Martin Tarr

Martin Tarr is delighted to be back on stage at Carnegie, and feels privileged to be revisiting the role that he sang in our 2006 production in such youthful and talented company!

Martin discovered G&S whilst at school, but didn’t get a taste for the theatre until the 1970s, taking principal roles in Devon and Berkshire before matrimony and fatherhood intervened. He vividly recalls the hot and heavy padding and “Mikado yellow” Pancake make‑up then needed for what became his all-time favourite role of Pooh‑Bah. Later, in Dunfermline, Martin “maintained a low profile” until enticed into DGASS in 1998. Roles other than Pooh‑Bah and Sergeant of Police have included Don Alhambra in The Gondoliers, the Earl of Mountararat in Iolanthe, Major Murgatroyd in Patience and Sir Richard Cholmondeley in The Yeomen of the Guard.

Having always belonged to choirs that tackle challenging repertoire, and with a taste for a capella music, especially madrigals, since 1991 Martin has been a regular member of  the Scottish Chamber Choir.

[from the 2023 programme]

Appearances with Dunfermline Gilbert & Sullivan Society

	2023	The Pirates of Penzance	Sergeant of Police
	2022	Princess Ida	King Hildebrand
	2021	Zoom Mikado	Pooh-Bah
	2018	The Mikado	Pish-Tush
	2016	The Yeomen of the Guard	Sir Richard Cholmondeley
	2013	Patience	Major Murgatroyd
	2012	Princess Ida	King Hildebrand
	2012	Iolanthe	Lord Mountararat
	2011	The Mikado	Pooh-Bah
	2010	Trial by Jury	Foreman of the Jury
	2010	The Sorcerer	Chorus
	2009	The Yeomen of the Guard	Sir Richard Cholmondeley
	2007	The Gondoliers	Don Alhambra del Bolero
	2006	The Pirates of Penzance	Sergeant of Police
	2005	Ruddigore	Old Adam
	2004	Trial by Jury	Usher
	2004	The Mikado	Pooh-Bah
	2003	Iolanthe	Lord Mountararat
	2002	The Zoo	Grinder
	2002	The Yeomen of the Guard	Sir Richard Cholmondeley
	2000	Cox and Box	Sergeant Bouncer
	1999	The Gondoliers	Don Alhambra del Bolero