Mark Evans

Mark Henry Evans (born 2 January 1985) is a Welsh musical theatre actor, singer and dancer, known for numerous Welsh and English-language productions. His various theatre credits include Wicked, Ghost the Musical, and Waitress. He starred as Elder Price in an 18-month (Dec 2012 – June 2014) engagement in the North American tour of The Book of Mormon.

Personal life Evans was born in St Asaph, North Wales and raised on a farm in Llanrhaeadr in the county of Denbighshire. He is married to fellow actor Justin Mortelliti.

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 Tigelaar. 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 UK national tours of High School Musical (Troy Bolton), The Rocky Horror Show (Brad) and Oklahoma! (Curly).

He appeared on the US national tour of The Book of Mormon in the lead role of Elder Price. Evans began performances on 28 December 2012, in San Francisco contracted for a six-month run, subsequently twice extended to summer 2014, after which he relocated to New York.

Evans appeared on Your Country Needs You with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Evans reached the final in this BBC television competition to determine the UK's competitor in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest – he finished in third place. He has become a regular on S4C, appeared frequently as a presenter on whatsoninthetheatre.com and developed on Welsh-language programs such 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 venture on S4C, "Marcaroni", a children's program in which he stars in title role was well received by the public. Evans recorded a pilot for his own Radio programme for "BBC Radio Cymru".

In October 2011, he released a bi-lingual album on contemporary Welsh label, Sain Records, and he re-released an English deluxe edition in 2012.

In 2016, he performed in a production of "Finian's Rainbow" at the Irish Repertory Theatre as the character, Og.

In 2017, he performed in Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Mary Poppins, playing Bert.

The West End in Wales scheme is an initiative created by Evans in August 2006. The 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

Recordings 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. 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.