Written by Federico García Lorca, translated by Jo Clifford

Yerma

Writer
Federico García Lorca, translated by Jo Clifford

Director
Roy Alexander Weise

Location
The Sainsbury Theatre

Dates
Friday 28 November at 7pm
Saturday 29 November at 2pm
Monday 1 December at 7pm
Tuesday 2 December at 2pm
Wednesday 3 December at 7pm

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About the show

The tale of an impassioned, childless woman living with her husband in rural Spain. Tortured by her incessant longing to conceive a child, Yerma is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime.

Roy graduated from Rose Bruford College in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Directing.

He was made Associate Artist at The Red Room in 2011 and in 2014, he was the BBC Theatre Fellow at the Bush Theatre and the Lyric Hammersmith.

Roy went on to spend a year at London’s Royal Court as Trainee Director and was the 19th recipient of the prestigious JMK award. He was Associate Director at the Donmar Warehouse in 2019. He was was Associate Artist at Harts Theatre Company and was lead acting tutor at Young & Talented. Roy is currently a tutor for Open Door.

He was co-Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre between 2019 & 2023 and was awarded an MBE in 2020.

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) is the author of The House of Bernarda Alba, Yerma and Blood Wedding, among many other plays. He also wrote some of the best poetry in Spanish of the 20th century. He was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War.

Jo Clifford is Professor of Theatre and Bill Findlay Fellow of Stage Translation at Queen Margaret's University College Edinburgh, and Associate Playwright of the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland. Her plays include the original works Losing Venice and Light in the Village, and adaptations of Faust and Celestina all published by NHB. 

Contains themes of pregnancy and female objectification. Includes depictions of murder through drowning and references to blood, childbirth, death and sexual assault.  

This amateur production is 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 
Roy Alexander Weise*

Designer 
Elliot Squire*

Producer
Rebecca Lyle*

Assistant Producer 
Bobby Harding*

Voice Director 
Gurkiran Kaur*

Movement Director
Gabrielle Nimo*

Composer & Musical Director 
Joseph Bishop*

Lighting Designer
Ace Turner 

Sound Designer
Megan Parker 

Cast

Victor / Man 2
Maximillian Benton

Shepherd / Male Mask 
Alexander Bittar

Dolores / Washerwomen 5
Sole Bovelli

Sister 2 / Female Mask
Allie-Rae Fossum

Girl 2 / Washerwoman 2 / Old woman 2
Yasmine Hamady

Girl 1 / Washerwoman 4
Phoebe Alexandra Jones

Washerwoman 3 / Old Woman 1
Evie Hamilton Kerr

Sister 1 / Woman 1 & 2 
Yasaman Mohsani

Yerma
Jibby Oladapo

Pagan Old Woman
Madeline Parish

Juan
Ryan Still

Maria / Washerwoman 1
Megha Thyagarajan

Production Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Stage Manager 
Heather Trevelyan

Deputy Stage Manager
Chloe Wood

Assistant Stage Managers
Xander Owen
Sam Webb

Production Manager
Amelia Thorpe

Production Lx
Alex Hoppe

Deputy Lx / Programmer
Patrick McAneny

Production Sound Engineer / Green Captain 
James Knight

Dep PSE
Nazaire Kilborne-Appiah

Production Carpenter / Head of Stage Caspar Edwards

Lighting Technicians
Izzie Davies
Max Goodwin
Rowan Lemonsky
Elaine Redshaw
Sara Salanki
Josh Short
Keira Waring
Gray Wills

Sound Technicians
Roz Baglow
Harry Goff
Sonny Hooper
Jack Moodie

Construction Crew
Phoebe Ford
Sam Haddock
Erin Mitchell
Will Mulhearn
Tilly Riley
Izzy Scholes
Marcus Walton
Jaimie Westwell