Mark Evans Biography

Mark Henry Evans (born 2 January 1985) is a Welsh-born musical theatre actor, singer, dancer and choreographer, born in St. Asaph, North Wales and raised on a farm in Llanrhaeadr in the county of Denbighshire. His various theatre credits include Wicked and Ghost the Musical. He is currently starring in the North American national tour of The Book of Mormon.

Career

Beginning performances on 16 July 2007, he joined the ensemble of the acclaimed London West End production of Wicked and served as the second understudy for Fiyero. He departed the cast on 7 June 2008, only to return over three and a half years later, this time, in the lead role of Fiyero. He starred alongside Rachel Tucker and Louise Dearman from 7 February through 10 December 2011, when he ended his run in the musical.

On 13 January 2012, took over the role of Sam Wheat in the London production of Ghost the Musical and starred alongside Siobhan Dillon until the musical closed on 6 October 2012. During his time in the show, he and Dillon released a single cover version of "Unchained Melody".

Some of Mark's theatre other credits included the U.K. national tours of High School Musical (Troy Bolton), The Rocky Horror Show (Brad) and Oklahoma! (Curly).

He is currently appearing on the U.S. national tour of The Book of Mormon in the lead role of Elder Price. Evans began performances on 28 December 2012 in San Francisco and is contracted for a six-month run.

Another primary musical achievement of Mark's came when he appeared on Your Country Needs You with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Mark reached the final in this BBC television competition which saw his talents broadcast to millions of people. From here he developed on an emerging career in television, particularly in Welsh speaking broadcast. He has become a regular on S4C, appeared frequently as a presenter on whatsoninthetheatre.com and developed on such Welsh speaking programs as "Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol", "Wedi 7", "The Eisteddfod Annual Concert", "The Sian Cothi Show", "Noson Lawen" and "The Big Welsh Talent Concert". His other television and film credits include his own special broadcasting produced by Boomerang Productions, "Noson yng Nghwmni Mark Evans", on S4C in March 2012. He played Brett in "Lake Placid 3" (2010) and also starred as Chad in Grain Media's "Dead Hungry". His newest venture on S4C, "Marcaroni", is a children program in which he stars in title role. It has been well received by the public. Evans recently recorded a pilot for his own Radio programme for "BBC Radio Cymru".

The foundations of theatre are integral to Mark's constant development. As an individual rooted in the traditionalism on the stage, he also has a wide range of experience in theatrics, which includes both singing and dancing. In October 2011, he released a bi-lingual album on contemporary Welsh label, Sain Records, which was so well received that he re-released an English Deluxe edition in 2012.

Having travelled the country acting and performing, Mark also gives something back to his community. The West End in Wales scheme is an initiative created by Mark in August 2006. This inspiring program offers children in North Wales the chance to work alongside Evans and current West End professionals in a week-long musical theatre summer school.

Professional Theatre Credits

Start date	End date	Production	Role(s)	Venue(s)
December 2003	January 2004	Aladdin	Dancer	Milton Keynes Theatre
December 2004	January 2005	Aladdin	Dancer, Emperor u/s	New Wimbledon Theatre
September 2005	-	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Brother Caleb	Dartford
November 2005	-			Manchester
December 2005	January 2006	Dick Whittington	Dick Whittington	The Swan Theatre
January 2006	-	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Brother Caleb	Nottingham
July 2006	-			Malvern
October 2006	July 2007	Spamalot	Ensemble	Palace Theatre
16 July 2007	7 June 2008	Wicked	Ensemble, Fiyero u/s	Apollo Victoria Theatre
June 2008	August 2008	High School Musical	Troy Bolton	Hammersmith Apollo
December 2008	January 2009	Cinderella	Prince Charming	Churchill Theatre
April 2009	May 2009	Jet Set Go!	Richard	Jermyn Street Theatre
December 2009	January 2010	Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs	Prince Harry	Venue Cymru
September 2009	November 2010	The Rocky Horror Show	Brad Majors	Various Venues across the UK
18 January 2010	13 February 2010			Various Venues across the UK
20 March 2010	28 November 2010	Oklahoma!	Curly	Various venues across the UK and Italy
7 February 2011	10 December 2011	Wicked	Fiyero	Apollo Victoria Theatre
13 January 2012	6 October 2012	Ghost the Musical	Sam Wheat	Piccadilly Theatre
28 December 2012	Summer 2013	The Book of Mormon	Elder Price	Various venues across North America

Recordings

The Journey Home | Adre'n "?l

In September 2010, Mark began to write his debut album. He decided to make his album personal and almost autobiographical of the 10 years since he had left his home in Wales. "The Journey Home" was released on Sain Records in 2011. The 12-track album features guest vocalists including Ysgol Glanaethwy and former Wicked co-star Ashleigh Gray.

The Journey Home | Deluxe Edition

Mark released his debut album The Journey Home on Sain Records in 2011. A Deluxe version of the album was released in 2012 and translates all the Welsh songs into English, with bonus tracks in Welsh. The single, "Unchained Melody", made for Evans' and Dillon's turn in Ghost, was added to the album.

Professional Television/Screen Credits

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)
2009	Eurovision: Your Country Needs You	Finalist
March 2009	Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol	Headlining Guest Artist
May 2009	Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol	Headlining Guest Artist
May 2009	Shan Cothi	Guest Performer
July 2009	Llangollen Gala Concert	Performer
August 2009	Eisteddfod Bala	Presenter
October 2009	Ysgoloriaeth Bryn Terfel	Mentor
October 2009	Noson Lawen	Main Guest Performer
December 2009	Carolau Llangollen Carols	Headlining Artist
August 2010	Cymru'r West End	Headlining Artist
October 2010	Big Welsh Talent Concert	Artist
April 2011	Marcaroni	Marcaroni
June 2011	Noson Lawen	Main Guest Performer
September 2011	Gwyl Gobaith	Artist
2011	Llanrhaeadr I Llundain	Himself

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)
May 2009	Dead Hungry	Chad
July 2009	Lake Placid 3	Brett

Dancing/Choreography

Year	Title
2002	Royal Variety Performance
2003	Royal Variety Performance
2003	Grease Mania
2004	Madonna Mania
2004	Top of the Pops
2004	Ministry of Mayhem
2004	X-Change
2005	Elvis Mania
2005	Record of the Year

H&M clothing commercial, Playing Fred Astaire. European Christmas campaign.

Guest on TV shows

Year	Title
13 February 2009	Bwrw'r Bar
1 May 2009	Unes 5
May 2009	Ffermio
12 June 2009	Wedi 7
June 2009	Y Garej
2 August 2009	Brecwast Bala
20 August 2009	Wedi 7
2009	Eisteddfod Yr Urdd
28 February 2010	Uned 5
1 August 2011	Wedi 7
1 August 2011	Eisteddfod Wrexham