Showtime From the Frontline

Setting up a comedy club's not known for being an easy one. Make that a comedy club in a refugee camp, and make that refugee camp in Palestine, and you've got yourself a tale to tell. Mark Thomas' Showtime from the Frontline isn’t a comedy exactly, but a series of stories about dodging cultural (and actual) bullets, to run a comedy club in Jenin in the West Bank. Known to be a stronghold for the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, it's not exactly a place synonymous with freedom of speech, or laughs. But despite the obstacles, the club operated for two whole nights and Mark is joined by Fasial Abu Alhayjaa and Alaa Shehada to share the experience. At the mac from February 28 until March 3, tickets are £20.