Leadership
& diversity
Explore identity, belonging and difference. Help young people and groups find their voices, listen to one another and examine assumptions.
Enquire about a workshop ↗Teaching · Theatre · Ideas
A little curiosity.
A necessary
argument.
Teaching, storytelling and the occasional necessary argument.
Ideas into practice.Stories into conversations.Questions always welcome. ↗
01 / Learning together
Room to think.
Space to question.
Participatory teaching, workshops and facilitated conversations for schools, community groups and organisations. Built around the people in the room.
Leadership
Theatre
& storytelling
Use theatre, shared stories and creative participation to open up conversations. Explore how performance can help us see familiar questions afresh.
Discuss a creative session ↗Dialogue
& peacebuilding
Make room for difficult histories and different perspectives. Facilitated discussion that invites curiosity, reflection and meaningful exchange.
Start a conversation ↗
02 / Notes & necessary arguments
Things worth
talking about.
A space for reflections on learning, history, community and the stories we choose to tell. Read the latest article or explore the short introductory notes.
03 / A little about me
Learning belongs
in the world.
I’m Mark McCollum, an educator, theatre-maker and independent thinker based in Donegal, with 30 years’ experience of working with people, ideas and stories.
My work has taken me across Europe and to America, bringing together teaching, community education, leadership, diversity and theatre. Across those settings, my interest has stayed with people: how we understand one another, work through problems and find ways forward.
I hold a degree in psychology and a QQI Level 6 qualification in Training and Development. I was also awarded a scholarship by NUI Galway to pursue a master’s in literature. That combination of psychology, literature and practical education informs how I listen, ask questions and help people make sense of their experiences.
I’ve worked with young people through the LEAD programme in East Donegal and Tyrone, and in theatre as Assistant Director on As I Lay Dreaming.
Today, I’m available to help individuals, groups and organisations explore problems, have meaningful conversations, and document and record the experiences that matter to them. Whether you want to work through a challenge, capture a personal or community history, or find a way to tell your story, I bring curiosity, experience and a willingness to listen.
This is a home for that work, for new conversations, and for the occasional necessary argument.
Beyond the working day
There’s a life
behind the words.
The sea, the landscape, a moment to pause. A few glimpses of the person behind the work.
04 / Work with me
What have
you in mind?
A workshop, a teaching session, a problem to work through, or a story that deserves to be told. I can help facilitate conversations, document experiences and shape personal or community stories. Tell me what you have in mind.
Sessions and fees are agreed individually, depending on scope, location and the needs of your group.