Joshua Val Martin
Writer/ Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Joshua is a theatre director and playwright from Bolton. He is a freelance drama facilitator and has also worked with abstinence and recovery centres, high-security mental health hospitals and with Staffordshire’s incredible ‘Borderlines’ team.
Joshua has completed the Regional Theatre Young Director's Scheme (New Vic Theatre), Manchester Royal Exchange's Playwright Scheme and Soho Theatre's Writers Lab.
His play THIS IS NOT AMERICA was a Bruntwood Prize finalist in 2017, with Joshua receiving a Special Commendation from the judges and further development from the Royal Exchange.
His play IN A TOWN SOMEWHERE NORTH OF MILTON KEYNES made the Top 40 of the Bruntwood Prize 2015 and BACK SEAT BETTY was awarded ‘Best Play’ at the LOST One-Act Theatre Festival and ‘Best Drama’ at the Great Manchester Fringe Festival 2015.
As a director he assisted Sara Kestelman on Benjamin Till’s musical BRASS, which went on to win the UK Theatre Award for Best Musical Production.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
IN A TOWN SOMEWHERE NORTH OF MILTON KEYNES 2018 | *Placed in the Top 40, The Bruntwood Prize (2015) | |
THIS IS NOT AMERICA | *Finalist The Bruntwood Prize 2017 - Winner Special Commendation |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BRICK DUST 2017 | Arden School of Theatre / The Kings Arms, MCR | As Writer |
OUTLAWS TO INLAWS 2017 | Making Productions / Kings Head Theatre | As Writer |
A VOCATION 2017 | Take Back Theatre / Contact Theatre, MCR | As Writer |
WORD ON A WING / PAINTED ARROWS 2016 | 53Two, MCR | As Writer |
INSTALLATION, B!RTH FESTIVAL 2016 | Royal Exchange, MCR | As Writer |
#FINDGRANSMEMORIES 2016 | Oldham Coliseum / Kimbo Theatre | (R&D) |
A VOCATION 2016 | The Miniaturists / Arcola Theatre | As Writer |
PAINTED ARROWS 2016 | Irlam Catholic Men’s Club (Irlam Fringe) | As Writer |
AN ODE TO US 2016 | Take Back Theatre / Royal Exchange, MCR | As Writer |
WORD ON A WING 2015 | Gullivers | As Writer |
WHY? FESTIVAL 2015 | Contact Theatre | As Associate Artist |
LARKSONG 2015 | New Vic Theatre, Stoke | As Assistant Director |
UNEARTHED 2015 | New Vic Theatre, Stoke | As Assistant Director |
I BELONG TO THE STARS 2015 | Royal Exchange, Manchester | As Writer |
NOW DEPARTING 2015 | The K.A.T | As Writer/ Director |
BACK SEAT BETTY 2015 | The K.A.T/ LOST Theatre | As Writer |
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 2014 | Royal Exchange, Manchester | As Observing Director |
THE HIRED MAN 2014 | St. James Theatre | As Observing Director |
BRASS 2014 | Leeds Varieties | As Assistant Director |
UNION 2014 | Belinda’s Bar | As Writer/Director |
STRANGEWAYS 2014 | The K.A.T/ LOST Theatre | As Writer/Director |
LITTLE OF SHOP OF HORRORS 2013 | The K.A.T | As Assistant Director |
CABARET 2012 | Club Underground | As Director |
ORDINARY DAYS 2012 | Owens Park Hall | As Director |
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ANGRY? 2012 | John Thaw Studio | As Director |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Rehearsed Reading - Hoard Festival 2015 | New Vic Theatre, Stoke | As Director |
Reviews
‘This play is political, topical and necessary. It has a huge heart and is angry but also clear-eyed and tremendous fun… this is a play which demands to be produced’ The Bruntwood Prize (In a Town Something North of Milton Keynes)
‘He has created a vibrant, complex character who speaks a vivid often poetic idiolect: tense, sad, funny, angry, vengeful, needy’ British Theatre Guide (Back Seat Betty)
‘The final scenes present memory as a viscerally violent force, leaving the audience unnerved. Well worth the trip, as long as there’s a pub nearby.’ EdFringe Review (Strangeways)