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. In the mid 90s he worked for the Norwegian national film company, Norsk Film, as Construction Manager, on films such as The Sunset Boys, starring Robert Mitchum and Cliff Roberson and Zero Kelvin. In 2008, Musto collaborated with the Norwegian Arts Council and international artists, Jacques Lasalle and Silvio Pukarete to create new drama as well as seminars for the 2008 Nordic ShowcaseNordic Showcase Kultureform Programme 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, retitled to Are You Dik?
Personal life His father, John Musto died in 2013, at the age of 81 in Grangetown. Martin has one sister, Margret.
Credits + Martin Musto's Theatre and Film Credits to date: YearTitleRoleTheatre Company Writer Director1982 Klovner og Engler Actor Teater Beljash Aristofanes (En satirisk Commedia dell'arte-inspirert produksjon) Tim Dalton1982 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Actor Det Norske Teatret Horace McCoy Trond Lie1993 Tobakkens skadelege verknader Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Anton Chekhov Harry Guttormsen1993 Cyrano de Bergerac Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Edmond Rostand Kjetil Bang-Hansen1995 The Sunset Boys Construction Manager Norsk Film Arthur Johansen, Leidulv Risan Leidulv Risan1996 Ein sørgjeleg time Technical Director Det Norske Teatret Bjørn Endreson og Tom Tellefsen Bjørn Endreson og Tom Tellefsen1996 Someone is Going to Come Technical Director Det Norske Teatret Jon Fosse Otto Homlung1998 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 Tindberg1998 Kjærleikens triumf Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Pierre Charlet de Chamblain de Marivaux Olof Lindqvist2001 Tandem Stage Design Det Norske Teatret Issak Esmail Issak Issak Esmail Issak2004 Fear Eats the Soul Producer Det Norske Teatret Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2008 Blue Orange Director Home Theatre Joe Penhall Martin Musto2014 Are You Dik? Designer Soweto Theatre Arthur Schnitzler Robert Coleman
References
External links Martin Musto at Sceneweb