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Mark Watson - Can I briefly talk to you about the point of life?

 
Description: Pleasance Courtyard / 60 The Pleasance / Edinburgh. / The Pleasance Courtyard (located at 60 Pleasance) has over ... more
Mark Watson - Can I briefly talk to you about the point of life? ... 300,000 visitors, fourteen venues, six bars, three cafes and every kind of entertainment under the sun. It's little wonder that for many people the Pleasance is the Fringe. 'The best of all possible worlds' The Observer.

Newest Review: ... with all the same attitudes and world views but delivered in such a hasty manner that it seems like the ravings of a Welsh madman. This enthusiasm makes it impossible for an audience not to be drawn in to the incidents of his mundane life, mostly set on trains, and like Josie Long there is a celebration of human idiosyncrasies and failings, though Mark does explain the events that led to him ... more

 ... developing a local nemesis. The ‘real’ Mark Watson is entirely visible behind the mania and doesn’t make any attempt to construct himself as any stupider or more immature than he really is, talking often about his wife and happy marriage and admitting ...more

Frankingsteins
Crowned Review Mark Watson - Can I briefly talk to you about the point of life?: Edinburgh Fringe 2007: Mark Watson (Pleasance) (859 words)
by Frankingsteins - written on 04.08.07 (Very useful, 225 readings)
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The hyperactive Bristol-born Welshman Mark Watson is one of the most impressive comedians at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, and someone who really embraces the mentality of this mad month. Previous one-off shows, carried out in addition to his regular stand-up, have included an epic novel writing project with audience members and a gruelling twenty-four hour show, before last year topped it to thirty-six. This year sees Mark hosting the fourth mobile ‘24 Hour Jamboree to Save the Planet,’ beginning outside a Fringe ticket office and ending up who knows where from late on the 13th to the 14th of the month, tellingly the only day Mark’s regular stand-up show is not being ...

 
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