Rob Martin

Artistic Director : Pianist : Voice Over Artist
Vocalist : Musical Director : Director

Rob Martin has been professionally involved in theatre and the arts for over 40 years as a Performer, Director, Musical Director, Choreographer, Writer, Producer, Designer, Stage and Company Manager and Piano Accompanist in more than 25 professional productions (too many and varied to list here) and is an internationally recognized Vocal Technician/Coach.

Rob’s life in the arts has taken him around the world enabling him to live and work as a professional theatre practitioner in 6 countries; highlights being the critically acclaimed Production/Direction/Musical Direction of the musicals ‘Into the Woods’ and ‘Children of Eden’, both performed outdoors in the Cumberland State Forest in Sydney: London (vocal coaching and cabaret performer); New York (Off-Broadway run of a new Australian musical ‘Valentino’); Vancouver (Rapunzel’s Prince in ‘Into the Woods’); and throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, USA, Canada, Egypt, Jordan and The Mediterranean (various Cruise Line contracts as lead singer, featured cabaret artist and dancer).

Rob has recently returned to Australia after 7 years living in New Zealand. Productions in NZ during that time include EVITA, SCDL 2015(Musical Director); SHREK JNR., Roncalli College 2016 (Musical Director); AVENUE Q, SCDL 2017 (Musical Director); BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SCDL 2018 (Musical Director). Cabaret shows THE SOUND OF MUSICALS 2018, PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ 2019, HOLDING HIS OWN ON THE THRONE 2019, GRASP YOUR ASP 2020, CABARET 241 in 2020 and the children’s musical A COW NAMED COW 2017 (Director, Musical Director, Choreographer, Executive Producer, Arranger and Pianist)

Rob Martin Productions currently produces an extensive range of entertainment throughout Australasia, along with his very successful ‘Voice Studio’ and artist development tuition programs and is currently the largest supplier of Christmas entertainment in Australasia with his ‘Voices of Christmas’ choirs.

He is vocal coach for some of Australia’s finest singers who have and are currently performing in professional musicals in Australia and the UK.

Once Covid is managed, Rob will be working with a Broadway Producer in New York and with venues across Australasia to internationally produce his original cabaret shows and musicals.

He is currently devising new cabaret works as well as reworking the original Australian musical PIONEERS, co-written with award winning composer Gregory Peterson, which is being produced by multi-Tony award winning Broadway Producers for an Off-Broadway showing post Covid, and prior to that an Australian showing is planned.