Mark Thomas in The Red Shed, a paen to the Wakefield Institution he has been attending for 34 years Sally Jubb★★☆☆☆The political comedian Mark Thomas comes through a red door and stands on a red carpeted stage. “This is the story of the miners’ strike!” he says to a chorus sung by the audience of “Here we go, here we go!” We had been given party poppers when we came in. Now he orders us to pop them. This show has been described as a love letter to the Labour Party, but actually it’s more a paean to the Wakefield institution that is the Red Shed, a 47ft-long socialist hut that is 50 years old this year. Thomas has been…

Source: The Times August 16, 2016 10:52 UTC