Martin Murphy

Martin Murphy is a writer, director, performer and workshop leader. His recent writing credits include The Ghost of White Hart Lane (2024), along with Midas (2023) and Jonny Feathers the Rock & Roll Pigeon (2022) both a Park Theatre.

Martin’s previous writing credits include Jury (Park Theatre / Zoom), Victim (Pleasance Courtyard / Kings Head Theatre), Worlds (VAULT Festival), Rockstar (Lyric Hammersmith), Villain (Soho Theatre / Underbelly) & Manor (Soho Theatre). Villain & Victim are both published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.

Martin also directed Villain, Worlds & Victim. As a workshop leader Martin works for the National Theatre working with teenage playwrights all over the country as part of their New Views competition. Martin is a former Associate Director of Arc Theatre where he ran their Youth Theatre & has delivered playwriting & drama workshops for a number of organisations including Group 64.

As a performer Martin was half of musical comedy double act Pistol & Jack who played at over a hundred venues across the UK & internationally including Secret Garden Party, Assembly Edinburgh, NuWrite Festival (Zagreb), Madame Jojos’s & Soho Theatre.