Lydia Marchant
Playwright, Radio/tv/screenwriter
About
Lydia Marchant is a script writer for stage, screen and audio. Her debut full-length play Mumsy, about parenting on a zero-hour contract, was produced by Hull Truck Theatre and is published by Nick Hern books. Her second, Stuck, about Britain’s teaching crisis, was developed with 50 education professionals and Live Theatre as part of their bursary scheme. It was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. She is currently under commission with Hull Truck Theatre, developing a new play about women’s Sunday League football. Her previous theatre credits include: Paines Plough, York Theatre Royal, Derby Theatre, Pilot Theatre, Separate Doors, Middle Child Theatre, Silent Uproar and The Roaring Girls.
She was one of eight writers selected for the BBC’s Writers’ Academy 2019/2020 led by John Yorke. Her TV credits include Holby City, Casualty and EastEnders where she is a regular writer. She also has original work in development with Roughcut TV. She is currently writing for Wondery’s Spotlight Award-winning British Scandal podcast, presented by Alice Levine and Matt Ford and new Wondery showbiz series Terribly Famous. She also worked on an original eight-part podcast, Last Soviet, presented by NSYNC’s Lance Bass.
Lydia has taught playwriting at the University of York and Wimbledon College of Art. She has a Distinction in MA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and has previously taken part in writers’ programmes at The Writing Squad, Leeds Playhouse, Soho Theatre, National Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Royal Court and BFI.