Ballad Lines Member Event
Join MTN/MMD members and staff at Southwark Playhouse Elephant for the much anticipated new musical Ballad Lines by MMD member Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo. Following the 7pm performance on Monday 2nd February, we’ll be holding a Q&A event with Ballad Lines cast and creatives.
Register for a ticket to receive an exclusive MMD/MTN discount code for 10% off tickets. Free entry to the Q&A with a ticket to that evening’s performance.
About The Show
For fans of ‘Hadestown’, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ and ‘Once’ — discover ‘Ballad Lines’, the soaring new folk musical London’s talking about.
Ballad Lines is a heart-opening musical about the stories we inherit — and the choices each generation makes to break, reshape, or carry them forward.
A forgotten melody pulls Sarah, a queer woman in New York, into the lives of the women who came before her: Cait, her 17th-century Scottish ancestor, and Jean, a spirited Irish teenager a century later. Across three centuries, they face the same defining question: what does it mean to become a mother — and at what cost?
Blending Scottish, Irish and Appalachian ballads with a bold contemporary score, Ballad Lines weaves one family’s hopes, sacrifices and songs across generations.
From award-winning songwriter Finn Anderson (‘Islander’ (Southwark Playhouse Borough, Off Broadway), ‘Streets’) and acclaimed director Tania Azevedo (‘Mayflies’, ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’), this is a musical for anyone who has ever wondered where they come from — and what they choose to pass on.
Produced by MTN members Aria Entertainment and KT Producing. Co-produced with Wolk Transfer Company and TRW Production. An earlier version of Ballad Lines (previously ‘A Mother’s Song’) was first produced at Macrobert Arts Centre in 2023 by KT Producing and Macrobert Arts Centre.
Sign up here to receive an exclusive member’s discount on tickets!
PLEASE NOTE: If you want to watch the show and attend the Q&A, register for the MMD-MTN event and receive a discount code for the Monday 2nd February performance. The discount code can then be used when buying a ticket for the show here.