Elana Martin, BA
Elana trained as an actress at Central, graduating in 2009. Since then she has performed in several Shakespeare plays and sung at The Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms.
Elana is one of the Artistic Directors of a new theatre company – Unfinished Theatre, working with young writers to develop stimulating character driven plays and cabarets.
She began teaching the Musical Theatre course for Saturday Youth Theatre in 2010.
Research interests:
- Social, political and cultural impacts on the creative process
- Accents and dialects
- Primitive voice
- The transition from text into song
Funding awards:
BBC Performing Arts Fund, 2008
Productions:
Singer, Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Celebration – David Charles-Abell, BBC Proms at The Royal Albert Hall, 2010
Desdemona, Othello – Ricky Dukes, Lazarus Theatre, 2010
Olivia, Twelfth Night – Lynn Farleigh, Lost Theatre, 2010
Portia, Julius Caesar – Ricky Dukes, Lazarus Theatre, 2009
Receptionist, Will Young Hopes & Fears music video – Chris Sweeney, Colonel Blimp, 2009
GP/Psychiatrist/Hospital Doctor, Oliver’s Army – Fiona Laird, Central School of Speech and Drama, 2009
Baby Jane, Jerry Springer: The Opera – Jenny Quayle, Central School of Speech and Drama, 2009
Helen, The Love of the Nightingale – Phillip Joseph, Central School of Speech and Drama, 2008