Editing Mark Heap (section)

==Early life==
Heap was born in [[Kodaikanal]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India,<ref name="tv">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mark-heap/credits/3030476284/ |work=TV Guide |title=Mark Heap Credits |access-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729204544/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mark-heap/credits/3030476284/ |url-status=live }}</ref> to an English father and American mother, the youngest of four boys.<ref name="hello"/> When the family moved to the United Kingdom, they lived in Wales. He stayed there until he moved to northern England, where he lives now. He began acting in the 1970s as a member of the Medieval Players,<ref name="madness"/> a touring company performing medieval and early modern theatre, and featuring [[stilt-walking]], [[juggling]] and [[puppetry]].<ref name="madness"/> His brother Carl Heap, who is also an actor, was the artistic director of the company.<ref name="madness">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jun/12/medieval-theatre-shakespeare-carl-heap|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Finding the method in medieval theatre's madness|first=Carl|last=Heap|date=12 June 2014|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709150444/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jun/12/medieval-theatre-shakespeare-carl-heap|url-status=live}}</ref> After its demise, he became part of the [[street theatre]] duo ''The Two Marks'' (with Mark Saban).<ref name="zany">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/02/mark-heap-plays-jeeves-perfect-nonsense-pg-wodehouse|work=The Guardian|title=Mark Heap: Mr Zany buttons up|first=Catherine|last=Love|date=2 April 2014|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424231521/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/02/mark-heap-plays-jeeves-perfect-nonsense-pg-wodehouse|url-status=live}}</ref>