Mark Silcox — The Successful Gold Trader

We're here at the Motley Warehouse, once a real warehouse opposite Victoria Market, and now serving up quality comedy in its warren of converted theatres.

I've just come out of The Successful Gold Trader, a show that feels like a financial seminar that quietly slipped sideways into something far more surreal.

And I'm here with its creator, Mark Silcox.

Mark, I'm still not entirely sure if I've just received investment advice or been suspiciously hypnotised.

Care to clarify?

yes i cannot give you financial advice because to qualify to give you financial advice i have to have lots of certificate diploma and training from financial institute because they're very strict so you're a successful gold trader or is that the illusion you want us to buy into I'm trading gold every day.

Yeah, it's going well.

Yeah, I saw your profits for one day were £85.

63.

Oh, 63.

I stand corrected.

I was seriously impressed.

I'm not a greedy person.

I just make a little bit of money every day.

And I trust my gold.

The price will always come up.

Gold is like very sacred metal.

In India, gold is the key metal for every occasion.

And even the people share their personal story about gold.

You know, warn each other like what not to do when you are with the gold, when you own the gold, how to hide it.

For audiences

walking in cold, what kind of investment opportunity are you offering them tonight? A comedic one or a financial one? It is harder

to define

because I don't

want to fight with institutions.

We're here at the Motley Warehouse, once a real warehouse opposite Victoria Market, and now serving up quality comedy in its warren of converted theatres.

I've just come out of The Successful Gold Trader, a show that feels like a financial seminar that quietly slipped sideways into something far more surreal.

And I'm here with its creator, Mark Silcox.

Mark, I'm still not entirely sure if I've just received investment advice or been suspiciously hypnotised.

Care to clarify?

yes i cannot give you financial advice because to qualify to give you financial advice i have to have lots of certificate diploma and training from financial institute because they're very strict so you're a successful gold trader or is that the illusion you want us to buy into I'm trading gold every day.

Yeah, it's going well.

Yeah, I saw your profits for one day were £85.

63.

Oh, 63.

I stand corrected.

I was seriously impressed.

I'm not a greedy person.

I just make a little bit of money every day.

And I trust my gold.

The price will always come up.

Gold is like very sacred metal.

In India, gold is the key metal for every occasion.

And even the people share their personal story about gold.

You know, warn each other like what not to do when you are with the gold, when you own the gold, how to hide it.

For audiences

walking in cold, what kind of investment opportunity are you offering them tonight? A comedic one or a financial one? It is harder

to define

because I don't

want to fight with institutions.