Ursula Martinez is a London based writer, performer and cult cabaret diva.
She studied theatre at Lancaster University and began her career in experimental theatre, working with companies such as
Forced Entertainment and The Glee Club.
In the mid 90’s, she began performing solo on the London club/cabaret circuit and very quickly made a name for herself.
Martinez then combined her experimental theatre background with her cabaret experience. Working with collaborator
Mark Whitelaw she produced
A Family Outing, an autobiographical theatre show starring herself and her parents, which was a huge success at the 1998 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Martinez and Whitelaw produced two more theatre pieces,
Show Off and
OAP. Together with
A Family Outing, they formed a trilogy entitled 'Me, Me, Me!', which was presented at The Barbican in October 2006 as part of B.I.T.E.
Now an established international artist, regularly supported by the British Council, Martinez continues to produce live performance, both solo and collaborative, for theatre, cabaret, site-specific, installation and nightclub. This includes
Office Party, a collaboration with writer/comedian
Christopher Green and her latest theatre show,
My Stories, Your Emails.
Martinez is an original cast member of the contemporary circus/cabaret phenomena
La Clique / La Soirée and performs regularly for virtuoso variety vamps
Medium Rare. She is also an associate artist with iconoclastic performance provocateurs
Duckie, with whom she created the smash-hit Olivier Award winning show
C’est Duckie! Martinez has also made several short films including
Oh Baby! (1997 Dick Award runner-up) and
Venkel’s Syndrome, which premiered at the Berlin International Film festival and won the Silver Spike Award at the 2001 Valladolid International Film Festival.
This is a video of Ursula Martinez performing a magic trick and as she performs she strips. The name given to this trick is Hanky Panky.
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