Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes

Presented by Phil McIntyre Live Limited
£22.50
City Varieties Music Hall
Black and white illustration of Mark Thomas stood behind a microphone stand.

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. Often referred to as the ‘godfather of political comedy’ (among many other things), Mark has been performing comedy for nearly 40 years. With a recentish 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.

If you don’t know what Mark does, ask your parents.

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, five series of Mark Thomas: The Manifesto for Radio 4, written five books and four play scripts, curated and authored two 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 the 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.

Event information

Running Time: TBC

Age Guidance: 16+

Triggers and advisories: TBC

Prices include a £2 booking fee and where applicable, a £1.20 charge for postage will be payable

Boxes at £25.50pp are available to book by calling the Box Office on 0113 243 0808

FAQs

Select a performance

8:00pm
23.00 - 13.50
Book Now
Limited Availability