Page added on January 26, 2012
See Mark Restuccia Debut Solo Show at The Criterion
Mark Restuccia brings his debut solo show to Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival on Feb 8th at 7 pm at The Criterion. Mark will be taking the show to the Edinburgh Festival later this year.
Mark says:
I’m a London based stand-up comedian/comedy writer/actor/voiceover artist, and I tell jokes to people who in return, laugh. These people are kind.
I’ve played comedy clubs all around the country, including Jongleurs, The Comedy Store, Up The Creek, The Stand and also won the Comedy Cafe New Act Competition and beaten the notorious Comedy Store Gong. Sorry, i shouldn’t show off. Actually i should, i’ve worked bloody hard. I’m not having a go, but i have.
Oh and listen to this: I’ve only gigged in Tenerife, Slovakia, Prague, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus. I’m bloody well international dont you know.
Mark’s accolades include:
So You Think You’re Funny – Semi Finalist 2008
Amused Moose Hot Starlet 2008
Leicester Square Theatre Comedian Of The Year – Finalist 2009
Laughing Horse New Act Competition – Finalist 2010
Amused Moose Laugh Off Finalist 2010
Comedy Reserve Showcase – Edinburgh 2010
BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2011
Mark continues:
I’m also a sketch writer/performer whose handiwork you can see on the Sketch Showreel page and at:
I’m one third of Knock2bag who came runner up in the Myspace Trident Comedy Award 2008.
See my reviews page if you don’t believe me. Go on. I said go on.. Alright then don’t. Actually do. You will now i’ve said that. See?
I’ve appeared on ITV2’s Gagging For It and BBC3’s The Wall in sketches written by myself and Mr’s Rupert Majendie and Albion Gray. Oh, and i also appeared in FHM Stand Up Hero on ITV 4 on October 27th 2010. So there.
Have a looksy at my stuff on pages of my website at:http://www.markrestuccia.com/
There’s also a gig list page where you can come and see me in action. Exciting eh? Yes. Exciting.
‘It’s easy to see why he was headlining, Mark had the verve and confidence of a seasoned pro’
-Steve Bennett (Chortle)
‘Corking lines to satisfy, all delivered with unwavering faith’
- Steve Bennett – (Chortle) on Laughing Horse Final 2010
‘His act was like a Royal toilet – always polished but often filthy’
1-Channel4.com Comedy Police Review
‘Like Jimmy Carr before he presented mind numbing quiz shows on Channel 4 and when he was fresh, he produces comedy by inverting normal day to day topics into funny yet sickening punchlines’
- -Three Weeks
‘His off the cuff style and devil-may-care attitude was a hit with the audience, and it was lcear he got a genuine thrill from making people laugh, a kind of sincerity that’s becoming more and more rare in good comedy’
- -Leicester Wave Newspaper
‘Polished, his professionalism might have told against him as he was the most ‘like a comic’ when the competition preference seemed to run in favour of youthful energy over craft.’
- -Julia Chamberlain for Chortle on Amused Moose Final 2010
‘Packed to the rafters with gags, the jokes rarely misfire. Crucially, has excellent timing and a strong sense of his audience, and these are deployed effectively, elevating this show beyond much of the free comedy on offer.’
- -Three Weeks (4 Star review)
‘Full of good cheer and quips as full and lush as his beard. A constant ripple of giggles kept his set alive and the clapping and whooping after his 30 mins showed a job well done.’
- -Dorsetcomedy.com
‘Came out and dropped some killer lines.’
- -Bruce Morton (Comic judging semi final of BBC Comedy Award 2011)
‘Very easy to watch, this guy deserves to be taken under the wing of the collective London audience. This is just what you are looking for and expecting from the Camden Fringe and will not only leave you amused, but uplifted too’
- On the Fringe (on my Camden Fringe debut solo hour show).
KNOCK2BAG Reviews
‘Absolutely Brilliant’
- Sarah Farrell, Head of Comedy at Paramount
‘They look great, they’re professional, i’d hire these guys tomorrow’
- John Lloyd
‘I would have liked to have seen the funny double act Knock2Bag win. ‘
- Simon Hickson from Trevor & Simon
‘They cleverly presented their internet clips as a spoof news report, and what imaginative, professionally produced sketches they were, too. The laughs come more from the direction and production of the clips, rather than in actual gags, which goes to show their expert understanding of the medium they’re working in. Expect to hear more from this duo’
- Steve Bennett – Chortle
‘Knock2Bag are as prolific as they are hilarious, producing some of the simplest but most effective sketches on the web.’
- Myspace Comedy
