Mark McMinn

Mark is a professional actor based in Glasgow. He has a great love of Shakespeare and performed with Folksy Theatre Company as Lucentio in their open-air summer tour of The Taming of the Shrew. He also works as a director with Raenbow Productions Children's Theatre Company, supporting young people aged 5 to 18.

Mark appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 with the award-winning New Writers play Bittersweet. In 2021 he won Best Actor in a Web Series at the Unrestricted View Film Festival for playing Prince Hal in Henry IV Part I.

Other credits include: Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Buhler in Conspiracy (Assembly Hall Roxy); Joe in Hope (UK tour); Rob in You Are Not Alone (Scottish tour); Jordan in Much Taboo About Nothing (Rumshack Glasgow); Dafty in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (SEC Armadillo and Hull Theatre); and Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk (Crieff Hydro).

“I am beyond thrilled to be joining this wonderful cast of Dick McWhittington at Portobello Town Hall as everyone's favourite local celebrity, Mr Jock Idol! Autographs will be provided after the show ;) It's my first panto in Edinburgh and I can't wait to meet all our fabulous audiences and spread some good old panto magic :D”