Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow

Lydia Marchant is a writer for stage, screen and audio. She was one of eight writers selected for the BBC’s Writers Academy 19/20 led by John Yorke and since has written for Holby City and multiple episodes of Casualty and EastEnders. She co-wrote romcom Never Too Late (Vertigo Films) with Simon Warne, for Channel 5's Play For Today anthology series, which will be aired in late 2025.  Her debut full-length play MUMSY, about parenthood on a 0 hour contract, premiered in at Hull Truck Theatre and is published by Nick Hern Books. (‘Brilliant bittersweet comedy about the family way’ - The Guardian ****).  She is also under commission with Hull Truck Theatre, developing a new play about women’s Sunday League football.  She is currently writing for Wondery’s Spotlight Award-winning British Scandal podcast, presented by Alice Levine and Matt Ford. She has previously written for new Wondery showbiz series Terribly Famous. She also worked on an original 8-part podcast, Last Soviet, presented by NSYNC’s Lance Bass (‘impressive and interesting’ - The Guardian).   Lydia 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 Leeds Playhouse, Soho Theatre, Writing Squad, National Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Royal Court and BFI. She has taught at UAL, York University and Hull University and runs the Introduction To Playwriting course at Hull Truck Theatre.