Martyn Dempsey
Martyn is an actor/writer/Stand Up Comic who trained at East 15 Acting School graduating in 2006 from the BA Acting Course.
Theatre credits include playing Donal in Days of Wine and Roses (Mansfield Palace Theatre), King Edward/Malcolm Wallace in Loyal Wallace, Royal Bruce (Hopscotch Theatre) and Fabrizio/McGurk in development workshops for Geek Love-The Musical (Young Vic). In the world of comedy Martyn regularly performs character based Stand Up Comedy and sketch comedy with his group The Comedymutts most recently presenting Santa’s Not Coming to Dinner at the Hens and Chickens in December 2008. He’s also been making regular Cabaret appearances at the To Be Confirmed at The Tron Theatre Glasgow as well as performing performance poetry at Seeds of Thought at the CCA Glasgow.
Martyn has also worked for a range of other companies including The Tramway, Scottish Opera, Puppet Lab, Nabokov, Mischief La Bas, Fiendish Plot, Scottish Youth Theatre and Relentless Theatre.
As a writer Martyn’s work has also been described as ‘highly distinctive, original and funny’ National Theatre of Scotland Literary Department on The Extra Terrestrials and the Park With the Golden Swing(Ringadingding) (2009). Currently Martyn’s working on a range of new projects for the fringe/comedy circuit for 2009/10.
Martyn also has a huge commitment to working within the field of Community Arts working most recently running the drama aspect of Gallery 37 a five and a half week intensive Multi-Arts Programme for young people taking place Red Road, Drumchapel and Easterhouse. Other work in this field includes working for Impact Arts Creative Pathways programme, working in schools with Bigfoot Theatre and running East 15 Acting School’s Young Peoples Workshops.
Martyn’s CV can be found here