Mark Simmons

“Mock The Week” star Mark Simmons has, in one year, gone from being a top circuit comic to a sell-out touring act with his brilliant one-liners and extremely likeable crowd-work. One of the finest acts in the UK and a firm favourite of The Stand-Up Club, mark has also supported Rob Beckett, Seann Walsh and Rob Brydon on tour. Mark is also a regular in Dave’s Best 10 Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe, and won the prestigious Comedians’ Comedian Award for 2022, as voted for by his peers.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!

In one line (no pun intended!) How would you describe your comedy?

I do one-liners. Lot’s of silly jokes, clever jokes & a few naughty jokes. I was on the top jokes of the Edinburgh festival list with this one recently…

“Did you know, if you get pregnant in the Amazon, it’s next day delivery”

If you weren’t a comedian what would you be doing?

It could be anything, I’ve had a lot of different jobs. Definitely wouldn’t be working in a call centre answering a phone again, that wasn’t for me…

What’s the best thing about being a comedian And the worst?

The best things is being paid to do something I really love. Getting to travel all over the world making people laugh. Best job in the world.

The worst thing is all of the loooong drives. Sometimes my agent will try to get me to do a show miles away when I really don’t want to sit in the car for hours, so I put my foot down!

You’re amazing at the whole online thing, but even you must get some trolls or aggro.

Occasionally I’ll get a nasty comment and I’ll keep replying to them in the knowledge that the algorithm will see this interaction as a sign that they love my content and therefor will be flooded with my videos over the next week lol

Does being a comedian increase your sex appeal?!

Big time. I’ve had to start recording them on my bed post. Just ask my most recent girlfriend, she’s top notch.

Finally, give us a joke about football as at the time of writing we’re still in the Euros

I remember watching the last Euros thinking, that’s the best Stirlings been since Brexit.

MOCK THE WEEK CLIP: https://fb.watch/8eWi9HRWZp/

Master of one liners’ – one4review *****

Gags of the highest order” – Broadway baby ****

Hilarious one liners’ – Edinburgh Festival Magazine ****

Perfectly timed, clever one-liners’ – Leicester Mercury