The Faintest Ink

Molly returns to London to clear her father's flat. Waiting for her is Gal, the android dementia assistant that cared for him in his final days. It's too late for her to talk to her dad, and now there's a man at the door who wants to take away the only link to him she has left...

Cast:

Ella Tagg

James Saxby

Francis Redfern

Lulu Sharrad Munden

Caitlin Johnson

Thea Thompson

Maria Woodford is the winner of the Telegraph Poetry Prize (2025), The Bedford Cyganature Prize (2025), long-listed for the Alpine Fellowship (2024) and twice longlisted in the National Poetry Competition. The Faintest Ink is her first play.

Milly Yelf works in students engagement and event planning in higher education. She has directed several scratch nights, as well as a modern take on the Comedy of Errors, performed in the grounds of Christ's College, Cambridge.

Content Warning: This play deals with themes of familial loss, dementia, and caregiving.

Rehearsal space was generously supported by the Richmond 'Artists Make Space' Programme 2026. Richmond Arts Service provide free studio space throughout the borough for artists to develop their practice. Read more here: Arts development - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.