I AM MARK https://iam-mark.com/ A daring new staging of Mark's Gospel Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:32:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/iam-mark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Logo-v2.2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 I AM MARK https://iam-mark.com/ 32 32 186821261 An interview with Lisa Gilmour: Rehearsing Open Heaven https://iam-mark.com/an-interview-with-lisa-gilmour-rehearsing-open-heaven https://iam-mark.com/an-interview-with-lisa-gilmour-rehearsing-open-heaven#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:31:09 +0000 https://iam-mark.com/?p=11905 Stefan’s brand new production, Open Heaven, is a word-for-word solo dramatisation of Acts 1–12. Rehearsals have been busily underway ahead of the premiere in November 2026. We spoke to Open Heaven’s Director, Lisa Gilmour – who also directed I AM MARK – who gave us this moving account of how the rehearsals are shaping up ahead of the … Continue reading An interview with Lisa Gilmour: Rehearsing Open Heaven

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/an-interview-with-lisa-gilmour-rehearsing-open-heaven/feed 0 11905 A Night of Experiments https://iam-mark.com/elementor-4302 https://iam-mark.com/elementor-4302#respond Sun, 06 Mar 2022 07:44:18 +0000 https://iam-mark.com/?p=4302 A Night of Experiments Sunday 6 March 2022 It was magical performing for just under 100 people at St Luke’s Church in Ramsgate last night. It’s been quite a while since I’d last been up on stage, so I was, perhaps understandably, more nervous than normal. But the whole performance passed off very well and … Continue reading A Night of Experiments

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/elementor-4302/feed 0 4302 So…What IS the Gospel? https://iam-mark.com/sowhat-is-the-gospel https://iam-mark.com/sowhat-is-the-gospel#respond Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:22:18 +0000 https://iam-mark.com/?p=4231 EVER WONDERED what the Good News is actually about?  I have – especially as I continue pursue my in-depth investigation of the Gospel of Mark, with  the Gospel of Mark Workshop.  I haven’t got very far tbh but so far I’ve concluded that the GOOD NEWS is (could be) this:  – Christ has risen!  – He … Continue reading So…What IS the Gospel?

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/sowhat-is-the-gospel/feed 0 4231 Demon Bashing (Mark 1:21-28) https://iam-mark.com/elementor-3515 https://iam-mark.com/elementor-3515#respond Fri, 09 Jul 2021 16:33:48 +0000 https://iam-mark.com/?p=3515 Demon Bashing (Mark 1:21-28) It’s HERE! The fourth episode of our podcast ‘Question MARK’ with my special guest Steve Nicholls is available to listen to on Spotify and Apple podcasts, and to watch on YouTube if you’d like to see our faces! You can access these through the links below. Steve is quite simply the … Continue reading Demon Bashing (Mark 1:21-28)

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/elementor-3515/feed 0 3515 In The News https://iam-mark.com/in-the-news https://iam-mark.com/in-the-news#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:33:28 +0000 http://iam-mark.com/2019/07/31/in-the-news/ In the News Great to read this today in the Church of England Newspaper!

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/in-the-news/feed 0 620 I AM NOT MARK https://iam-mark.com/question-mark-1 https://iam-mark.com/question-mark-1#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:37:37 +0000 http://iam-mark.com/2019/07/26/question-mark-1/ I AM NOT MARK 1. Why did you call your play I AM MARK? Three reasons: First, because Mark is the narrator of this gospel and his story is based on an eyewitness account of real events. Second, because, in an oral culture, it’s pretty likely that Mark and his friends went around performing this … Continue reading I AM NOT MARK

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/question-mark-1/feed 0 611 7 Tips to Keep Yourself Motivated https://iam-mark.com/i-am-mark-the-back-story https://iam-mark.com/i-am-mark-the-back-story#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:11:37 +0000 http://iam-mark.com/2019/07/19/i-am-mark-the-back-story/ 7 Tips to Keep Yourself Motivated Getting to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is not a synch. In fact it’s the most demanding thing I’ve ever done, as well as bring the most exciting. Every day I’m faced with a new challenge, something I’ve never had to do before – especially when it comes … Continue reading 7 Tips to Keep Yourself Motivated

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/i-am-mark-the-back-story/feed 0 604 I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief! https://iam-mark.com/i-do-believe-help-me-overcome-my-unbelief https://iam-mark.com/i-do-believe-help-me-overcome-my-unbelief#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:40:19 +0000 http://iam-mark.com/2019/06/30/i-do-believe-help-me-overcome-my-unbelief/ I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT when God does something, however big or small, in the ordinary events of life and out of pure love for you or others? I mean, really believe it? I was faced with just this question yesterday in my latest theatrical adventure, presenting Mark’s … Continue reading I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/i-do-believe-help-me-overcome-my-unbelief/feed 0 590 Press Release Written At Last https://iam-mark.com/press-release-written-at-last https://iam-mark.com/press-release-written-at-last#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:48:32 +0000 http://iam-mark.com/2019/06/11/press-release-written-at-last/ Press Release written at last PRESS RELEASE: Recreation of ancient storytelling experience reignites humanity and hope Stefan Smart will be bringing his widely acclaimed one-man play, I AM MARK, back to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on August 13-17 2019, offering the opportunity to experience Mark’s Gospel live as intended, rather than confined to the pages of scripture. … Continue reading Press Release Written At Last

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]]> https://iam-mark.com/press-release-written-at-last/feed 0 564 ‘They found things just as Jesus told them.’ (Mark 14:16) https://iam-mark.com/they-found-things-just-as-jesus-told-them-mark-1416 https://iam-mark.com/they-found-things-just-as-jesus-told-them-mark-1416#respond Wed, 29 May 2019 01:30:00 +0000 http://iam-mark.com/2019/05/29/they-found-things-just-as-jesus-told-them-mark-1416/ ‘They found things just as Jesus told them.’ (Mark 14:16) Curious passage, this. (Check it out in Mark 14: 12-16). Jesus giving precise orders to two of his disciples as to where to make preparations for them all to eat the Passover. “Follow this man carrying a jar of water (in those days only women … Continue reading ‘They found things just as Jesus told them.’ (Mark 14:16)

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