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Interview with Mark Middlewick – 2004
Mark came to St David’s in grade 0 and his brother to standard 4, in the second term as his mother was
then employed as the Music teacher in the prep school. Matthew remembers being very anxious especially
being a small child. He had amazing teachers Mrs Walton, Mrs Tyack and Mrs Milne.
Willy Castle was a good influence on him. He was a legend, a myth and having a man like him involved is
very important in a boys’ school. Mark enjoyed the prep and the camaraderie in the high school with
everyone looking out for each other. Mark didn’t experience any bullying whilst he was at St David’s. Paul
Edey, Mark’s headmaster in the high school was great and nearly everyone respected him.
Mark enjoyed the sport, soccer, cricket and swimming, although he was pretty average and didn’t have the
physical prowess; he enjoyed the team sports and found them to be fun, very important for a young boy.
Mrs Vroom encouraged Mark to audition for the school play “West Side Story”. He didn’t get a very good
role but participated and then Mrs Vroom suggested that Mark write the house play for Benedict. Mark felt
that he was always a middle of the road guy achieving Honours in the prep and receiving half colours for
culturals in the high school . However, he was always quite popular with a quick wit.
After matriculating, Mark took a gap year and went to the USA to a theatre camp at the age of 18 looking
after children 12 years old, becoming an adult overnight and taking responsibility. On his return he went to
Wits University, specialised in film and graduated with Honours in Dramatic Art. He did some lecturing and
tutoring based on critical thinking at Wits and City Varsity and then went to Los Angeles for a few months
working as a script reader (unpaid) but receiving feed-back.
Mark’s short film “Security” was nominated for the best fhort Film at the SA Film and Television Awards and
was one of the three winners out of 1750 contestants, of the Jameson First Shot Film competition this
year. His script “The Mascot” was chosen by US actor Kevin Spacey and renowned producer Dana
Brunetti’s production company, Trigger Street Productions. Mark filmed “The Mascot” in Los Angeles with
Oscar winning actor Adrien Brody playing the lead role.
Mark believes that Mrs Vroom influenced him in his current career when she challenged him to audition for
the school play and to write the script for the house plays. His parents played a major role in his
development, encouraging him and not basing their opinion purely on his marks but on his effort and
participation. Mark also believes that receiving his education at St David’s was significant and for that he is
very grateful and hopes that he will be able to afford to send any son of his to his old school. Mark and
some of his contemporaries are still in touch and meet on a regular basis.
JLE August 2015
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