Mark Thomas 40 in Stand-Up Years

Comedy · Kettering

Mark Thomas 40 in Stand-Up Years

Saturday 21 November 2026 · Doors 19:15

Arts Centre, St Andrew's Church, Kettering

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Mark Thomas 40 in Stand-Up Years is on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Arts Centre, St Andrew's Church, Kettering, with doors at 19:15. Tickets start at £15.40, including the booking fee.

Kettering Arts Centre presents... Phil McIntyre Live Ltd by arrangement with Tin Cat Entertainment proudly presents... 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. ★★★★★" A razor tight combination of political insight and universal observations that act as a reminder of what made Thomas one of the stand-out performers of his generation" THE REVIEWS HUB 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...

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