Joshua Val Martin
Writer for stage and screen.
With an ear for the everyday and a taste for the improbable: Joshua Val Martin writes stories for great nights out, which aim to make the world less shit.
His work includes commissions from the Royal Exchange Theatre and Sky Television, and development at the National Theatre Studio. His play This Is Not America received a Bruntwood Prize Commendation in 2017.
Based in Manchester. Represented by Giles Smart at United Agents.
Recently & in development
In July 2026, his fourth autobiographical play, 10 Hours in Kraków, had its first work-in-progress performances at Aviva Studios, produced by Factory International. It is currently being developed as part of a trilogy of memoir plays.
In August 2026, Condensation, the short film he wrote and directed, premiered at HOME during SCENE Festival.
For screen, he is developing Provenance, a television series, with Diane Shorthouse at Evolutionary Films. He is developing The Vanguards, a feature film, with Luke Oliveira-Davies at Polari.
