John Martin (Artistic Director) is a co-founder of PAN. He trained at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris after gaining a degree in Drama from Bristol University. He spent three years performing with companies such as La Mama ETC (New York), Stockholm City Theatre, and the Arts Theatre in London before co- founding Pan Project in 1986. With over fifty productions to his credit in countries as widespread as Sweden, Germany, France, Nigeria, the USA, India and South Africa, his knowledge of world performance traditions is unique in Britain. Recent credits include Shakti and Sita's Daughters (on contemporary women's issues), Itan Kahani (on the dangers of social manipulation in traditional story telling as well as directing performances exploring youth suicides (Germany), and religious rivalry (Calcutta, India). John Martin taught Britain's first course in non-western theatre techniques and their accompanying philosophies at Goldsmiths' College, and regularly teaches at other universities. He is a London Arts dance advisor, a Board member of Union Dance Company ( London ) and Secretary of the Commonwealth Theatre Laboratory. He is author of The Intercultural Performance Handbook (Routledge).