About us
Microwave Coven is a contemporary theatre company based in Folkestone. We create plays inspired by local stories, folklore, and the people in our community. Through our Youth & Yore project, we collaborate across generations to co-create family theatre that blends real-life experiences with imagination.
We are committed to making our workshops and performances accessible and affordable, ensuring our work reflects the community it’s made with and for.
WHO WE ARE
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Annabel has been a professional actor and freelancer for 12 years. She holds a degree in Theatre, Performance, and Cultural Studies from the University of Warwick and trained at as an actor at LAMDA. Recent credits include Call the Midwife for the BBC and devising with companies like curious directive and Middle Child. With a focus on family theatre, Annabel has developed and performed extensively across the UK and internationally, and created microwave coven after being awarded a DYCP Grant from Arts Council England to develop Youth & Yore, our intergenerational and community driven way of developing theatre.
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Molly Farley is a director and producer based in Folkestone. Her practice is empathetic, fun, and ambitious. She works across opera, puppetry, new writing and their intersections. She studied at the University of East Anglia where she went on to teach as an associate tutor on the module The Director, The Actor, and The Script. Molly is a Resident Assistant Director at English Touring Opera, she has most recently worked on The Great Stink, an Opera about poo, and is currently working on The Snow Maiden. Molly is also an associate artist and producer with curious directive.
Latest News
Youth & Yore : Folkestone
Over the next few months we will be engaging with groups of young people and groups of people over 75 in order to create a brand new piece of family theatre about Folkestone!
Our first youth workshop will then be happening over 4 days during May half term - if you know a young person interested in joining then click here.
If you know someone over 75 who would like to get involved click here too!
Recently, we were lucky enough to be invited by Farnham Maltings to take part in Pitch Up Kent, alongside 10 other brilliant creatives. It was such a fantastic day, where we got to pitch our Youth & Yore platform to venues across the South.
We met so many talented people and connected with incredible venues - and everyone was so welcoming and supportive to a brand new company like us. It was so great to see so many creatives doing amazing things in the region and we left feeling incredibly inspired by the day and excited for the future.
Huge thanks to Farnham Maltings and House for hosting such a welcoming and supportive event. We’re so excited to see where these new connections take us—watch this space!
