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Mark Yeates

Lepidus/Proculeius

Mark is an Actor, Director, Producer, Teacher, and Fight Choreographer based in Melbourne. A graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the UK, Mark graduated with the acclaimed Peter Ackerman Award for outstanding comedy performance.

As an Actor, Mark has worked on over 40 productions, performing on stages across the United Kingdom, Australia, and Asia.

Mark is the founder and Co-Artistic Director of Artefact Theatre Co, a Melbourne-based independent theatre company that has produced several productions since its inception in 2016.

Mark also graduated from the 16th Street Actors Studio full time program in 2012 and has studied with other institutions such as VCA, MTC and NIDA as a part of their intensive training programs.

Highlights include: Cyrano De Bergerac (Artefact Theatre Co),Soldier Boy (TheatreWorks), Constellations (Artefact Theatre Co), Last Time (Hensby and Beckett), Julius Caesar (Melbourne Shakespeare Company), and Mr Burns: a Post-Electric Play (Lightning Jar Theatre).

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