Kat Rose-Martin

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Film, TV & Theatre

Assistant: Nacho Martin

Film, TV & Theatre

Bradford born and based, Kat is a writer/actor and inaugural winner of the Kay Mellor Fellowship. In 2020 she was part of BBC Writersroom Northern Voices.  In 2021 she was selected for SKY COMEDY REP - a writer’s scheme with Birmingham Rep Theatre and Sky. Her latest play £1 Thursdays, was named "The finest new play I saw in 2023" by Gary Naylor at Broadway World.

For screen, her TV Drama The Crossleys made the BAFTA Rocliffe TV Drama Top 10 and is now in development in the US. She has original TV projects in development, at treatment stage, with Rollem, Dancing Ledge, Urban Myths, Warp and APC. She has a pilot commission with BBC3. Her script Ursula, developed with RED Productions, made The Brit List 2021.    

Kat was in the writersroom for Day 1s (Matthew Vaughn, Doug Ellin, Hera Pictures). She was also in the writersroom for series two of Paul Abbott’s Wolfe for Sky Max. Her first television broadcast credit is the 2021 Christmas episode of Holby City. Her episode of The Dumping Ground for BBC Children’s will TX in 2022.

Theatre work includes: Aphra Behn (Shakespeare’s Globe); Jane Hair (Bronte Society); Shit but Mine (Paines Plough); Children of War (Sheffield Theatres); Whooosh (Pilot Theatre); and development of Pick N Mix (Freedom Studios) and Cheap as Chips (Leeds Playhouse).

In Development

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SCREEN

X

Gaumont

Script Commission & Writersroom
1 x 60'
Co-written with Elliot Warren

URSULA

RED

Script Commission
Brit List 2021
1 x 30'

JOYRIDE

Clapperboard TV

Script Commission
1 x 45'

THE STYLIST

Keshet

Adapted from an Israeli Format - currently at Treatment stage

A BACHELOR ESTABLISHMENT

Adorable Media

Book adaptation for screen - currently at Treatment stage

THEATRE

CHEAP AS CHIPS

Leeds Playhouse / WGGB commission

GLOW

Buglight Theatre

New play commission

Television

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DINOSAUR

2024

Two Brothers / BBC / Hulu

1 x 30'

WATERLOO ROAD

2023 - 2024

Wall to Wall / BBC

3 x 60'

BEYOND PARADISE 2

2023

Red Planet / BBC

1 x 60'
Co-written with Tony Jordan

THE DUMPING GROUND SR 10

2022

BBC

Episode 5 - 'Frogs on a Train'
1 x 30'

HOLBY CITY

2021

BBC

1 x 45'

Theatre

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£1 THURSDAYS

2023

Finborough

Dir. Vicky Moran

PICK N MIX

2023

Leeds Studio / Pleasance London

Dir. Alex Chisholm

THE GREATEST SHOW-CASE

2022

Stephen Joseph Theatre / University of Coventry

Dir. Chantell Walker

JANE HAIR

2022

Buglight / Hull Truck / Bronte School House / Barnsley Civic

Co-created with Kirsty Smith
Dir. Chantell Walker

WHOOSH

2021

Pilot Theatre

Short play commission, as part of NORTHERN GIRLS

END CUBICLE (Rehearsed Reading)

2021

High Tide / Sheffield Theatres

Dir. Amy Leach

MONKEY SEE (CHILDREN OF WAR)

2020

Sheffield Theatres

Short play commission

SHIT BUT MINE

2020

Paines Plough / Sheffield Theatres

Short play commission as part of the Come To Where I Am series

NOTES TO THE FORGOTTEN SHE-WOLVES

2020

Shakespeare's Globe

1 x 15' Monologue Commission performed in Jan/Feb 2020 at Sam Wannamaker

£1 THURSDAYS (Rehearsed Reading)

2019

Out of Joint

Dir. Kate Wasserberg

Radio

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THE CLOSE

2021

New Creatives / Tyneside Cinema / BBC Arts

1 x 15'
TX BBC Radio 4 Extra 2021
Starring Duncan Preston and Sue Devaney.

BLACKOUT

2019

Script Yorkshire / BBC Radio

1 x 10'

Short Films

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ROUND MY WAY

2021

Static Flow

Written by & starring Kat
Dir. Keeley Lane
Funded by Bradford Council, Bradford UNESCO City of Film & Bradford 2025

Online

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MYDG

2020

BBC Children’s

Interactive Online content partnered with The Dumping Ground TV Series

Other

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THE CROSSLEYS

2023

STARZ

Script Commission
Shortlisted BAFTA Rocliffe TV Drama

WOLFE

2021

Sky

Writersroom

DAY 1S

2021

Hera

Writersroom

‘Kat Martin has a really fresh, funny and grounded voice. Full of heart and exactly the sort of writer that is missing from the current TV drama scene.’

- Jemma Rodgers, Red Productions (Happy Valley, Years and Years)

 

‘She has a real warmth and energy to her that I find inspiring. I’m excited by the way she talks about infusing her work with her own experiences. She has a really clear voice and her passion for writing comes through on the page. She’s the real McCoy’

- Kay Mellor, Rollem Productions (The Syndicate, A Passionate Woman, Band of Gold)

 

£1 THURSDAYS, Finborough 2023

★★★★★ Five Stars, The Arts Desk
★★★★½ Four and a Half Stars, A Young(ish) Perspective
★★★★ Four Stars, The Reviews Hub
★★★★ Four Stars, LondonTheatres1
★★★★ Four Stars, Broadway World
★★★★ Four Stars, The Peg Review
★★★★ Four Stars, Fringe Biscuit 
★★★★ Four Stars, Reviews Gate
★★★★ Four Stars, AJH Loves Theatre

 

"The finest new play I saw in 2023." Gary Naylor, Broadway World.

“Furiously funny… Achingly honest….Prepare to be deeply invested in this endearing tale.” Andrew Houghton, The Reviews Hub

“Funny, stark and emotional, £1 Thursdays is a beautiful coming of age story that will make you laugh and cry.” Dulcie Godfrey, A Young(ish) Perspective

“A first-rate premiere…An exhilarating opening to 90 minutes of pure wild-ride theatre.” Simon Jenner, Fringe Review

“Warm and real, and wickedly funny.” David Bushe, Everything Theatre

“Here’s something fresh, funny and more than a little touching. Kat Rose-Martin’s big-mouthed, big-hearted play explodes like a firecracker, leaving behind it trails of melancholy, hilarity and irresistible human feeling.” Alun Hood, AJH Loves Theatre

“It is a privilege to witness acting of this quality in such an intimate venue.” Simon Ward, The Peg Review