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URL:https://xyzbrighton.com/events/mark-thomas-40-in-stand-up-years/
SUMMARY:Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nWhat?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 year
 s? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…? Alas it is true\; one o
 f our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic.\
 n\nSo\, here’s what he has done so far in numbers\; performed comedy for
  40 years\, won 8 awards for performing\, 4 for human rights work and 1 he
  invented for himself\, made 6 series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product (C
 hannel 4)\, written 6 books and 5 play scripts\, made 5 series of the Mani
 festo for Radio 4\, made 3 Dispatches for Channel 4\, sued the police (and
  won) 3 times\, curated and authored 2 art exhibitions with artist Tracey 
 Moberly and had 1 Guinness World Record for holding 20 protests in 24 hour
 s.\n\nIf that’s not enough\, he’s also walked 724km around the length 
 of the Israel Wall in the West Bank\, been credited with changing the law\
 non tax avoidance\, started a comedy club in Palestine with Dr Sam Beale a
 nd campaigned successfully for things like trade union recognition for cin
 ema workers and getting multinationals to change their practices. You’re
  right\, there’s more\, but your attention is running out and we’re ru
 nning out of space. So let’s just say he’s generally mucked about tryi
 ng to have fun and upset the right people…which he is really\, really go
 od at.\n\nSo basically expect a taster menu of government and personal may
 hem\, jokes\, rants and a personal state of the nation broadcast as he tri
 es to turn ‘what the hell is going on’ into a cogent hour of stand-up.
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