Martin Duncan
Martin Duncan is a leading director of opera, theatre and musical theatre, a writer, composer and choreographer.
Martin was previously Artistic Director at the Nottingham Playhouse and then at Chichester Festival Theatre and has directed for many of the worlds leading opera houses and theatres. He is currently Associate Artistic Adviser for the Cultural Olympics.
Martin was born in London and trained as a stage manager at The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
He first joined Philip Hedley’s ensemble at the Lincoln Theatre Royal in 1968 as an Assistant Stage Manager – and within two months found himself onstage in Mike Alfreds’ production of "The Government Inspector".
For the following 20 years, he has shared his time between acting and composing music – working in the acting ensembles of the Northcott Theatre Exeter, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, the Crucible Theatre Sheffield (where, in 1988, he was appointed an Associate Artist) and at repertory theatres all round the UK. He also appeared in the West End, on film and TV. In 1990, Opera North invited him to direct his first opera.
