Having graduated from the Royal Court and Soho Theatre writing group, Mary has written several plays that have been staged in both the UK and China. Her work has received good recognition in both countries. In 2017 her play Priority Seating, about migrant communities from North Essex, received a Grant of the Arts. In 2011 Lumenis Theatre Company produced her play Magical Chairs and also received a Grant of the Arts. This was staged in London and in Beijing, at the prestigious Beijing International Festival. In 2015-16 she lectured in theatre and playwriting at Goldsmiths College, University of London and in 2016 she took a permanent lectureship post in Drama and Literature at the University of Essex in Colchester. Here academic expertise ranges from playwriting to Global and multi-cultural theatre.

Lumenis Theatre Company, founded in 2006 in London, UK by international practitioners has produced many shows in London, China and Singapore and was recipient of Grant of the Arts England 2011: new and existing text-based plays as well as non-text based work by emerging artists with a particular focus on multiculturalism and cultural integration. We produce theatre that is provocative and controversial, which calls for a fearless company willing to take creative risks. After serval years in Singapore and Asia Lumenis is now based in Colchester and intends to work with London based theatres as well as seeking strong bonds with theatres in all regions of the UK.