London based theatre maker, performer and director

Ursula
Martinez

Martinez makes bold, innovative, funny, disruptive and accessible live performance, often drawing on autobiography, lived experience and the body to explore wider contemporary issues and human behaviours.


Nakedness (literal and emotional) is often involved.

News/Events

Evita Too

After two smash hit seasons at Southbank (London) and Edinburgh Fringe, we got plans.
Watch this space.

Best Theatre Show

Casting Lear won the MAX Award for Best Theatre Show!!!

21 years of La Clique

Lured out of retirement, I dusted off my red hanky to perform in La Clique, celebrating their 21st anniversay!

Quotes

‘…a writer and performance artist whose cabaret turns in venues throughout Britain have earned her a cult following.’

The Independent On Sunday

‘Ursula Martinez is a truly clever comic and an outstanding performer.’

Australian Stage

‘Tough and vulnerable, adventurous and foolhardy….Martinez treads where few performers dare to go.’

Sydney Morning Herald

‘I have a hunch that in a few years’ time Ursula Martinez will be formally adopted as a national treasure.’

The Daily Telegraph

‘Martinez always manages to deliver more than she promises…….which is, perhaps, why she’s well worth stalking.’

Herald Sun (Australia)

‘Martinez’s stage performances look deceptively simple: but this is a contrivance that allows Martinez to undertake highly complex investigations into reality and fiction, autobiography and lies, and the nature of identity itself, her own most of all.’

The Guardian