Martha Loader
@marthaloader.bsky.social
Writer, producer, actor. Ipswich
Genesis Foundation and Almeida Theatre playwright
New Wolsey Theatre associate
Channel4 Screenwriting '24
BBC Voices '24
Judges Award at Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022
Stage Debut Awards nominee 2024
Genesis Foundation and Almeida Theatre playwright
New Wolsey Theatre associate
Channel4 Screenwriting '24
BBC Voices '24
Judges Award at Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022
Stage Debut Awards nominee 2024
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Four shortlisted plays have been announced for this year's #GeorgeDevineAward 2025 for new writing
🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/323871/news/...
Bad Seed by #AsmaraGabrielle; Citizens of Umi by #YasminJoseph; The Town by #MarthaLoader; and The Knot by #IslavanTricht
#WestEndTheatre #LondonTheatre
🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/323871/news/...
Bad Seed by #AsmaraGabrielle; Citizens of Umi by #YasminJoseph; The Town by #MarthaLoader; and The Knot by #IslavanTricht
#WestEndTheatre #LondonTheatre
George Devine Award 2025 shortlist of playwrights announced | West End Theatre
Four shortlisted plays have been announced for this year's George Devine Award 2025.
www.westendtheatre.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Four shortlisted plays have been announced for this year's #GeorgeDevineAward 2025 for new writing
🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/323871/news/...
Bad Seed by #AsmaraGabrielle; Citizens of Umi by #YasminJoseph; The Town by #MarthaLoader; and The Knot by #IslavanTricht
#WestEndTheatre #LondonTheatre
🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/323871/news/...
Bad Seed by #AsmaraGabrielle; Citizens of Umi by #YasminJoseph; The Town by #MarthaLoader; and The Knot by #IslavanTricht
#WestEndTheatre #LondonTheatre
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🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
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Theatre organisations from across East Anglia have joined together to create a network aimed at tackling the challenges of mid-scale touring.
👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/the...
👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/the...
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Theatre organisations from across East Anglia have joined together to create a network aimed at tackling the challenges of mid-scale touring.
👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/the...
👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/the...
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Eastern Angles Need Your Local Stories For Their Latest Project
Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the…
Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the…
Eastern Angles Need Your Local Stories For Their Latest Project
Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the Westgate ward in Ipswich. People are being asked to submit their stories inspired by the town, it could be its history, your experience of living in Ipswich, its nature, the people, shops, weather, transport, animals, or home, whatever fires your imagination about Ipswich in 2025. Stories can be about the things that bring you joy, fascinate you and move you, or maybe you are facing a challenge that you might want to highlight.
suffolktheatre.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Eastern Angles Need Your Local Stories For Their Latest Project
Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the…
Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the…
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‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ is released on September 22 but is available to pre-order from TODAY.
Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.
Launch event(s) to be shared…
Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.
Launch event(s) to be shared…
Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School
Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School is about being Black, being British and being an actor before, during and after training.
Written by Black writers working in and around ...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ is released on September 22 but is available to pre-order from TODAY.
Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.
Launch event(s) to be shared…
Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.
Launch event(s) to be shared…
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August 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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@mercurytheatre.bsky.social Script Submissions are now open. Email the first 30 pages to script.submissions@mercurytheatre.co.uk by Sun 31 Aug.
#playwrights #scriptwriters #theatresky please share.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/taking-part/...
#playwrights #scriptwriters #theatresky please share.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/taking-part/...
Theatre Script Submissions - Mercury Theatre Colchester
The Mercury Theatre is dedicated to finding, supporting, and producing the next generation of playwrights based in the East of England.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
@mercurytheatre.bsky.social Script Submissions are now open. Email the first 30 pages to script.submissions@mercurytheatre.co.uk by Sun 31 Aug.
#playwrights #scriptwriters #theatresky please share.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/taking-part/...
#playwrights #scriptwriters #theatresky please share.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/taking-part/...
Such a brilliant night on Monday at #BruntwoodPrizeforPlaywriting celebrating this incredible shortlist of writers. Huge congratulations to the winners and whole shortlist. I can’t wait to see your plays on our stages soon!
ICYMI: Tolu Okanlawon has won the 2025 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting with his drama about African-American photojournalist Gordon Parks.
Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/bru...
Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/bru...
July 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Such a brilliant night on Monday at #BruntwoodPrizeforPlaywriting celebrating this incredible shortlist of writers. Huge congratulations to the winners and whole shortlist. I can’t wait to see your plays on our stages soon!
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Our next Mercury Original has been written by Suffolk-based writer Tassa Deparis. A recent graduate of the Mercury Theatre Writers Programme in association with Paines Plough, Tassa is currently under commission to New Wolsey Theatre and HighTide where she is Associate Artist. buff.ly/OZ17ur5
July 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our next Mercury Original has been written by Suffolk-based writer Tassa Deparis. A recent graduate of the Mercury Theatre Writers Programme in association with Paines Plough, Tassa is currently under commission to New Wolsey Theatre and HighTide where she is Associate Artist. buff.ly/OZ17ur5
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📣 Calling all East of England Playwrights 📣
Meet our Artistic Director!
Join Titilola Dawudu at one of our upcoming Playwrights' East sessions for a creative workshop and Q&A.
Tue 22 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm at Eastern Angles
or
Wed 23 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm online
tinyurl.com/yx3u9te2
Meet our Artistic Director!
Join Titilola Dawudu at one of our upcoming Playwrights' East sessions for a creative workshop and Q&A.
Tue 22 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm at Eastern Angles
or
Wed 23 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm online
tinyurl.com/yx3u9te2
July 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
📣 Calling all East of England Playwrights 📣
Meet our Artistic Director!
Join Titilola Dawudu at one of our upcoming Playwrights' East sessions for a creative workshop and Q&A.
Tue 22 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm at Eastern Angles
or
Wed 23 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm online
tinyurl.com/yx3u9te2
Meet our Artistic Director!
Join Titilola Dawudu at one of our upcoming Playwrights' East sessions for a creative workshop and Q&A.
Tue 22 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm at Eastern Angles
or
Wed 23 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm online
tinyurl.com/yx3u9te2
So delighted to get my amazing friend #EmmaSwan’s first book through the post from @waterstones.bsky.social. #CruiseShipKid is going to be huge! Great characters, unique setting, and a mystery to solve onboard. Fun for all the family #Booksky
June 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
So delighted to get my amazing friend #EmmaSwan’s first book through the post from @waterstones.bsky.social. #CruiseShipKid is going to be huge! Great characters, unique setting, and a mystery to solve onboard. Fun for all the family #Booksky
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Almeida Theatre appoints Dominic Cooke as new Artistic Director
Read more: www.westendtheatre.com/295466/news/...
Dominic Cooke (Mrs Warren’s Profession; Hello, Dolly!; Follies) succeeds Rupert Goold (Dear England; Patriots) the Almeida Theatre
#AlmeidaTheatre #DominicCooke #RupertGoold
Read more: www.westendtheatre.com/295466/news/...
Dominic Cooke (Mrs Warren’s Profession; Hello, Dolly!; Follies) succeeds Rupert Goold (Dear England; Patriots) the Almeida Theatre
#AlmeidaTheatre #DominicCooke #RupertGoold
Almeida Theatre appoints Dominic Cooke as new Artistic Director | West End Theatre
The Almeida Theatre in London has announced that Dominic Cooke will be its new Artistic Director, replacing Rupert Goold.
www.westendtheatre.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Almeida Theatre appoints Dominic Cooke as new Artistic Director
Read more: www.westendtheatre.com/295466/news/...
Dominic Cooke (Mrs Warren’s Profession; Hello, Dolly!; Follies) succeeds Rupert Goold (Dear England; Patriots) the Almeida Theatre
#AlmeidaTheatre #DominicCooke #RupertGoold
Read more: www.westendtheatre.com/295466/news/...
Dominic Cooke (Mrs Warren’s Profession; Hello, Dolly!; Follies) succeeds Rupert Goold (Dear England; Patriots) the Almeida Theatre
#AlmeidaTheatre #DominicCooke #RupertGoold
Such a great night watching #Weer from the incredible Natalie Palamides tonight at the new, very shiny Soho Theatre Walthamstow. What a way to kick off their programme. As a romcom fiend, this was pure joy 🤩
HERE. SHE. IS.
Our 'stunning', 'jaw-dropping' & 'game-changing' new venue, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
(thanks @walthamforestecho.bsky.social TimeOut & @whatsonstage.bsky.social 💋)
📷️ David Levene
Our 'stunning', 'jaw-dropping' & 'game-changing' new venue, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
(thanks @walthamforestecho.bsky.social TimeOut & @whatsonstage.bsky.social 💋)
📷️ David Levene
May 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Such a great night watching #Weer from the incredible Natalie Palamides tonight at the new, very shiny Soho Theatre Walthamstow. What a way to kick off their programme. As a romcom fiend, this was pure joy 🤩
Brilliant night at #NoisesOff at #NewWolseyTheatre last night. Super slickly directed by the fabulous @dougrintoul.bsky.social. Highly choreographed mayhem. What a joy! Get your tickets now…
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/noise...
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/noise...
May 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Brilliant night at #NoisesOff at #NewWolseyTheatre last night. Super slickly directed by the fabulous @dougrintoul.bsky.social. Highly choreographed mayhem. What a joy! Get your tickets now…
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/noise...
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/noise...
Really looking forward to this tonight!
Opening Night for this lovely company. Has been a joy to work with them on this beast of a show. Noise Off. New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich.
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Really looking forward to this tonight!
Looking forward to seeing Weer here next week!
HERE. SHE. IS.
Our 'stunning', 'jaw-dropping' & 'game-changing' new venue, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
(thanks @walthamforestecho.bsky.social TimeOut & @whatsonstage.bsky.social 💋)
📷️ David Levene
Our 'stunning', 'jaw-dropping' & 'game-changing' new venue, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
(thanks @walthamforestecho.bsky.social TimeOut & @whatsonstage.bsky.social 💋)
📷️ David Levene
May 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking forward to seeing Weer here next week!
Such a dream to be repped by the brilliant Mark and Lily at Curtis Brown. I feel very lucky to get to work with them both ✏️
www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/marth...
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April 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Such a dream to be repped by the brilliant Mark and Lily at Curtis Brown. I feel very lucky to get to work with them both ✏️
www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/marth...
www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/marth...
Looking forward to this!
⏳ ONE MONTH TO GO ⏳
The clock’s ticking... Boys from the Blackstuff hits our stage in just 30 days. Gritty, powerful, and more relevant than ever – don’t miss this unmissable piece of British theatre.
🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/4cg7loO
#BoysFromTheBlackstuff #MercuryTheatre #OneMonthToGo #Colchester
The clock’s ticking... Boys from the Blackstuff hits our stage in just 30 days. Gritty, powerful, and more relevant than ever – don’t miss this unmissable piece of British theatre.
🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/4cg7loO
#BoysFromTheBlackstuff #MercuryTheatre #OneMonthToGo #Colchester
April 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Looking forward to this!
Off to #INKFestival25 today to run this workshop (and generally be part of the festival festivities!) Only 2 tickets left, so come along 1-2:30 at Halesworth Library 🖊️
www.inkfestival.org/events/how-t...
www.inkfestival.org/events/how-t...
How to get Noticed - Martha Loader — INK
Join Martha Loader for a practical workshop on how to get your play noticed by the industry. From script competitions to approaching new writing theatres, how can you make your work stand out from the...
www.inkfestival.org
April 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Off to #INKFestival25 today to run this workshop (and generally be part of the festival festivities!) Only 2 tickets left, so come along 1-2:30 at Halesworth Library 🖊️
www.inkfestival.org/events/how-t...
www.inkfestival.org/events/how-t...
Looking forward to #INKFestival 24-27 April. I’m running a workshop on Saturday 26th - ‘How to get your play noticed’. It’ll be fun and practical so hope to see people there! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hal...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Looking forward to #INKFestival 24-27 April. I’m running a workshop on Saturday 26th - ‘How to get your play noticed’. It’ll be fun and practical so hope to see people there! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hal...
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📣 Applications closing soon!
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📣 Applications closing soon!
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
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Four of my plays have been used unlicensed by Meta to train their planet-eating plagiarism engine. Please register your disgust here:
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Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
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April 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Four of my plays have been used unlicensed by Meta to train their planet-eating plagiarism engine. Please register your disgust here:
Happy #WorldTheatreDay! Here are a few joyous theatre moments from the past year…
March 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy #WorldTheatreDay! Here are a few joyous theatre moments from the past year…
Having been researching ‘restorative justice’ for my own work, it was exciting to see James Graham tackle it with such sensitivity and humour in ‘Punch’ at YV. Especially moving when the audience broke into spontaneous applause after one particular scene. Exciting to see theatre have such resonance
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Having been researching ‘restorative justice’ for my own work, it was exciting to see James Graham tackle it with such sensitivity and humour in ‘Punch’ at YV. Especially moving when the audience broke into spontaneous applause after one particular scene. Exciting to see theatre have such resonance
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Could you be our new Artistic Director/CEO?
Following the news that Clare Slater will step down this summer, we're pleased to announce that recruitment is now live.
Applications close Friday 11 April.
Full details: hightide.org.uk/about-high-t...
Following the news that Clare Slater will step down this summer, we're pleased to announce that recruitment is now live.
Applications close Friday 11 April.
Full details: hightide.org.uk/about-high-t...
March 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Could you be our new Artistic Director/CEO?
Following the news that Clare Slater will step down this summer, we're pleased to announce that recruitment is now live.
Applications close Friday 11 April.
Full details: hightide.org.uk/about-high-t...
Following the news that Clare Slater will step down this summer, we're pleased to announce that recruitment is now live.
Applications close Friday 11 April.
Full details: hightide.org.uk/about-high-t...