Mark Watson4 September 2009
Mark Watson is a comedian, author, sports pundit and husband. He was born in 1980 and according to life expectancy for his socio-economic group and Body Mass Index, will die in 2056.
He did his first gig in 2002 and the same year won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Competition. It was then discontinued, securing Mark as the all-time champion of humour. Also that year he was runner-up in the aggressively titled 'So You Think You're Funny?'
In 2005 his first Edinburgh show, 50 Years Before Death and the Awful Prospect Of Eternity, was nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer. A year later he won the first ever if.comedies Panel Prize. He was nominated for the Barry Award in his first appearance at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and followed that with a a two-week run at the Sydney Opera House.
The much in demand comedian is universally recognised as a leading comic stand up and is a recipient of the Time Out Critic's Choice Award.
Mark will be performing at LIVEstock 2009 - a unique evening of comedy and music in support of Friends of the Earth's Food Chain Campaign.
