Martin Kent is the stage name of Martin Miguens Latorre, born in the town of Bernal, from a family of artists. His mother is Margarita Latorre and his father is Carlos Alberto Miguens, a folk singer known as `Cachito del Sur´. Through his father’s friend, the Italian actor Gianni Lunadei, and his godfather, musician Jaime Torres, they were an influence on his childhood. He studied Drama School for children at the Biblioteca Publica y Complejo Cultural Mariano Moreno in Bernal alongside his primary studies, and later continued his studies in aviation engineering at the EET 7 Quilmes Regional Workshop (IMPA) before leaving to work as a cadet in the Film and Television Production Company Aries Cinematográfica Argentina, under the tutelage of director Fernando Ayala.
Career
At age 17 (1985), he met the master of impersonations at the Maipo Theater, the Cuban Frankie Kein, and master of dance and performance, the English artist Lindsay Kemp, who influenced him with his school of art. He traveled with his family to Ibiza[1] where he worked as an animator in the hotel chain of businessman and politician Abel Matutes. In 1987, he was invited to perform impersonating Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley, and Tom Jones (singer) at the Ibiza Grand Casino along with internationally known figures such as Boney M, The Drifters, and The Platters for 3 consecutive seasons.
In 1991, he left the island to settle in Benidorm, an internationally known leisure center where he established and assembled numerous Café-concert productions for the entertainment industry, including King Kong and S.O.S Titanic.
In 2010, he traveled to Argentina and performed his music hall Slipstick[2] including The Andrews Sisters, Gay Hittler, La Martinova, The Baby, La Mona Risa, Rocky Horror, Betty Boop, The Exorcister and Sisters Act at the Margarita Xirgu Theatre [3] and appeared in several episodes of the Public Television Argentina program El `Refugio de la Cultura´ with Osvaldo Quiroga and LRA National Radio presenter Mosquito Sancinetto [4], the pioneer of improvisation in Argentina.
In 2011, he performed for the 30th anniversary at the Argentine Museum of the Puppet[5] on the Night of the Museums and was invited to perform with the prestigious Kennedy Chorus [6], integrated by more than five hundred singers, performing `I will follow him´ from the movie production Sister Act.
He bid farewell to Argentina at Festival DestravArte at the Caras y Caretas theatre at the `Night of Divas´ alongside actors Eduardo Sola and Guillermo Gil.
In 2012, he returned on tour with his staged and performed `La Familia SLIPSTICK´ and was defined by critics as `a great impersonator´ [7] at the La Casona theatre on World Famous Corrientes Avenue.
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