CUCKOOED, Starring Mark Thomas, to Play 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters will welcome All for One with the US premiere of CUCKOOED, written and performed by Mark Thomas and directed by Emma Callander. CUCKOOED begins performances on Thursday, October 29 for a limited engagement through Saturday, November 21. Press opening is Wednesday, November 4 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

In this comedy of betrayal, award-winning British comedian and activist Mark Thomas makes his US debut telling a remarkable story: how he discovered his close friend and fellow activist was a mole for BAE Systems, Britain's biggest arms dealer, who had been hired to spy on Thomas and other activists. Called "a clever, funny and angry show" by The Guardian, this outrageous tale, which won Amnesty International's Freedom of Expression Award, upends our notions of trust as Thomas unearths the ultimate deception.

CUCKOOED comes to New York from the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and The Tricycle Theatre in London, where it played to sold out houses.

The design team includes Tim McQuillen-Wright (stage design); Kate Bonney (lighting design); Duncan McLean (audio visual design); and Helen Atkinson (sound design). The Production Stage Manager is Tine Selby.

Mark Thomas (playwright/performer) is a "comedian, television personality, left wing agitator and storyteller" (What's On Stage). He has been performing comedy for 30 years, and won five awards for performing, three for human rights work and one that he invented for himself. His series Mark Thomas Comedy Product ran for six seasons on Channel 4 in the UK. He's performed in four shows at the National Theatre. Also an activist, he is in the Guinness Book of World Records for holding 20 protests in 24 hours. He has given evidence to Parliamentary select committees on two occasions that is credited with changing the law on tax avoidance bringing in £1,000,000s for HMRC. Thomas lost one councillor and one government minister their jobs. A former columnist for the New Statesman, he has written five books.

Emma Callander (director) is an Associate Artist of the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Uncut. Directing credits for the Traverse include Crash by Andy Duffy (Nominated for Best Play at the CATS awards 2015), The Day the Pope Emptied Croy by Martin McCormick, Mrs. Barbour's Daughters by AJ Taudevin and The Queen of Lucky People by Iain Heggie. Other directing credits include Dalgety by David Greig & Supply by Cathy Forde (A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Oran Mor, Glasgow) Banksy: The Room in the Elephant by Tom Wainwright (Tobacco Factory Bristol, Arcola Theatre London and national tour) and the Arcadia Spectacular for Glastonbury Festival. Emma has directed Theatre Uncut's work at the Young Vic London, Bristol Old Vic, Arches Glasgow, Latitude Festival and the Traverse Theatre winning the Fringe First Award two years running, the Herald Angel, the Spirit of the Fringe Award and shortlisted for the Amnesty International Award.

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