Simon Marshall

Simon Marshall is an award-winning playwright, writing facilitator and dramaturg from Derbyshire, living in Sheffield. His writing explores sense of place and belonging. His play in defence of adventurous mothers won the inaugural VCA Playwriting Award, debuting at The Glitch in Summer 2025, and published with Methuen Drama / Bloomsbury. His audio-play kilburn (not london) has been heard worldwide, and his play BONFIRE toured regionally in winter 2023 and was described as ‘honest, brave and sharply funny’ by critic Lyn Gardner. 

Other credits include: VR Odyssey with Plus One (Stage Award winner for Digital Project of the Year 2023), The Fossil Kids (Sheffield Theatres) and Below Decadence (Camden People’s Theatre).

He is a member of the 2025-26 cohort of the INSPIRE programme at Hampstead Theatre, led by Simon Stephens, and is a former Associate Artist for Derby Theatre and Associate Poet for Derby Poetry Festival. He was under commission with The Old Vic for Play Your Part, writing the script 'Zoom In and Zoom Out'.