Mario Spate is an actor, singer and sound designer who graduated from Adelaide College of the Arts after studying acting. He has worked with a number of theatre companies including Patch Theatre, Urban Myth, The Bakehouse Theatre and Restless Dance Theatre. He is a co-founder of Little Black Box Theatre who in 2009 won a Green Room Award for their self-devised work, Mutzen Ball. Mario was in the first Touring Company work in 2008 that created Safe from Harm with director Ingrid Voorendt.