Kat Rose-Martin
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
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.
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 £1 Thursdays (Stockroom, formerly Out of Joint); Pick N Mix (Freedom Studios) and Cheap as Chips (Leeds Playhouse).
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
SCREEN | ||
WATERLOO ROAD 2022 | Wall to Wall | 2 x 60' |
URSULA | RED | Script Commission |
THE CROSSLEYS | STARZ | Script Commission |
BACK TO BACK | APC | New series at treatment stage |
JOYRIDE | Clapperboard TV / BBC 3 | New original series at script stage |
THE OPPORTUNISTS | Red Planet | New series at treatment stage |
SCARBADOS | Dancing Ledge | New series at treatment stage |
THE TIP OFF | Warp | New series at treatment stage |
OUR JOAN | Urban Myths | New series at treatment stage |
THEATRE | ||
GLOW | Buglight Theatre | New play commission |
PICK N MIX | Alex Chisholm | |
AUDIO | ||
IMPOSTERS ANON | Audible | Audio Drama Pilot Commission |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE DUMPING GROUND SR 10 2022 | BBC | 1 x 30' |
HOLBY CITY 2021 | BBC | 1 x 45' |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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 |
CHEAP AS CHIPS 2021 | Leeds Playhouse | Full length Play - R&D |
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 |
JANE HAIR 2018 | The Brontë Society | Site specific production touring hair salons in Bradford, commissioned by The Brontë Society |
TALES OF GRIMM WOOD 2016 | Leeds Town Hall | 3 x 30' plays |
SUFFRAGETTE LIVE 2015 | BFI / Live Cinema / Lawrence Batley Theatre | Immersive promenade performance culminating in a scripted performance at the Lawrence Batley Theatre prior to screening of the feature film Suffragette. |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE CLOSE 2021 | New Creatives / Tyneside Cinema / BBC Arts | 1 x 15' |
BLACKOUT 2019 | Script Yorkshire / BBC Radio | 1 x 10' |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ROUND MY WAY 2021 | Static Flow | Written by & starring Kat |
Online
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
MYDG 2020 | BBC Children’s | Interactive Online content partnered with The Dumping Ground TV Series |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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)