Aaron Joyner:

Magnormos credits: All productions since inception.  Founder of company.

Aaron Joyner is a producer, director, writer and leading advocate for original Australian musical theatre.

In 2000 he founded Australianmusicals.com (the digital hub for the Australian musical). In 2002 he founded and became the first Artistic Director of Magnormos, a production company specialising in producing both Australian, and landmark international musicals.  

During the past five years his numerous credits for Magnormos include directing Australian premiers of 'Flora the Red Menace' (Kander & Ebb's Broadway debut), 'archy & mehitabel' (Mel Brooks’ Broadway debut), 'Saturday Night' (Sondheim’s first professional musical), and 'The Thing About Men' (Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts), as well as Australian musicals 'The Beauty Spot' (Pratt Prize finalist),  'A Bunch of Ratbags' (the 1966 Pinne & Battye classic Australian musical) and Nick Enright and David Kings landmark musical 'Mary Bryant'.

For the first Magnormos production in 2002, Aaron directed, produced and musically directed his own original adaptation of Working (Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers et al) in which he also performed. Recently he directed the world premiere (2006) of a new Australian musical, Silly Season, for Monash University Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies. 

In 2003 Aaron launched the landmark OzMade Musicals showcase, an annual event to support, promote and expose Australian-written musical theatre.  The event has led to numerous pathways for Australian work including Joe Starts Again performing as part of the inaugural New York Music Theatre Festival, and premiere productions for many musicals including The Beauty Spot and Love Equals.

Aaron is a graduate of Monash University (Bachelor of Performing Arts) and graduated with specialist diploma and certificate qualifications in Small Companies and Community Theatre (NMIT) and Small Business Management (RMIT).

Aaron was recognized for his work as a composer while he was still a teenager. At the age of just sixteen he was invited to join the ABC Young Composers Program and this led to the performance of one of his original orchestral works by the Melbourne Symphony.  By the time he was twenty-one he had written three original musicals, and seen his musical Noraa, successfully staged at Monash University while he was still a student.