Mark Thomas

Tickets

Adult £19.50

Location

The Acorn, Penzance

Dates

Sun 1st December, 2024
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7:30 pm

About this event

Gaffa Tapes

Following a recent step towards theatre in his last few shows, Mark Thomas is back to his finest stand-up form and anti-Tory sentiment in Gaffa Tapes as takes his tour to Penzance!

Mark’s now famous mix of standup, 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’ (amidst many other things), Mark has been performing comedy for nearly 40 years.

If you don’t know what Mark does, ask your parents. In his time, he has won 8 awards for performing, 3 for human rights work… and 1 he invented for himself. He has made 6 series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product and 3 Dispatches for Channel 4, made 5 series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, written 5 books and 4 playscripts, curated and authored 2 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 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.

Contact

01736 363545 | https://www.theacornpenzance.com/events/mark-thomas-gaffa-tapes/

Accessibility

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The Acorn Theatre is accessible by a gentle slope via the entrance to the Main Auditorium (access via Greenmarket car park). Our licensed Cabaret Bar and a fully accessible toilet are on the lower-ground floor, easily accessible by a lift. If you need to sit by an aisle or near a speaker, please let our box office team know before booking. We kindly ask that you inform the box office regarding your needs when you book so we can make provisions for you and reserve your space. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate wheelchair-using ticket-holders for a performance if we do not receive any notification at the time of booking, as we have very limited space available for wheelchair users. We thank you for your cooperation. We do, on occasion, have carers’ tickets to shows. This enables the carer to have free entry to certain events. We are proud to have signed up to the Tempo Time Credit scheme. The Acorn Theatre strives to make our facilities and performances as accessible to as wide an audience as possible. For any further enquiries or additional support please contact us.

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