Martha Fooks

Martha joined the tech (ninja) team for Mikado 2017, rigging and vainly attempting to operate lights in the dreaded Nuffield, where she fell in love with the society (and the director, Billy Boulton) and went on to emerge from the warm, dark womb of the lighting box to be born again as a chorus member in Half a Sixpence 2017 and Mikado 2017 (Harrogate) that summer.

In her second year, Martha resumed her usual chorus position for Ruddygore 2018 after a painfully nervous audition. Next time, however, she came prepared, and was cast in her first principal role as Lady Jane, the unloved yet effervescent alto, in the society's hipster-inspired production of Patience 2018. It was also in her second year that Martha took the plunge and was voted into LOpSOc's Committee as Secretary.

In her third year, Martha undertook the new task of Directing! Alongside Co-Director Delyth Simons and a wonderful Production Team, Martha made Anglo-Saxons and Vikings of the LOpSOc cast for Princess Ida 2019. Following this, she again became part of the principal cast to portray Eliza in Double Feature 2019 ('Trial by Jury' and 'The Zoo', heading again to Harrogate for round two shortly after with Double Feature 2019 (Harrogate). Martha also graduated this summer, achieving a 1st class degree in English Literature and leaving university - yes - but apparently not LOpSoc.

Post-graduation, Martha returned in yet another principal role - this one her hardest challenge yet. Cast as Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore 2020, she valiantly (and somewhat successfully) pretended to be a tenor. And now it's back to the director's chair for the upcoming 'Cinderella' in Summer 2020.

History of Roles

Performance	Role
Mikado 2017	Lighting Operator
Half a Sixpence 2017	Chorus
Mikado 2017 (Harrogate)	Chorus
Ruddygore 2018	Chorus
Patience 2018	Lady Jane
Princess Ida 2019	Director
Double Feature 2019	Eliza
Double Feature 2019 (Harrogate)	Eliza
H.M.S. Pinafore 2020	Ralph Rackstraw
Cinderella 2020	Director