Mark Thomas

Tickets

Full price £21.50

Location

The Acorn, Penzance

Dates

Tue 1st December, 2026
7:30 pm

About this event

One of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic!

Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years

What?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 years? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…? Alas it is true; one of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic as he takes his brand-new show on the road this autumn.

So, 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 (Channel 4), written 6 books and 5 play scripts, made 5 series of the Manifesto 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 hours.

If 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 on tax avoidance, started a comedy club in Palestine with Dr Sam Beale and campaigned successfully for things like trade union recognition for cinema workers and getting multinationals to change their practices. You’re right, there’s more, but your attention is running out and we’re running out of space. So, let’s just say he’s generally mucked about trying to have fun and upset the right people…which he is really, really good at.

This is a taster menu of political and personal mayhem, jokes, rants and a state of the nation broadcast as he tries to turn ‘what the hell is going on’ into a cogent evening of stand-up.

Contact

01736 363 545 | https://www.theacornpenzance.com/events/mark-thomas-40-in-stand-up-years/

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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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