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Martin Aukland

Theatre Director Writer Actor Producer

Trained at Jacques Lecoq, currently studying for MSt at Cambridge University

Outstanding Theatre award-winner for one-man Shakespeare, Iago, at the Edinburgh Festival.

Credits include Young Vic, Bristol Old Vic, Tobacco Factory, Unicorn, Pleasance and Royal Court.

Recent creative work has gravitated towards hopes for the planet.

Credits

Bruce Huffman in The Smilin’ State by Noel White (Bristol Old Vic) - Tony Azzarr in Togoland by Daniel Hobson (Bristol Old Vic) - Reuben in Angel by Matt Grinter (Q.E.H.) - Florio in Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford (Lady Windsor) - John Proctor in The Crucible by Arthur Miller (Ustinov Studio Bath) - Albert in Terry Pratchett’s Mort (Edinburgh Festival) - Nick Carter in Red Men by Martin Beaumont (Alma Tavern) - Jarmen in A Box of Matches by Phil John (Bristol Old Vic) - The Narrator in Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim (Winston Theatre) - Tiresias, Cinyras, Pandion, Tholus in Tales From Ovid by Ted Hughes, adapted by Tim Supple & Simon Reade (Wickham Theatre) - Norman in Kangaroo Valley by Toby Farrow (Lady Windsor Theatre) - Guy Gibson in Honeysuckle Cottage (Tobacco Factory) - Fly Me to the Moon by Ed Davey (Tobacco Factory) - Banquo in Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Wickham Theatre) - Grimm Tales (Edinburgh Festival) - Johnny in Panic Play by Deborah Orr (Alma Tavern) - Lord Irwin in 1947 Live ! by Aamir Hussein (outdoor, nr. Nehru Stadium, Delhi) - Humphrey, Harry, Sharpey in Alfie by Bill Naughton (Sudden Theatre, Paris) - I in The Voice That Keeps Silent by David Carter (Alma Tavern) - Nikolai Gogol in The Inhabitants of the Moon are Noses by Steve Hennessy (Alma Tavern) - Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Cambridge Shakespeare Festival) - Claudius in Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Cambridge Shakespeare Festival) - Dexter Brown in Nuts by Vincent Cassar (Alma Tavern) - Him in One More TrickbyAlexBoyt(AlmaTavern) - Nikolai Gogol in The Inhabitants of the Moon are Noses by Steve Hennessy (Blue Elephant London) - Various in School’s Back and Midnight Madness (Tour Spain / Portugal) - Iago / Othello /
Cassio / Emilia / Roderigo in IAGO (Bristol & Edinburgh Festival) - Leonard in On The Line (Royal Court Local) - Ortuno / Juan Rojo in Fuente Ovejuna (Southwark Playhouse) - Monkey Therapist in Untitled (Freshworks - New Vic) - Dorian McGray / Postman in Old Bags (Wimbledon Studio) - Father in Our Saviouress (Pleasance) - Panzergrenadier / Erich in Maille Oublie (Pleasance) - Reader - Wounds and Caresses (Pleasance) - John in The Yellow Wallpaper (Pleasance) - Narrator in Leon and the Place Between R & D (Unicorn) - Pavel Ivanovich Navrotsky in A Place With The Pigs (Unicorn) - Man Diving - Arben (Ustinov Studio - Rehearsed Reading) dir. Mandy Horlock - Owen and the Elephant - Owen (Hackey Wick Festival) dir. Carolina Ortega - You're Going To Miss Me When I'm Gone - Mitch (Alma - Rehearsed Reading) dir. Mandy Horlock - First Draft - Lucas (Brockley Jack - Scratch) dir. Francesca Camozzi - Orpheus in the Underworld - Gimpanzee (Young VIc) dir. Danielle Urbas (Oliver Mears) - Fragments - Sophocles (Cockpit Theatre) dir. Poppy Burton-Morgan - Zatopek - R&D - dir. Danielle Urbas - Hooligan Nights - R & D, one-off performance (Redgrave Theatre) dir. Amanda Horlock - Murder in the Cathedral - Thomas Beckett - (St- Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield) - R&D Embodying Maths - Complicite

Training

Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq

Location

Cambridgeshire

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - short
  • Graphic / product design
  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Photography
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Movement Direction
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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