Mark Shields

04/02/20 • 52 min

Mark shields is a member of the Craic Theatre Board. He is head of drama at St Patrick's Academy Dungannon. He has acted in numerous plays over the years for all the local companies and in recent years has had several of his own plays on the Craic stage including Inheritance, Extra Time and Coalisland Tales, Grafted, Crafted Woven and Spun. He is currently writing his first novel.
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Craic Theatre would like to acknowledge the support of Mid Ulster Council and the Arts Council NI with this podcast