Martin Jago is a British-American poet, nonfiction writer, and stage director who lives between Los Angeles and London and works internationally. His debut poetry collection, PHOTOFIT (Pindrop Press, 2023), is available for purchase by here.
His poetry and prose have appeared in literary magazines such as Agenda, Acumen, The Moth, Presence, LIT Magazine, The Penn Review, Indianapolis Review, Artillery Magazine, the poetry podcast Poetry Worth Hearing and with forthcoming poetry in The Friday Poem, Blue Unicorn, and Copihue.
A respected authority on acting methods relating to Elizabethan drama, Jago is also the author of four critically-acclaimed books on Shakespeare, published in the US by Smith & Kraus.
Producing Artistic Director at RAZE THE SPACE, the theatre ensemble produces cutting-edge theatre with global focus that stands at the intersection of poetry, theatre, and spoken word, epitomized by events like RAZE's annual international ten-minute play festival at the Mark Taper Auditorium in Los Angeles.
An active member of the L.A. poetry and theatre scenes, Martin is a Steering Committee member of Directors Lab West, a theatre-arts organization providing training for mid-career stage directors and choreographers. He teaches creative writing and acting far and wide, from guest lectureships at University of Oxford to Shakespeare Masterclasses at the Malibu Playhouse.
He holds a Master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford (where he was a F.H. Pasby Prize finalist and recipient of a full HEFCE scholarship) and a Bachelor's in Acting & Theatre from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
His poetry and prose have appeared in literary magazines such as Agenda, Acumen, The Moth, Presence, LIT Magazine, The Penn Review, Indianapolis Review, Artillery Magazine, the poetry podcast Poetry Worth Hearing and with forthcoming poetry in The Friday Poem, Blue Unicorn, and Copihue.
A respected authority on acting methods relating to Elizabethan drama, Jago is also the author of four critically-acclaimed books on Shakespeare, published in the US by Smith & Kraus.
Producing Artistic Director at RAZE THE SPACE, the theatre ensemble produces cutting-edge theatre with global focus that stands at the intersection of poetry, theatre, and spoken word, epitomized by events like RAZE's annual international ten-minute play festival at the Mark Taper Auditorium in Los Angeles.
An active member of the L.A. poetry and theatre scenes, Martin is a Steering Committee member of Directors Lab West, a theatre-arts organization providing training for mid-career stage directors and choreographers. He teaches creative writing and acting far and wide, from guest lectureships at University of Oxford to Shakespeare Masterclasses at the Malibu Playhouse.
He holds a Master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford (where he was a F.H. Pasby Prize finalist and recipient of a full HEFCE scholarship) and a Bachelor's in Acting & Theatre from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
