Mark Bittlestone

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Bittlestone performing in Cardiff, Wales in August 2021
Born
Mark Christopher Bittlestone

1993
Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater University of Cambridge
OccupationStand-up comedian
Years active2016–present
Website markbittlestone.com

Mark Christopher Bittlestone (born 1993) is an English stand-up comedian. [1] He has performed various shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and is known for his sketch videos on TikTok.

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Early life

Bittlestone was born in 1993 in Hammersmith, London and attended King's College School in Wimbledon, London. [2] [3] He studied history at the University of Cambridge, attaining a Double First. [4]

Bittlestone is both openly gay and an adult orphan (gorphan) which inspired some of his earliest stand up material exploring the topics of homosexuality and death. [5] [6] His mother Jean died in 2011 [7] and his father Robert, author of Odysseus Unbound , died in 2015. [8]

Career

Bittlestone was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. [9] [10] His debut solo show, 'Pity Laughs', was performed in Cambridge in January 2017. [11] [12]

Bittlestone performed at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe along with Will Dalrymple in a split bill show named 'Pity Laughs: A Tale of Two Gays'. A reworked version of the show returned in 2018. [13] [14]

In 2019, Bittlestone and fellow Footlight Haydn Jenkins devised and performed in a comedy sketch show called 'Llaugh'. [15] The duo appeared in the Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off final in 2019 and 2020. [16] [17]

Bittlestone returned to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 with a split bill show named 'Two Sour Gays' alongside Chris Hall. [18]

In 2023, Bittlestone appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe in a solo show named 'Poofs "R" Us'. [19]

Podcast appearances

Bittlestone is a joint host of the Dirty Laundry podcast, along with Jamie D'Souza. [20]

Bittlestone has also been invited onto several independent podcasts to talk about his life and share his experiences:

YearPodcast nameEpisode
2020Guy and a GalSeries 2, episode 2 [21]
2021Celebrity PrelashSeries 1, episode 7 [22]
2022Chatting with CherubsEpisode 15 [23]
2023My Mum Made MeSeries 2, episode 4 [24]
2023Didn't Ask for AgonyEpisode 21 [25]
2023Our Dads DiedSeries 2, episode 8 [26]
2024There Will Be FilmEpisode 22 [27]

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