Retelling a real-life murder mystery, The Ballad of Maria Marten comes to Oldham Coliseum Theatre March 22–26.
Beth Flintoff’s drama turns history into ‘her-story’ through the exploration of love, loss, trauma, and patriarchal power.
The production is one of two coming to the Coliseum stage offering 2 For 1 tickets as part of the National Lottery’s Love Your Local Theatre campaign.
It is summer 1827 and in a red barn Maria Marten awaits her lover. One year later, her body is found underneath the flooring in a grain sack, and the manhunt begins. Focusing on Maria’s life rather than her death, this adaptation brings Maria’s own perspective to the forefront of the infamous Red Barn Murder.