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Jun 12, 2015 · Bravo Figaro! is about my dad, me, love, death and opera. It came about as the result of a series of coincidences. I was the first ever guest on Radio 4’s Saturday Live Inheritance Tracks slot, talking about music that reminds me of my family.
Apr 1, 2013 · Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro. 4 Extra Debut. How Mark booked singers from the Royal Opera House to perform to his ailing opera-loving father in his own home. From April 2013.
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Aug 6, 2012 · Bravo Figaro! is about my dad, me, love, death and opera. It came about as the result of a series of coincidences. I was the first ever guest on Radio 4's Saturday Live Inheritance...
A guide to Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro, the 2013 BBC Radio 4 radio stand-up. Radio edit of the critically acclaimed stand-up comedy show by Mark Thomas.
Mark Thomas has always combined this warm and grainy geniality, of which a puppyish eagerness to please is perhaps the softest part; with a terrific energy and skilled showmanship, of which lightning traces of political anger are the hardest.
Mark Thomas originally devised Bravo Figaro (Monday, 11pm, Radio 4) for the Deloitte Ignite series at the Royal Opera House. It's an hour-long performance devoted to the story of his father Colin, an opera-loving builder.
COVID-19 has left us all feeling exposed, Mark Thomas and his mum Margaret included. In the second episode of his coronavirus podcast, Mark calls front-line health and care workers to chat about PPE, vulnerability and the urge to protect.
