Mark Watson
- 44 years old
- English
- Writer, stand-up comedian, author and producer
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The Comedy Store launches live virtual reality shows
The Comedy Store in London is launching the UK's first live virtual reality gigs, with the first, featuring Russell Kane, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Mark Watson and Joshua Bethania, streaming this Friday.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd February 2023Cracking Comedy in Aid of Women and Children First: review
One of the best things about the night was how awesome it was to see so many women comedians at the top of their game and we're super proud that they've all been a part of Funny Women at some point in their comedy careers.
Carmen MacKay, Funny Women, 13th December 2022Mark Watson launches online-only comedy festival Access
Mark Watson is launching an online-only comedy festival for stand-up fans that can't get to live gigs, featuring himself, Alex Horne, Tim Key, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Sarah Keyworth among others. He is also recording a fourth series of Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life for Radio 4.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2022John Robertson to perform 50 hour Dark Room show on Twitch
John Robertson will perform his acclaimed interactive live-action videogame comedy show The Dark Room for 50 hours on Twitch. Starting 8pm on Friday 2nd December, it'll run until 10pm on Sunday 4th December 2022.
British Comedy Guide, 29th November 2022Mark Watson: This Can't Be It review
Watson is a little chaotic, quite intuitive and clearly searching for answers, but one thing is certain; he looks at home on the stage, despite taking every opportunity he can to mock himself.
Katerina Partolina Schwartz, Broadway Baby, 20th October 2022These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares
Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022At a time of national mourning, London's comedians push onward
In times of national crisis, comedians can play an important role.
Noelle Mateer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 16th September 2022Mark Watson does his show in the street after venue closes out of respect for the Queen
Mark Watson wasn't going to let the Queen's death stop him from performing his gig last night - even if the venue wanted it to.
Chortle, 11th September 2022Ten Edinburgh comics who were at the Fringe 20 years ago
The Fringe may often focus on the bright new things - but there are also stalwarts who return time and again to present a new show to an attentive audience. We've dug out our dog-eared - and notably thin - 2002 Edinburgh Fringe programme to spotlight some comics still here 20 years on.
Chortle, 27th July 2022Edinburgh Fringe 2022: The comedy lineup so far
Here's a small fraction of some of the comedy coming up at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Jamie Dunn, The Skinny, 24th July 2022