| News |
| Western Canada Theatre |
| 15 July, 2011: This fall Jesse will be performing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat with Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, BC. He will be playing Asher and The Butler.
|
| Update: Vancouver |
| 19
February, 2011: Jesse just moved to Vancouver! He will be represented by Kim Barsanti at Muse Artist Management in Vancouver, while maintaining his relationship with Ronda Cooper of The Characters in Toronto. See Contact page for more info.
|
| Reading:
Snow: The Musical |
| 19
December, 2009: In the run-up to the Winter
Olympics, Jesse played the lead in a reading
of a new musical, Snow, at Whistler Village
in BC. You can read a synopsis and listen to
some of their demo tracks here.
|
|
Performance: In Flanders Fields |
| 11 November,
2009: Jesse just wrapped up a nine-week tour
of Ontario with Smile
Theatre, playing First World War poet John
McCrae in a new Canadian musical about his life.
Detailed info here.
|
| Shakespeare
in the Square |
| 19
March, 2009: Jesse will head to Brampton to
this summer to play Theseus in Shakespeare in
the Square's production of A Midsummer Night's
Dream as part of Brampton's Flower City Festival,
directed by Peter Van Wart. |
| Shaw
Festival |
| November
30, 2007: Jesse will be returning for his sophomore
season at the Shaw, appearing as Cyril in The
Stepmother, directed by Jackie Maxwell,
and George Bannerman in After
the Dance, directed by Christopher
Newton. You can read Jesse's Shaw Festival bio
here. |
| Upside-Down
Girl |
| October
26, 2007: The short film in which Jesse co-starred
has won Air Canada's 2007
EnRoute Student Film Festival. Congratulations
to James Vandewater, Kevin Krikst, and everyone
involved! You can watch
the trailer. |
| Shaw
Festival |
| October
15, 2007: You can see Jesse Martyn in the upcoming
tour of the 2007 Shaw Festival production of
Saint Joan at the Chicago
Shakespeare Theatre. The production runs
January to 20th. |
| The
Shaw Festival |
| January
1, 2007: Jesse will be appearing at the Shaw
Festival in
Niagara-on-the-Lake this spring, summer,
and fall. He is pleased to make his debut in
Saint Joan and A Month in the Country.
He will also be a part of a reading of Michel-Marc
Bouchard's Lilies. You can read Jesse's
Shaw Festival bio
here. |
| The
Shaw Festival |
| January
1, 2007: You can see Jesse Martyn at the Shaw
Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake this spring,
summer, and fall. He is pleased to make his
debut in Saint Joan and A Month in
the Country. He will also be a part of a
reading of Michel-Marc Bouchard's Lilies.
You can read Jesse's Shaw Festival bio
here. |
| Upside-Down
Girl |
| November
27, 2006: Jesse just started shooting a short
film, Upside-Down Girl. He plays Simon,
who discovers upon arriving for his first date
with Emily that she is on the ceiling.
|
| Anne
and Gilbert |
| March
15, 2006: Jesse will be returning to Prince
Edward Island to perform the role of Roy Gardiner
in the second production of the Canadian musical
Anne
and Gilbert. The show will run July 12 to
September 3 at the Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre
in Summerside. |
|
Scenes from an Execution |
| February
27, 2006: Jesse begins rehearsals for Howard
Barker's Scenes from an Execution, directed
by Kate Weiss at Studio
Theatre in Edmonton. He'll be playing Urgentino,
the suave Doge of Venice. This is Jesse's
last performance as part of his BFA in Acting
at the University of Alberta. |
| As
You Like It |
| February
9, 2006: As You Like It, directed by
Dean Gilmour opens today at the Studio Theatre.
The show is physical, comic, and highly inventive.
Jesse is playing Oliver, Orlando's nasty elder
brother. |
| As
You Like It |
| January
6, 2006: Jesse begins rehearsals for As You
Like It, directed by Dean Gilmour at Studio
Theatre in Edmonton. He'll be playing Oliver
and First Lord. |
|
| Press
/ Reviews |
|
Review: The Stepmother in the National
Post |
| May
26, 2008: In
his review, Robert Cushman said, "Marla
McLean ... unforcedly projects spirit
and precocious wisdom .... Jesse Martyn
makes her a charmingly impulsive swain."
See the full review here. |
|
Press: Upside Down Girl in EnRoute Magazine |
| December
2008: The
December issue of EnRoute
Magazine featured an article on Upside Down
Girl, the short film in which Jesse co-starred.
Donald Sutherland, one of the celebrity judges
of the 2007
EnRoute Student Film Festival,
had this to say: "Upside-Down Girl felt
like it had true dramatic tension .... Jesse
Martyn was terrific: intelligent, understated." |
|
Review: Scenes from an Execution |
| April
6, 2006:
Edmonton's
See Magazine called Jesse's Doge "chillingly
passive-aggressive" and "played
with a surreal if not sublime edge."
See the full review here. |
| Review:
Scenes from an Execution |
| April
4, 2006:
The Edmonton
Sun said, "The cast all turn in nuanced
performances. Martyn's Doge is an inflated
poseur who becomes more and more silly
and ineffectual." See the full review
here. |
|
Article: As You Like It |
| February
7, 2006:
Read Jesse's interview in The Gateway
here.
"What’s great about this show is
that [Gilmour] combines a keen sense of
creating beautiful images on stage while
still having those images serve the text
and tell a story." |
|
