Will Mars Explained

Will Mars
Children:2
Domestic Partner:Sarah Lee (2018-present)
Website:www.willmars.com
Birth Name:William Mars
Birth Place:Warwickshire, England
Birth Date:1980-1982 (aged 41-43)
Nationality:British
Medium:Stand-Up, Television
Years Active:2009-present
Genre:autobiographical . black humour . satire . one-liners

William Mars is a British comedian, writer, producer and director.[1]

Career

Mars began performing stand-up comedy in the United Kingdom in early-2009.[2]

During these early years, Mars created and produced the critically acclaimed, Joke Thieves show.[3] [4] [5] [6] This show has appeared regularly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 2013[7] and has been produced for television in both the U.K.[8] and the U.S.[9] The show is now hosted by Mars and recorded regularly as a podcast on Spotify.[10]

Mars relocated to the United States in early 2014.[11] In late 2016 he attended an open-call audition at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, as an amateur comedian, and became a finalist in the venue's talent hunt. This led to him making his U.S. network television debut on the 25th Anniversary Special of Fox's Showtime at the Apollo alongside comedians Steve Harvey, Tracy Morgan and Gabriel Iglesias.[12]

In 2018, Mars made several appearances on Season 8 of NBC's Trial by Laughter becoming a series finalist.[13]

Mars won the only award given out at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2021, The Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award.[14]

At the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Mars debuted his 10th solo hour show, Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners. The show received favourable reviews from well-known fringe critics including Sharon Lougher of Metro, Kate Copstick from The Scotsman and Bruce Dessau of the Evening Standard and beyondthejoke.co.uk. Mars was also nominated for best show in the Amused Moose Comedy Awards.[15] [16] [17] [18]

Personal life

Mars met his girlfriend Sarah Lee, a partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper law firm[19] on the London comedy circuit. In 2019 they created and performed a comedy chat show, The Mars & Lee show, together at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[20] The couple live in North London with their two children.

Television appearances

Live shows

[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Will Mars. British Comedy. Guide. British Comedy Guide.
  2. Will. Mars. Will Mars. On The Mic . 2023-11-09.
  3. Web site: Donaldson . Brian . 21 February 2014 . Comedy review: Joke Thieves, Edinburgh The Stand . 10 November 2023 . The Scotsman.
  4. News: Logan . Brian . 2014-08-09 . Joke Thieves: cover-version comedy . . 2023-11-10 . 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: 2013-12-21 . Comics who are stealing the show - the week in comedy . 2023-11-10 . The Independent.
  6. Web site: 2013-08-13 . Joke Thieves . 2023-11-10 . Fest Magazine.
  7. Will. Mars. 2014-12-10 . Joke Thieves - Interview with creator Will Mars . 2023-11-09 . British Comedy Guide.
  8. Web site: 2014-08-05 . Hit live comedy format 'Joke Thieves' gets TV pilot . 2023-11-09 . British Comedy Guide.
  9. Web site: Bennett . Steve . Joke Thieves heading to America?. 2023-11-09 . Chortle.
  10. Web site: Joke Thieves . 2023-11-09 . Spotify.
  11. Will. Mars. Will Mars at the Fringe - Comedy interview. 2023-11-11 . The Skinny.
  12. Web site: 2016-12-06 . FOX's "Showtime at the Apollo" 2016 primetime special. The Comic's Comic . 2023-11-10 . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2018-03-30 . News: British Comedian Makes It Through To US TV Talent Final . 2023-11-09 . Beyond The Joke.
  14. Web site: 2021-09-27 . Will Mars wins Malcolm Hardee Award 2021 . 2023-11-09 . British Comedy Guide.
  15. Web site: 2022-08-21 . Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2022 nominees . 2023-11-09 . British Comedy Guide.
  16. Web site: 2022-08-11 . Edinburgh Fringe Review: My Life In One Liners, Gilded Balloon, Patter Hoose . 2023-11-10 . Beyond The Joke.
  17. Web site: Copstick . Kate. Kate Copstick . 12 August 2021 . Fringe comedy reviews: Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians Alex Farrow Will Mars Sameer Katz . 10 November 2023 . The Scotsman.
  18. Web site: Lougher . Sharon . 2022-08-21 . Edinburgh Fringe shows you need to see - Tom Ward and Vir Das to Jack Harris . 2023-11-10 . Metro.
  19. Web site: Pennington Manches Cooper People . 10 November 2023 . Penningtons Law.
  20. Web site: The MARS & LEE Show at The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 . 2023-11-11 . grubbygibbon.com.
  21. Web site: Will Mars . 2023-11-09 . British Comedy Guide.

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