Dr Mark Langley is the Head of the Media, Communication and Performing Arts Division.
- Overview
- Research Interests
Mark studied Drama, Film and Television at The College of Ripon and York St John’s in York. His early career was divided between directing plays, musicals and operas; teaching voice and dialect at The Arden School of Theatre with Wylie Longmore as Principal; and working as a voice and dialect coach for theatre, film, TV and radio.
Mark has worked in regional theatre, the West End and Hollywood, as well as working with some of the country’s leading directors and performers. Projects include work for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, English National Opera, Manchester Royal Exchange, Opera North, Pola Jones, Sheffield Crucible and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Mark has also worked as a production and stage manager, as well as writing, directing, and hosting hundreds of concerts across the UK.
In Higher Education, Mark progressed from lecturing to management, becoming an Advanced Teaching Practitioner and then school manager. By the time he left The Arden in 2011, Mark was also working as an expert reviewer for the Quality Assurance Agency, and has taken part in over 70 quality reviews and degree awarding power processes.
As Head of Department of Performing Arts at Bath Spa University, and later as Head of Bath School of Music and Performing Arts, Mark has managed the full range of creative arts disciplines, from circus to opera. Over his career, he has engaged in the writing of over 200 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
At BSU, Mark established a production house model for the professionally focused performance programmes and created the Sparkfest Arts Festival. With considerable experience in collaborative provision, Mark also has excellent knowledge of the private education and HE in FE sectors.
As a lecturer, Mark focuses on text interpretation, verse and song performance, and Shakespeare. His PhD was a production history of the 1963 film Cleopatra, which he is currently adapting for publication. His film interest is therefore the ‘interregnum’ period between the classic and modern studio systems and its interconnection with current changes to the media industry.
Affiliations (including memberships) to other organisations:
Fellowship of the Higher Edcaution Academy (2014)
The Hollywood Epic 1949-1964; the 'interregnum' between the classic and modern studio systems; the interface between stars and their press coverage.
