MARK THOMAS 40 in Stand-Up Years
MARK THOMAS 40 in Stand-Up Years at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
About the show
Phil McIntyre Live Ltd with Tin Cat Entertainment presents
MARK THOMAS 40 in Stand-Up Years
Friday 13 November, 7.30pm
2 hours including interval
Djanogly Theatre
£18-£22
Suitable for ages 16+
Alas it is true, one of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic. In this time, he has won 8 awards for performing, 4 for human rights work and 1 he invented for himself, wrote 6 books, made 5 series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, sued the police (and won) 3 times, and had 1 Guinness World Record for holding 20 protests in 24 hours. He’s mucked about trying to have fun and upset the right people… which he is really good at. Expect a taster menu of government and personal mayhem, jokes, rants and a personal state of the nation broadcast.
Image credits Tracey Moberly and Greg Matthews
Featuring - Mark Thomas
TV's comedy guerilla with his own shrewd take on governmental and corporate exploitation. Mark Thomas is well versed in the art of creative mayhem and over the years his troublemaking has changed laws, cost companies millions and annoyed those who most deserved to be.
“One of Britain's greatest storytellers…beautifully-paced and structured…a passionate humanity that surpasses most other work at the Fringe" (The Scotsman).
'A brand of comedy that carries a far weightier purpose than to simply generate laughs.. Cuckooed leaves a lasting impression' (Sunday Herald)
'A clever, funny and angry show... an excoriating, heartfelt monologue...Thomas the polemicist deploys the comedian's eye for a situation's dark absurdities' (The Guardian)
'Thomas's show ruefully tots up the cost of personal betrayal' (Sunday Times)
'Bracing, brilliant and necessary... Mark Thomas is the most intelligent of the modern leftist stand-ups... an unmissable hour' (Theatre Cat).
Mark Thomas was named in Ents24's top 20 hardest-working comedians 2017 and 2016.