RENOWNED rebel comedian Mark Thomas will return to perform in Lyme Regis next month.

Fondly referred to by the Metropolitan Police as 'general rabble-rouser' and 'alleged comedian', the Marine Theatre will welcome back Mark on Friday, October 9.

His new show, Trespass, will carry on from where his previous show, 100 Acts of Minor Dissent, left off. Combining his usual mix of theatre, stand up, activism, a dash of journalism and a dollop of mayhem, Mark asks if the ramblers of the 1930s were here now, what would they do to open up the cities? He also wonders how we turn the skyscrapers and corporate squares into our playgrounds.

Inspired by the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, Mark turns his eye to how the government have sold off the majority of our communal spaces, from playing fields to public rights of way - setting out to try and carve a small space in the urban world where mischief and random chance can lurk.

Mark calls himself a 'libertarian anarchist', but he has also been labelled a 'domestic extremist' – a nice polite description for such a high profile comedian, whose alternative observational comedy still cuts close to the edge after thirty years.

No one knows where this trickster's show is going to end up, but it will leave you thinking, after you’ve finished laughing.

The performance will start at 8pm and is suitable for those aged 16 years and older.

For more information, please call Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre on 01297 442138.

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