Director, Author, Playwright
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Martin Jago is a British interdisciplinary theatre director and writer who
specializes in Shakespeare and contemporary retellings of classical texts.
He is the author of To Play or Not to Play: 50 Games for Acting Shakespeare,
with a foreword by Hollywood actor and Shakespeare teacher, Alfred Molina and
published by Smith & Kraus, the largest seller of theatre trade books worldwide.
His second book, ESL Shakespeare: 101 Everyday Phrases was published in
September 2013.
Martin is the Founding Artistic Director of RAZE THE SPACE's Global Theatre Project,
and Director of project154.com, an educational resource online that is home to
recordings of Shakespeare's sonnets. A unique feature of the project are the
contributing artists: 154 professional actors from around the globe.
Passionate about actor education and training he has instructed thousands of
student actors and professionals alike. He has taught at The Actor's Centre,
London and ran on-camera acting classes for one of Britain's leading drama
schools. Today, he runs regular classes in Los Angeles.
He trained as an actor at RWCMD and is about to undertake his Masters in
Creative Writing at The University of Oxford.
specializes in Shakespeare and contemporary retellings of classical texts.
He is the author of To Play or Not to Play: 50 Games for Acting Shakespeare,
with a foreword by Hollywood actor and Shakespeare teacher, Alfred Molina and
published by Smith & Kraus, the largest seller of theatre trade books worldwide.
His second book, ESL Shakespeare: 101 Everyday Phrases was published in
September 2013.
Martin is the Founding Artistic Director of RAZE THE SPACE's Global Theatre Project,
and Director of project154.com, an educational resource online that is home to
recordings of Shakespeare's sonnets. A unique feature of the project are the
contributing artists: 154 professional actors from around the globe.
Passionate about actor education and training he has instructed thousands of
student actors and professionals alike. He has taught at The Actor's Centre,
London and ran on-camera acting classes for one of Britain's leading drama
schools. Today, he runs regular classes in Los Angeles.
He trained as an actor at RWCMD and is about to undertake his Masters in
Creative Writing at The University of Oxford.
