Martin Jago is a British-American poet, nonfiction writer, and stage director who lives between Los Angeles and London and works internationally. His poetry collection, Photofit is published June 2023 (Pindrop Press).
A respected authority on acting methods relating to Elizabethan drama, he is the author of four critically-acclaimed books on Shakespeare, published in the US by Smith & Kraus.
His prose and poetry has been published in literary magazines such as Agenda, Acumen, The Moth, Presence, HCE Review, LIT Magazine, and The Penn Review.
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 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 Drama.
A respected authority on acting methods relating to Elizabethan drama, he is the author of four critically-acclaimed books on Shakespeare, published in the US by Smith & Kraus.
His prose and poetry has been published in literary magazines such as Agenda, Acumen, The Moth, Presence, HCE Review, LIT Magazine, and The Penn Review.
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 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 Drama.
