Bio:

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Mark Pritchard is a dramaturg, arts programmer and theatre-maker. He trained at the Victorian College of the Arts, and the University of Wollongong. His practice focuses on new play development, cross-artform conversations, and using the tools of dramaturgy outside the theatre context. He's interested in how theatre works, and how to make it work for everyone.

 

Currently, Mark is a Senior Arts Programmer for Darebin Arts, running a year-round Speakeasy program of contemporary theatre, dance, circus, live art across Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre and Darebin Arts Centre, and cultivating a community of practice around these two venues.

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From 2014 to 2022 Mark was the New Work Manager & Resident Dramaturg at Malthouse Theatre. Here he managed their new play commissions, works in development, artist development programs, and provided dramaturgical support across the company’s activities.

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Recent plays he has developed include: Telethon Kid by Alistair Baldwin, Made in China 2.0 by Wang Chong, Atlantis by Chanella Macri, K-BOX by Ra Chapman, The Return by John Harvey, Stay Woke by Aran Thangaratnam, Hello, World! By Natesha Somasundaram, Atomic by Amelia Chandos Evans, Going Down by Michele Lee, Heart is a Wasteland by John Harvey (Brown Cabs), and Little Emperors 小皇帝 by Lachlan Philpott (AsiaTOPA). He was also the dramaturg on Malthouse Theatre's 2021 large-scale immersive production Because The Night.

 

With his partner Arie Rain Glorie, Mark established the Centre for Dramaturgy and Curation (2019-2020) to explore the intersections and expanded applications of these two fields of practice.

 

He was a founding member of artist collective New Working Group, and co-director of interactive theatre outfit NO SHOW.

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Mark was a panelist and then chair of the Green Room Association Awards' Independent Theatre Panel. He was a recipient of the Mike Walsh Fellowship, a member of Australian Plays Transform's National Advisory Panel, and a participant in the Australia Council's Future Leaders Program.