A New Brain - Programme

MARK SELLICK THE MINISTER Mark joined Exit Stage Left in 2005 whilst he was in the first year of sixth form at Writhlington School, aged 17, as a late replacement for Mr Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors. After sticking around and performing in several pantomimes, a lot of musicals, plays, fund-raisers and cabarets, he hasn’t appeared on stage with the group for a while now, which he has missed. So, he is delighted to be returning now to play the part of The Minister.

He performs with several other groups in the local area including Keynsham Light Opera Group and Encore Northenders Theatre Company. Mark will be appearing in Encore’s production Pizzazz between the 13th and 15th July in Batheaston. A personal highlight for Mark was performing extracts from Les Misérables at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London with Keynsham Youth Theatre.

What takes up most of his time these days is playing piano/keyboards for the increasingly in-demand Bath Blues Brothers, a 13-piece function band that regularly performs at both public and private events across the South West, including weddings, parties, corporate events and... Butlins Minehead; to quote Mr Graham Avent, “you play this venue twice in your career, once on the way up...” Although a quiet spell in May has meant that Mark can take part in this production. He is looking forward to cramming in no fewer than 7 gigs in July, something which he says “will keep him out of trouble”.

Working in Bath as a technical support technician for Cyclescheme, (the UK’s number one provider of tax-free bikes for work, under the Government’s cycle to work initiative) he spends his time actively encouraging others to cycle to work, not only for the personal health and financial benefits, but also in an attempt to generally cut down the amount of traffic in Bath in the mornings, so he can stay in bed a bit later!

Mark would like to thank Alison for her continued support in letting him loose with the publicity material and programme design - he hopes the group can collect a third Rose Bowl Award sometime in the near future!

Mark is kindly sponsored by Kepella Ltd www.kepella.co.uk and Bath Blues Brothers www.bathbluesbrothers.com