In the late Eighties, there had been a series of comedy concerts (modelled on the Amnesty International “Secret Policeman’s Ball series”) to raise both awareness and raw cash for HIV/AIDS charities. The series was called Hysteria to reflect the hysteria (and downright untruths) surrounding...
From the most unexpected story teller comes Christmas stories from the life, time and family of Mark Thomas. The one where his dad was Father Christmas for the school fete, the time his mum found his dad's secret stash of presents that were not for her, the Christmas spent alone, the one where they...
In crystal clear sound and vision, the TV comedian reveals the inside story on how he upset the U.S secret service by putting a bounty on the life of President Bush. Mark also displays how he obtained police surveillance images of himself.
Name the comedian who might say 'I wonder if I can set up a comedy club… in a refugee camp... in Palestine?' Of course, it’s Mark Thomas. And that is exactly what he tries to do. Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark and his team set out to run a comedy...
Through interviews, analysis, archive footage and witness testimony, WitchHunt explores the connections between the attacks on Labour, the ongoing tragedy of Palestine and the wider struggle against race-based oppression. It argues that, if it is to mean anything at all, the fight against racism...
A topical tale about the miners' strike The Red Shed is a 47 foot long, wooden, red, Socialist shed in Wakefield where Mark first started to perform in public and where he politically came of age as a student involved in the miners strike. The battle of politics is remembering over forgetting.
The true story of how Mark discovered his close friend was spying on him for Britain's biggest arms dealer. A tale of hubris, friendship, loss and undercover deceit told by an award-winning comedian.
Never one to take the easy option, Mark Thomas decided to go rambling in the Middle East and decided to walk the entire length of the Israeli Wall, crossing between the Israeli and Palestinian sides. This is the story of 350,000 settlers, a 750km wall, six arrests, one stoning, too much hummus and...
Comedy that really makes a difference! This is Mark's true story of cake icing as a political weapon, of demonstrations to Defend Surrealism and getting to like the police. Mark turns an 18 month battle over Parliament Square and the right to demonstrate into bizarrely brilliant stand up. This is...
Popular stand up Mark Thomas expounds his no-holds barred views on sex, religion and the universe in this live set, filmed at the Banana Cabaret, Balham.
As a teenager working on his dad's building sites, Mark used to cringe when he blasted opera out to the workers. Now he's written a show about him in all his grumpy glory. In the performance I say this is not a show about love, well it turns out I was wrong.
