Mark
Watson
"By
day he is a semi-serious novelist, by night a gangly Pythonesque performer. Catch
him before real fame comes knocking." Evening Standard
"Sublime
talent and glorious wit" - The Scotsman
"The
comedic Iron Man" - New York Times
"A
scholar, a gentleman and a brilliant stand-up" - Evening Standard
Writing
credits include:
• Bullet Points published in hardback by Chatto+Windus
February 2004.
• Vintage paperback to follow in 2005, and second novel
late 2005.
• Currently writing screenplay of Bullet Points for Ugly Duckling
Films
• Comedy drama, Overtime, in development for Radio 4, pilot episode
recorded September 2004.
• Sitcom, The Love Lives of Christians, in development
for BBC1 with Hat Trick Productions.
• Co-directed and was among the writers
of Cambridge Footlights National Tour Show 2003.
• One of the principle
writers and performers of Far Too Happy, the Cambridge Footlights National Tour
show, which was nominated for Perrier Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe 2001.
•
Wrote, directed & acted in Tales Of The Predictable at Edinburgh Fringe 2000.
Stand
up credits include:
• Mark Watson's overambitious 24-Hour Show
at Edinburgh Fringe 2004, the longest solo stand-up show in history: "one
of the defining moments of fringe comedy... sure to become a cultural legend,"
The Scotsman; "a one-man comedic miracle" Three Weeks. Winner, Hairline
Award, Tap Water Award and Spirit Of The Fringe Award.
• Stereocomics,
with Rhod Gilbert, performed at Edinburgh Fringe 2004.
• Regular compere
at Up The Creek, Greenwich.
• Guest appearances in Australian and Montreal
comedy festivals.
• Co-performed with Tim Key, A Few Idiots Who Spoil
It For Everyone Else, Canal Café. Now adapted for radio with Talkback.
•
Performing stand-up nationwide including regular slots at top London clubs including
Comedy Café, Comedy Store, Up The Creek, Bearcat, Covent Garden Comedy
Club and Amused Moose.
• Winner, Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 2002.
•
Finalist, So You Think You’re Funny? 2002.
• Finalist, Amused Moose
London Talent Quest. 2002
Television
credits include:
• Contributor to The Ultimate Movie Chart
for Channel 4.
• Worked extensively with Hat Trick and other production
companies on projects for BBC, Channel 4 as well as Comedy Lab.
• Appeared
as an extra in a number of American & Canadian sitcoms while living in Toronto,
including three episodes of the US version of Queer As Folk.
