Most people aren’t troubled by questions of this sort in their everyday lives, but award winning comedian, author, sports pundit, husband and father Mark Watson is. Every time he announces a set of tour dates, there are disappointed tweets from all corners of the UK not covered by his travels.

“Why are you going to Southampton instead of Inverness”, people demand. “What’s the matter with Ipswich?”, “Do you hate the Isle of Man?”. Despite Mark’s reputation as one of the hardest-working and most-constantly-travelling comics around, it almost seems as if the only way to ensure happy gig-goers is if he allows fans to dictate his entire schedule.

Can you guess where this is going? Last year, via his daily blog, Mark invited fans to suggest destinations for his 2011 shows. Over the past few months he’s been sifting through these suggestions and calculating the most popular choices from what remained. From now until Christmas 2011 he will traverse the country to perform at over 50 specially requested towns. He’ll dole out a mixture of old favourites and new material, experimental stuff and greatest hits to those who have previously been deprived of his trademark frantic wit.

As well as being known as one of the hardest-working stand-ups, Mark Watson has also somehow found time to write four books.

Mark is also a consistent regular on our TV screens. Host of Mark Watson Kicks Off and the irreverent quiz show, We Need Answers, his other television credits include: Comedy Rocks, Comedy Annual , Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Channel 4’s Comedy Gala Live At The 02, Would I Lie To You?, Comedy Roast, You Have Been Watching, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week and host at the 2009 Shockwaves NME Awards.

Mark has hosted two series of his own radio show Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better on BBC Radio 4.

Mark’s episode of Dave’s One Night Stand is also due to air on the DAVE channel this April.

Mark Watson visits Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury on Thursday 16th June at 8.00pm for further details visit www.theatresevern.co.uk.

“HIS IS THE COMEDY OF SELF DOUBT, OF EVERYDAY AWKWARDNESS, OF EMBARRASSING FAMILIES AND SMALL TRIUMPHS THAT WE CAN ALL RELATE TO” Observer

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“A STAND-UP SUPERSTAR, A CLASSIC OBSERVATIONAL HUMORIST” – Time Out New York