Marc Pickering
- Actor
Press clippings
Animated comedy Dave's Games to air on BBC Three
BBC Three is to broadcast Dave's Games, an animated comedy set around a video games shop in 1995, as part of its BBC Comedy Short Films strand. The voice cast includes Jessica Gunning, Jamie Demetriou and Emily Atack.
British Comedy Guide, 18th May 2024Maid Marian And Her Merry Men stage show confirmed
Maid Marian And Her Merry Men: A New Musical* (*sort of) is due to premiere in 2024, with Vikki Stone, Marek Larwood and Nick Helm amongst the actors taking part in a workshop this month.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024Bleak Expectations review
A greeably funny Dickensian spoof as cosy as a woollen teapot.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th May 2023Casting announced for Bananaman the Musical
The cast has been announced for the world premiere of Bananaman the Musical, which comes to the Southwark Playhouse in December.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 26th October 2017It crammed in so many songs, they were never all going to be funny whilst the second hour-long results show confirmed what a seriously indulgent exercise it all was.
It's one thing getting Pete Waterman, Nikki Chapman and Neil Fox to send themselves up but having a parody of The Pop Factor without a Simon Cowell figure was a major cop out by Kay.
Having said that, Marc Pickering's performance as Leon, I mean, R Wayne, was brilliant - particularly his version of Ebony and Ivory with his ventriloquist's dummy of Stevie Wonder. The cameos by Rick Astley, the Cheeky Girls, and Macca doing the themes from Blankety Blank and Home and Away were better than most of Extras.
The one moment of comedy genius was Michelle McMammoth look-a-like cum-transsexual Geraldine's medley merging seamlessly from Born To Run to Born Free to Free Nelson Mandela and Umbrella.
Jim Shelley, The Mirror, 20th October 2008