Martin Jago is a British-American theatre director, author and poet who lives between Los Angeles and London and works internationally. He's a respected authority on acting methods relating to Elizabethan and Jacobean texts and the author of four books on Shakespeare. His poetry and prose have been published in literary magazines and journals such as Agenda, The Moth, Acumen, LIT Magazine, Presence, HCE Review and Naugatuck River Review (forthcoming). Most recently, Martin began a new writing adventure in YA Fiction, drawing on his experience as a commissioned playwright for one of the U.K.'s leading Theatre-In-Education companies.
Founder and Producing Artistic Director at RAZE THE SPACE, the theatre ensemble produces cutting-edge contemporary & classical theatre with global focus and community impact epitomized by events such as RAZE's annual international ten-minute play festival at the Mark Taper Auditorium in Los Angeles.
After several years as Associate Producer at Directors Lab West Martin recently became a member of DLW's Steering Committee. He also teaches acting far and wide, from on-camera classes at the Actors Centre London to Shakespeare Masterclasses at the Malibu Playhouse.
Martin was educated at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the University of Oxford.
Founder and Producing Artistic Director at RAZE THE SPACE, the theatre ensemble produces cutting-edge contemporary & classical theatre with global focus and community impact epitomized by events such as RAZE's annual international ten-minute play festival at the Mark Taper Auditorium in Los Angeles.
After several years as Associate Producer at Directors Lab West Martin recently became a member of DLW's Steering Committee. He also teaches acting far and wide, from on-camera classes at the Actors Centre London to Shakespeare Masterclasses at the Malibu Playhouse.
Martin was educated at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the University of Oxford.