He studied acting at Wakefield College graduating in 2001, and at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2009. Now based in Adelaide South Australia, he is creator of the theatre company McArts. Specialising in his own unique creative style, which he has developed and shares with the Adelaide community through his company and becoming more creative with his physical theatre training. This was gained fr
om UK director Philip Stokes at Horizon Arts Theatre Company performing and collaborating in works 'Heroin(e) For Breakfast' 2010 and 'My Filthy Hunt' 2011. Craig first came to Australia after winning the Holden Street Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010 for ‘Heroin(e) For Breakfast.’ Craig self produced, funded and directed his Adelaide fringe show 'Loaded Heart' in 2011 which was a sell out season. He has also acted in 'Cargo' 2016 ‘Bababook’ 2014, ‘Deadline Gallipoli’ 2015, ‘Anzac Girls’ 2014, ‘Moby Dick’ with South Australian State Opera 2011, and Directed and performed in the 2015 Adelaide Fringe show ‘Elvis Hates Me.’ Craig McArdle has worked on a new work written by local writer Liam Ormsby, ‘The Furies,’ that premiered in 2016 and the 2017 Adelaide fringe. 'Furies' was McArts 3rd Adelaide Fringe to date and was the biggest physical theatre production in the company's history, collaborating with Adelaide's established and finest new talent.
