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In GBA 114 we get better acquainted with Mark. He talks about studying film in Russia, site specific theatre, self reflection, performing Shakespeare in supermarkets, Father's Groups and more.

Mark plugs:

Teatro Vivo: http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/

Frankenstein's Army: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1925435/combined

He is directing (and devising with the twitter audience) STORYLINES at The Albany in Deptford (17-21 June 2013) - Follow @ampersandmedia http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/

FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY will be at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 28 & 29 June - http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/2013/frankensteins-army

He is playing the white rabbit in ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND at The Oxford Story Museum (3-7 July) http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/adventures-in-wonderland/
Caliban in AFTER THE TEMPEST in various parks (13th July - 10th August) http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/after-the-tempest/
And returning to the white rabbit and ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND at The Watermill in Newbury (12-18 August) http://www.watermill.org.uk/adventures_in_wonderland

I plug:

The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh

We mention:

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk
Rebecca Peyton: https://twitter.com/rebeccapeyton / http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/rebecca-peyton-my-grief-made-me-dance-drink-and-cry-2054353.html
Richard Tyrone Jones: http://www.richardtyronejones.com/
Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com
James Cagney: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cagney
All Creatures Great and Small: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_(TV_series)
Flux
Peter Brook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brook
Eisenstein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein
Tarkovsky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Tarkovsky
Stalker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film)
Chekhov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov
Tolstoy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy
Augusto Boal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal
Mel Brooks on WTF with Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_358_-_mel_brooks
Richard Little John: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Littlejohn
Lucy Meadows coverage: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/05/29/daily-mail-defends-transphobic-richard-littlejohn-column-despite-criticism-by-lucy-meadows-coroner/
GBA 42 Lucy: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-42-lucy
GBA 30: Rosemary [story of me getting into theate]: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-30-rosemary
National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/
Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall
John Lennon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
Citizen Kane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane
George Osborne on Twitter: http://storify.com/goosefat101/george-osbourne-s-deleted-tweets-parody

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