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Story, taught from inside it.

Marlowe is a sought-after story consultant and keynote speaker. She served as story editor on two long-running television dramas, and now teaches what twelve years of acting taught her: how stories move people, and how people move stories.

Festivals, drama schools, studios and companies — talks are practical, funny and honest, built around scenes, not slides.

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Marlowe Finch in profile under magenta stage light

Formats

Ways to book me

  • The keynote — “Acting Is Listening”: forty-five minutes on attention, risk and ensemble.
  • The masterclass — half-day scene work for drama schools and young companies.
  • The jury seat — festival juries and awards panels, watched everything, on time.
  • Story consulting — away-days for creative teams that need their narrative straight.
  • Q&As and panels — screenings, launches and graduations with genuine answers.
  • Voice of the event — awards hosting with warmth and a strict eye on the clock.

How a talk takes shape

The brief

Step one — your room

Your audience, your occasion, the change you want in the room afterwards.

The build

Step two — the performance

Scenes, stories and one big idea — rehearsed like a performance, because it is one.

The room

Step three — the day

Forty-five minutes or a full day, with time for the questions that matter.

A full house waiting for the lights to go down Backstage dressing table before an event

“Our students still quote her verbatim. She taught a term’s worth of craft in a single afternoon.”

Dr. Amara OseiHead of Acting, Northline Conservatoire

Booking questions

What is your speaking fee?

Fees depend on format, travel and preparation — festivals and schools have their own rates. Write with your date and I will reply plainly.

Do you travel for keynotes?

Yes, worldwide, with one travel day protected on either side of the event.

Can talks be tailored to our theme?

Always. Every keynote is rebuilt around your audience — no two have ever been the same.

Book the talk

Keynotes, masterclasses and juries — dates release two seasons ahead and go quickly.

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