Marietta Kirkbride
Bristol-based writer and dramaturg. Co-founder and associate of award-winning theatre company Bucket Club (produced by Farnham Maltings).
Represented by Jessica Cooper at Curtis Brown.
South West (Wessex)
Jessica Cooper
+44 (0)20 7393 4488
jessica.cooper@curtisbrown.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7393 4488
jessica.cooper@curtisbrown.co.uk
Radio
2022 ONE FIVE SEVEN YEARS – (writer and series creator) Afonica / BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds
2021 THE TEACHINGS OF SMART TOWN (episode of Angst!) – Afonica / BBC Radio 4
2017 FIRECRACKER (short story) – BBC Radio 4
Theatre
2022 UNTITLED COMMISSION – Watermill Theatre
2021 FIVE CHILDREN AND IT – Bucket Club / The Egg / Theatre Royal Bath. Adapted from the novel by E. Nesbit. Director: Nel Crouch
2021 THE FAIR FIGHT (in development). Adapted from the novel by Anna Freeman. Director: Emma Callander
2020 UTILITY FUNCTION - Tremello Theater / Bristol Old Vic Ferment. Director: Aaron Parsons
2019 OUR CHURCH - Watermill Theatre. Director: Nik Partridge
2019 THE ARRIVALS – The Egg / Theatre Royal Bath. Director: Bryn Holding
2018 THIS WAY UP - Travelling Light Theatre. Director: Aaron Parsons
2017 THE LONG TRICK – Bucket Club / VAULT Festival. Director: Nel Crouch. Winner of The People’s Choice Award at VAULT Festival
2016 THE ORATOR – Theatre West. Director: Chloe Masterton
Dramaturgy
2022 BIRTHMARKED – Bristol Old Vic. Written and performed by Brook Tate. Director: Sally Cookson
2021 OUTLIER – Bristol Old Vic. Written and performed by Malaika Kegode. Director: Jenny Davies
2016 LAUNCH PARTY – Bucket Club / Farnham Maltings. Written and directed by Nel Crouch
2016 FOSSILS – Bucket Club / 59E39 Theatre / Brits Off Broadway. Written and directed by Nel Crouch. Shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence
2016 I CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT SHOES ON MY FEET – National Theatre Scotland. Director: Fiona Mackinnon
2014 GETAWAY - Theater Am Tisch / BE Festival / Birmingham REP. Co-written with the company
2013 LORRAINE & ALAN – Bucket Club. Written by Nel Crouch and Rebecca Ripley. Director: Nel Crouch. Winner of The Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence and a MTN Award for Innovation in Music
2022 ONE FIVE SEVEN YEARS – (writer and series creator) Afonica / BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds
2021 THE TEACHINGS OF SMART TOWN (episode of Angst!) – Afonica / BBC Radio 4
2017 FIRECRACKER (short story) – BBC Radio 4
Theatre
2022 UNTITLED COMMISSION – Watermill Theatre
2021 FIVE CHILDREN AND IT – Bucket Club / The Egg / Theatre Royal Bath. Adapted from the novel by E. Nesbit. Director: Nel Crouch
2021 THE FAIR FIGHT (in development). Adapted from the novel by Anna Freeman. Director: Emma Callander
2020 UTILITY FUNCTION - Tremello Theater / Bristol Old Vic Ferment. Director: Aaron Parsons
2019 OUR CHURCH - Watermill Theatre. Director: Nik Partridge
2019 THE ARRIVALS – The Egg / Theatre Royal Bath. Director: Bryn Holding
2018 THIS WAY UP - Travelling Light Theatre. Director: Aaron Parsons
2017 THE LONG TRICK – Bucket Club / VAULT Festival. Director: Nel Crouch. Winner of The People’s Choice Award at VAULT Festival
2016 THE ORATOR – Theatre West. Director: Chloe Masterton
Dramaturgy
2022 BIRTHMARKED – Bristol Old Vic. Written and performed by Brook Tate. Director: Sally Cookson
2021 OUTLIER – Bristol Old Vic. Written and performed by Malaika Kegode. Director: Jenny Davies
2016 LAUNCH PARTY – Bucket Club / Farnham Maltings. Written and directed by Nel Crouch
2016 FOSSILS – Bucket Club / 59E39 Theatre / Brits Off Broadway. Written and directed by Nel Crouch. Shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence
2016 I CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT SHOES ON MY FEET – National Theatre Scotland. Director: Fiona Mackinnon
2014 GETAWAY - Theater Am Tisch / BE Festival / Birmingham REP. Co-written with the company
2013 LORRAINE & ALAN – Bucket Club. Written by Nel Crouch and Rebecca Ripley. Director: Nel Crouch. Winner of The Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence and a MTN Award for Innovation in Music
Radio, Theatre