Mark Thomas has been referred to as the ‘Godfather of Political Comedy’. For over forty years, the comedian has combined these two important aspects of his life to carve a career out as one of Britain’s longest standing comics.
In his time, he has won 8 awards for performing, 3 for human rights work… and 1 he invented for himself. He has made 6 series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product and 3 Dispatches for Channel 4, made 5 series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, written 5 books and 4 playscripts, curated and authored 2 art exhibitions with artist Tracey Moberly and was commissioned to write a show for the Royal Opera House. He has forced a politician to resign, changed laws on tax and protest, become the Guinness Book of Records world-record holder for number of protests in 24 hours, taken the police to court three times and won (the fourth is in the pipeline), walked the length of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank (that’s 724km), and generally mucked about trying to have fun and upset (shall we say) the right people.
With a recent-ish step towards theatre in his last few shows, Mark is back to his finest stand-up form and anti-Tory sentiment in Gaffa Tapes as he sets out on the road this autumn and well into 2025…
Prior to the tour kicking off, TotalNtertainment sat down with Mark to have a chat about his gateway into both comedy and politics, how he makes light of some fairly dark subjects for most people, and what changes he would make to the public transport system across the UK.
Watch the full video interview with Mark here:
Mark’s current ‘Gaffa Tapes’ tour now runs well into 2025 with the current list of dates left as follows:
Oct
31 The Cambridge Junction – Cambridge
Nov
01 The Stables – WavendonMilton Keynes
07 Glee Club – Birmingham
08 Marsden Mechanics – Huddersfield
10 City Hall/ Memorial Hall/ Oval Hall/ Ballroom – Sheffield
13 Theatre Severn/ Walker Theatre – Shrewsbury
14 Hen and Chicken/ Comedy Box – Bristol
16 Social – Hull
21 Arts Centre – Swindon
22 West End Centre – Aldershot
23 The Point Eastleigh
29 The Electric Palace – Bridport
Dec
04 The Old Market – Hove
06 Plymouth University – Plymouth
07 Launceston Town Hall – Cornwall
08 Portsmouth – The Wedgewood Rooms
11 Bury St Edmunds – The Apex
12 Leicester – The Y Theatre
13 Cardiff – Sherman Theatre
Jan
23 Liverpool Playhouse Theatre
Feb
01 Barnard Castle – The Witham
05 Leeds – City Varieties
07 Barton Upon Humber – The Ropewalk
08 Manchester – Waterside
13 Stroud – Subscription Rooms
15 Aberystwyth Arts Centre
16 Chester – Storyhouse
20 Brighton – Komedia
22 Luton – The Hat Factory
26 Exeter Phoenix
27 London – Leicester Square Theatre
If you want to find out more about Mark or get tickets for the show, head over to his official website here.
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