Podcast: Taking a Trip To Cornwall

Lou Corben and Kate Webster on new play Morveren

This week our visitors are director Lou Corben and author Kate Webster. The pair are at the moment engaged on a brand new play Morveren, which is coming to Baron’s Court Theatre in January.

Morveren is centred round a hidden coastal village the place ladies make the foundations and nobody has to shout to be heard. It’s additionally a rattling troublesome phrase to pronounce, particularly when none of us might fairly agree on the way it’s really meant to be pronounced!

We chat in regards to the play, how music and sound will play such an vital half, why Baron’s Court Theatre is a venue that’s definitely on the up proper now, and the way the director/ author relationship works in rehearsals.

Morveren

Baron’s Court Theatre

17 – 28 January 2023

The siren’s music is looking Keren’s identify to come back residence – will she select her profession or her group?

​Morveren (Cornish, noun): sea maiden, mermaid 

Ambitious banker Keren is set to make her mark. In a male-dominated trade, she’s discovered that the way in which to get forward is to talk loudly, strut your stuff, and promote promote promote. But the siren’s music is looking her identify, drawing her again to her roots.

​Meanwhile, Keren’s grandmother Morwen is aware of it’s time to go down her knowledge, information and place in her grieving group. Inheriting the village’s management was by no means a part of Keren’s plan, however her daughter, mermaid-obsessed Ellie, loves it right here. 

​Drawing on Cornish mythology, Morveren is centred round a hidden coastal village the place ladies make the foundations and nobody has to shout to be heard. Using theatrical magic and a digital choir to think about an alternate way of life, Morveren is a celebration of group and a coming of age for 3 generations of ladies.

​Marvellous Machine Theatre Company presents Morveren by Kate Webster, directed by Lou Corben. Featuring new music and preparations by Becki Jayne Reed, with the voices of London City Voices and Oxford Community Choir. 

Further info and bookings right here.