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Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 5 a.m.

Martin Lynch is a playwright from Belfast, Northern Ireland who started out in Community Theatre at Turf Lodge before being appointed Resident Playwright at the Lyric. \xa0 \xa0 A 35-year career has seen Martin's work produced in many parts of the world including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Brighton Festival, the USA, Romania, Russia, Canada and Australia. \xa0 \xa0 He's also written many plays for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and co-wrote the screenplay for the Sam Goldwyn film, A Prayer For The Dying\xa0starring\xa0Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins\xa0and\xa0Liam Neeson. \xa0 \xa0 Martin was recently elected to the Irish association of artists Aosd\xe1na whose previous members include Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel. \xa0 \xa0 In today's episode we talk about:

• Growing up in a one-up-one-down house of 12
• Martin's first jobs (cloth-cutter and dock worker)
• Articulating the working-class voice
• And pet lions.

\xa0 This episode was recorded live over Zoom as part of the Cathedral Quarter Out To Lunch Festival. Big thanks to them for giving us the opportunity and making today's show possible. \xa0 \xa0 Check it out. \xa0 // \xa0 Webpage for episode: https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/martin-lynch-playwright \xa0 \xa0 Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 180+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland. \xa0 \xa0 To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/ \xa0 \xa0 Cheers! \xa0 \xa0 \u2014 Matt