Martin Paul

Martin

Year of birth: 1996 
Length: 184 cm

Biography

Martin Paul is an actor, performer and artist currently living in Helsinki. His current interests lie in investgating the social structures of art and performance and exploring the performer-body through laziness, anxiety and the grotesque. Martin Paul is a member of the finnish-swedish performance-collective GLITCHER and have together with his colleague Emelie Zilliacus a residency at the Reality Research Center in Helsinki in July 2021. He is also a board member of LUST (the association for the development of swedish theatre in Finland) and is the current director of the swedish Student Theatre in Helsinki.

Dream

I would like to one day play some sort of creature or monster and work with a lot of prostethic makeup.

Special skills

  • singing (baritone)
  • guitar
  • piano
  • percussions
  • bass guitar
  • driving
  • photography
  • writing

Language skills

Swedish (excellent)
English (excellent)
Finnish (good)
Danish (basic)

Thesis

Artistic section

”Antoinette”, Emelie Zilliacus & Martin Paul, premiär: 27.11.2020, Sveriges ambassad i Helsingfors

Written section

Lättja och performativitet: om att vara lat på scenen

Other education

VNF Folk High School, theatre program, 2015-2016

Selected cv

The Swedish Student Theater 2021-2022
Helsinki
Director

The Thing 2019-2020
Teater Viirus
Helsinki Biennale / SAARI20
Performer and concept

Distant Dildos 2020
Hangö Teaterträff/ Yle Arenan
Performer and concept

Elämää Kuoleman Jälkeen (Life After Death) 2020
Citizen Jane Productions, Nordisk Film
Actor

FASHION – et fix af forførelse 2019
Teater Får302
Actor