The Piano Lounge, PizzaExpress Live’s newest venue, is based in the heart of the West End, close to Covent Garden, Soho and ‘Theatreland’. Every Thursday and Friday night, you can expect to be entertained by world class pianists and singers, with special guest performers from the worlds of jazz, soul and musical theatre. This very spcial evening will be hosted by Nathan Martin.
Nathan Martin
Nathan has performed extensively in concert and cabaret all over the world. He was a regular performer at London’s Pizza On The Park, playing five solo seasons there, including Facing The Music – the Fred Astaire songbook. He was also seen there in Jeff Harnar’s The 1959 Broadway Songbook, Something Wonderful with Craig Rubano and Heather MacRae and Catch Us If You Can with Lee Lessack. Other solo engagements include Jermyn Street Theatre, Covent Garden Theatre Museum, Giardini del Baraccano - Bologna, Don’t Tell Mama – NYC and for Holland America, Saga and Spirit Of Adventure cruises. He currently presents Musical Theatre piano bar evenings around London entitled Let Me Sing And I’m Happy!
Musical Director credits include Closer Than Ever – dir. Richard Maltby Jr. (Jermyn Street), Accidents & Emergencies (Lost), Dorothy Fields Forever (Kings Head), Unite For The Future (Old Vic), Helen Lederer’s One Night Stand (national tour), Elegies (Arts), Nine (Teatro San Martino – Bologna), Assassins (New End), After The Fair (Kings Head) and Starting Here, Starting Now (Waterloo East). He also played piano on The Producers (Drury Lane), Miss Saigon (Drury Lane) and Side By Side By Sondheim (Civic, Chelmsford and The Stables, Wavendon). Workshops include Rebecca, Marguerite and The Wizard Of Oz.
TV includes Popstar to Operastar. Radio includes Performance On 3 and Loose Ends.
For several years Nathan has worked on the MAC award winning show Simply Barbra starring Steven Brinberg, playing worldwide. He has also been Musical Director for such performers as Kaye Ballard, Brent Barrett, Rebecca Caine, David Campbell, Cantabile, Kim Criswell, Debbie Gravitte, Alison Jiear, Jessica Martin, Marin Mazzie, Liliane Montevecchi, Christine Pedi, Marti Webb, Gary Williams, Julie Wilson and albums include Donna McKechnie – Same Place: Another Time (Jay), Simply Barbra – original London cast (TER), Lindsay Hamilton – It’s Me!, James Gillan’s self titled debut album, Linzi Hateley – True Colours, Gay Soper – Flying Fish and Fallen Angels and his own CD – Anywhere With You, available on LML music.
Nathan is a Certified Master Teacher of Estill Voice Training and a member of The British Voice Association. He was a vocal coach for the second series of ITV’s Popstar to Operastar and has taught at The Actor’s Centre, Bird College Of Performing Arts, Drama Studio London and given masterclasses at The Bernstein School of Musical Theatre, Bologna and for Laboratorio IALS Musical di Roma.
In October 2011 Nathan spoke on the Musical Theatre voice at La Voce Artistica international voice conference in Ravenna.
He currently teaches at Mountview and has a private practice where his students range from beginners to established professionals, many performing principal roles in plays and musicals both in the UK and internationally.