Mark’s now famous mix of standup, theatre, journalism and the odd bout of performance art has made him one of our oldest surviving alternative comics. Often referred to as the ‘godfather of political comedy’ (amidst many other things), Mark has been performing comedy for nearly 40 years. With a recentish step towards theatre in his last few shows, Mark is back to his finest stand-up form and anti-Tory sentiment in Gaffa Tapes, his latest Edinburgh offering.
If you don’t know what Mark does, ask your parents. In his time, he has won 8 awards for performing, 3 for human rights work… and 1 he invented for himself. He has made 6 series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product and 3 Dispatches for Channel 4, made 5 series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, written 5 books and 4 playscripts, curated and authored 2 art exhibitions with artist Tracey Moberly and was commissioned to write a show for the Royal Opera House. He has forced a politician to resign, changed laws on tax and protest, become the Guinness Book of Records world-record holder for number of protests in 24 hours, taken the police to court three times and won (the fourth is in the pipeline), walked the length of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank (that’s 724km), and generally mucked about trying to have fun and upset (shall we say) the right people.
SUBMIT UPDATES
The Stand Comedy Club is at (Stand 1), 5 York Place, EH1 3EB, Edinburgh.
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Videos
Andrew Maxwell: The Bare Maximum
Just The Tonic - Nucleus (8/1 - 8/25) | ||
Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes
The Stand Comedy Club (7/31 - 8/25) | ||
Amy Mason: Free Mason
The Pleasance (7/31 - 8/26) | ||
Harry Stachini: Grenade
Underbelly Dexter (7/31 - 8/26) | ||
Baby Wants Candy
Assembly George Square Studios - One (7/31 - 8/25) | ||
Vittorio Angelone: Work In Progress
Monkey Barrel Comedy (6/7 - 6/7) | ||
Gary John Miller: Goof
Just The Tonic (8/1 - 8/25) | ||
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