Mark is co-founder and Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble.

Mark is co-founder and Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble. Born in Yorkshire and brought up in Chester, he has worked in South Africa with members of the company since 2000.

Mark has directed all of Isango’s stage productions; The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso, The Snow Queen, Der Silbersee, The Beggars Opera- Ibali Loo Tsotsi, Carmen, The Magic Flute –Impempe Yomlingo, A Christmas Carol – iKrismas Kherol, Aesop’s Fables, La Boheme –Abanxaxhi, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Izigwili Ezidlakazelayo, Venus and Adonis, uCarmen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Man of Good Hope, SS Mendi – Dancing
the Death Drill and St. Matthew Passion and produced and directed all its films; uCarmene Khayelitsha , (winner of the Golden Bear Award at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival) Son of Man, Unogumbe – Noye’s Fludde and Breathe – Umphefumlo