Matthew Hurt

Writer

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Film, TV & Theatre

Film, TV & Theatre

Matthew is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright and short story writer. His plays have been produced across the UK and internationally. For the screen, he has written several episodes of EastEnders (BBC One) and has three feature length screenplays under commission.

Hello Muscles, his short film, has just started playing on the festival circuit. It has won several awards including Best UK Short at the Manchester Film Festival and an audience award and an honourable mention for Best Live Action Short at the Cleveland International Film Festival.

His short story - A Man in Half - was placed second in the Costa Short Story Awards. He has also written two plays for BBC Radio 4 and is the writer and co-creator of the web series UnPacking.

Matthew’s last play, The Man Jesus, premiered at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, prior to a UK tour and was nominated for an Irish Times Best New Play award. Subsequent productions have been staged at the Market Theatre (Johannesburg), the Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees (in Afrikaans) and in Rome (in Italian). 

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CHARLIE

Dan Films & Amérique Film

English remake of French-Canadian feature length film 'Charlotte a du Fun'

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Screen Ireland

Screenplay co-written with Michael Creagh; Hannah Quinn attached to direct

SINGLE ROSE

Dan Films

An original feature length screenplay commission; Catherine Morshead attached to direct

Theatre

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THE MAN JESUS

2013 - 2020

- UK Tour inc Belfast & West End
- Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees, South Africa
- Market Theatre (JHB)
- OFF-OFF Theatre, Rome, Italy

Writer.
2014 UK tour produced by Ros Povey, Zoe Simpson & James Seabright with the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
2016 South Africa production in Afrikaans translation by Charles J. Fourie; starring André Lombard.
2017 Market Theatre production directed by Robert Whitehead; starring Lebohang Toko.
2020 Italian production in Italian translation by Jacopo Ciufoli; starring Roberto Ciufoli; directed by Maurizio Panici.
Nominated for Irish Times Best New Play 2013

SAILING SOMEWHERE

2019

Homer Simpson Productions & Little Red Monkey
Brasserie Zédel, London.

Writer.
Starring Suanne Braun.

ANTAR

2017

Carnegie Hall, New York/Orchestre National de Lyon

Writer.
A co-adaptation/translation with Sarah Vermande of Amin Maalouf's text for Ravel's Antar; performed by Thomas Hampson with Orchestre National de Lyon.

TUESDAYS AT TESCO'S

2011 - 2016

- Assembly Hall, Edinburgh
- The MAC, Belfast
- Home Theatre, Manchester
- 59E59 Theaters, New York

Writer.
2011 Edinburgh adaptation and translation, with Sarah Vermande, of Emmanuel Darley's play 'Mardi a Monoprix'; starring Simon Callow; published by Nick Hern Books.
2014-16 Manchester production produced by Tangled Web.
2014-15 Belfast production produced by Theatre of Pluck; starring Peter Quigley.
2015 New York production produced by Richard Darbourne; starring Simon Callow.
Winner of Edinburgh Fringe First award.

THE SECRET AGENT

2013

- Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
- Young Vic, London
- UK tour

Writer.
A collaboration with Theatre O; premiered as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, followed by a sold-out run at the Young Vic.
Published by Oberon Books

SAILING SOMEWHERE

2011

Theatre on the Square, Johannesburg, South Africa

Writer.
Starring Fiona Ramsey; with original songs by Conor Mitchell

BELIEVE

2006 - 2011

- Finborough Theatre, London
- Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
- New End Theatre, London
- Adelaide Festival, Australia
- UK Tour
- Norrbottens Teatern, Sweden

Writer.
Feat. on BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour, listed in The Times' Top Five 'Must See' shows in London.

HAVE A NICE LIFE!

2006 - 2010

- New World Stages, New York
- Philadelphia, USA
- Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York

Writer.
2006 New York production features music by Conor Mitchell; headlined the New York Musical Theater Festival; published by Weinberger's, UK
2008 Philadelphia production produced by Nice People Theatre Co.
2010 New York production produced as part of New York International Fringe Festival.

SINGING! DANCING! ACTING!

2003 - 2010

- Soho Theatre, London
- La Foire Saint-Germain, Paris
- Theatriki Skini, Athens

Writer.
2003 London production were benefit performances for the Operating Theatre Co.; starring Simon Callow, Rula Lenska and Josie Walker.
2004 Paris production produced by the International Institute of Performing Arts as 'Chanter!Danser!Jouer!' in French translation by Sarah Vermande.
2009-10 Greece production in Greek translation by Erricos Belies.
No.1 in The Times' Top Five 'Must See' shows in London.

MORTAL LADIES POSSESSED

2005 - 2009

- UK Tour
- 59E59 Theaters, New York
- Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
- Teatro delal Contraddizione, Milan

Writer.
A one-woman show based on the stories of Tennessee Williams & part of the 2005 "Brits Off-Broadway". Starring Linda Marlowe.

PROLOGUE

2007

Shakespeare's Globe, London

Writer.
Commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe for their International Artists' Fellowship public showing.

PESACH

2007

Waterfront Hall, Belfast

Writer.
A dance cantata with music by Conor Mitchell; commissioned and produced by Youth Music Theatre: UK.

Drama

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HELLO, MUSCLES

2023

Prod: Alex Newland, Emily Carlton, Linda Marlowe

Short Film.
Directed by Marnie Baxter; starring Richard Rankin and Kate Dickie.

EASTENDERS

2018 - 2022

BBC1

Writer.

Online

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UN/PACKING

2017

Little Red Monkey

5-episode web series co-created with director Oli Mason.

Radio

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KINGDOM OF CLOUD

2015

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio Drama. Starring Anne-Marie Duff & Neil Pearson.

PHUMZILE

2009

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio Drama. Starring Nadine Marshall, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett & Stephen Hogan.