Innovative, precise, experimental storytelling
‘Slick and highly entertaining…remarkably high production values’
About Us
Double Telling is a production company led by director & dramaturg Marlie Haco. We make ambitious, experimental shows that integrate multiple forms of storytelling to engage diverse audiences in provocative ways.
We find and develop unique voices, turning initial ideas into full-scale productions.
We create, commission, adapt, revive, and invest.
Selected Press
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"Double Telling’s stunning futuristic show proves an engrossing watch”
— LouReviews (Good Day, 2023)
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“Remarkable synergy between the sound, light and design concepts coordinated by director Marlie Haco.”
— Plays To See (Proud, 2022)
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“A poetic, balletic, acrobatic and often erotic production… beautiful to watch and impressively performed.”
— Scene Magazine (Proud, 2022)
UPCOMING WORK
UPCOMING WORK
Written by Sophie Swithinbank, winner of the Tony Craze Award, Peggy Ramsay and Film4 Award
Carrie is trying to hold it all together - to stay sober and keep control of the rehab centre she’s been entrusted to lead. But the cracks begin to show when a woman she believes is her daughter turns up seeking help to get clean. We watch as drugs and secrets are exchanged, old wounds exposed, and relationships tested.
Circle Game looks at how trauma returns unbidden, tearing through the boundary between past and present, fantasy and reality… Can the cycle ever be broken?
A new play by Juilliard fellow Lily Akerman. Developed with Double Telling
Over text, two teenagers form a powerful bond. Could this be what saves them, or were they always going to destroy each other in the process? Hippo is a playful yet unflinching new drama that explores how the choices we make online can have irreversible, real-life consequences.
Using sound and movement to transform an online conversation into a transfixing live performance, the show will offer an intimate insight into the pain and humour found in adolescent isolation and connection.
About Us
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Marlie Haco
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Marlie is a theatre director & dramaturg who works with scripts and writers at all stages of development. She has a particular interest in directing plays that challenge conventional dramaturgies to ask urgent social and psychological questions. Typically, her work is experimental in form, where movement and music are central to the storytelling. She trained at Central School of Speech and Drama, before completing an English Literature degree at Cambridge University.
Find out more about Marlie at www.marliehaco.com
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Toby Mather
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Toby is a technology entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of an education startup, and helps manage the financial, technical and business aspects of Double Telling. He has been involved in theatre as a photographer, print designer and producer for over a decade, supporting dozens of university and professional projects. He studied Modern Languages & Literature at Oxford University before entering the technology world.
