Mark is an award winning theatre director. He has held several senior posts at a number of regional theatres, most recently Artistic Director of the Octagon Theatre, Bolton (1999- 2009), where he directed 47 productions and was nominated for and won numerous “Best Production” Awards at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. His freelance work has been seen throughout the UK, Republic of Ireland, and Europe including an invitation to direct at the Vanemuine Theatre in Estonia. He has twice won prestigious fringe first awards at the Edinburgh festival for his work with Theatre Absolute. Since 2009 he has expanded his work into film and television, directing his first film ‘Blackburn’ featuring John Henshaw, Ted Robbins and Graeme Hawley for Littlebigman Films and directed episodes of CORONATION STREET where he was trained in single and multi-camera direction over two blocks in 2010. Most recently Mark has directed the world premiere of a new adaptation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Lucy Gough which toured throughout Wales, was Associate Director in charge of the 2011 production of the Olivier Award winning THE RAILWAY CHILDREN at London’s Waterloo Station and directed the world premiere of Ayub Khan Din’s new play ALL THE WAY HOME to great acclaim at the Lowry Theatre, Salford for the Library Theatre Company.
Film
BLACKBURN (LittleBigMan Films) 2010
Television
CORONATION STREET (ITV Pro adapted by Mike Kenny ductions) 2010
Theatre
TO SIRE WITH LOVE by Ayub Khan-Din (Northampton Royal & Derngate) 2013
COOKING WITH ELVIS by Lee Hall (Derby Theatre) 2013
ALL THE WAY HOME by Ayub Khan Din
(Library Theatre in Association with The Lowry) 2011 World Premiere
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Touring Consortium/York Theatre Royal) 2011
Olivier Award for Best Special Entertainment
Associate Director; adapted by Mike Kenny
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Aberystwyth Arts Centre and tour) 2011
World Premiere
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Stephen Adly Guirgis
(LAMDA ) 2011
AND THIS THOSE FEET (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2009, 2010
BOUNCERS (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle) 2009
THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2009
LOOKING FOR BUDDY by Alan Plater and Music by Alan Barnes (Live Theatre, Newcastle/Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2009 World Premiere.
THE CARETAKER by Harold Pinter (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2009
BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943 by Alan Plater (TEG Production UK No1 Tour) 2009
DANNY CHAMPION OF THE WORLD by Roald Dahl (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2008
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2008.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN WIGAN – LIVE! by Mick Martin (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2008. An Octagon Theatre re-commission
MEET THE MUKHERJEES by Tanika Gupta (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2008. World Premiere
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2008
OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2007. Octagon Theatre 40th Anniversary Production. Manchester Evening News Awards 2008, Nominated for Best Production
AND DID THOSE FEET by Les Smith and Martin Thomasson (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2007. World Premiere, an Octagon Theatre. Nominated Best Production Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2007. Winner Best New Play Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2007
SHINING CITY by Conor McPherson (with George Irving, Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2007.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2007.
BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943 by Alan Plater (TEG Production, UK Number 1 Tour)
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW by Joe Orton (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2006
BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943 by Alan Plater (Hampstead Theatre/Octagon Theatre, Bolton)2006. Winner Best Production Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2006
BLUE/ORANGE by Joe Penhall(Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2006. Nominated Best Production Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2006
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur Miller (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2006
I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN by Stephen Jeffreys (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2005
EIGHT MILES HIGH by Jim Cartwright (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2005
TWO by Jim Cartwright (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2005
THE STREET TRILOGY by Chris OʼConnell (Theatre Absolute, UK Tour) 2005
TWELFTH NIGHT (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2004 KINDERTRANSPORT by Diane Samuels (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2004
FOUR NIGHTS IN KNARESBOROUGH by Paul Webb (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2004.
Nominated Best Production, Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2004
LITTLE MALCOLM AND HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS by David Halliwell (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2004
THE WEIR by Conor McPherson (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2003
COOKING WITH ELVIS by Lee Hall (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2003
KID by Chris OʼConnell (Theatre Absolute, Edinburgh Festival) 2003
PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2003
THE HYPOCHONDRIAC by Moliere (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2003
THE LONESOME WEST by Martin McDonagh (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2002
MISS JULIE by August Strindberg (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2002.
OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck (York Theatre Royal/Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2002.
A SKULL IN CONNEMARA by Martin McDonagh (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2001
RAW by Chris OʼConnell (Theatre Absolute, Edinburgh Festival and UK Tour) 2001
Winner Fringe First, Edinburgh Festival 2001
ALL OF YOU MINE by Richard Cameron (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2001
AUTO by Chris OʼConnell (Vanemuine Theatre, Tartu, Estonia) 2000
ANNA KARENINA a new version by Helen Edmonson (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2000.
Nominated Best Production, Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2000
THE BLUE ROOM by David Hare (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2000
NEVILLEʼS ISLAND by Tim Firth (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 2000. Winner Best
Production, Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2000
HANSEL AND GRETEL by Stuart Paterson (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 1999
PERFECT PITCH (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) 1999. Nominated Best Production,
Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2000
CAR by Chris OʼConnell (Theatre Absolute, Edinburgh Festival and European Tour) 1999.
Winner, Fringe First Edinburgh Festival 1999. Winner Time Out Award 1999
PHIL AND JILL AND JILL AND PHIL by Alex Jones (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) 1998
WHOʼS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Edward Albee (Worcester Swan Theatre) 1998
SILAS MARNER by George Eliot (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) 1997
MACBETH (Worcester Swan Theatre) 1997
WAKEY! WAKEY! IN BED WITH BILLY COTTON by Richard Cameron (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) 1996
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE by Shaun Prendergast (Oldham Coliseum Theatre) 1994.
Nominated Best Production Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 1994
Film
BLACKBURN (LittleBigMan Films) 2010
Television
CORONATION STREET (ITV Productions) 2010
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