Martin has a varied career as an actor, singer and musician. He performed as singer/guitarist in rock bands from 16 years of age then trained as an actor at E 15.
After 3 years of rep he portrayed ‘Joseph’ and went on to play other title roles including ‘Tommy’ in the Who’s rock opera, both ‘Jesus’ and ‘Judas’ in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and specialised as ‘Frank ‘n Furter’ in ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ appearing in 5 different productions in the UK, South Africa and Europe over a 15 year period.
He has played principle roles in the West End shows ‘Les Miserables,’ ‘Godspell’ and ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet.’
He continues to have a long association with Opera Della Luna and recently has been performing with The Flying Pickets who are currently working on a new recording.
Martin joined The Shout for the original production of ‘Tall Stories’ in 1999.