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Martin Lynch (Playwright) Born and brought up in Belfast, Martin has combined his roles of producer and writer for 25 years. He has written plays for the Turf Lodge Fellowship Community Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Arts Theatre, Charabanc Theatre (all Belfast) and the Project and Abbey Theatres, Dublin. He was Writer-In-Residence at The University Of Ulster, 1985-88.

His plays have also been produced at theatres across Europe and the USA. A production of Dockers was recently nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award. His best-known stage plays include The Interrogation Of Ambrose Fogarty, Rinty, The Stone Chair, Holding Hands At Paschendale and (with Grimes & McKee) The History Of The Troubles (accordin’ to my Da).

He has written several plays for BBC Radio 4, including Needles and Pinsa and an adaptation of Ibsen’s Enemy Of The People (2006). His Short Story, Jamesy Baker and the 22 Walls was read on Radio 4 and nominated for a Sony Award. For television Martin wrote the pilot sitcom, Sailortown for Central Television. Martin co-wrote the screenplay for the Sam Goldwyn film, A Prayer For The Dying starring Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins and Liam Neeson (1987).

For GBL Productions Martin produced A Night In November, starring Patrick Kielty at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, Olympia Theatre, Dublin and The Trafalgar Theatre, London. In the same year he produced The Interrogation Of Ambrose Fogarty for the Grand Opera House and a Northern Irish tour. In 2009 he produced Lay Up Your Ends – a play he co-wrote with Charabanc Theatre Co. - along with the revival of his 2008 production of Marie Jones’ Women On The Verge Of HRT all at the Grand Opera House. Following the huge success of Dancing Shoes-The George Best Story

Last Year Green Shoot Productions premiered Martin’s play, Chronicles of Long Kesh in Belfast before going on to become one of the big hits of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, winning Best Ensemble produciton at the Stage Awards, followed by a highly successful run at The tricycle Theatre, London, the company are now looking forward to a world tour taking in Ireland, the UK, Australia and the USA in 2011.

This year Green Shoot Productions brought Martin’s adaptation of a Sam Thompson play Over The Bridge to the Waterfront Studio, Belfast.

Martin was recently awarded the Ulster Tatler Arts Person Of The Year Award and is currently writing a new play for Green Shoot Productions.