Not many stand up comedians decide to race Barbie cars outside the Saudi Arabia embassy, except for Mark Thomas.

The comedian certainly does not hold back when it comes to sticking his nose into politics and even became a Guinness World Record holder for political protests.

Following his award winning theatre show Bravo Figaro, Thomas is back and causing plenty of mischief.

On May 13 2013, Thomas set himself the task of committing 100 Acts of Minor Dissent, the name of his show, in the space of a year.

This means on the stroke of midnight on May 13 2014, the task will end.

The show is his catalogue of those acts from the smallest actions to the grandest confrontations. Some of these, he says, are legal while others push the boundaries of the law.

He has raced Barbie cars outside the Saudi embassy, he is taking the police to court and he has held a pro gay comedy gig outside the Russian consulate. Thomas certainly likes to push the boundaries.

He says: “I have one year to commit these acts and the show is about those acts as they go along. Some of them are small and some of them are a bit bigger.

“Some of them are legal and some of them are legal action. If I am successful with them then I will do a show where I detail all 100 acts. There is only one show dedicated to that.

“The show in Croydon will feature some of the stuff we have done, not all of it but certainly some of it. I will also talk about some of the things I am hoping to do.”

He adds: “One of the things I organised was a pro gay comedy gig in the street outside the Russian consulate in Edinburgh.

“It went great. We had 600 people turn up and completely blocked the streets done. We had a couple of bike generators powering the amps and police were exemplary.

“We had this enormous sense of fun and also righteous dissent. I enjoy that sense of mischief, I suppose it would be fairly pointless if I didn’t.”

Thomas also reserved some special praise for Matthews Yard, the venue where he first tried out his new show.

He says: “Matthews Yard is a really great place. It is where I launched the try outs of the show so it is nice to come back.

“I really like it. It is a neat place and I think it is something much needed for Croydon as it a creative community outlet and that is really exciting.”

Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent, Matthews Yard, Surrey Street, January 21, 7.30pm, £10, go to www.bookwhen.com/matthewsyard to book tickets.