Steph Martin
@stephmartin.bsky.social
Writer and mum x 2
https://bio.site/StephMartinwriter
Next up: “Passion Fruit” co written with Dior Clarke at the Barbican Spring ‘25
https://bio.site/StephMartinwriter
Next up: “Passion Fruit” co written with Dior Clarke at the Barbican Spring ‘25
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Steph Martin
@stephmartin.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I’m a writer for stage and screen. Recently “Juniper and Jules”, “Thirsty” Have recently made a comedy drama pilot and short film with my long time co-writer Dior Clarke. Our play “Passion Fruit” is transferring to Barbican next Spring..
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Parents in the arts sector work in a system that fails to support them adequately. Here, producer and new mother Nora Laraki shares her experience of taking a baby on tour.
Touring, parenthood and the art of making it work - Arts Professional
Parents in the arts sector work in a system that fails to support them adequately. Here, producer and new mother Nora Laraki shares her experience of taking a baby on tour.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Parents in the arts sector work in a system that fails to support them adequately. Here, producer and new mother Nora Laraki shares her experience of taking a baby on tour.
Unfortunately I simply cannot wait to see this and I will see it in the cinema on Valentines Day. youtu.be/3fLCdIYShEQ
"Wuthering Heights" | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Warner Bros.
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Unfortunately I simply cannot wait to see this and I will see it in the cinema on Valentines Day. youtu.be/3fLCdIYShEQ
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11. PILLION. The horniest, queerest, kinkiest thing I have seen in forever. BDSM as hell but also kooky, warm and so suburban and English. I cannot believe this is a debut feature. So many scenes took my breath away. An instant queer classic, thank god films like this are being made! 5/5 #LIFF2025
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
11. PILLION. The horniest, queerest, kinkiest thing I have seen in forever. BDSM as hell but also kooky, warm and so suburban and English. I cannot believe this is a debut feature. So many scenes took my breath away. An instant queer classic, thank god films like this are being made! 5/5 #LIFF2025
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A Level English for Migrants
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A Level English for Migrants
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The Green Party of England and Wales says it now has more members than the Lib Dems: 83,500 to 83,174 with "hundreds more joining daily".
Interestingly, both parties are growing while Reform and the Conservatives are shedding members.
Interestingly, both parties are growing while Reform and the Conservatives are shedding members.
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Green Party of England and Wales says it now has more members than the Lib Dems: 83,500 to 83,174 with "hundreds more joining daily".
Interestingly, both parties are growing while Reform and the Conservatives are shedding members.
Interestingly, both parties are growing while Reform and the Conservatives are shedding members.
This Turning Point UK bollocks has got nothing to do with the culture of this country. It's an entirely American confection. But you can bet your bottom dollar (ha!) that they all consider themselves to be super patriotic. Aside from that: sex and Soho? Maybe 30 years ago. Feckin' eejits
October 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You’re about 400 years too late.
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You’re about 400 years too late.
Off to The Other Palace to see new work “Valhalla” today. Written by Kitty McDonald.
📣MUSICAL BITES LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AUTUMN 2025!
Musical Bites, the lunchtime series of new musical readings, presents 4 early development British musicals in 45-minute workshops.
All tix £5: theotherpalace.co.uk/musical-bites/.
Presented with @mercurymusicals.bsky.social
Musical Bites, the lunchtime series of new musical readings, presents 4 early development British musicals in 45-minute workshops.
All tix £5: theotherpalace.co.uk/musical-bites/.
Presented with @mercurymusicals.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Off to The Other Palace to see new work “Valhalla” today. Written by Kitty McDonald.
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The right (and centre, obvs) is shitting itself over Mamdani because they've found an election they can't fix against the left. They tried everything, he's still winning. So the last desperate thing they're doing is using Sadiq Khan as a cautionary tale coz: both Muslim.
Lol. London's great though.
Lol. London's great though.
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The right (and centre, obvs) is shitting itself over Mamdani because they've found an election they can't fix against the left. They tried everything, he's still winning. So the last desperate thing they're doing is using Sadiq Khan as a cautionary tale coz: both Muslim.
Lol. London's great though.
Lol. London's great though.
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The real horror about this is the fact the US Government are blaming women for Autism
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The real horror about this is the fact the US Government are blaming women for Autism
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
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A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
Love to see it!
Polka Theatre has announced its first fully subsidised schools tour, meaning students across London, Surrey and Essex will see the show completely free of charge 👇
Polka Theatre set to launch first fully funded schools tour
Garek Trust will fully fund Polka Theatre's schools tour of Sisters 360, letting students across London, Surrey and Essex see the show completely free of charge
www.thestage.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Love to see it!
Hate to see it
Spotlight managing director Matt Hood has described Equity’s unsuccessful legal challenge as an "enormous waste of both organisations’ time and resources" and as a "publicity stunt" 👇
Spotlight boss: Equity's legal bid was a money-wasting publicity stunt
Spotlight managing director Matt Hood has described Equity's unsuccessful legal challenge against it as "enormous waste of both organisations’ time and resources" and as a "publicity stunt".
www.thestage.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hate to see it
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Free space. Open access. Room to grow. 🌱
We've teamed up with @newdiorama.bsky.social to launch The Allotment, offering free R&D and rehearsal space in Central London to independent artists by lottery.
Applications for the 1st season are now open now! www.theatredeli.co.uk/theatre-deli...
We've teamed up with @newdiorama.bsky.social to launch The Allotment, offering free R&D and rehearsal space in Central London to independent artists by lottery.
Applications for the 1st season are now open now! www.theatredeli.co.uk/theatre-deli...
August 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Free space. Open access. Room to grow. 🌱
We've teamed up with @newdiorama.bsky.social to launch The Allotment, offering free R&D and rehearsal space in Central London to independent artists by lottery.
Applications for the 1st season are now open now! www.theatredeli.co.uk/theatre-deli...
We've teamed up with @newdiorama.bsky.social to launch The Allotment, offering free R&D and rehearsal space in Central London to independent artists by lottery.
Applications for the 1st season are now open now! www.theatredeli.co.uk/theatre-deli...
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"Offended by flags ha ha ha"
The problem isn't the flags. People put flags up when the St George's Day fete happens in my town. They go up when there's a Euros or World Cup on. You'll see them when it's a big V.E Day, Remembrance Day etc. Nobody gives a shit.
This is a bit different I reckon.
The problem isn't the flags. People put flags up when the St George's Day fete happens in my town. They go up when there's a Euros or World Cup on. You'll see them when it's a big V.E Day, Remembrance Day etc. Nobody gives a shit.
This is a bit different I reckon.
September 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"Offended by flags ha ha ha"
The problem isn't the flags. People put flags up when the St George's Day fete happens in my town. They go up when there's a Euros or World Cup on. You'll see them when it's a big V.E Day, Remembrance Day etc. Nobody gives a shit.
This is a bit different I reckon.
The problem isn't the flags. People put flags up when the St George's Day fete happens in my town. They go up when there's a Euros or World Cup on. You'll see them when it's a big V.E Day, Remembrance Day etc. Nobody gives a shit.
This is a bit different I reckon.
Great to visit @marlowetheatre.bsky.social for the first time and see some Bechdel-test-approved new writing. Compelling mixture of frothy wit 1930’s larky sisterhood with gut punch of political extremism and violence. And those complicit who look the other way.
September 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Great to visit @marlowetheatre.bsky.social for the first time and see some Bechdel-test-approved new writing. Compelling mixture of frothy wit 1930’s larky sisterhood with gut punch of political extremism and violence. And those complicit who look the other way.
We loved “Oaklore” at Kew Gardens last week. Immersive, promenade, interactive and all about the trees 🍃
Taking theatre outside is key to bringing audiences in, says Lyn Gardner.
Read more in The Stage 👇
Read more in The Stage 👇
Lyn Gardner on the impact of taking theatre outside
When art erupts on the streets and you start dismantling some of the barriers to entry, others fall away too, says Lyn Gardner
www.thestage.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We loved “Oaklore” at Kew Gardens last week. Immersive, promenade, interactive and all about the trees 🍃
Be still my beating heart ☔️
August 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Be still my beating heart ☔️
NDT providing artists with what we all need in fair and accessible way.
“Democratising access” 👏
“Democratising access” 👏
August 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NDT providing artists with what we all need in fair and accessible way.
“Democratising access” 👏
“Democratising access” 👏
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Hardly the most important issue or most significant factor, but something I think Sally Rooney (and in different ways Kneecap) shows us is how in Britain, successful Irish artists can be patronisingly adopted as a product of our own cultural sphere, until they're not.
inews.co.uk/news/bbc-und...
inews.co.uk/news/bbc-und...
BBC under pressure to pull Sally Rooney dramas over vow to fund Palestine Action
Former anti-extremism tsar Lord Walney warns the corporation and book publisher Faber & Faber that they may have to 'break ties' with the Irish author
inews.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hardly the most important issue or most significant factor, but something I think Sally Rooney (and in different ways Kneecap) shows us is how in Britain, successful Irish artists can be patronisingly adopted as a product of our own cultural sphere, until they're not.
inews.co.uk/news/bbc-und...
inews.co.uk/news/bbc-und...
I also love working as an access support person for ACE applications and projects. Currently on hold as grantium offline. Can’t get enough of being your PA and general creative, practical, organisational support for both bids and/ or the project itself.
August 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I also love working as an access support person for ACE applications and projects. Currently on hold as grantium offline. Can’t get enough of being your PA and general creative, practical, organisational support for both bids and/ or the project itself.