Mark's news
This is the place where I'll be updating all and sundry with my latest news. It's worth a check every now and then just to see what I'm up to.
| Wednesday 2nd November 2011 |
Universal Genius London dates
I'm very excited to announce that The humble quest for Universal Genius will be coming to The Leicester Square Theatre for a six-month run in the new year. Contestants will be announced nearer the time, but for now here are the dates...
Thursday 19th January @ 8:30pm
Tuesday 14th
February @ 8:30pm
Thursday 8th March @ 8:45pm
Thursday 12th April @ 9pm
Thursday 10th
May @ 9pm
Thursday 14th
June @ 8:30pm
You should totally book tickets here.
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| Wednesday 7th September 2011 |
More Universal Genius dates in Brighton
I've added some more dates for The humble quest for Universal Genius at Upstairs at Three and Ten in Brighton:
Friday 16th September 2011 @ 8pm
Joey Page v Tom Webb
Friday 21st October 2011 @ 8pm
Trevor Lock v Thom Tuck
Friday 18th November 2011 @ 8pm
Naz Ozmanoglu v Angela Barnes
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| Friday 17th September 2010 |
New dates announced
Righty ho, I'm back from Edinburgh and I've now sorted out new dates for both Go Slow and The humble quest for Universal Genius. Here they are:
Friday 8th October -
Mark Allen's Go Slow @The Hen and Chickens Theatre, London - 9:30pm
Saturday 9th October - Mark Allen's Go Slow @The Hen and Chickens Theatre, London - 9:30pm
Sunday 10th October - Mark Allen's Go Slow @The Hen and Chickens Theatre, London - 9:30pm
Friday 22nd October -
The humble quest for Universal Genius @ The Three and Ten, Brighton - 10:00pm
Sunday 24th October - Mark Allen's Go Slow @ The Three and Ten, Brighton - 5:00pm
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| Monday 2nd August 2010 |
Off to Edinburgh
Well the previews are all over with, the logistics have been sorted and my liver is quivering in anticipation of a heavy month's boozing. I'm off to Edinburgh tomorrow, so if you're around in August, you should totally see the following:
Mark Allen's Go Slow @The GRV (Venue 274), 4:40pm - 6:10pm, 5th-29th August
The humble quest for Universal Genius @ Belushi's Bar (Venue 245), 8:00pm - 9:00pm, 15th-21st August
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| Friday 9th July 2010 |
Mark Allen's Go Slow is a bloody winner!
As I might have mentioned, I took my latest show Mark Allen's Go Slow to the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June. It was a preview version of the same show I'm taking to the Edinburgh festival and was part of "The British Invasion" programme. Not only did I receive very pleasing reviews from audience and critics that saw it, the show also went and won some bloody awards. As part of The British Invasion we won the Hollywood Fringe Award for Best Comedy and the LA Theatre Review Award for Best International Show.Crikey!
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| Sunday 13th June 2010 |
The humble quest for Universal Genius
As well as taking Mark Allen's Go Slow to the Edinburgh Festival this year, I'm also going to be performing The humble quest for Universal Genius for a week. There'll be 6 heats and a grand final where I'll be crowning Edinburgh's own Universal Genius. It's at Belushi's Bar at 8pm from 15th-21st August and will feature all manner of exciting comedic guests and it will be much fun. You should probably come along.
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| Wednesday 21st April 2010 |
Mark Allen's Go Slow
This is the new name of my latest solo show (formerly called The Slow Coach). Although the name has changed, the concept is still the same - it's the story what happened when I decided to stage a protest at the increasing pace of life by doing everything slower for the entire month of March. I'll be performing the show at The Brighton Fringe, the Edinburgh Fringe and the Hollywood Fringe (yes, that Hollywood) Festivals. You can read full details here.
The humble quest for Universal Genius
It's been so long since I last updated this news page that I've now done 3 shows at the Komedia in Brighton and they've been bloody magnificent fun. I'll be cobbling together a video compilation of the highlights soon, so look out for that. If you want to see a live show, the next one will be at the Komedia on 3rd June. There are also plans to transfer it to London and possibly even to do a week-long run of it during the Edinburgh Festival, so watch this space. In the meantime you can read all about it here.
Labservative election campaign
I've just recorded a piece of viral advertising nonsense for the forthcoming elections in which I sport a ridiculous haircut. You can see it here.
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| Wednesday 10th January 2010 |
I haven't updated this news bit for a while. That doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything worth telling you about. Quite the opposite in fact - I've been too busy doing things to stop and tell you about the things I'm doing. Still, here's what's new with me...
Leicester Comedy Festival
I'm happy to say that I'm performing Quite Good Britain at this year's Leicester Comedy Festival on Friday 12th February. To buy tickets, click here.
The humble quest for Universal Genius
I'm writing and hosting a comedy panel show at The Komedia in Brighton on Thursday 18th February where I will be pitting top stand up comedians against in each other to try and find a modern day Universal Genius. There will be rounds on philosophy, languages, science, poetry and hunting, and it will probably be quite ridiculous. The first two contestants will be Terry Saunders and Matt Forde. For tickets and more information, click here.
Go Slow
I'm am currently writing my next hour-long show for the Edinburgh Festival called Go Slow, where I shall attempt to side-step the current breakneck pace of life and see how I get on. You can see a video explaining a bit more about it here. More information will follow. Slowly.
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