About
THE KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
NEON-ELECTRO THEATRE + FILM
The Keeper's Daughter works throughout East Anglia, and beyond, partnering with arts organisations to develop new pieces of genre-based theatre and film for young adult and family audiences. We have a strong focus on providing opportunities for early career working class creatives based in the east of England.
The company has worked in partnership with organisations including Eastern Angles, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, The Garage, Creative Arts East, Norwich Arts Centre, Vivacity Key Theatre and The Seagull Theatre. The Keeper’s Daughter was resident company at The Corn Hall from 2012 - 2017. The company was founded by Mark Finbow and Emma Martin.
company director
Mark trained as an actor at LAMDA, where he was awarded the Sir John Gielgud bursary, and was a member of National Youth Theatre.
As a writer, his first short film A Thousand Empty Glasses (Take Cover Films) was nominated for best UK short at Raindance, picked up for worldwide distribution and became a number one selling film on iTunes. His most recent short film Freedom of the People (Eastern Association Productions) has won numerous awards.
As a producer/director he has created over a dozen rural touring shows and developed physical theatre productions for theatres.
Mark was selected for a BBC writersroom masterclass, chosen to participate in the Creative England/BFI/write2screen talent module and selected for Papatango's Regional Playwriting course.
