 1 Ladies' Detective Agency".In the theatre, Macfarlane has directed "Wit" by Margaret Edson, "Folie à Trois" by Sarah Wooley and "The Past is not a Place" by Beatrice Colin for the Stellar Quines Theatre Company; "The Birds" by Aristophanes and "After the Rain" by Sergi Belbel at the Gate Theatre; "The House of Desires" by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and "Burdalane" by Judith Adams at the Battersea Arts Centre; "Damon and Pythias" at the Globe and "Helen" at the RNT Studio.She has been Literary Manager of the Gate Theatre, Script Advisor at the National Theatre and Dramaturg at the Globe during its first season.