Archive
Lightning Ensemble was founded by Ferne Arfin, Jonathan Dawes, Emma Lewis & Marie McCarthy in 1995 and operated as an ensemble of actors, writers and directors until 2006. From 2006 – 2013 Sarah Weatherall and Marie McCarthy were co–artistic directors.
2012 1908: Body & Soul
1908: The Marathon
1908: Lord Desborough
2011 1908: The First London Games Scratch performance, Postcards, Jacksons Lane
The Winter Gardens, Blackpool: Shortlist & Treatment for a promenade
performance
2009 National Poetry Day
2008 National Poetry Day
SE1: The Play
2007 The Mayday
2006 National Poetry Day
Shakespeare’s Sonnets at St George’s Hospital
2004 The Mayday, site-specific play in a pub. Wandsworth Arts Festival
Losing It, Ensemble production at Soho Theatre Studio. Times Critic’s Choice
2003 2-on-2, Soho Theatre Studio. Double Bill written by Charlotte Eaton and Sarah
Weatherall
2001 Struck, Finborough Theatre. Devised piece based on fame and celebrity.
3-some in Soho, Soho Theatre Studio
2000 Fourplay in Soho, Soho Studio Theatre. Four short plays by Erin Courtney,
Imogen Smith, Glen Supple and Aileen Gonsalves.
1999 Lightning Strikes the Old Red Lion, Old Red Lion Theatre. A double-bill
presentation, funded by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
Hospitality by Suzy Almond and Blue Funk by Glen Supple.
1998 Lightning Strikes the Oval, Oval House Theatre, December 1998.
Exploring the essential elements of storytelling and myth. In collaboration
with 'The Way It Is' youth group.
1997 Lightning Strikes Soho, Soho Studio Theatre. Supported by the National Lottery
through the Arts Council of England. Excerpts from five new pieces of writing
by Judy Upton, Dave Wareham, Miroslav Beblavy and Sarah Lonton.
Lewisham Studio Theatre and The Brit School. Workshops with youth groups
based on new writing.
1996 Westminster Prize Project at Soho Theatre

RADIO
2007 Brentlife, a radio soap-opera for Life FM, Harlesden 2007
Out Catching Criminals, live drama on Resonance FM
THEATRE FOR THE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT
2011 Come Back Yesterday (City & Hackney PCT)
2010 Love Karaoke (St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust)
2009 Superbugs (City & Hackney PCT)
2008 Mobsters’ Orchestra (St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust)
2007 The Chess Players (St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust)
Shakespeare’s Sonnets at St George’s Hospital
Shakespeare’s Sonnets at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital & Mental Health
Unit

