Mark Simmons

As Seen on BBC's Mock The Week UK Comics’ Comic 2022 - Best Act DAVE’s Top 10 Jokes at The Edinburgh Fringe (2017, 2019 & 2022) 'One of the UK's preeminent pun merchants...the quickest quipster in show business' Evening Standard Mark is “The UK’s pre-eminent pun merchant” (Evening Standard). His debut tour, Quip Off the Mark has sold over 16,000 tickets at 100+ dates across the country including sold out dates at the Leicester Square Theatre five times, Lowry Quays Theatre, Leeds City Varieties, and Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatre twice, The Stand Newcastle and Canterbury's Gulbenkian. Mark has placed in Dave’s prestigious Best Joke of The Fringe in Edinburgh 2017, 2019, & 2022. He was nominated for Best Show by the Amused Moose Comedy Award Fringe Show 2017. Mark has become a social media sensation for his quick responses on stage with over 115k followers on Facebook and 90k followers on Instagram. He has starred in two episodes of Mock The Week, appeared on BBC Radio Four multiple times and on ITV’s Out There. Mark has a podcast Jokes With Mark. In each episode, Mark invites a fellow comic such as Sarah Millican, Rob Beckett and Rhys James to discuss their dropped material and why it didn’t work. All episodes are now available on Apple, Spotify and Acast.