Maryam Master is a writer with more than 20 years' experience creating work for stage and screen.
In 2019 she wrote the stage adaptation of David Walliams' best-selling book The Midnight Gang. The show enjoyed a sellout season at the Sydney Opera House and will begin an extensive national tour in 2021. The previous year she wrote an acclaimed adaptation of Walliams' Billionaire Boy, which also toured nationally.
In 2017 Maryam collaborated with Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs on Horrible Harriet: Live on Stage. In 2016, her new version of Mr Stink toured nationally and to the UAE, and was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award.
Maryam started her career in television, writing over 80 episodes of Home and Away (Seven Network). Since then, Maryam has written for many major Australian and international television programs. In 2011 she was selected by Sesame Workshop as the writer for Elmo's tour of Australia, and wrote Elmo and Ollie for Sesame and Nick Jr. Other TV credits include Hoopla Doopla (Beyond), Lah-Lah's Adventures (Stella/Seven Network), Blinky Bill (Yoram Gross), Animalscope (CBeebies), Raggs (Southern Star/Seven Network), Dive Olly Dive (Flying Bark), New Macdonald's Farm (Pacific and Beyond/Nine Network) and Bambaloo (Jim Henson Co./Yoram Gross/Seven Network).
Other stage work includes The Incredible Book Eating Boy (Australian and international tour), Lah Lah's Big Live Band, which debuted to sold-out audiences at the Opera House Concert Hall, and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Jingle Bell Jazz (Sydney Opera House Babies Proms).



