Mark Lawes

Mark is the founding artistic director of Theatre Junction. Since 2005 and the reinvention of Theatre Junction GRAND, he has been working as a director/creator with the Resident Company of Artists (RCA). Themes of memory, identity, death, and desire set against the backdrop of the Canadian West, have been explored in the new works, Archeology, The Atlantis Project, Little Red River and now On the Side of the Road.

Mark has traveled extensively in Europe working under directors in Opera, Theatre and Dance. In 2003 he lived in Paris where he worked on projects at The Paris Opera, Théâtre L’Athenée, The Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Le Scène Nationale d’Orléans, The Steirischerbst in Graz, and with The Splinter Group in Berlin. He has worked as an interpreter of classical and contemporary text both as an actor and director. His productions of Patrick Marber’s Closer and Molière’s The Misanthrope were nominated for Best Direction and Best Production in Calgary. Mark was the driving force and visionary behind the redevelopment of Theatre Junction GRAND.