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This year Ensemble will be touring Marie – The Story of Marie Lloyd and The Uninvited – Songs and Stories of Exile.

We are also working with Tashmina Artists to promote performances of Clara's Gift – Frauenliebe und Leben, as well as developing a new project, The Secret Annexe, inspired by Colin Decio's 'Anne Frank Piano Trio', and supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and Spelthorne Borough Council.

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England Supported by Spelthorne Borough Council

Ensemble is a member of the Independent Theatre Council and is an 'Affiliated Company' at Farnham Maltings.

Ensemble is a member of the Independent Theatre Council Ensemble is an 'Affiliated Company' at Farnham Maltings

Show CDs

Portraits in Song

Piaf and Brecht sung in English, many in new translations by award winning writer Steve Trafford.

The Greatest Drummer
in the World

Fun workshops, storytelling, drumming rhythms and singing.

...one of British theatre's best solo performers may be putting on old clothes once more, Marie is as fresh, informative, nostalgic, humourous, sad, ghostly, warm and wonderful and full of life and pathos, song and golden history, as it ever was.

Charles Hutchinson

York Evening Press

Review of Marie at the York Theatre Royal Studio. Read more of this review.

Current Productions
Marie

The Story of Marie Lloyd

Marie

The poet T.S. Eliot described Marie Lloyd as: “The greatest music hall artist of all time”. Marie Lloyd lives again in this popular and celebrated show, which features all her famous songs. More info...

Clara's Gift

Frauenliebe und Leben

Clara's Gift

Glorious music, ridiculous words! Among contemporary listeners this is the near universal response to Schumann’s famous song cycle. More info...

The Uninvited

Songs and Stories of Exile

The Uninvited

The Uninvited is a performance tour de force telling the extraordinary stories of refugees and exiles, from all over the world, past and present. More info...