Mark Read

Read grew up in a very musical family his father Keith was in The Wild Angels a rock n roll band His mother Pam played piano and drums as well as being a singersongwriter Read began playing piano at the age of 2 and eventually joined the family band on keyboards at the age of 11 where he would regularly perform in pubs clubs and hotels across the country He attended Auriol Junior School and then went on to Epsom and Ewell High School At the age of 15 Read joined the Songtime Theatre Arts group where he received training and gained experience in acting He subsequently took lead roles in several of their productions including Guys and Dolls and Aladdin Between the ages of 15 and 18 Read along with his parents band performed onboard several PO and Princess cruise ships These concerts led took him all around the world including aboard the liner Canberra as part of the DDay 50th Anniversary Fleet in 1994 In 2009 he performed A1s hit version of the Aha song Take on Me at Saint Edmunds Catholic School in Dover Kent And Also The Astor of Hever Community School in Maidstone Kent