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Mark Nelson - Don’t Call It A Comeback

Catch award-winning stand-up Mark Nelson at Edinburgh Corn Exchange in August as part of the Fringe Festival!

Mark Nelson - Don’t Call It A Comeback

About Mark Nelson - Don’t Call It A Comeback

Nelson is renowned for his brilliantly dark material, as host of BBC’s smash-hit show The Good, The Bad & The Unexpected and from our very own online Saturday Live at the Stand comedy shows, as well as his viral creation “News at 3” (180+ million views!).

So it will be blistering and it will be hard hitting and above all, it will be very, very funny.

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