Stage & Screen

Playwriting Portfolio

Martha's debut play was professionally performed when she was just 14 years old. Since then, she has been a writer-in-residence with Paines Plough and RIFT as well as putting on her own work. With ambitions to write for television, Martha is currently working on a sitcom pilot and a short film script.

Magic, Magic, Magic

Hiding Place

January 2020 - October 2021

Originally commissioned as part of a new writing initiative in January 2020, Martha worked with a team of creatives to turn her script 'Hiding Place' into a short film which was filmed and screened in 2021.

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​Of all the places to encounter a stranger, under a table at a wedding isn’t necessarily the first one that comes to mind. ‘Hiding Place’ is a short film which takes place almost exclusively in this bizarre location where wedding guests Stevie (Rebecca Eve) and Jake (Joss J. MacDonald) are flung together.

Howling, RIFT

March - April 2017

Written as part of a month-long residency with RIFT, 'Howling' is a short play about how two half-sisters begin to repair their relationship after the death of the only parent they had in common. Directed by Benedict Hudson, 'Howling' was first performed as a rehearsed reading at STYX space in Tottenham Hale. Following this residency, Martha was selected as one of three writers for a further commission, but funding could not be secured.

Come to Where I'm From, Paines Plough

October 2011 & October 2014

Aged 14, Martha was hand-picked to take part in a residency alongside other local writers and the company's commissioned playwrights - including James Graham. Her monologue 'Sum Puella Bona' took a wry look at her time as the scholarship kid in a public school. She first performed it at the Jersey Opera House before being asked to read it again at the company's CTWIF installation at the Southbank Centre for the London Literary Festival 2014.

Unsex Us Here, Jersey Festival of Words

September 2015

Written to mark the fourth centenary of Shakespeare's death, 'Unsex Us Here' stars three of his heroines, Kate (The Taming of the Shrew), Ophelia (Hamlet) and Viola (Twelfth Night) and gives them the space to confront the Bard over the way they were portrayed by his writing. It was performed as a site-specific production in a Norman Castle for Jersey's literary festival.

We are the Young, Plays Rough

April 2013 & September 2014

Martha's first full-length play, 'We are the Young' sees a group of overly-earnest young people try and fail to stage a groundbreaking piece of theatre. Their constant stumblings, uncertainty and false starts are exacerbated by a voiceover hellbent on sabotaging their efforts. Directed by Martha, extracts were performed twice at new-writing scratch night Plays Rough before the full-length piece was performed at the Jersey Festival of Words 2014. It also made it to the second round of the Theatre503 Writing Award 2016.

Broken Record (Repeat to Fade), New Plays Project