Formerly:

 Head of Lighting, Technical Manager  Royal National Theatre, London 1993-2003

 Production Lighting  Glyndebourne Opera , 1978-1992

Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Deputy Chair of the Association for Lighting Production & Design (The ALPD)

Passports:

Irish (EU) & British

Languages:

English - maternal tongue

French - good conversational

German and Italian - working knowledge

Other Activities

Mark presented the ABTT fellowship awards to Richard Pilbrow, Francis Reid and Jason Barnes.

Host of the prestigious Knight of Illumination Awards at the Troxy in 2014 & 2015. 

He chaired platforms at the National Theatre with Richard Pilbrow, David Hersey and Nichola McAuliffe.

He was a contributor to the Philips 2017 LightFest at the NT. 

External Examiner - MA in Collaborative Theatre Production & Design at Guildhall School of Music & Drama (2015-18)

Judge PLASA 2018 Awards for Innovation

Mentor on the 2020 ALD Lumiere Scheme

He has given lectures, talks and sat on panels for the NT Studio Directors'course (London, Edinburgh, Belfast, South Africa), NT Education, the Linbury Prize, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, RADA, LAMDA, Rose Bruford College, Central School of Speech & Drama, Motley design, Wimbledon College of Arts/ University of the Arts London, The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, The Victoria & Albert Museum, the Offies, The Society of British Theatre Design, PLASA, the ABTT and the ALPD.

Artistic Associate of the Chichester Festival 2006-2008

Founder of the infamous Christmas Lighting Lunch since 1993 and continuing annually.  

Columnist for Focus Magazine, writer for the Stage, Sightline and

contributor to various publications on theatre & lighting design.

Off-piste and Back country skier.

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