MARTIN LYTTON
Previous Works
Published/Performed Works
Poetry:
‘The Grave of Whispered Things’ August 2009 Lapwing press Northern Ireland.
Theatre:
‘Prospects’ as part of ‘We’ll meet again’ Everyman, 2008 Director: Kirstie Davies.
‘The Secret Testament of John Shakespeare’ rehearsed reading November 2008 Everyman Studio. Director: Camille Cowe
‘Julia’ as part of ‘Coronation’ Everyman Studio July 2009. Director Paul Milton
‘Lazarus’ rehearsed reading Everyman Studio November 2009
‘Lazarus’ full professional run, Studio Everyman Jan 2010. Director, Paul Milton
‘The Last Supper of Paolo Veronese’ rehearsed reading Everyman studio October 2010. Director: Jennie Wicks.
‘Sandcastle’ as part of ‘Writes of Spring’, Studio Everyman March 2011. Director: Peter Leslie Wild.
Commission from National Star College Cheltenham in association with The Everyman : ‘A Dark Stage’ Two week tour of Gloucestershire venues June 2011. Director Camille Cowe/Paul Milton. Writing for actors with disabilities.
Winner of Tobacco Factory , Bristol, ScriptSpace national playwriting competition 2011 with ‘The Girl From Sparta Road.’ R&D in the Tobacco Factory, with Lee Lyford directing.
‘Loot’ and ‘Show and Tell’ as part of Everyman Youth Theatre Autumn season November 2011
November 2012 Commissioned to write full length play for Everyman Youth Theatre: ‘Green Jack’.
One-act play ‘The Sentence’ long-listed for Kenneth Branagh prize 2013
Returning Fire’ Rehearsed reading Subscription rooms Stroud, Director John Basset October 2013
‘Alice’ Children’s play commissioned by Everyman Theatre for National Star College schools tour summer 2014. Commission was to write a play suitable for small children 5yrs to 11 using once again disabled actors for a school tour. Challenging and entertaining.
Co-writer (with John Bassett) of Juke-box musical ‘Being Alive’ Focus Theatre company, Director Sheila Mander ,May 2015.
‘The Sentence’ on tour in Gloucestershire and the South West 2016. Director John Bassett
‘Twenty-One Pounds’ , May 2017. Commission from Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, a story based on truth about the abolition of slavery in 1834. Director Paul Milton. Studio theatre Everyman followed by Gloucestershire tour.
‘Sleepwalk’ a ten minute play that was written after a series of workshops with Tamasha Theatre Company as part of the ‘Displaced’ season. Director Chloe Masterson.
‘Coping’ A ten minute curtain raiser being shown at the Hamilton Art Centre, Bristol 15th -19th November 2016. This was a piece that was submitted to Theatre West after an invitation to local writers . One of six curtain raisers to be picked from around 50 submissions. Directed by Kyle Pryke.
Facilitator for joint project ‘[UN]HEARD’ between P3 charity, Everyman theatre and Imove arts. Project is getting homeless people to tell their own story and to produce a site-specific theatre piece. Project first phase complete Oct 2017. Second phase with performance to be performed Oct 2018 in connection with Cheltenham literary festival.
‘Enclosure’ Play commissioned by Pricking Thumbs theatre opens in Everyman studio then subsequent tour April 2018. Director Kirstie Davis.