Shropshire Star

Mark Thomas brings critically acclaimed show to region!

The UK's godfather of political comedy returns to stand-up after a long hiatus and brings his newest show, Gaffa Tapes, to Birmingham Glee Club on November 7, and to Shrewsbury's Walker Theatre on November 13.

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Mark Thomas. Art By Tracey Moberly

If you don’t know what Mark does, ask your parents. Mark’s now famous mix of stand-up, theatre, journalism and the odd bout of performance art has made him one of our oldest surviving alternative comics. Mark has been performing comedy for nearly 40 years and, 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 his time, he has won eight awards for performing, three for human rights work… and one he invented for himself. He has made six series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product and three Dispatches for Channel 4, made five series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, written five books and four playscripts, curated and authored two art exhibitions with artist Tracey Moberly and was commissioned to write a show for the Royal Opera House.