Mercury Reads: Bindweed by Martha Loader

Join us for Bindweed by Martha Loader.

About Bindweed: Jen works with a domestic abuse perpetrator group. She has also just started dating…

Martha Loader is a playwright, producer and actor based in East Anglia. Her work has been performed nationally and internationally including at Cambridge Junction, HighTide Festival, INK Festival, Tristan Bates Theatre and the Owl and Cat Theatre, Melbourne. She is a current Mercury Theatre Playwright. You can read a guest blog from Martha about the project and being a Mercury Playwright here.

Bethany Pitts is an award winning director and dramaturg of new work, and she will be directing this read. Directing credits include: Sirens by Kenny Emson (Mercury Theatre, Critics Choice 2021 BritishTheatre.com), Juniper and Jules by Stephanie Martin (Soho Theatre / previously VAULT Festival – Show of the Week Award), F*ck You Pay Me by Joana Nastari (VAULT & Edinburgh Festivals / Bunker Theatre), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit by Halley Feiffer (Finborough Theatre, UK premiere – 3 x Off West End Nominations), 3 Billion Seconds by Maud Dromgoole (VAULT / Paines Plough Roundabout), Brutal Cessation by Milly Thomas (Assembly Edinburgh / Theatre 503), Spine (Underbelly Edinburgh / Soho Theatre / UK Tour – Fringe First Winner), Tether by Isley Lynn (Underbelly Edinburgh) and FreeFall by Vinay Patel (Pleasance Islington – Nominated for Off West End Best Director).