Aaron Joyner is a director, producer, musical director, performer and writer and one of the leading advocates for Australian-written music theatre.

His training includes a Bachelor of Performing Arts at Monash University, A Certificate in Small Business Management at RMIT, an Associate Diploma of Arts - Small Companies and Community Theatre at NMIT, and the St. Martins Be Your Best Scholarship Program.

In 2000 he founded the digital hub for the Australian musical - Australian Musicals.com, and in 2002 he founded Magnormos, which amongst other things, specialises in producing Australian musicals and rarely seen international works.

Through Magnormos he has directed and produced many world and Australian premieres, including Pratt Prize finalist THE BEAUTY SPOT, Mel Brook's first Broadway collaboration ARCHY & MEHITABEL, the Australian classic A BUNCH OF RATBAGS, and Stephen Sondheims' first musical: SATURDAY NIGHT.  As the first production for Magnormos he directed/produced/musically directed and performed in the Broadway hit WORKING, adapting it for an Australian audience in collaboration with the original director and writer Stephen Schwartz.  In 2006 he directed the world premiere of SILLY SEASON for Monash University.

As a performer Aaron has performed leading roles in INTO THE WOODS, ASSASSINS, The original production of EUROBEAT - THE EUROVISION MUSICAL, and is a regular guest artist at Dragonfly theatre restaurant.

As a writer he has had three of his original musicals performed, including the award-winning NORAA which was staged under the auspices of Monash University, and his involvement in the ABC Young Composers program at age 16 resulted in one of his works being performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.