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Live review: Mark Thomas: Check Up - Our NHS @ 70
Comedy, if not the NHS, is in safe hands.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th October 2018Fringe First awards: Seven winners from week two
The Scotsman Fringe Firsts recognise outstanding new theatre writing premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - here are our second group of 2018 winners.
The Scotsman, 17th August 2018Mark Thomas interview
My name is Mark Thomas. I'm 55 and I'm an Aries. I was born in St Thomas' Hospital, on the banks of the river Thames, opposite parliament.
James Collins, Mandy, 17th August 2018The shows serious about accentuating the positives
Perhaps sensing that the news agenda has taken a dark turn, a number of shows are serious about accentuating the positive, writes David Pollock.
David Pollock, The Scotsman, 13th August 2018From Dawn Till Dusk with Fringe favourite Mark Thomas
Writer, activist, comedian and Fringe favourite Mark Thomas presents his new show at Edinburgh's Traverse this month. Titled Check Up: Our NHS At 70, it's based on interviews with experts and patients. In it, Thomas, aged 54, asks, if he makes it to 84, what will the NHS look like at 100? Before hitting Edinburgh, he tells us about his day.
The National (Scotland), 5th August 2018Edinburgh's festivals of extremes
Here, we list just some of the people at this year's festivals, who have records to their name, or possibly should.
Vicky Allen, The Herald, 5th August 2018The best theatre, dance and kids shows to see
The best shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Emily Jupp, i Newspaper, 2nd August 2018The best shows we saw before the festival started
Reviews from Melbourne and elsewhere.
Chortle, 2nd August 2018Preview: Fringe shows to explore the NHS at 70
Mark Fisher, The Scotsman, 1st August 2018Listen to Mark Thomas' Spotify playlist
The music Mark Thomas prescribes ahead of his new Fringe show about the NHS.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 31st July 2018