Mark Simmons
- Actor, stand-up comedian and writer
Press clippings
My part in Mark Simmons winning Joke of the Fringe
Now that the Edinburgh Festival is over the story can be told...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th August 2024The best jokes of Edinburgh Fringe 2024
The funniest lines from Mustafa Algiyadi, Alex Kealy, Olaf Falafel, Ollie Horn, Alexander Bennett, Danny Matinee, Louise Atkinson and more.
Mike Wade, The Times, 24th August 2024Funniest Joke Of The Fringe 2024 won by Mark Simmons
"I was going to sail around the globe in the world's smallest ship but I bottled it" has been voted the Funniest Joke of the Fringe. Gags by Alec Snook, Arthur Smith and Olaf Falafel also feature in the top 10.
British Comedy Guide, 19th August 2024Edinburgh Fringe Diary 2024 - Part Two
Forget Covid, jokes are like a virus at the Fringe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th August 2024Latitude Festival 2024 review
I've done flying visits to Latitude before but never quite as flying as this.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th July 2024Andrew Bird named Comics' Comic 2023
Stand-up Andrew Bird has been awarded the Best Comic title in the Comics' Comic awards. Barry Dodds was named Best MC, James Alderson took the Best Independent Promoter title, and Outstanding Achievement to UK Comedy titles were posthumous awarded to Tony Allen, Andy Smart and Gareth Richards.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024Mark Simmons: Quip Off The Mark review
It has been a long time since I laughed so long and so hard in public.
Matthew Dougall, Number 9, 15th November 2023Mark Simmons: Quip Off The Mark review
In the age of superstar comedians emerging from nowhere - or rather TikTok - Mark Simmons has been doing things the old fashioned way: relentlessly gigging and writing jokes.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th November 2023Comedy shows cancelled amid concrete crisis
RAAC found in theatres, prompting fears of crumbling ceilings.
Chortle, 4th September 2023(Ish) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 results
The inaugural (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards, the prizes organised by a team of volunteers, have named Julia Masli and Paul Foot as Best Show winners, Dan Tiernan and Fiona Ridgewell as Best Newcomers, and A Show for Gareth Richards as their Panel Prize winner.
British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2023