2013 Edinburgh Fringe

Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent

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12: The Stand Comedy Club III, IV

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Mark Thomas is well versed in the art of creative mayhem and over the years his troublemaking has changed laws, cost companies millions and annoyed those who most deserved it. Now he returns to what he does best: mischief - joyously bad behaviour with a purpose. After his award-winning show Bravo Figaro, Mark tasks himself with committing 100 Acts of Minor Dissent in the space of a year. Mark catalogues everything from the smallest and silliest gesture to the grandest confrontations and the results are subversive, hilarious, mainly legal and occasionally inspiring.

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Mark Thomas leads LGBT protest

With 100 acts of dissent to commit in a year, Mark Thomas is certainly adept at multi-tasking.

Kirsten Waller, TV Bomb, 27th August 2013

Mark Thomas organising LGBT gig outside Russian Consula

Mark Thomas is organising a free comedy gig outside the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Edinburgh on Thursday, which will feature LGBT stand-up comedians.

British Comedy Guide, 19th August 2013

Video interview: Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas is back, and on a mission to commit 100 Acts of Minor Dissent by the end of the year. He tells us some of his favourite schemes to antagonise the rich and powerful.

Chris Stone, The Telegraph, 12th August 2013

Mark Thomas brings 100 Acts of Minor Dissent to Fringe

Political comedian returns to his roots with some mischievous acts of dissent.

The List, 30th July 2013

Mark Thomas returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

For 2013, he is back on more solid comedy ground at The Stand.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 8th July 2013

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Over the years, Mark Thomas has poked his nose into enough things to cause a politician to resign, arms deals to collapse, reform inheritance tax law, force the odd multinational to clean up its act a little and accidentally become Guinness World Record holder for political protests.

This August, Mark is back to doing what he does best; mischief, defiance and joyously bad behaviour, occasionally gift wrapped with the ribbons of political gesture. Setting himself the task of committing 100 Acts of Minor Dissent in the space of a year, Mark will be cataloging everything from the smallest and silliest action to the grandest confrontations. The results will no doubt be subversive, hilarious, mainly legal and occasionally inspiring.

In 2010, Mark walked the entire length of the Israeli wall in the West Bank and his subsequent 2011 show, Extreme Rambling: Walking the Wall, went on from Edinburgh to tour nationwide, from the National Theatre to the North Western Reform Synagogue, and was named the Telegraph's Show of the Year 2011. At last year's Fringe, Mark performed a sell-out, critically acclaimed run with his first ever theatre show about his father, Bravo Figaro, which was originally commissioned by the Royal Opera House, won Mark a Scotsman Fringe First and a Herald Angel award and was recently broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

With six series on Channel 4, numerous awards, TV documentaries, three books, a published manifesto, a fifth series of Mark Thomas: The Manifesto commissioned for BBC Radio 4, a Sony Award for his show My Life in Serious Organised Crime, a magazine column that caused a diplomatic incident, the occasional arrest (mainly other peoples, though not exclusively), court cases, giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees, stopping multinational infrastructure deals and no small amount of fucking about, it's no wonder that Mark is the UK's favourite political comedian.

Performances

Date Time Venue
3rd Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
4th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
5th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
6th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
7th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
8th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
9th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
10th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
11th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
13th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
14th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
15th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
16th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
17th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
18th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
19th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
20th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
21st Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
22nd Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
23rd Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
24th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV
25th Aug 2013 19:30 The Stand Comedy Club III, IV

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