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Ordinary Decent Criminal

Starring Mark Thomas

Tue 07 Oct 2025 - Wed 08 Oct 2025

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Seated | 16+

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£17 (£15)*

Time

8pm

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Ordinary Decent Criminal

Meet recovering addict Frankie, played by renowned political comedian Mark Thomas.

Frankie’s just been sentenced to three and a half years in jail for dealing drugs. When he gets there, none of his fellow convicts are what they seem.

And with his typewriter, his activist soul, and his sore lack of a right hook, he somehow finds his way into their troubled hearts, and they into his.

In the unlikeliest of places, he discovers that the revolution is not dead. It’s just sleeping.

A brand new play from the writer of the Fringe First winning England & Son and A Political History of Smack & Crack, Ed Edwards reunites with Mark Thomas to tell a tale of freedom, revolution and messy love. Directed by Paines Plough’s Joint Artistic Director, Charlotte Bennett.


On England & Son, the previous collaboration between Ed Edwards and Mark Thomas:

★★★★ ‘Funny and ferocious.’ The Guardian

★★★★ ‘Thomas has always paired his activism with the skills of a born storyteller… [delivered] with tremendous energy and real pathos.’ The Stage


Venue: Exeter Phoenix, Auditorium


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