@marthaloader.bsky.social
Writer, producer, actor. Ipswich Genesis Foundation and Almeida Theatre playwright New Wolsey Theatre associate Channel4 Screenwriting '24 BBC Voices '24 Judges Award at Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022 Stage Debut Awards nominee 2024
'Albatross' by Martha Loader - on tour in 2026. A woman dressed in active outdoor wear places a large box on the floor of her mother's kitchen.
Delighted to announce our production and tour of 'Albatross' by award-winning writer @marthaloader.bsky.social. A play about love in the age of climate catastrophe, about deep family ties, about dreams deferred and surprise gifts. Full tour details: www.menagerie.uk.com
19.12.2025 14:41 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Thanks Ben x
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Playwright Martha Loader has been named winner of the 2025 George Devine Award, giving her £15,000 to support the writing of her next play.
Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/mar...
The George Devine Award for new writing has unveiled its 2025 shortlist, with four writers in contention for the prize.
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Fantastic news, @marthaloader.bsky.social The Town is such a brilliant play (and best wishes to the everyone else on the shortlist too).
24.11.2025 12:52 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Thank you thank you!
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Four shortlisted plays have been announced for this year's #GeorgeDevineAward 2025 for new writing
🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/323871/news/...
Bad Seed by #AsmaraGabrielle; Citizens of Umi by #YasminJoseph; The Town by #MarthaLoader; and The Knot by #IslavanTricht
#WestEndTheatre #LondonTheatre
🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
Theatre organisations from across East Anglia have joined together to create a network aimed at tackling the challenges of mid-scale touring.
👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/the...
Eastern Angles Need Your Local Stories For Their Latest Project
Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the…
‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ is released on September 22 but is available to pre-order from TODAY.
Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.
Launch event(s) to be shared…
📣 3 days left! 😱
Apply for the 503Five now: buff.ly/tcdzSCl ✨
📸 Rotterdam, Piers Foley Photography
@mercurytheatre.bsky.social Script Submissions are now open. Email the first 30 pages to script.submissions@mercurytheatre.co.uk by Sun 31 Aug.
#playwrights #scriptwriters #theatresky please share.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/taking-part/...
And really fun to find a giant Laura Hanna in the RX too!
26.07.2025 14:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Such a brilliant night on Monday at #BruntwoodPrizeforPlaywriting celebrating this incredible shortlist of writers. Huge congratulations to the winners and whole shortlist. I can’t wait to see your plays on our stages soon!
26.07.2025 14:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our next Mercury Original has been written by Suffolk-based writer Tassa Deparis. A recent graduate of the Mercury Theatre Writers Programme in association with Paines Plough, Tassa is currently under commission to New Wolsey Theatre and HighTide where she is Associate Artist. buff.ly/OZ17ur5
26.07.2025 12:01 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
📣 Calling all East of England Playwrights 📣
Meet our Artistic Director!
Join Titilola Dawudu at one of our upcoming Playwrights' East sessions for a creative workshop and Q&A.
Tue 22 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm at Eastern Angles
or
Wed 23 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm online
tinyurl.com/yx3u9te2
It’s SO good!
03.07.2025 14:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
So delighted to get my amazing friend #EmmaSwan’s first book through the post from @waterstones.bsky.social. #CruiseShipKid is going to be huge! Great characters, unique setting, and a mystery to solve onboard. Fun for all the family #Booksky
20.06.2025 08:42 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Almeida Theatre appoints Dominic Cooke as new Artistic Director
Read more: www.westendtheatre.com/295466/news/...
Dominic Cooke (Mrs Warren’s Profession; Hello, Dolly!; Follies) succeeds Rupert Goold (Dear England; Patriots) the Almeida Theatre
#AlmeidaTheatre #DominicCooke #RupertGoold
Such a great night watching #Weer from the incredible Natalie Palamides tonight at the new, very shiny Soho Theatre Walthamstow. What a way to kick off their programme. As a romcom fiend, this was pure joy 🤩
07.05.2025 21:21 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Brilliant night at #NoisesOff at #NewWolseyTheatre last night. Super slickly directed by the fabulous @dougrintoul.bsky.social. Highly choreographed mayhem. What a joy! Get your tickets now…
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/noise...
Really looking forward to this tonight!
06.05.2025 15:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Looking forward to seeing Weer here next week!
01.05.2025 09:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Such a dream to be repped by the brilliant Mark and Lily at Curtis Brown. I feel very lucky to get to work with them both ✏️
www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/marth...
Looking forward to this!
28.04.2025 17:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Off to #INKFestival25 today to run this workshop (and generally be part of the festival festivities!) Only 2 tickets left, so come along 1-2:30 at Halesworth Library 🖊️
www.inkfestival.org/events/how-t...
Looking forward to #INKFestival 24-27 April. I’m running a workshop on Saturday 26th - ‘How to get your play noticed’. It’ll be fun and practical so hope to see people there! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hal...
15.04.2025 09:45 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The Women's Prize for Playwriting, Submissions must close Tues 22 April, 5pm
📣 Applications closing soon!
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
