Martyn Roberts is a multi-award winning lighting designer and Senior Professional Practice fellow at the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ. Martyn has been creating award winning light and set designs for several years both here in NZ and overseas.
He has recently designed Commentary of Dreaming for Company Beck, Wahine Mātātoa for Theatreworks, Company (by Samuel Beckett) and the interactive production The Anderson Localisation, all in the 2025 Dunedin Arts Festival.
In 2024 he worked with Lara MacGregor and Mark McEntyre on the award-winning production of Prima Facie in Dunedin, starring Serena Cotton.
He founded afterburner in 2001, a light and sound collective creating installation/theatre hybrid pieces like Man on the Moon, The Telescope, and Fog and Mirrors, Dark Matter and Dark Radio. Dark Matter featured in the Arts Festival Dunedin 2018.
Dark Matter was transformed into a VR video capture and was exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial 2019 as part of the New Zealand exhibit.
He designed the lighting for Peninsula by Gary Henderson for The Court Theatre in 2005.
Court Shows
- 2025 - The End of the Golden Weather - Lighting Designer