Mario Alberto Cortes. singer Mario Alberto Cortés   Originally from Mexico, Mario started singing in musical theatre at the age of 13. Since then he has appeared in shows by composers like Maury Yeston and Allan Menken. At seventeen he created his own musical theatre company producing and directing Little shop of horrors in 1998.   In 1999 started training at Arts Educational of London, in musical theatre. That same year he appeared in Go Higher a television program produced by the BBC. At the end of his first year in London went back to Mexico to produce and direct the musical  Once on this Island.   In 2000 he continued training at the Guildford School of Acting from which he received a B.A. in Musical Theatre validated by the University of Surrey, England.   As a singer he has appeared in many shows and cabarets throughout Europe, some of which includes Coca-Cola Lifehouse in Berlin, On the shelf at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Jack and the Beanstalk at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Surrey.   Mario was chosen to perform at the First Internatinal  Musical Theatre Festival in Cardiff, Wales, in Exit Allan, a new musical by Richard Stilgoe (book and lyrics Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera).   Recently Mario finished a course on cinematography at the New York Film Academy. He also won the third place at the Haller Kurzfilmtage yearly film festival in Tirol, Austria, with his first short film CHIH!   Currently he is directing a musical which will open during Easter this year.