The Marlowe Society Committee, 2024-25
The Marlowe Society is run by an executive consisting of students and one Fellow. This committee is elected in Lent term, and is responsible for the artistic direction of the society – they select shows, liaise with individual productions and organise the society’s workshops. Get in touch with the co-presidents at themarlowesociety@gmail.com
Co-President - Emily Knutsson
Emily is a second year creative writing masters student at Selwyn College. Last year at Cambridge she had the privilege of being cast in the starring role in “A Long Apprenticehood” with the Pembroke Players, and is even more excited to perform her own one-woman show, “Me and My Year of Casual ‘Monasticism’” with the Pembroke Players later this academic year. As someone who is passionate about all things relating to the joy of performing, she is so excited to bring a fresh perspective to Marlowe while also honouring the incredible history and traditions of the prestigious society.
Publicist - Amenie Groves
Amenie is a third year MMLer at Jesus College, currently on her year abroad in Germany. She is super excited to be working on her role remotely, making sure that students are aware of all the incredible opportunities that The Marlowe Society has to offer. During her time at Cambridge she has dipped her toes into as many aspects of the theatre scene as possible, from acting and designing to writing and directing her own play!
BME Officer - Tally Arundell
Tally is a second year English student at Magdalene and is really excited for the new change in the way we do the annual BME Shakespeare show. Acting in the previous BME show ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, made her want to find more ways to make Cambridge theatre accessible and inclusive for BME creatives.
Marlowe Showcase Officer - Aaliyah Ogunlana
Aaliyah is a third year medical student (intercalating in psychology) at Fitzwilliam. She is extremely excited to try and help bridge the gap between student and professional theatre and encourage anyone despite their previous background or perceived lack of experience to get involved in theatre if it’s something they have always wanted to do!
Workshops Officer - Eoin McCaul
Eoin is a finalist in English at Wolfson, and he is really excited to share his and Rossy's workshop plans with you over the next few months. They are are planning on bringing in a broad range of practitioners and creatives to share their work with the student community — and hope you’ll find something that fascinates you in the mix.
Chair - Tim Cribb
Fellow Emiratus, Churchill College Classics
Co-President - Lucy Miller
Lucy is a finalist studying History at Trinity Hall. She has been involved with Cambridge theatre since her first year and started on the Marlowe committee last year as Workshops Officer. She is looking forward to making Marlowe more accessible, while helping to bridge the gap between student and professional theatre, and to work with the rest of the committee to organise some exciting shows this year.
Secretary - Lauren Akinluyi
Lauren is a second year English student at Homerton. Last year she was able to perform in the BME production of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, as Pompey. It was an amazing experience which made her want to be a part of Marlowe in a bigger way. Owing to this experience, she is thrilled to be this year's Secretary and support the rest of the team in any way she can!
New Writing Officer - Aaron Gillett
Aaron is a third year History student at Downing. He’ll be running Marlowe’s weekly writing group, as well as organising HATCH, a termly night of new writing. He cannot wait to build an exciting group of writers, where the most important thing is being willing to write. Whether you are a produced playwright or you have never written a line of dialogue before, you will be welcome. He looks forward to seeing plays move from their inception in the group all the way through to production on the stage!
BME Officer - Connor Nainthy
Connor is a second year MMLer at Queens’. He is beyond excited to be one of this year’s BME Officers. They can’t wait to work with Tally to bring a new idea to Marlowe’s BME show, and produce a brilliant performance this year.
Arts Show Producer - Elly Na
Elly is an English second year at Sidney Sussex. She’ll be producing the Marlowe Arts Show this year and hopes to make the most out of the opportunity to oversee a process that provides professional insight for student theatre. She is looking forward to working with the cast and crew to bring it all to life!
Workshops Officer - Rossy Wippell
Rossy is a finalist studying Archaeology at St John’s. She has been involved with the Cambridge theatre scene since first year and enjoyed acting in many wonderful shows which she has had the opportunity to be a part of. In the society, she will be organising workshops this year with Eoin. They are both so excited to share these with you all and hope that they can make the bridge between student and professional theatre a bit less daunting!