professional creative team.
About the production
Friday night. Four girls. Two boys. Alone in a house. Some of them are in love. Most of them are virgins. Everyone is pretending to know what they’re doing. Tonight’s the night they stop pretending.
Lucy is a theatre director and full time member of faculty at LAMDA, working across the BA and MFA professional acting programmes.
Lucy trained as theatre director at the Royal Exchange Theatre under Sarah Frankcom, Bryony Shanahan and Amit Sharma, and holds an MFA in Theatre Directing and Birkbeck, University of London. Lucy also trained with the National Theatre Studio whilst being invited on their director’s training course.
Whilst she was at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Lucy was the resident director on various main house productions including Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Hobsons Choice, Jeanie O’Hares Queen Margaret, and Mel Brooks’ Producers musical. She directed and co-curated Simon Stephen’s Presents, a new writing festival in partnership with Manchester School of Writing and Manchester School of Theatre. Lucy also directed Sam Shepards Fool for Love in the Studio, and was the associate director on the inter generational play Albion.
As a freelance theatre director, Lucy has directed plays for the Southwark Playhouse (Where Will We Live?), the Arcola Threatre (Dare to Dream, Quay West), York Theatre Royal (The Pulverised – co-produced with the Arcola); It Is So Ordered (Park Theatre and Oxford Playhouse); Women’s Stories of Ford Dagenham (Queens Theatre Hornchurch); as well as directing the UK tour of Jack Thorne’s Bunny. Lucy is an associate artist for the National Youth Theatre where she has directed projects and shows for various programmes.
Lucy has been as Associate Director for other touring productions co-produced by the Bristol Old Vic, Salisbury Playhouse, the Arcola, and the RSC.
Lucy’s previous rep show for LAMDA include Simon Stephen’s Light Falls and Nadia Falls Home. Lucy was previously the Associate Dean and MA Acting course leader at ALRA, and an associate practitioner for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Previous final year show direction includes being resident at RADA (Stuff Happens, Suddenly Last Summer) Rose Bruford; ALRA, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and East 15.
Miriam Battye is a playwright and screenwriter from Manchester.
Her plays include: Virgins (Soho Theatre, 2026); Strategic Love Play (Paines Plough, Soho Theatre and Belgrade Theatre, 2023); Scenes with girls (Royal Court Theatre, 2020); Find A Partner (National Theatre Connections) and Trip The Light Fantastic (Bristol Old Vic/Radio 4). She is the recipient of the Harold Pinter Commission 2020.
Her work for television includes Dead Ringers (Amazon) and Succession (HBO).
Contains themes of sex, virginity, sexual pressure, consent, gendered fear, adolescent anxiety and difficult peer dynamics. Includes discussions of sexual assault, reference to past sexual abuse/molestation, sexual and intimate situations, pornography, alcohol consumption, vomiting and explicit sexual language. The play explores the pressures, confusion and vulnerability surrounding teenage sexual experience and ideas of being “ready”.
This is an amateur production presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Booking information
General sale opens on Friday 18 September. 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.
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.
Getting to LAMDA
LAMDA is a two-minute walk from Barons Court Station or a ten-minute walk from either West Kensington or Hammersmith Station. Please note, our nearest station, Barons Court, is undergoing refurbishment works throughout 2026. Find out more.
Accessibility
The public areas of our building are fully accessible, with lift access to all floors and accessible toilet facilities available for each theatre. If you have any additional requirements you would like us to be aware of, please contact box office on 020 8834 0500.
