PRESS
NOVELS
- Sharply observed and very funny. DAILY MAIL
- Polished one-liners. Frantically funny. DAILY TELEGRAPH
- Funny and fast-moving. Lovely observations and turns of phrase… made me laugh out loud. Helen Lederer: BBC RADIO 4
- Very good indeed. INDEPENDENT
- Thoroughly entertaining. DAILY EXPRESS
STAND UP
- A seasoned gagsmith. GUARDIAN
- A ream of clever one-liners. SCOTSMAN
- A towering Comic intellect. METRO
- Artfully done. A bag of laughs. FEST
- Tons of laughs. THREE WEEKS
- Blake is an assured comic, gifted writer, and responsive and spontaneous performer - the audience warm to him immediately. His unique spin on things effortlessly elevates this show into the four star category. He possesses a gift for taking the pedestrian, casually stepping sideways creatively, then illuminating the surreal and the fanciful. It works an absolute treat. EDINBURGH GUIDE 2005
- Funny and relaxed, Marc Blake delivers again and again. I saw his show three times - since it's free - and it's a testament to the strength of his material and his fantastic delivery that I laughed louder every time. His impressive comic wit and intuitive ability to draw an audience in mean that during every performance, gags are slightly tweaked or pursued after an established punchline, usually to devastating comic effect - making him one of the few comics on the fringe this year worthy of repeat viewings. I urge anyone reading to go and see him. Like many of the acts on the fringe this year, this is an overlooked comic with dazzling technical ability, a richly satisfying set, and a genuinely likeable onstage persona. If any more proof were needed that this is one to watch, let me just say that despite the lack of fliers every show I've attended has been standing room only. Get there early, because this comic deserves every bit of word-of-mouth advertising he's going to get. *****EDINBURGH FRINGE 2005
TV DRAMA
“THE SWAP” (2 part ITV drama) Greenlit Productions (2002)
- ‘Deliciously watchable. The Swap was a triumph. OBSERVER
- This well-paced thriller gripped from start to finish. MAIL ON SUNDAY
- The tension cranked up with a sure hand, the air of menace thickening steadily. INDEPENDENT
- …This excellent thriller…One of the best two-parters.EVENING STANDARD
- ***** HEAT (Pick of the day)
- A superb two-part thriller about the perils of holiday home swapping. As taut and tense as TV drama can get. DAILY MAIL
- Marc Blake’s Internet house–swap drama certainly knows how to keep the viewer hooked. A tense domestic drama. RADIO TIMES
- Watch this thoroughly entertaining and gripping two-part drama. Marc Blake’s nicely paced script. Brilliantly done. DAILY EXPRESS
