Press clippings Page 3
'It's a feeling I've been chasing ever since': Edinburgh festival debuts
Alan Cumming did a gig for a cat, Tiff Stevenson was drowned out by samba and some performers even made a profit ... fringe veterans discuss their first time and how the festival has changed.
The Guardian, 21st July 2022Mark Thomas savages Boris Johnson as he collects degree
"I've been asked to give a few words of advice, I guess. I genuinely don't know that much. DMs [Doc Martens] are overpriced. Hobnobs are overvalued. Boris Johnson is a venal lying corrupt narcissistic inept, totally money grabbing, evil man who should never have been allowed near the power - never."
Chortle, 16th July 2022Mark Thomas : The John Robb interview
The activist and comedian explains to John Robb the art of comedy and how humour can change the world as he fights for human rights.
John Robb, Louder Than War, 15th July 2022Leeds Comedy Festival line-up revealed
The line-up has been confirmed for the upcoming Leeds Comedy Festival, which runs from July 4 - 19.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th June 2022The Stand announces final batch of Edinburgh Fringe shows
After a tempestuous couple of years resulting in one missed Fringe in 2020 and one barely recognisable one in 2021, The Stand release their final batch of shows for the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th May 2022How we made The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
"It was a steep learning curve, from shouting abuse at a Tory MEP to chasing international arms dealers".
Jay Richardson, The Guardian, 21st February 2022Comedians join the line-up of Laugharne Weekend
The line-up this year includes Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jen Brister, Nick Revell, Mark Thomas and Fast Show star-turned-author Charlie Higson.
Robin Ince will reprise his 2021 Linda Smith lecture, which involved talking and smashing a watermelon. The Linda Smith Lecture was established in 2015 as an annual event to celebrate the much missed comedian's life and work and to reflect on the comedy business.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th February 2022Mark Thomas: An Extra Plate review
If you can't do sentiment at Christmas, when can you do it? In An Extra Plate, Mark Thomas again puts his campaigning political comedy on pause to focus on his family, via selection of personal memories range from the seasonably gladdening to the achingly bittersweet. For, he explains, like all Christmas good stories, his comes with 'a whiff of death'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th December 2021Mark Thomas interview
Mark Thomas is bringing a new Christmas-themed show to Battersea Arts Centre this December.
!nspired, 1st December 2021Mark Thomas: Seriously Annoying review
The comedian draws on his Clapham childhood and violent dad as he rails against the dangers of the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th August 2021