Comedy and Performance with Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas talks to Spotlight about his latest show Check Up: Our NHS at 70, and how to succeed as a performer in this tough industry...

The ethos that you can get up and create your own work, your own material, is really important. I think that's a really positive [influence] that stand up can have on theatre performers....

Comedian, presenter, satirist and journalist Mark Thomas talks to us about how he's come to create his latest show, Check Up: Our NHS at 70.  He also talks about how he got started in comedy, what makes for a good joke, and how politics and the issues he's passionate has influenced the work he has created in his career, alongside his best advice to budding performers. Take a look: