Mark Gatiss

On Friday 16^th October, we got the experience to get tickets to a masterclass at a theatre with Mark Gatiss. He is an accomplished author, actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is in the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen, and is involved in the television series of  "Doctor Who" scene, having written a variety of novels and audio plays (most of which he appeared in). He has co-written two plays for the Edinburgh Festival and appeared in a number of theatre and radio shows. In addition, he co-created and co-produced Sherlock. From the questions being asked and the answers Mark Gatiss gave I thought were important for me and to anyone whose aspiration is to become an actor.

One of the questions asked was ‘What is your favourite thing about being and actor and your least favourite thing?’  Mark Gatiss’ most favourite thing was meeting new people and working together also to him it is very important to share a laugh. On the other hand, his least favourite thing was that the experience doesn’t get less terrifying in terms of, the experience rarely having any challenges to face when it comes to playing a new role. An interesting fact about Mark Gatiss is that he has been a Doctor Who fan since he was a child, and is now one of only three people to both act and write for the show. In addition to other television shows he had helped direct, he helped write two episodes of Game of Thrones and was once asked “Who should be on the iron throne?” – Mark Gatiss answered by saying himself.  Mark Gatiss mentioned that he loves to collaborate with other and believes that it is a very good and important thing in the industry. Moreover, when writing, Mark Gatiss has empathy of past icons in order to make his piece of writing more realistic. One thing that Mark Gatiss said that stood out was that to be able to write about a specific generation, you have to be living it to be able to write about it.