Mark Fisher: freelance arts writer, editor, workshop leader, lecturer, mentor and critic
2003-present Working for:
- Acting Coach Scotland
- Arcola Theatre
- Arts Council Malta
- Arts Society
- Association of Lighting Designers (Focus)
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- The Audience Business
- Aukland Festival
- Barbican Theatre
- Barn
- BBC
- The Big Issue
- Birmingham Rep
- John Brown Publishing
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- Creative Scotland
- Cumbernauld Theatre
- Daily Record
- DCA
- Divadelny (Bratislava)
- Dublin Theatre Festival
- Dulwich College
- Dundee Rep
- Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Edinburgh International Book Festival
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh International Science Festival
- The Envelope Room
- Evening Times (Glasgow)
- Falmouth University
- Festival City Theatres Trust
- Festivals Edinburgh
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- John Good Publishing
- The Guardian
- Hall for Cornwall
- The Herald
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Hookson
- Hordaland Fylkeskommune
- Horsecross Arts
- Hotline (Virgin Trains magazine)
- Humanist Society of Scotland
- IATC Hong Kong
- Imaginate (Scottish International Children’s Festival)
- Independent
- Independent on Sunday
- International Journal of Scottish Theatre
- Irish Theatre Magazine
- Leeds Beckett University
- Lighthouse Poole
- The List
- Literature Wales
- Little, Brown
- Liverpool Hope University
- Liverpool Independents
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- Lung Ha Theatre Company
- Malthouse Theatre, Media Education
- Melbourne Festival
- Methuen
- MJE Productions
- Mull Theatre
- Napier University
- National Library of Scotland
- National Union of Journalists
- National Theatre of Scotland
- News of the World
- New Zealand International Arts Festival
- New Zealand Herald
- Northings (Hi-Arts website)
- Pepperdine University
- Pitlochry Festival Theatre
- Playbill, Press Gazette
- Playwrights’ Studio Scotland
- Pleasance Theatre
- Prompt (TMA magazine)
- Raploch Urban Regeneration Company
- Renaissance Theatreworks
- Rennesøy kommune
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Royal Holloway
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Scotland on Sunday
- The Scotsman
- Scottish Drama Training Network
- Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
- Scottish Opera (Brio)
- See Glasgow
- Le Soleil (Quebec)
- State Theatre Company, Adelaide
- The Sunday Times Scotland
- Swindon Festival of Literature
- Sydney Festival
- Sydney Theatre Company
- Teaching Drama Magazine
- Theatre by the Lake
- Theatre Royal, Plymouth
- Theatre Royal, Winchester
- TheatreVoice
- Time Out
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Tron Theatre
- UBU–European Stages
- UCLA, UK Arts International
- UK Theatre Net
- University of Bath
- University of Bristol
- University of Chichester
- University of Exeter
- University of Kent
- University of Leeds
- University of London
- University of Manchester
- University of Roehampton
- University of Sheffield
- University of Sunderland
- Variety
- Visit Britain
- Voyagers.io
- Young Vic Theatre
2000-2003 The List, editor of Glasgow and Edinburgh events guide.
1996-2000 The Herald, chief theatre critic
1993-2000 Freelance writer working for BBC, The Big Issue, Cahiers de théâtre Jeu (Canada), Caledonia, The Daily Telegraph, Dublin Theatre Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, The Forestry Commission, Glasgow Film Theatre, The Guardian, The Herald, The Irish Times, The List, The New Statesman, Nürnberger Nachrichten (Germany), The Observer, RTE, The Saarbrücker Zeitung (Germany), Scotrail Horizons, The Scotsman, Scottish Tourist Board, Scottish International Children’s Festival, Stagebill (USA), The Sunday Times Scotland, TheatreForum (USA)
1992-1995 Theatre Scotland magazine founder and managing editor of quality quarterly theatre journal
1987-1995 The List magazine production co-ordinator (1987-1989), theatre editor (1989-1995), assistant editor (1990-1992)
1986 and 1987 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, administrative assistant during summer months
1982-1992 Limelight magazine founding editor of official XTC fanzine
Other
- 2025–present Freelance seat, NUJ National Executive Council
- 2021–2023 Scotland seat (job share), NUJ National Executive Council
- 2021–present Arts Society accredited lecturer
- 2021 and 2022 Lecturer in arts journalism, Glasgow Caledonian University
- 2020–present Host of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast
- 2019 Author and publisher of What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book (Mark Fisher Ltd)
- 2017 Author and publisher of The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls (Mark Fisher Ltd)
- 2017 Chapter published in A Nation Changed? (Luath Press)
- 2016 Chapter published in Theatre Criticism: Changing Landscapes (Bloomsbury)
- 2015 Author of How to Write About Theatre (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama)
- 2014–present Scotland seat, NUJ Freelance Industrial Council
- 2012 Author of The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama)
- 2011 Chapter published in Cosmotopia: Transnational Identities in David Greig’s Theatre (Litteraria Pragensia)
- 2007–08 Lecturer in cultural journalism, Napier University
- 2007–2022 Co-convener of the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland
- 2007–present Secretary NUJ Edinburgh Freelance Branch.
- 2005–present Judge on the UK Theatre Awards (previously TMA Theatre Awards)
- 2004–present Judge on the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland
- 2004–present Judge on the Scotsman Fringe Firsts
- 2004–2018 Editor of Edinburgh International Festival Newsletter for patrons
- 2003–2010 Chair NUJ Edinburgh Freelance Branch.
- 2003 Chapter published in The World of Theatre (International Theatre Institute)
- 2002 Seminar leader, IATC young critics forum, Almada, Portugal
- 1998-2000 Treasurer NUJ Edinburgh Freelance Branch
- 1998-2001 & 2003 Editor of drama programmes, Edinburgh International Festival
- 1996 Chapter published in Scottish Theatre Since the Seventies (Edinburgh University Press)
- 1995-1999 Board member Clyde Unity Theatre
- 1995-1999 Judge on the TMA Theatre Awards
- 1995 Co-editor of Made in Scotland play anthology (Methuen)
Education
University of Kent at Canterbury 1982-86 BA Honours Drama and Theatre Studies (2:1)