Kat Rose-Martin

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).