Emilia

22 - 25 Jul

By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm | Directed by Tian Brown-Sampson

Emilia

22 - 25 Jul

Director Tian Brown-Sampson
Set Designer Nicolai Hart-Hansen
Costume Designer Kat Stone
Lighting Designer Alex Musgrave
Sound Designer Sonum Batra

“If you think I’m cruel to speak this truth then you will think me murderous if all my truth were known.”

Four hundred years ago Emilia Bassano wrote radical, feminist, subversive poetry; one of the first published collections written by a woman in England. Emilia wanted her voice to be heard. It wasn’t. But her story is still our story. In Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s electrifying and Olivier Award-winning play, Emilia and her sisters reach out across the centuries with passion, fury, laughter and song.

Emilia is performed by our MA Performance – Acting cohort.

Age guidance: 18+
Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes (incl. a 20-minute interval)

This production features flashing lights, extreme physical violence, death of a child, suicide, domestic abuse and racist language.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

Booking Info

Dates

Wed 22 Jul, 7:30pm
Thu 23 Jul, 7:30pm
Fri 24 Jul, 7:30pm
Sat 25 Jul, 2:30pm
Sat 25 Jul, 7:30pm

Prices
Standard £21
Restricted View £16
Concessions (Mountview alumni/Access/Under 18/Student/Unemployed)* £13.50
Venue

The Backstage Theatre, Mountview, 120 Peckham Hill Street, London SE15 5JT

To Book

020 8881 2201

Our box office hours are currently Monday-Friday 9am-8pm and Saturday 9am-3pm. Online booking is 24 hours, but phone and in-person bookings should be made within these times. Tickets are booked subject to Mountview's terms and conditions.

Industry Booking

If you are an agent, casting director or industry colleague looking to view this production, please contact Neil Rutherford - [email protected]

Access and Concessions Bookings

*Please bring proof of ID when purchasing concession tickets. Access tickets are charged at the concession rate. Audience members who require a companion ticket can book this by contacting the box office team on [email protected] or 020 8881 2201.

Emilia Creatives

Creatives

Fight Choreographer
Kiel O’Shea 
Rachid Sabitri (he/him)

Intimacy Coordinator 
Steve Brownlie

Voice Coach
Andrea Hazel Lewis

Assistant Director
Yu-Ting Yeh *

* MA Creative Practice - Directing student 

Emilia Production Team

Production Team

Production Manager
Tiffany Ledesma (she/her)
Davin Patrick

Costume Supervisor
Naomi Samodai Wright

Stage Manager
Dani White (she/her)

Deputy Stage Manager
Liam Fearon (he/him) ∆∆

Rehearsal Deputy Stage Manager
Catrina Black (she/her) ∆∆

Assistant Stage Manager
Amy Ashcroft (she/they)

Production Electrician
Will Mortimer (he/him) ∆

Production Sound Engineer
Will Mortimer (he/him) ∆

Lighting Programmer & Operator
Mimi Storey ∆

Scenic Construction Manager
Hannah Smith (she/her)

Scenic Art Manager
James Wilkes (he/him)

Scenic Artist & Prop Makers
Ruby Orrin (they/them) ∆ 
Sally Strong (she/her)

∆ FdA/BA Technical Production student
∆∆ PG Stage Management student

Tian Brown-Sampson

Director

Tian is a British-Caribbean theatre director, movement director, producer and dramaturg whose work champions diverse voices on and off stage and in positions of power and leadership. Tian mainly works with Global Majority and D/deaf and disabled communities. Passionate about representation and accessibility, she creates bold ensemble-led and immersive theatre exploring socio-political themes. Her work spans venues including the Young Vic, Almeida Theatre, Globe Theatre, Southbank Centre, Southwark Playhouse and Theatre503, where she also serves as a Trustee.

Kat Stone

Costume Designer

Kat studied costume design at Wimbledon College of Art.

Before Mountview she worked at the Royal Opera House in the costume department and has over 10 years’ experience in a variety of costume roles in ballet, opera, musicals, plays and film.

She designed the costumes for Carrie and Against (Mountview) and has been a costume supervisor at Mountview since May 2023. Credits include: 55 Days, Steel Pier, Her Naked Skin, Next to Normal and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Alex Musgrave

Lighting Designer

Alex designs lighting for theatre and opera across the UK and Internationally.

Most notably Home at Chichester Festival Theatre, Figaro the Musical (London Palladium), The Forsyte Saga – Part 1 & 2 (Swan Theatre – RSC / Park Theatre) and The White Factory (Marylebone Theatre).

Alex has been nominated for two Offie Awards for Best Lighting Design.

Other venues include Soho Playhouse - New York, Wolly Mammoth Theatre - Washington DC, The Sailsbury Playhouse, The Lowry - Salford and the Birmingham Hippodrome.

Sonum Batra

Sound Designer

Sonum is a musical director, composer and sound designer.

Recent credits as Composer/Sound Designer include: Lost Girl (The Lowry), Kailey (Kerry Wright Productions), Spiders (Bush Theatre), One Punch (Hull Truck Studio), Northbound Boy (King’s Theatre), The Watsons, The Art of Success, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Blue Stockings (Mountview), Iloya (Utopia), Ladies Unleashed (Hull Truck), Favour (Bush Theatre).

Recent credits as Composer and/or Musical Director include: Pride and Prejudice (Bolton Octagon), King Lear and As You Like It (East London Shakespeare Festival), Operation Beach Hut, Jennie Lee and Red Sky at Night (Mikron Theatre), Lumberjills (Capitol Theatre), Arabian Nights (Hoxton Hall), Relativity (Finborough Theatre), Not the End of the World (Edinburgh Fringe), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Warhorse Theatre Works).

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