Mark Thomas (I)
- 61 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and satirist
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Podcast: Mark Thomas in the Red Shed
Mark talks about his new Edinburgh play, Mark Thomas: The Red Shed. It's the story of a very special venue in Wakefield, where he developed his political and comedy chops. (This interview has been shortened for time - the uncut version will be available via the OntheMic website soon.)
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 6th August 2016Edinburgh festival shows - in pictures
The Edinburgh festival 2016 offers everything from comedy to hard-hitting political theatre, circus shows and hi-tech hybrids - and the debut appearance of one very young performer indeed.
Murdo MacLeod, The Guardian, 6th August 2016Fringe: our pick of the bunch
Little ripples. That's how it starts. Little ripples getting bigger. And then suddenly you're eye to eye with a dinosaur. The Edinburgh Fringe is the T-Rex of arts festivals and it has a way of creeping up on you. For ages it's a faint shape on the horizon, reassuringly far away, and then it pounces.
Natasha Tripney, The Stage, 4th August 2016Comedians recall their first gigs
Shappi Khorsandi felt as if she'd walked on the moon. Isy Suttie watched a man change a dressing on a wound as she spoke. Omid Djalili fell off the stage. So how did the first gigs of Paul Merton, Susan Calman and other top comics go?
Chris Wiegand and Anna Menin, The Guardian, 1st August 2016Fringe shows celebrate the culture of the club
Even outsiders, however, have to belong somewhere, as three very different Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows may demonstrate this year. In The Red Shed, Mark Thomas presents a loving homage to the forty-seven foot wooden hut that forms the Wakefield Labour Club, where he cut his stand-up teeth.
Neil Cooper, The Herald, 29th July 2016Seeing red
This Fringe is arguably more political than ever. Stewart Pringle talks to the artists who've had enough.
Stewart Pringle, Fest Mag, 20th July 2016Fringe: Ten theatre shows for comedy fans
It's hard to credit it sometimes, but there are actually sections of the Edinburgh Fringe programme that aren't comedy. Here are some of the picks from the theatre section that would be of interest to comedy fans, even if they are not all comedies.
Chortle, 19th July 2016Fringe 2016 - shows with some politics in them
Many shows explore political themes in 2016, a year that has the potential for significant political change with the forthcoming referendum on EU membership in the UK and presidential elections in the USA.
Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter, 11th June 2016Mark Thomas interview
Mark Thomas and others on how creative activism can bring about real change where politics fails.
The Big Issue, 6th June 2016Fun factory: the finest comedy of summer 2016
Bridget Christie grapples with a Motörhead vibrator, David Baddiel tackles dementia, Todd Barry busts boredom - and Mr Swallow re-creates Houdini's daftest escape.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th May 2016