MARK FISHER CV

Freelance arts writer and editor

2003-present Freelance writer, working for:Audience Business, Barbican, BBC, The Big Issue, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Festivals Magazine, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival, The Guardian, The Herald, Hi-Arts, Hotline, Irish Theatre Magazine, The List, Liverpool Independents, News of the World, New Zealand Herald, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Scottish International Children's Festival, Scotland on Sunday, Le Soleil, The Sunday Times Scotland, Sydney Theatre Company, UBU–European Stages, UK Theatre Net, Variety, TMA

2000-2003 The List, Editor of Glasgow and Edinburgh events guide.

1996-2000 The Herald Chief theatre critic

1993-2000 Freelance writer working for The Herald, The Irish Times, Caledonia, The Forestry Commission, The New Statesman, Stagebill (USA), Cahiers de théâtre Jeu (Canada), The Saarbrücker Zeitung (Germany), Nürnberger Nachrichten (Germany), The List, The Sunday Times Scotland, BBC Radio, Dublin Theatre Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Book Festival, Scottish International Children's Festival, Glasgow Film Theatre, TheatreForum (USA), The Observer, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Scotsman, The Big Issue, Scotrail Horizons, Scottish Tourist Board, RTE

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 Office administrative assistant during summer months

1982-1992 Limelight magazine founding editor of official XTC fanzine

Other

2007 Lecturer in cultural journalism, Napier University

2005–present Judge on the TMA Theatre Awards

2003–present Chair NUJ Edinburgh Freelance Branch. Also secretary from 2007.

2003 Chapter published in The World of Theatre (International Theatre Institute)

1998-2000 Treasurer NUJ Edinburgh Freelance Branch

1998-2000 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 Regional Theatre Awards

1995 Co-editor of Made in Scotland play anthology (Methuen) Buy it here: Amazon

Education

University of Kent at Canterbury 1982-86 BA Honours Drama and Theatre Studies (2:1)

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