Mark Watson
- 44 years old
- English
- Writer, stand-up comedian, author and producer
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British Comedy Guide launches Laughter Lounge online comedy festival
British Comedy Guide is launching Laughter Lounge, a virtual comedy festival due to run Monday 28th September until Sunday 4th October. Acts include Tom Allen, David O'Doherty and Luisa Omielan.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2020Mark Watson interview
'The pandemic makes you realise how precarious comedy can be'.
Killian Fox, The Observer, 16th August 2020Mark Watson writes his first film
Mark Watson has written his first feature film. The Best Of will be a rom-com, directed by Muriel's Wedding star Toni Collette.
British Comedy Guide, 5th August 2020Mark Watson to publish 'disaster memoir' Eight Deaths
Mark Watson is to publish Eight Deaths (And Life After Them), an autobiography with a dark twist.
British Comedy Guide, 4th August 2020Review: Mark Watson's Carpool Comedy
Performing alongside Sophie Duker, Lou Sanders, Tim Key and Jen Brister.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st August 2020Mark Watson's Carpool Comedy Club review
Drive-in comedy shows are now well into their groove (although sadly a couple of promoters have had to cut their losses because of poor sales at some venues), and distinct differences in approach to what's on offer have emerged.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 22nd July 2020Live comedy will receive government funding
Live comedy is eligible for the government's £1.57billion arts lifeline package, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed.
British Comedy Guide, 18th July 2020Coronavirus: how Covid-19 hit the comedy industry
A look at how the virus has affected comedy on both sides of the Atlantic, with interviews with Mark Watson, Kate Smurthwaite and Eleanor Conway.
Sooraj Shah, BBC, 16th July 2020Mark Watson's Carpool Comedy review
'This is not a perfect way to do comedy,' Mark Watson admits during the first of more than two dozen of his Carpool Comedy drive-in gigs.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th July 2020Mark Watson's Comedy Marathon: an irresistible carnival
The blokey joker fired up his webcam to deliver a 24 hours of faux-ballads, toilet humour and even a real-life wedding.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd May 2020