Mark's comedy biography

I've been writing and performing comedy for over ten years now. As a stand-up comedian, I have regularly performed gigs for promoters such as Off the Kerb and Mirth Control, and played in some of the country’s most prestigious venues including The Comedy Store in London, The Stand in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and The Belfast Empire. Don't get me wrong - I've also played some truly crappy gigs too, but I don’t need to list those because they’re clearly less impressive.

I have performed three solo stand-up shows at consecutive Edinburgh Fringe Festivals: Quite Good Britain in 2006, Mob Logic in 2007 and Pet Project in 2008. Each show subsequently transferred to The Hen and Chickens Theatre, London and enjoyed sell-out runs, before variously going on to be performed at the Brighton, Manchester and Leicester comedy festivals.

As well as stand-up, I also write comedy for TV and radio. I was part of a writing team for a pilot tv series for Talkback Productions and had work commissioned for BBC Talent's Urban Sketch Comedy initiative, as well as having a number of sketches shown on two series of Shoot the Writers on ITV1. I was also featured in Pulse Film's documentary series Citizen Smith on BBC4 and have appeared as a guest on The Richard Bacon Show and The Stephen Nolan Show, both on BBC Radio Five Live.

“a comic with something new to say” - The Guardian
“a total delight” - Time Out


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