British Comedy Guide

Mark Bittlestone

  • Stand-up comedian

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ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlists revealed

The Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced 13 nominees for Best Show and 10 nominees for Best Newcomer.

British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2024

Funny At The Fringe - Mark Bittlestone: I Need a Straight Guy*

"Gay jokes for straight people" is how I'd market myself.

Holly, Phoenix Remix, 2nd July 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Top Marks

Ten shows by comedians called Mark. Simple as that.

Chortle, 18th July 2023

Review - Mark and Haydn: Llaugh

Clearly smart operators, former Cambridge Footlighters Haydn Jenkins and Mark Bittlestone's trademark is to constantly recast their sketches with different emphasis, settings or points of view.

Chortle, 3rd June 2019

+3 interview: Pity Laughs: A Tale of Two Gays

"Ultimately though, an unfavourable imbalance of talent and arrogance can only get you so far."

Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 23rd July 2018

A piggy interview with Pity Laughs

Pity Laughs interview.

Wrigley Worm, FringePig, 23rd July 2018

Mark Bittlestone: Pity Laughs review

Mark Bittlestone came out as gay in 2014, but it still seems as if it's a novelty to him. His sexuality is the basis for almost all of his show, yet only ever addressed with all the nuance of a sniggering schoolboy.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th May 2018

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