About Martin O'Connor
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Martin O’Connor is a theatre-maker, performer and poet from Glasgow. He is interested in exploring ideas of Scottish representation and identity through theatre and poetry, with particular interests in Scots, Gaelic and verbatim. He makes work for solo performance as well as with, and for, other people. Throughout his career, Martin has worked with The Arches, the Tron Theatre, The Citizens Theatre, Scottish Opera, National Theatre of Scotland, Glasgow Life, National Galleries of Scotland, Magnetic North, Platform and Paines Plough.
Central to his performance work is participation and creating work with people. He has worked in Further Education and has been director of the Tron Theatre Young Company since 2012. In 2012, Martin completed a Master of Arts in Education (Equality and Diversity) where he specialized in the transformative practice of participatory performance.
His work has been developed and supported by Creative Scotland, Playwright’s Studio Scotland and the artist development programme Team Effort. He has held Writer in Residence posts with National Theatre of Scotland, Children's Hospices Across Scotland and Firefly Arts. He is currently the Creative Writer at Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow.
Martin is based at the Tom McGrath Writer's Room, CCA, Glasgow. Use the contact page to get in touch via email, Twitter or Facebook.
Martin O’Connor is a theatre-maker, performer and poet from Glasgow. He is interested in exploring ideas of Scottish representation and identity through theatre and poetry, with particular interests in Scots, Gaelic and verbatim. He makes work for solo performance as well as with, and for, other people. Throughout his career, Martin has worked with The Arches, the Tron Theatre, The Citizens Theatre, Scottish Opera, National Theatre of Scotland, Glasgow Life, National Galleries of Scotland, Magnetic North, Platform and Paines Plough.
Central to his performance work is participation and creating work with people. He has worked in Further Education and has been director of the Tron Theatre Young Company since 2012. In 2012, Martin completed a Master of Arts in Education (Equality and Diversity) where he specialized in the transformative practice of participatory performance.
His work has been developed and supported by Creative Scotland, Playwright’s Studio Scotland and the artist development programme Team Effort. He has held Writer in Residence posts with National Theatre of Scotland, Children's Hospices Across Scotland and Firefly Arts. He is currently the Creative Writer at Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow.
Martin is based at the Tom McGrath Writer's Room, CCA, Glasgow. Use the contact page to get in touch via email, Twitter or Facebook.