Martin Musto

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Martin Musto
Martin Musto, 2000
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Websitewww.martinmusto.com

Martin Musto is a British-born theatre practitioner based in Oslo, Norway. His work for one of Oslo's National Theatres (Det Norske Teatret) includes, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play, Fear Eats The Soul, Ivar Lindberg's production of Tusen år og like blid and the televised production of The triumph of Love.[1] In the mid 90s he worked for the Norwegian national film company, Norsk Film, as Construction Manager,[2] on films such as The Sunset Boys, starring Robert Mitchum and Cliff Roberson and Zero Kelvin.[3] In 2008, Musto collaborated with the Norwegian Arts Council and international artists, Jacques Lasalle[4] and Silvio Pukarete to create new drama as well as seminars for the 2008 Nordic Showcase[5] In 2008 Musto directed the Scandinavian premiere of the Joe Penhall play Blue Orange with Isaka Sawadogo playing the lead role and in 2014, he travelled to Soweto in South Africa as Production Designer for the Soweto Theatre's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde,[6] retitled to Are You Dik? [7]

Personal life[edit]

His father, John Musto died in 2013, at the age of 81 in Grangetown. Martin has one sister, Margret.[8]

Credits[edit]

Martin Musto's Theatre and Film Credits to date:
Year Title Role Theatre Company Writer Director
1982 Klovner og Engler Actor Teater Beljash Aristofanes (En satirisk Commedia dell'arte-inspirert produksjon) Tim Dalton
1982 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Actor Det Norske Teatret Horace McCoy Trond Lie
1993 Tobakkens skadelege verknader Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Anton Chekhov Harry Guttormsen
1993 Cyrano de Bergerac Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Edmond Rostand Kjetil Bang-Hansen
1995 The Sunset Boys Construction Manager Norsk Film Arthur Johansen, Leidulv Risan Leidulv Risan
1996 Ein sørgjeleg time Technical Director Det Norske Teatret Bjørn Endreson og Tom Tellefsen Bjørn Endreson og Tom Tellefsen
1996 Someone is Going to Come Technical Director Det Norske Teatret Jon Fosse Otto Homlung
1998 Tusen år og like blid Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Are Kalvø og Ragnar Hovland med tekster av Are Kalvø, Ragnar Hovland, Knut Nærum, Per Kristiansen og Ingrid Jørgensen Ivar Tindberg
1998 Kjærleikens triumf Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Pierre Charlet de Chamblain de Marivaux Olof Lindqvist
2001 Tandem Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Issak Esmail Issak Issak Esmail Issak
2004 Fear Eats the Soul Producer Det Norske Teatret Rainer Werner Fassbinder
2008 Blue Orange Director Home Theatre Joe Penhall Martin Musto
2014 Are You Dik? Designer Soweto Theatre Arthur Schnitzler Robert Coleman

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sceneweb". Sceneweb.no. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Martin Musto". IMDb.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). applications.kulturkontaktnord.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Nordic Showcase Kultureform Programme "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Artslink.co.za - Soweto theatre presents 'Are you dik?'". Artlink.co.za. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. ^ "John Musto : Death". Bmdsonline.co.ok. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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