our 2015 programme - Glasgow International Comedy

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400 shows | 46 venues | 18 days
Welcome from Councillor Gordon Matheson
Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau
The 13th annual Glasgow International Comedy Festival – Europe's premier comedy
event – has grown from humble beginnings to become a much-loved showpiece at the
heart of the city’s cultural calendar; one which is widely deemed ‘unmissable’ by locals
and visitors alike.
It has brought some of the biggest – and funniest – performers in the world to Glasgow
over the years; reinforcing the city’s position on the global comedy circuit, and 2015 will
be no different with an eclectic line-up of top comedians from home and abroad.
The calibre of the Festival programme is a strong reflection of why Glasgow enjoys an enviable worldwide
reputation, both as a place to visit and as a city which can put on a show. We're well used to staging
major events with huge international appeal.
Glasgow was recently voted the friendliest city in the world by travel bible Lonely Planet – Glaswegians
are renowned for their hospitality and good humour, so it’s no surprise that we’re home to one of the best
comedy festivals in the world which perfectly encapsulates the city’s personality.
Whether you want to see home-grown comic talent or a plethora of leading international acts, and with
more than 400 shows across 46 venues over 23 laughter-filled days, I hope everyone who attends the
Glasgow International Comedy Festival has a fantastic time.
It’s true that PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW laugh: let's celebrate!
The festival ticket hotline
0844 873 7353 is open 9am to
9pm seven days a week and
allows you to buy tickets for
most festival shows using your
credit or debit card. Please
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offer is only available online.
Tickets can also be purchased
in person from selected
individual venues, check venue
list for venue contact details.
Please note that a booking fee
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exception of some tickets
bought in person. *Tickets for
shows at The King's Theatre
will be subject to an additional
£1 restoration levy.
Best wishes Councillor Gordon Matheson
Festival ticket
Introduction from Sarah Watson, Festival Manager
hotline
Hello there and welcome to our bumper 13th year!
The very best in UK stand up will be flocking to Glasgow with household names such as
Jimmy Carr, Dylan Moran, Stewart Lee and Al Murray lining up alongside Scotland’s finest
including Fred MacAulay, Dorothy Paul, Jerry Sadowitz, Raymond Mearns, Des Clarke, Janey
Godley and Susan Calman.
As ever there will be something on offer for every taste and budget, there are films, plays,
kids shows, discussions and a range of events are free. With venues all over the city, you’re sure to find
something on your doorstep. Take a chance on something you haven’t heard of, who knows you might
discover the next Kevin Bridges!
Register at glasgowcomedyfestival.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook to be the first to get all the
latest news and special offers. I hope you enjoy the festival!
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glasgowcomedy
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival
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www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
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THURSDAY 12 MARCH
tickets: 0844 873 7353
3.30pm £3 Barmulloch Community Centre
Glasgow International 0844 873 7353
Comedy Festival: On Your Doorstep
Top stand-up from three of Glasgow’s favourite comedians.
Compere Bruce Devlin introduces Phil Differ
and Raymond Mearns. In association with Glasgow Arts.
7.30pm £10/£8
Rob Deering:
Musicface
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
One-man pop-rock stand up legend Rob Deering crams in
more charm, laughs and tunes than you'd think possible.
8pm
£18/£15
Garage
0844 873 7353
Tommy
Tiernan
Alive In
Glasgow
A legend in Ireland,
Tommy outsells any
other Irish comic. 'Stole
the show... intense and
painfully funny
storytelling' Irish Times.
Rob Deering
7.30pm @ The
Stand
8pm
£10/£15
Trampled Bat’s
Trampled Quiz
Disingenuous, cynical cash-in from iTunes Podcast sensations.
If this is how you choose your entertainment this is not for you.
8.15pm £10/£9
West Brewery
Best of WEST
0844 873 7353
Brewery Comedy Club
By popular demand WEST Brewery Comedy Club is bringing
the very best acts who have performed at the monthly show
so far.
8.30pm Free – non ticketed
The Griffin
John Aldiss’ Magnificent Seven
FREE. The best new and established comics on the circuit mixed
with music, spoken word etc. Each act has seven minutes.
8.30pm £8
Just Comedy At
Wild Cabaret
Wild Cabaret
0141 552 6165
Just Comedy at Wild Cabaret, the weekly regular comedy
night in Glasgow's hottest venue in the heart of Merchant City.
8.45pm £3
8pm
£10/£7.50
Tron Theatre
0141 552 4267
Yesbar Virgins
Love 2.0
10pm £12/£10
Outrageous new
comedy about
Facebook, dating, and
how the two just
don’t click….
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
The Yesbar’s always popular showcase for exciting new
comedy talent. Seven red hot rising comedy talents plus
special guests.
The Festival Club
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle,
Jimmy Carr, Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, Robin
Ince, Miles Jupp and Chris Addison.
Tommy
Tiernan
8pm @ The
Garage
5
FRIDAY 13 MARCH
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
1pm £5 (£10 including pizza)
Yesbar
A Pizza
0844 873 7353
7.30pm & 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement
Christian O’Connell: 0844 873 7353
Lunchtime Comedy
Breaking Dad
Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the
festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily.
10-times Sony Award winner O’Connell (Absolute Radio) is
a dad on the edge. Highly anticipated stand up debut.
‘Furiously funny’ Guardian.
7pm
£8/£6
Govanhill Baths
United We Will
0844 873 7353
Swim Comedy Fundraiser
Stu Who?, Susan McCabe and other guests in a benefit
fundraiser for Govanhill Baths Community Trust
7.15pm £5/£4
Liam Withnail:
Work In Progress
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Zombie Science:
Genes of the Damned
A spoof lecture exploring the science of a zombieism outbreak.
How will you deal with the damned?
So Many Men –
Yet None Are Mine!
Websters Theatre
0844 873 7353
Brand new comedy about three women on a mission. Starring
Anna Devitt (Rab C Nesbitt), Tanya
MacDonald
and
Kim
MacAskill.
7.30pm &
10pm
£12.50/£11.50
Drygate
0844 873 7353
Gilded
Balloon
Comedy At
Drygate
Craft comedy in a Craft
Brewery; Gilded Balloon
Comedy presents the
hottest new line-up show at
Drygate Brewing Company!
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Join MC Viv Gee as she introduces the cream of the festival
at Yesbar’s all year round comedy club.
£10/£8
Yesbar
Patrick Rolink:
0844 873 7353
The Big Man of Scottish Comedy Live!
Enjoy a night of comedy with real life stories & comedy that
is in your face and very real, not for the easily offended!
10.30pm £15/£12
7.45pm £12/£10
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Brendon returns to Glasgow. He likes Glaswegian audiences
and they seem to like him. So no need for hyperbole really.
£14/£10
8pm
7.30pm £10/£8
The Griffin
0844 873 7353
£8
Laughter
Eight
10pm
7.30pm £5/£3
Brendon Burns
Liam Withnail brings his long awaited debut hour (work in
progress) to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
'Outrageously funny' Adelaide Advertiser.
8.30pm
Admiral Bar
Enterteasement:
0844 873 7353
Comedy! Magic! Burlesque!
‘As Seen On TV’ comedians, award winning magic and
International burlesque artists - 4.7 star average customer review.
£12.50
8pm
Hardeep Singh
Kohli: Live
Oran Mor
0844 873 7353
Expect a mix of classic stories and hilarious new
insights from one of Glasgow’s finest. ‘Immensely
funny’ Daily Express.
8pm
£10/£7.50
Love 2.0
Tron Theatre
0141 552 4267
The Festival Club
See Thu 12 March
10.30pm £10
Anna Devitt:
Last One Standing
State Bar
0844 873 7353
Award-winning comedian Anna Devitt in a show which
may well go t*ts up (or out if she falls from the pole!).
11pm
£8/£5
The Late Show
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
From the people that bring you the sell-out Festival Club at
the Stand, come and enjoy a top showcase of the best
comedians from across the festival.
11.15pm £8
Late Laughs
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Laugh out loud into the wee hours with the
cream of the crop from the comedy
festival.
See Thu 12 March
8pm £28
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
11.30pm £14
Wild Cabaret
0141 552 6165
Clyde Auditorium
Jimmy Carr: 0844 395 4000
Funny Business
Festival Late
Night Comedy
Showcase
Brand new stand up show. Come for the witty
and incisive musings on the human condition;
stay for the knob gags.
Wild Cabaret presents a late
night comedy extravaganza with
line up's from local and visiting
comics at the festival.
Brendon Burns
7.45pm @
The Stand
Jimmy Carr
8pm @ Clyde
Auditorium
Hardeep Singh Kohli
8pm @
Oran Mor
6
SATURDAY 14 MARCH
tickets: 0844 873 7353
1pm £5 (£10 including pizza)
Yesbar
A Pizza Lunchtime
0844 873 7353
Comedy
See Fri 13 March
3pm & 7.30pm £5/£3.50 Govanhill Baths
A to Zed of
0844 873 7353
Loving a Ned
A smart girl falls for the primitive allure of a Glasgow Ned!
Can she adapt? Watch and learn!
4.30pm £5
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Close Encounters
of the Nerd Kind
It ain't easy being geeky. Join Michael and Tony as they share
their nerd world problems. Hosted by Kirsty Morrison.
5.30pm £10
Stand Comedy Club
Brothers & Sisters… 0141 212 3389
It’s The Reverend Obadiah
Steppenwolfe III Chat Show
Star-studded chat show with a twist. ‘Laugh? I almost shat
myself…Sacrilegious… Divinely hysterical’ List; ‘Unforgettable
character comedy’ Evening News.
6pm
£3
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Freddie Farrell
& Masai Graham: Stand Up
7.30pm £8/£6
State Bar
Scott Agnew:
0844 873 7353
Pointing Up (Work In Progress)
7.30pm £9/£7
The Unf*ckables – A comedy team you'll love to laugh
at...you just won't want to take any of them home.
Jamie Dalgleish:
Wide-O
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
Don't be a fandan join Jamie for his third Glasgow
International Comedy Festival show. Subjects will range from
International politics to fake Lacoste trackies!
7.45pm £12
Mark Nelson:
Older Than Jesus
8pm
£14/£10
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
So Many Men –
Yet None Are Mine!
Websters Theatre
0844 873 7353
See Fri 13 March
£8/£6
9.15pm £9/£7
Ellie Taylor:
Elliementary
10pm
£8/£6
The Godfather of Scottish Comedy returns with a collection of
patter, songs, and scurrilous tales of sex, drugs ’n rotten rolls.
See Thu 12 March
£28
Clyde Auditorium
0844 395 4000
See Fri 13 March
£18/£15
Garage
0844 873 7353
The Festival Club
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
10.30pm £6
Did You Hear What
Santa Brought A Deaf
Guy For Christmas?
State Bar
0844 873 7353
Technically Graham’s not Santa and Chris is only 54% hard
of hearing and this is Spring not Christmas so…
11pm
£8/£5
The Late Show
See Thu 12 March
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Stu Who?:
Beyond A Joke
See Fri 13 March
Jimmy Carr:
Funny Business
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
Host of BBC3’s Snog Marry Avoid takes on love, life… and Matalan.
‘A smart, self-mocking and very amusing debut’ Scotsman
10.30pm £15/£12
8pm
State Bar
0844 873 7353
The Unf*ckables
Enterteasement:
Comedy! Magic! Burlesque!
Tommy Tiernan
Alive In Glasgow
7.30pm £10/£8
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Multi-award winning comedian Mark Nelson returns with some
new thoughts on life now that he is officially older than Jesus.
7.15pm £8/£6
John Scott takes a scathing look at the great and the not so
good. 'A genuinely gifted comedian.' Skinny.
See Fri 13 March
9pm
8pm
John Scott: Dissent
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Laughter Eight
Acclaimed Glasgow comic picks on bigger targets than himself
as he works towards his new Fringe show.
Join two award-winning rising stars of the stand up world, as
they each do a 30 minute set in this hour show!
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
8.30pm £8
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
See Fri 13 March
8pm
£10/£7.50
Love 2.0
Tron Theatre
0141 552 4267
See Thu 12 March
Late Laughs
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
See Fri 13 March
£10
Oran Mor
The Phil Differ Diaries 0844 873 7353
8pm
11.15pm £8
– The Wilderness Years
Musings of an 18 year old mind trapped in a 58 year old brain.
11.30pm £14
Festival Late Night
Comedy Showcase
Wild Cabaret
0141 552 6165
See Fri 13 March
8.30pm £8/£6
The Riding Room
Nancy Clench: Camp! 0844 873 7353
Join Nancy Clench for a night of camp comedy from Scotland’s
best drag export! Expect camp,
naughty and dirty humour!
Mark Nelson
7.45pm @
The Stand
Ellie Taylor
9.15pm @
Blackfriars
The Reverend
5.30pm @
The Stand
7
SUN 15 / MON 16 MARCH
SUNDAY 15 MARCH
1pm
£5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar
0844 873 7353
A Pizza Lunchtime
Comedy
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
7.30pm £10/£8
Stand Comedy Club
John Hegley:
0141 212 3389
New & Selected Potatoes
The performance poet, comedian and musician returns with
a performance of pieces new and older. 'Scandalously
talented’ Sunday Times.
See Fri 13 March
4.30pm £5
Close Encounters of
the Nerd Kind
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
See Sat 14 March
6pm
£3
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Lee Kyle: The
Ultimate Worrier
For nine years, Lee Kyle was a professional wrestler. He’s
better at jokes than he was at pretending to fight.
7pm
£5/£3
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
7.30pm £7/£6
Yesbar
MONDAY 16 MARCH
7.30pm £9
Hero Worship
Websters Theatre
0844 873 7353
One man play where super hero Anachronism deals with the
embarrassing fact he hasn’t any idea what his power is.
7.30pm £7/£6
Yesbar
The Good, The Bad
0844 873 7353
& The Special Comedy Guest
The Good, The Bad & 0844 873 7353
The Special Comedy Guest
Following their 2014 comedy festival sell out show, Seppi
Preston and Joe McSloy return to improve your life (with
special guests).
8pm
See Sun 15 March
£5
CCA
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Watch Bad Movies with 0844 873 7353
Great Comedians:
Masters of the Universe!
A stand up comedy show about being old fashioned. As seen
on Q.I and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Watch 1980’s ‘Classic’ Masters of the Universe with
hysterical live commentary from top comics Joe Heenan,
Billy Kirkwood and guests!
9.30pm £8
Lloyd Langford:
Old Fashioned
Andrew Learmonth:
All the People I’ve
Ever Loved Will Die
8pm
£15
Citizens Theatre
John Shuttleworth: 0844 873 7353
A Wee Ken To Remember
A hilarious comedy show about death, dying, ambition,
futility, love, organised religion, and the film Frozen. ‘Bleakly
funny’ Scotsman.
As heard on BBC Radio 4's John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music.
‘His stand up is second to none' Guardian.
8.30pm £10/£8
Stand Comedy Club
Simon Munnery sings 0141 212 3389
Søren Kierkegaard
The 'ingenious' ***** Scotsman Munnery endeavours to
perform the Danish philosopher’s writings, talk about them
and anything else in between.
9pm
£12/£9
Yesbar
Project You Three: An 0844 873 7353
Experiment in Bad Taste
Graham Barrie, JD Brown and Pablo
Serski take you into the dark recesses
of their minds, with hilarious results.
John Shuttleworth
8pm @
The Citz
8
John Hegley
7.30pm @
The Stand
Josie L
7.30pm
The St
TUE 17 / WED 18 MARCH
tickets: 0844
0844
873
395
7353
4005
TUESDAY 17 MARCH
2pm
£5.50/£4.50
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
CCA
The Clinic: An Afternoon 0844 873 7353
of Serious Stand Up
Showcasing the extraordinary comedic talents of Universal
Comedy course participants, many of whom face ill-health,
mental health and employment challenges.
6.30pm £5/£4
RUT
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
After having over 200 dates between them, Sarah-May and
Maria tell the true story of the horrifying world of online dating.
6.30pm
£12/£10
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
St Patrick’s Day
Irish Comedy Special
Celebrate St Patrick’s day in style with Ireland's finest under
one roof. Excellent value Celtic showcase.
7.30pm £7/£6
Yesbar
The Good, The Bad & 0844 873 7353
The Special Comedy Guest
See Sun 15 March
8pm
£15
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
Henning Wehn:
Eins, Zwei, DIY
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
See Tue 17 March
7pm & 9pm £14/£12
Nina Conti:
In Your Face
£8/£6
End Poverty…
Eat The Poor.
With Sir
Reginald
Tweedy
Duffer
Tron Theatre
0844 873 7353
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
What begins as a demonstration of civilised modern parenting
descends in the course of a single evening into chaos.
Kings Theatre
0844 871 7648
Crazy for You
The story of a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life
is to dance! High energy extravaganza featuring classic
Gershwin music.
7.30pm
£12/£10
Josie Long:
Cara Josephine
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and cult optimist
back with a show about love and being outdoorsy as a bear.
7.30pm £7/£6
Yesbar
Jamie MacDonald: 0844 873 7353
That Funny Blind Guy
‘One of the funniest Scots on the circuit’ **** Sunday
Herald. Join Jamie for an anecdotal, character driven
hour of fun.
Should people with
both kidneys receive
benefits? Can Scots
ever be trusted to
vote? Sir Reginald
has all the answers.
8pm £25/£23
Dylan Moran:
Off The Hook
Clyde Auditorium
0844 873 7353
Dylan Moran- star of Black Books - returns with his new stand
up show. 'Jokes as sharp as barbed wire' ***** Scotsman.
Brand-new show from the German Comedy Ambassador. ‘A
diplomatic master class.’ Scotsman. ‘Brought the audience to
its knees.’ Telegraph. ’Marvellous.’ Guardian.
8.30pm £5/£4
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
God Of Carnage
7.30pm £21*/£11*
Groundbreaking ventriloquist and British Comedy Award
winner Nina Conti welcomes you into her workshop. 'A
gem… funny, poignant, novel' Guardian.
7pm
7pm
£5/£4
RUT
7.30pm £10/£8
8pm
£23/£21
Simon Amstell:
To Be Free
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
Simon Amstell (Grandma’s House, Never
Mind the Buzzcocks, two-time British
Comedy Award winner) presents his new
stand up show.
50 Shades of Smay
Where is true love? In a book? Or crying into a cat and a Mars
Bar? ‘Best on stage’ Broadway Baby.
Ironbark Pumpkin II: 0844 873 7353
The Hunt for Script Cohesion
8.30pm £5/£4
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
Videogame parody. One man struggles to stop an all-powerful
cake tin falling into the wrong hands. Work in progress. Silly.
See Tue 17 March
9pm
Long
m@
tand
£1/£0.50
The Griffin
9pm £12/£9 Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Project
You
Three:
An
Experiment
in Bad Taste
See Mon 16 March
9.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club
BBC Comedy 0141 212 3389
Presents:
Best of Red Raw
Regarded as the best UK open
mic night - and during the
GICF you never know who
might appear…
50 Shades of Smay
8.45pm £3
Dylan Moran
8pm @
Clyde
Auditorium
Yesbar
New
0844 873 7353
Material Night
Some of the circuit's most well know faces
try out spanking new material. Hosted by
Julia Sutherland - different every week.
9pm
Free – non ticketed
The 13th Note
CHUNKS of the Year 2015
Experience the mesmerizing inaugural
ceremony and see which of our comedy
anarchists will be awarded the coveted
Golden Pineapple.
9.30pm
£11/£9
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Gary Delaney:
Purist
Purist returns to Glasgow for 2015. Gary
thinks most shows don't contain enough
jokes, and wants to redress the balance.
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THURSDAY 19 MARCH
tickets: 0844 873 7353
7.30pm £10/£8
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
God Of Carnage
See Wed 18 March
7.30pm £7/£5
Tron Theatre
0844 873 7353
Commissioned
A night of new comedy commissioned by YOU. Help pick our
theme via Facebook and Twitter! Stand up, poetry, music and more.
7.30pm £15
Stand Comedy Club
Richard Herring:
0141 212 3389
Lord of the Dance Settee
After covering issues like death, religion and spam javelins,
Herring returns with a show about daftness ‘Dependably
funny’ Chortle
7.45pm £5/£4
7.30pm £21/£11*
Crazy for You
Kings Theatre
0844 871 7648
See Wed 18 March
Jellybean Martinez:
Mr Saturday Night TV
(Work In Progress)
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
Remember when Saturday night TV was good? Join
Jellybean for an hour of pure entertainment, comedy gold,
madness and mayhem!
8pm
£22.50
Clyde Auditorium
0844 873 7353
Stewart Lee:
A Room With A Stew
Brand new live show in preparation for Stewart’s next BBC2 series.
‘Remains one of the best stand ups in
the country’ **** Metro.
£23/£21
8pm
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
Simon Amstell:
To Be Free
See Wed 18 March
8.30pm £7/£5
State Bar
0844 873 7353
Life Begins at 60
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair are joined by Bruce Morton
for a two hour comic exploration of aging.
8.30pm Free – non ticketed
The Griffin
John Aldiss’
Magnificent Seven
See Thu 12 March
8.30pm £8
Wild Cabaret
0141 552 6165
Just Comedy At
Wild Cabaret
See Thu 12 March
8.45pm £3
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Yesbar Virgins
See Thu 12 March
9.30pm £5/£4
Admiral Bar
Robin Grainger:
0844 873 7353
Live and Graingerous
(Work In Progress)
Join Robin Grainger for hilarious observations about family,
teenage angst and relationships and let’s find out how he got here.
10pm
£12/£10
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
The Festival Club
Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle,
Jimmy Carr, Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, Robin
Ince, Miles Jupp, and Chris Addison.
Simon Amstell
8pm @
The Citz
Stewart Lee
8pm @
Clyde Auditorium
Richard Herring
7.30pm @
The Stand
13
FRIDAY 20 MARCH
£5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar
0844 873 7353
1pm
A Pizza Lunchtime
Comedy
Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the
festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily.
7pm £3
Castlemilk Community Centre
Glasgow International 0844 873 7353
Comedy Festival: On Your Doorstep
See Thu 12 March
7.15pm £8/£6
Yesbar
Bratchy: You Are Now 0844 873 7353
About to Witness the
Strength of Street Knowledge
Join David Bratchpiece aka Bratchy (BBC Radio 4, Radio
Scotland) as he tries to answer some of life’s toughest questions.
7.30pm £10/£8
God Of Carnage
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
See Wed 18 March
7.30pm £21/£11*
Crazy for You
Kings Theatre
0844 871 7648
See Wed 18 March
7.30pm £5/£3.50
A to Zed of
Loving a Ned
The Vale
0844 873 7353
See Sat 14 March
7.30pm & 10pm £12.50/£11.50 Drygate
Gilded Balloon
0844 873 7353
Comedy At Drygate
See Fri 13 March
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
7.30pm £8/£6
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
A Very Tall Storrie
Award winning Ashley Storrie performs her hilarious debut
solo show to a home crowd. 'Brutally funny' Scotsman.
7.30pm £15.50
Craig Hill: Give Him
an Inch…
Oran Mor
0844 873 7353
8.45pm £3
7.45pm £12/£10
9pm
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Always one of the highlights of the festival, doing what he
does best at the home of comedy in Glasgow!
8pm
£8/£7
Absolute Improv
Musical
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
Edge of your seat fun to music. An unrehearsed, made up on
the spot musical based on one audience suggestion.
8pm
£10
Anna Morris: Would
Like To Thank…
Tron Theatre
0844 873 7353
Four comedy creations battle for your vote. Who'll win? You
decide. ‘Inspired comedy’ **** Herald ‘Spot-on, darkly comic
characters’ Huffington Post.
8pm
£8/£6
The Griffin
14
£7/£5
State Bar
David Heffron:
0844 873 7353
A Manly, Man’s Man
Male. White. Middle Class. Heterosexual. Come and feel my
pain. ***** Three Weeks.
9.15pm £9/£7
Blackfriars Basement
Will Franken:
0844 873 7353
The Stuff They Put In Sleep
Acclaimed comedian of myriad personalities triggers his latest
rapid fire assault on sanctimony, political correctness and
reality itself. ***** Scotsman.
£8/£5
10pm
Yesbar
Julia Sutherland is
0844 873 7353
Feeling Kind of Funny
Julia finds the funnies in dark places. 'Sardonic...very funny. An
astute outsider-observer' Scotsman. As seen on BBC Scotland.
10.30pm £9/£7
State Bar
0844 873 7353
Lindsay: 'A rising star on the Scottish comedic frontier'
Broadway Baby. Davis: 'Davis is entertainment with a capital
E' One4review.
The darkest of humour to brighten up your nights. 'Stand-out
crowd favourite' Scotsman.
£12/£10
8pm
£15/£12
0844 873 7353
Awrite? I'm Rosco McSkeleton, and at this
show I will be telling terrifying true tales from
the sea. Woooooo!
Come learn to be awesome as BMR shares his unique
knowledge and skills with his audience for one night only.
Harry Garrison:
Dead Funny
10.30pm £15/£12
Garage
0844 873 7353
Craig Campbell returns with rib-tickling stories of life as a
middle-aged man-child! ‘A fantastic yarn weaver... hugely
funny observations’ Time Out.
Rosco McSkeleton:
Tales of the Sea
Audio
0844 873 7353
Allan Lindsay &
0844 873 7353
Chris Davis: Soldiering On
Craig Campbell’s:
Thrilling Mic Hunt!
7.30pm £3/£2
Audio
0844 873 7353
Hugely anticipated debut solo show from awardless comedian
Scott Gibson. 'Natural, unapologetic, story teller... thank God
I’ve retired' Frankie Boyle.
How to BMR
Raymond Mearns
Live
Websters Theatre
0844 873 7353
Scott Gibson:
Life After Death
Scotland's kilted comedy treasure is back! ‘Riotously funny!’
Independent, ‘Absolutely hilarious!… Laugh-out-loud
performance from beginning to end… Irresistible’ List.
8pm
Craig Campbell
8pm @
The Garage
8.30pm £10/£8
Citizens Theatre
An Evening Of Public
Shaming With
Jon Ronson
Laughter
Eight
See Fri 13 March
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
See Thu 19 March
£8/£5
11pm
The Late Show
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
From the people that bring you the sell-out Festival
Club at the Stand, come and enjoy a top
showcase of the best comedians from across
the festival.
11.15pm £8
Late
Laughs
Jon Ronson
returns with an
illustrated one-man
show about the
renaissance of public
shaming to launch his new book
‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed .‘
8.30pm
£8
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
The Festival Club
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
See Fri 13 March
11.30pm
£14
Wild Cabaret
0141 552 6165
Julia
Sutherland
10pm @
Yesbar
Festival
Late Night
Comedy
Showcase
See Fri 12 March
Seann
Walsh
8pm @
The Garage
SATURDAY 21 MARCH
tickets: 0844 873 7353
1pm £5 (£10 including pizza)
Yesbar
A Pizza Lunchtime
0844 873 7353
Comedy
See Fri 20 March
7.30pm £9/£7
Darren Connell:
Fat Chops
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
Anarchic, award-winning hit of the Edinburgh Fringe
2014. ‘Delighting both children and (on a rather
different level) adults alike’ Telegraph.
7.30pm £15.50
Craig Hill:
Give Him an Inch…
Oran Mor
0844 873 7353
7.45pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club
Kevin Day:
0141 212 3389
Standy Uppy
Expect standing up, comedy
- and maybe a
Crazy for You
See Wed 18 March
3pm
£5/£3.50
The Vale
0844 873 7353
A to Zed of
Loving a Ned
See Sat 14 March
5pm & 8pm £15/£13
Susan Calman:
Lady Like
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
ghost - in
this ‘beautifully
crafted and hugely funny show’
Scotland On Sunday.
8pm
£10 Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
The Unusual Suspects
Five of Glasgow's hottest new comedy
acts recount how their comedy
journeys intersected despite their
unusual and different backgrounds.
8pm £8/£6 The Griffin
0844 873 7353
Yesbar
Allan Lindsay
& Chris Davis:
Soldiering On
Craig Johnstone & Chris
MacArthur-Boyd: Fair
Play to Them
See Fri 20 March
Craig Johnstone and Christopher
MacArthur-Boyd make their Glasgow
International Comedy Festival debuts, trading
tales of youth, young manhood and dire straits.
£5
Back for a fifth year of selling out
like a Lib Dem cabinet minister,
with 8 more gloriously funny
stand ups.
Comedy mash-up presented by 'T'is Merely a FArse and Soliloqueen creator Clair Myychael,
self indulgent chameleon and crazy bitch.
8pm £12/£10
Garage
0844 873 7353
Yesbar
Will Setchell:
One Day All This
Will Be Fields
Seann Walsh: 28
Will Setchell returns with a third hour
about life, love, politics, animals, plus
a song. A really good song.
7.30pm
£10/£8
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
God Of Carnage
See Wed 18 March
7.30pm
State Bar
0844 873 7353
Bethany Black:
Idiot
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
Bethany Black says a lot of stupid things all the time, these
are just some of them.
10pm
£10/£8
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
The Last Laugh
10.30pm £9/£7
State Bar
0844 873 7353
Harry Garrison:
Dead Funny
See Fri 20 March
10.30pm £15/£12
The Festival Club
£10
Anna Devitt:
Last One Standing
New show from star of Stand Up For
The Week, Live At The Apollo and Michael
McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
8pm
£10
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
See Thu 19 March
11pm
£8/£5
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
The Late Show
See Fri 20 March
11.15pm
£8
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Late Laughs
See Fri 13 March
Coalition of Comedy:
The Fifth and the Fury
50 Shades of Clair
7.15pm £4/£3
0844 873 7353
State Bar
0844 873 7353
See Sat 14 March
8pm £3
Flying Duck
0844 873 7353
Admiral Bar
Clair Myychael: 0844 873 7353
6pm
£8/£6
The Unf*ckables
A mix of stand up and storytelling about two comics
discovering if being funny is more important than being happy.
Craig
Hill
7.30pm
@
Oran
Mor
A show about being older, wiser and liking yourself no
matter what. Comedy from Calman from The News
Quiz/QI.
6pm
£7/£5
0844 873 7353
9pm
9.15pm £9/£7
See Fri 20 March
2.30pm & 7.30pm
£21*/£11*
Kings Theatre
0844 871 7648
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Laughter Eight
See Fri 13 March
Local comedian Darren Connell is 'Bobby' in BBC Comedy
Scot Squad. 'A natural with a real bright future' Kevin Bridges.
2pm £9/£6 £24 Family Ticket (2 Adults + 2 Kids)
Funz and
Tron Theatre
Gamez
0844 873 7353
8.30pm £8
Susan Calman
5pm & 8pm
@ The Citz
11.30pm
£14
Wild
Cabaret
0141
552
6165
Festival
Late
Night
Comedy
Showcase
See Fri 12 March
Tron Theatre
Doug Segal: 0844 873 7353
How To Read Minds and
Influence People
A mind reading show unlike any other! Learn to predict the
lottery and more. ‘Imagine if Derren Brown was funny’
Evening Standard.
8.30pm £10/£8
Tron Theatre
Lost Voice Guy:
0844 873 7353
Laughter Is The Worst Medicine
When Lost Voice Guy was rushed to hospital during last
year's Fringe, he nearly died. Now he’s back to tell the tale.
See Fri 13 March
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SUNDAY 22 MARCH
tickets: 0844 873 7353
1pm
£5 (£10 including pizza)
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
A Pizza Lunchtime
Comedy
7.30pm & 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement
Darren Connell:
0844 873 7353
Fat Chops
See Fri 20 March
See Sat 21 March
2pm £9/£6 £24 Family Ticket (2 Adults + 2 Kids)
Morgan & West:
Tron Theatre
Parlour Tricks
0844 873 7353
7.30pm £25/£18*
Time-travelling duo Morgan and West present jawdropping feats of magic. Wear a hat - they might blow your
mind.
4.30pm £5/£4
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Shaun McGarrigle
& Stuart Doig: S & S
Come and enjoy Shaun and Stuart doing stand up!
7pm
£8/£7
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Billy Kirkwood:
Let’s Wreck The Place!
Cocked, locked and ready to rock, a brand new hysterical
stand up show from a man made to misbehave.
7.30pm £8/£6
Bossnappers
CCA
0844 873 7353
Theatre Royal
0844 871 7647
Sex In Suburbia
This brand new musical comedy about finding Mr. Right will
make you laugh, cry and dance in the aisles.
7.30pm £25.50*
King’s Theatre
Al Murray the Pub 0844 873 7353
Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor
Join Al Murray in a celebration of twenty years as the
King Cnut of Common Sense. ‘A national treasure.’ Daily
Telegraph.
8pm
£10/£8
Liam Williams:
Capitalism
Tron Theatre
0844 873 7353
2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award
nominee Liam Williams follows his
widely-acclaimed debut with a show
about money. ‘Extraordinary.
..shatteringly funny’ ***** Guardian.
The female workforce of a chocolate factory don't take
kindly to their boss's intentions to move their work
abroad.
7.30pm £8
0844 873 7353
Yesbar
8.30pm £3/£2
The Old Hairdressers
Scott Redmond &
0844 873 7353
Charlie Ralph: Beardwatching
Scott Redmond is an award-winning youth politician.
Charlie Ralph can eat a whole lemon. Together they
are...two comedians!
8.30pm £5
Tron Theatre
Matt Winning: 0844 873 7353
A Work In Progress In
Progress
An hour of ongoing idiosyncratic
nonsense from Winning. 'So well
done… the audience are pulled into
his world' Festival Journal.
9pm
£6/£4
0844 873 7353
Yesbar
The Old
Pamphleteers:
Grumpy Old
Men
Rod Hunter and
Les Sinclair return
Patrick with their sell out
Edinburgh Fringe
Monahan show raging
the
9.30pm @ against
dying of
The Stand the light.
9.30pm
£10/£8
Stand
Comedy
Club
0141 212 3389
Carina MacLeod:
Blone Out Of Proportion!
Carina MacLeod is back with Blone Out Of
Proportion! What’s happened in the last year?
Come along and find out!
Patrick
Monahan:
Adventures
in Monahan
Land
Energetically witty,
charming show from the
Irish/Iranian renowned
for superb anecdotes.
Seen on ITV’s Splash!,
Fake Reaction and
Celebrity Squares.
Al Murray
7.30pm
@ The King’s
Liam
Williams
8pm
@
The Tron
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MONDAY 23 MARCH
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
7pm
£10/£8
Stand Comedy Club
7.30pm £4
The London 2012
Closing Ceremony
JJ is back for his first UK show in four years. Stories and
unfounded opinions from the comedy globetrotter. ‘intensely
likeable….seriously funny’ List.
A comedy play from Sonic Boom Theatre. One woman’s belief
in the spirit of the olympics, and how it can save the world.
8pm
7.30pm £20/£15*
Stand Up for MND:
#gordonsfightback
King’s Theatre
0844 873 7353
A galaxy of comedy stars come together to raise funds for
MND Scotland, including Frankie Boyle, Stewart Francis,
Gary Little, Janey Godley and many more to be
announced!
7.30pm £8/£6
Bossnappers
See Sun 22 March
7.30pm £5 Yesbar
0844 873 7353
4 Fifers for
a Fiver
Mirth of Forth
Comedy presents four
of Fife's finest up and
coming comedians in
one show all for
a fiver.
Frankie Boyle
7.30pm @
The King’s
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The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
Jason John Whitehead: 0141 212 3389
Sharing Too Much With Strangers
CCA
0844 873 7353
£5
Arches
The Wee Man’s Rap 0833 873 7353
Battle Showdown 2015
Comedy and hip hop collide once again as comedians face
rappers in verbal battles to decide who’s jokes are dopest.
9pm
£10/£8
Stand Comedy Club
Paul Currie:
0141 212 3389
Release The Baboons
Meet surreal clown and fool time absurdist comedian Paul
Currie. ‘Paul was my favourite show of the fringe’ Stewart Lee.
9pm
£3
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
Gledhill & Callaghan
Stand up from Amy Gledhill (Hull New Comedian of the Year
2013) and David Callaghan 'Undeniably charismatic and witty'
Chortle.
9pm
£12/£9
Yesbar
Project You Three: 0844 873 7353
An Experiment in Bad Taste
See Mon 16 March
TUESDAY 24 MARCH
tickets: 0844 873 7353
1.30pm £3 Netherton Community Centre
Glasgow International 0844 873 7353
Comedy Festival:
On Your Doorstep
7.30pm £4
Yesbar
Scot Laird: What Can 0844 873 7353
I Get For You?
Come and join Scot Laird for his debut hour! It's comedy or
the call centre. Game on.
See Thu 12 March
7.30pm £16.50*
Michelle McManus’
Reality – Reloaded
King’s Theatre
0844 873 7353
8pm
£15/£13
Mark Steel’s Back
In Town
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
A humorous take on Michelle's life since winning Pop Idol,
with fabulous show tunes from the West End and Broadway.
Mark Steel (Have I Got News For You, QI) pledges to discover
what makes your town ridiculous. ‘Excellent standup’ Times.
7.30pm £8/£6
8.15pm £3/£2
Bossnappers
CCA
0844 873 7353
See Sun 22 March
Paul McDaniel:
Worp in Krogress
The 13th Note
0844 873 7353
Northern Irish comedy man Paul McDaniel invites you to
bear witness to his sensational debut hour.
7.30pm £10
Stand Comedy Club
Bridget Christie:
0141 212 3389
An Ungrateful Woman
What made Bridget lose control at a casting for a Müller
yoghurt advert? Why isn’t Bridget grateful for British sexism?
9pm
£1/£0.50
The Griffin
Ironbark Pumpkin II: 0844 873 7353
The Hunt for Script Cohesion
See Tue 17 March
9pm
£12/£9
Yesbar
Project You Three:
0844 873 7353
An Experiment in Bad Taste
Paul Currie
9pm @
The Stand
See Mon 16 March
9.30pm £5
Stand Comedy Club
BBC Comedy Presents: 0141 212 3389
Best of Red Raw
See Tue 17 March
9.30pm
£3 The 13th Note
0844 873 7353
Richard Brown:
Work In Progress
Hopefully these words will convince
you to attend whilst simultaneously
lowering your expectations.
Michelle McManus
7.30pm @
The King’s
Mark Steel
8pm @ The Citz
Bridget Christie
7.30pm @
The Stand
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7pm £15
Oran Mor
0844 873 7353
Last on the
Left Podcast
A live podcast that barrels headlong into all things horror —
with hosts Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski.
7pm
£8/£6
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
End Poverty…
Eat The Poor. With Sir
Reginald Tweedy Duffer
See Wed 18 March
7.30pm £11/£9
Walking Shadows
Websters Theatre
0141 357 4000
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
7.30pm £5
Richard Pulsford is
Going On
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Kings Theatre
Stand Comedy Club
Phil Nichol:
0141 212 3389
Here Comes Troubled
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
Welcome to Booze Hell – capers, japes and Alka-Seltzer will
be provided to aid your comfort. ‘Sensational’ Scotsman.
BAFTA nominated Stirling is back with a show about heart
break, immigration and meeting Jedward. ‘One of Scotland’s
hottest newcomers’ Scotsman.
Sloans
0844 873 7353
The life and hilarious times of legendary boozer, womaniser,
gambler and writer Jeffrey Bernard – a gloriously politically
incorrect romp.
7.30pm £10/£7
£4/£3
Sandy’s Booze Hell
7.30pm £10/£8
7.30pm £5/£4
A stand up show and musical odyssey leering at the relationship
between Ally and his mysterious pet clown, Shandy.
9pm
9.30pm £10
BBC Scotland's Burnistoun hits theOUT
stage for the first time, LIVE
and FOR REAL! One special night then up eh road!
Jeffrey Bernard
is Unwell
Ally Houston:
Shandy
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Burnistoun: Live
0844 871 7627
SOLD
and For Real!
A glorious farce set in the world of amateur theatre, where
events backstage are more farcical than the farce itself.
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
New Material Night
See Wed 18 March
UK Pun Championships finalist 2014 Richard’s delivers
brilliant wordplay including ‘puns I wish I had thought of
myself’ Gary Delaney.
7.30pm £22.50*/£18.50*
8.45pm £3
8pm
£14/£12
Paul Chowdhry:
PC’s World
Iain Stirling:
Everything
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
Why has tackling political correctness become so offensive? It’s
time to enter PC’s World. 'Dangerous comic genius' Eastern Eye.
Break up, break down, break out, and breakfast- a stand-up
show about understanding, acceptance, revenge and
starting over.
7.30pm £10/£7
Sandwich and
Potato Artist
Paul Chowdhry
8pm @
The Citz
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
A double bill by Stephen Brackenridge. Potato Artist
explores creativity and class, while Sandwich delves
into a surreal dystopian future.
Burnistoun:
Live and For Real!
7.30pm @
The King’s
24
THURSDAY 26 MARCH
tickets: 0844 395 4005
2.30pm & 7.30pm £20/£18*
Dorothy Paul:
Classic Dorothy
King’s Theatre
0844 873 7353
Join the Queen of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival
on a trip down memory lane.
7.30pm £8/£6
Stu Who?:
Beyond A Joke
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
See Sat 14 March`
7.30pm £8/£7
Stand Comedy Club
Susie McCabe:
0141 212 3389
The Drugs Don’t Work
Susie ponders her extreme hypochondria, addictive
personality and the crazy paranoia we all suffer - but never
ever admit to.
£10/£15
8pm
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
Trampled Bat’s
Trampled Quiz
See Thu 12 March
7.30pm £10/£7
Sandwich and
Potato Artist
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
See Wed 25 March
7.30pm £10/£8
Jeffrey Bernard
is Unwell
Sloans
0844 873 7353
Walking Shadows
Websters Theatre
0141 357 4000
See Wed 25 March
7.30pm £5/£4
Tickets on the door only
Young Urban
Professionots
GLASS Sketch
Society invites you
meet the business
worlds finest
(they just
haven’t passed
their exams yet).
The Old Hairdressers
An Almost Explosive
0844 873 7353
Transylvanian Death-Ride
This introductory passage contains no information regarding
the show An Almost explosive Transylvanian Death-Ride - so
piss off!
8pm £8
See Wed 25 March
7.30pm £11/£9
£5/£3
8pm
Citizen’s Theatre
8.45pm £3
A Funny Thing
0844 873 7353
Happened On The
Way To Westminister
Yesbar Virgins
Popular columnist Iain MacWhirter chairs a panel of
celebrity political activists looking at the funny side of the
general election.
Nev: Skin
QMU
8.30pm £7/£5
State Bar
0844 873 7353
Life Begins at 60
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair are joined by Vladimir
McTavish for a two hour comic exploration of aging.
8.30pm £8/£5
Blackfriars Basement
Eleanor Morton:
0844 873 7353
Lollipop and then Another Bit
Double bill of Eleanor Morton's hit 2014 Fringe show
Lollipop, followed by work in progress. Expect weird and
confusing.
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
See Thu 12 March
9.30pm £3
The Old Hairdressers
0844 873 7353
Nev is a comedian made out of meat. Sweating, bloody,
oozing, pulsing, throbbing meat. Long live the new flesh!
10pm
£12/£10
The Festival Club
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle,
Jimmy Carr, Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, Robin Ince,
Miles Jupp and Chris Addison.
10:45pm £5
The Wee Man:
Work In Progress?
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Mind that video? Know how the one wi the ned? A work in
progress detailing the emancipation of a meme.
8.30pm Free – non ticketed
The Griffin
John Aldiss’ Magnificent
Seven
See Thu 12 March
8.30pm £8
Wild Cabaret
0141 552 6165
Just Comedy At
Wild Cabaret
See Thu 12 March
Dorothy Paul
2.30pm & 7.30pm
@ The Citz
Iain Stirling
9.30pm @
The Stand
Phil Nichol 7.30pm
@ The Stand
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tickets: 0844 395 4005
1pm £5 (£10 including pizza)
Yesbar
A Pizza Lunchtime
0844 873 7353
7.30pm & 10pm £12.50/£11.50
Drygate
Gilded Balloon
0844 873 7353
Comedy
Comedy At Drygate
Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the
festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily.
See Fri 13 March
£8/£5
7pm
Cargo Hold Comedy
The Tall Ship
0844 873 7353
See the best talent Scottish comedy has to offer in the
welcoming and unusual surroundings of The Tall Ship!
£5
7pm
Heroes @ The Griffin
0844 873 7353
Tim Renkow:
Less Disabled than Scotland
Tim Renkow has Cerebral Palsy, and these awards: Leicester
Square New Comedian of the Year Winner, Amused Moose
Winner and more. 'Hilarious' Scotsman.
7.15pm £8/£6
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Vladimir McTavish:
The 45 Greatest Scots in History
Affectionately scathing critique of the heroes, villains and
numpties who shaped one small nation’s destiny. ‘Inspired
comedy brilliance’ Australian Stage.
7.30pm £10/£8
0844 873 7353
Sloans
7.30pm £9/£6
Rory O’Hanlon:
It’s Great To Be Here
Strap in people! It’s joke time, come and join one of Irelands
finest comedians for his hilarious brand new stand up show.
7.30pm £11/£9
Walking Shadows
Honest To Godley
Oran Mor
0844 873 7353
The slightly wicked, award-winning comic returns. 'Scotland’s funniest
woman' Scotsman. 'She is a f***ing great comedian' Billy Connolly.
7.30pm £9/£7
Richard Gadd:
Breaking Gadd
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
‘The absolute highlight of the Glasgow
International Comedy Festival 2014’ (*****
Skinny) returns with a ‘dementedly
brilliant’ (**** Scotsman) new show.
See Wed 25 March
Jerry Sadowitz:
Card Tricks and
Close Up
Magic
See Sat 14 March
8pm Free – Ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio
Billy Kirkwood’s
0844 873 7353
Show Me Your Tattoo 2015
The world’s only stand up comedy improv chat tattoo show
returns with a brand new look for 2015.
8pm
£17.50
Garage
0844 873 7353
Join Rich and his virtuoso mates for a mash-up of music,
comedy and gratuitous coloration. 'Brilliant musical comedy'
**** London is Funny.
8pm
£14/£12
Citizens Theatre
Shappi Khorsandi:
0844 873 7353
Because I’m Shappi…
Reflecting on the good things, Shappi Khorsandi (Live At
The Apollo, QI) celebrates her haphazard zigzag towards
her dreams.
8pm & 10pm
Cottiers Theatre
0844 873 7353
£10/£8
Gary is back with a brand new show.
‘Born raconteur’ Scotsman. ‘F**king riot...
hilarious!!’ Bill Burr. Total sell out 2013,
2014.
Back despite
popular
8.15pm
Heroes @ The Griffin
0844 873 7353
£8
Phil Kay:
Still Wholly Viable
£5/£3.50
A to Zed
of Loving
a Ned
Stand up’s foremost creepy-faced ginger man, star of BBC1’s Live
at the Apollo embarks on his fifth consecutive sell-out UK tour.
Gary Little: Too Young
To Remember
See Wed 25 March
7.30pm
The Vale
0844 873
7353
Stand Comedy Club
Andrew Lawrence:
0141 212 3389
Reasons To Kill Yourself
Rich Hall’s Hoedown
7.30pm £13/£11
7.30pm
£22.50*
King’s Theatre
0844 873 7353
Sandwich and
Potato Artist
Websters Theatre
0141 357 4000
See Wed 25 March
Jeffrey
Bernard
is Unwell
7.30pm
£10/£7
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
State Bar
0844 873 7353
7.45pm £12
demand!
Amazing sleightof-hand and
original magic
from one of the
world's most
skilled card
magicians.
‘Astonishing’
Guardian.
Jerry Sadowitz
7.30pm @
The King’s
Phil Kay is the multi awardwinning mad rambler of
Planet Anecdote.
‘Delightfully, free- spirited
or dangerously reckless
depending on your position’
Chortle. ‘Genius’ Scotsman
8.30pm £8/£7
Tron Theatre
0844 873 7353
Absolute Improv
Andrew Lawrence
7.45pm @
The Stand
5-star Scottish comedy troupe present a show
based entirely on your suggestions. Comedy a la
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
27
FRI 27 / SAT 28 MARCH
8.30pm £8
Laughter Eight
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
10pm
0844 873 7353
State Bar
0844 873 7353
John Scott &
Viv Gee:
While U
Were
Kipping
See Fri 13 March
9pm
£16/£14
Round The Clock...
Launch!
The start of a stand up comedy marathon to raise money for
charity, featuring some of Scotland’s craziest comedians!
9.15pm £9/£7
Andrew Doyle:
Zero Tolerance
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2014. 'Fantastically funny and
thought provoking...his best yet' GQ. 'Incredible must-see
fringe show' Gay Times.
9.30pm £5
Bob Slayer:
Fat Jockey
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
Heroes@ The Griffin
0844 873 7353
Rock'n'roll tour manager turned award-winning comedian and
storyteller. 'Infamous for antics wilder than the acts he has
looked after' NME
£8/£6
Yesbar
SATURDAY 28 MARCH
1pm £5 (£10 including pizza)
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
A Pizza Lunchtime
Comedy
See Fri 27 March
2.30pm & 7.30pm £11/£9 Websters Theatre
Walking Shadows
0141 357 4000
A post
referendum,
pre-election
double bill of
political comedy
from John
Scott and Viv
Gee. ‘Very funny’
**** Giggle Beats.
See Wed 25 March
£5/£3.50
3pm
A to Zed of
Loving a Ned
The Vale
0844 873 7353
See Sat 14 March
10.30pm
£15/£12
Stand Comedy
Club
0141 212
3389
5.30pm
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Des Clarke
8pm @
The Citz
The
Festival
Club
£10
Brothers & Sisters…
It’s The Reverend
Obadiah
Steppenwolfe III
Chat Show
See Sat 14 March
See Thu 26 March
6pm
£5
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
10.30pm
Free –ticketed
Heroes @
The Griffin
0844 873 7353
Clair Myychael:
50 Shades of Clair
See Sat 21 March
Fool Members Club:
Ultimate AfterShow
Malcolm Hardee Award winner Bob
Slayer is joined by some very special
guests for ‘the ultimate late night show...' ThreeWeeks
11pm £8/£5
The Late Show
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
From the people that bring you the sell-out Festival Club at
the Stand, come and enjoy a top showcase of the best
comedians from across the festival.
11.15pm
£8
0844 873 7353
Yesbar
Late Laughs
See Fri 13 March
11.30pm
Wild Cabaret
0141 552 6165
Fred MacAulay
7pm @
The King’s
28
Festival Late
Night Comedy
Showcase
See Fri 12 March
£14
Shappi Khorsandi
8pm @
The Citz
SATURDAY 28 MARCH
tickets: 0844 873 7353
6pm
£6/£3
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Sarah Cassidy:
Sarahdactyl
7.30pm £13/£11
Oran Mor
0844 873 7353
Honest To Godley
See Fri 27 March
7.30pm £10/£8
7pm £16.50/£14.50*
Damian Clark:
0844 873 7353
It’s a Good Day To Damo
Fred MacAulay:
Twenty Fifteen
After the success of Fred's show at the Kings last GICF, come
and hear his state of the nation stand up show for 2015.
7pm
£5
Heroes @ The Griffin
Tim Renkow:
0844 873 7353
Less Disabled than Scotland
See Fri 27 March
7.15pm £5/£4
Larry Dean:
Out Now
Multi award winning Larry Dean, as seen on BBC Presents:
Edinburgh 2014, performs his new show for a home crowd.
7.30pm £10/£8
Jeffrey Bernard
is Unwell
Sloans
0844 873 7353
7.30pm £10/£7
Sandwich and
Potato Artist
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
9.30pm £5
Bob Slayer:
Fat Jockey
Heroes @ The Griffin
0844 873 7353
See Fri 27 March
9.30pm £16/£14*
7.45pm £12/£10
Stand Comedy Club
America Stands Up
0141 212 3389
Be the first to see some of the biggest stars from across the
pond in our superb showcase of American comedy talent.
£17.50
Garage
King’s Theatre
Tom Stade: Decisions, 0844 873 7353
Decisions
Incisive comedy with the usual sprinkling of Stade magic and
mayhem. A true master of his craft. ‘Unmissable’ *****
Edinburgh Evening News
Rich Hall’s Hoedown 0844 873 7353
10pm
See Fri 27 March
Raymond Mearns:
0844 873 7353
The Secret Underground Sessions
8pm
£3
Flying Duck
£5
Yesbar
Coalition of Comedy: 0844 873 7353
The Fifth and the Fury
At Edinburgh Fringe 2014 Raymond improvised for the entire
month of August, come and hear him do it again for two
nights only.
Back for a fifth year of selling out like a Lib Dem cabinet
minister, with 8 more gloriously funny stand ups.
10.30pm £15/£12
8pm
See Wed 25 March
State Bar
0844 873 7353
State Bar
Damo’s back. One show only! ‘The world’s wittiest machine
gun. Let yourself in on one of the funniest secrets in town.’
Scotsman
8pm
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
£5
The Gong Show
Can you beat the gong and complete five minutes?
Comedians try to win the trophy and be crowned champion.
Sarah Cassidy (Shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award
2013) talks about moving to London, dinosaurs and love.
King’s Theatre
0844 873 7353
9pm
£8/£6
Admiral Bar
0844 873 7353
Chris Dinwoodie:
HaHa Cadabra
See Wed 25 March
£15
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
Des Clarke:
The Trouble with Being Des
Des Clarke is back - and this time it's personal. 'Great way to
spend an hour' Scotsman. 'Genuinely funny' Broadway Baby.
8.15pm £5
Heroes @ The Griffin
John Robertson:
0844 873 7353
The Dark Room
8.30pm £8
Heroes @ The Griffin
0844 873 7353
Fool Members Club:
Ultimate AfterShow
See Fri 27 March
11pm
£8/£5
The Late Show
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7535
See Fri 27 March
11.15pm £8
Late Laughs
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
See Fri 13 March
11.30pm £14
Join John Robertson (Videogame Nation) for the world’s
only live-action videogame! 'A cult is born' Bruce Dessau
***** ThreeWeeks ***** Skinny ***** FringeReview
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
See Thu 26 March
10.30pm Free –ticketed
This show will leave you amazed and entertained. Performed
by 'as seen on TV' and award winning magician Chris
Dinwoodie.
8pm
The Festival Club
Wild Cabaret
Festival Late
0141 552 6165
Night Comedy Showcase
See Fri 12 March
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Laughter Eight
See Fri 13 March
8.30pm £8/£7
Absolute Improv
Tron Theatre
0844 873 7353
See Fri 27 March
8.30pm
£10/£7
Blackfriars Basement
0844 873 7353
Chris Forbes &
Davey Connor
Stand Up
Tom Stade
9.30pm @ The
King’s
Star of BBC's Scot Squad,
Forbes, and Russell Kane
support act, Connor,
present a two-showsfor-one
extravaganza!
Janey Godley
7.30pm @
Oran Mor
29
SUNDAY 29 MARCH
3pm
£3/£2
Desky Lewis: Love,
Death & Biscuits
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
8pm
£17.50
Garage
Rich Hall’s Hoedown 0844 873 7353
See Fri 27 March
A show in two unnatural acts exploring a 20th Century trilemma
through the mediums of spoken word, music and poetry.
8.15pm
4.30pm £5/£3
Phil Kay:
Still Wholly Viable
Yesbar
Jukebox Durie: A Comedy 0844 873 7353
Lecture on Football and Music
Jukebox Durie is the light hearted history of football and
music. Suitable for anyone who loves either comedy/
music/football.
6pm
£5
Elaine Malcolmson:
Arrangements
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
You don’t need to be a florist to attend this show. It’s just a story,
written and performed by Elaine Malcolmson. ‘bone-dry and
talented… exquisite material’ Edinburgh Evening News.
7pm
£5
Heroes @ The Griffin
Candy Gigi:
0844 873 7353
The Elephant Woman
Frighteningly eccentric one-woman show from a lonely Jewish
maniac. 'A burst of insanity... force-of-nature performance...
sheer audacious lunacy... once seen, never forgotten' Chortle
7.30pm £4
Yesbar
0844 873 7353
Marc Jennings:
Disconnected
£8
Heroes @ The Griffin
0844 873 7353
See Fri 27 March
9pm
£5
Yesbar
Raymond Mearns:
0844 873 7353
The Secret Underground Sessions
See Sat 28 March
9.30pm £5
Bob Slayer:
Fat Jockey
Heroes @ The Griffin
0844 873 7353
See Fri 27 March
9.30pm £12/£10
Alun Cochrane:
(Me Neither)
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
The ray of sunshine performs cheerfully miserable stand up. As
seen on Trying Again and co-host of The Frank Skinner Show.
10.30pm Free - Ticketed Heroes @ The Griffin
Fool Members Club: 0844 873 7353
Ultimate AfterShow
See Fri 27 March
How would you survive without the internet? details how he
gave up smartphones, web surfing and social media.
7.30pm £8/£7
Martin Mor:
Cheetah
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
‘I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm.’ ‘A
comedy institution' Guardian.
Rich Hall 8pm @
The Garage
Martin Mor
7.30pm @
The Stand
30
Alun Cochrane
9.30pm @
The Stand
KIDS COMEDY
tickets: 0844 873 7353
KIDS COMEDY
SAT 14 MARCH
2pm
£5.95
The FUN-tastic
Show
Scottish Mask
and Puppet Centre
0141 339 6185
Classic clownish capers, tricky tricks, silly slapstick, magnificent
magic and jolly juggling. 'The kids loved every minute’ Three
Weeks. Age Suitability: 3+
SAT 14, 21 & 28 MARCH
3pm
£5
Kids Comedy Club
SAT 15 MARCH
£7
Stand Comedy Club
John Hegley Family 0141 212 3389
Show: I Am a Poetato
Join John in this family friendly show as he dips into an animal
alphabet of poems. ‘Marvelous, joyful fun’ Telegraph
Age Suitability: 5 – 12 yrs
SAT 21 MARCH
2pm
£5.95
Jack &
the Beanstalk
Scottish Mask
and Puppet Centre
0141 339 6185
See how Jack solves a GIANT problem! Fast-moving and very
funny glove puppet show that will delight both children and
adults. Age Suitability: 3+
£7.50
Citizens Theatre
0844 873 7353
James Campbell’s
Comedy 4 Kids
A show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who
likes comedy without the rude words. 'Genuinely impressive'
Guardian. Age Suitability: 6+
2pm £9/£6 – £24 Family Ticket
Funz and Gamez
Tron Theatre
0844 873 7353
Anarchic, award-winning hit of the Edinburgh Fringe 2014.
‘Delighting both children and (on a rather different level) adults
alike’ Telegraph. Age Suitability: 5+
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Our live stand-up show for younger comedy fans in best suited
for 8-12’s (sorry, no under 5’s). Adults must accompany.
Age Suitability: 8-12
3pm
2pm
SUN 22 MARCH
2pm £9/£6 – £24 Family Ticket Tron Theatre
Morgan & West:
0844 873 7353
Parlour Tricks
Time-travelling duo Morgan and West present jaw-dropping
feats of magic. Wear a hat - they might blow your mind.
Suitable For All Ages
2pm £5.95
Punch and Judy
Comes to Town
Scottish Mask
and Puppet Centre
0141 339 6185
Can you believe Mr Punch is now a 353 year old tradition?
Don't miss this wonderful show for the young at heart!
Age Suitability: 3+
3pm
£5
Paul Currie:
FFFFFFFMILK!
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Paul Currie is a skilled stand-up and clown and puppeteer
who has worked on CBeebies ‘Big & Small’ and Jim Henson’s
‘Pajanimals’. Age Suitability: 8 – 12 yrs
SAT 28 MARCH
2pm £11*– £40* Family Ticket
Louis Pearl: The
Amazing Bubble Man
King’s
Theatre
08448737353
Louis explores the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles while combining
comedy, artistry and audience participation. His spellbinding tricks
will mesmerize everybody. Suitable For All Ages
2pm
£5.95
Scottish Mask
The Funny World and Puppet Centre
of Magic
0141 339 6185
Magical mayhem in this colourful, fun and interactive magic
show for all the family. Age Suitability: 3+
£5 (Adult and Child) £3 for every extra Child
Professor Heisenhoff’s The Tall Ship
Big Birthday Bash
0844 873 7353
2pm
An interactive family comedy show featuring traditional party
games, suitable for 5 years and over. Age Suitability: 5+
SUN 29 MARCH
£12.50/£10.50/£3 (Film Only)
Grosvenor Cinema
0844 873 7353
10.30am
Jumanji Kids
Party
Showing the magical charm of Robin Williams. This includes the
movie ticket, snacks and drinks in the Grosvenor Cafe after the
movie, followed by live entertainment. Age Suitability: 5yrs +
3pm
£5
Stand Comedy Club
0141 212 3389
Martin 'Bigpig' Mor:
Funny Stuff for
Happy People
Kids! Do you need
somewhere to take your
adults without them getting
bored and going in a huff?
Age Suitability: 8 – 12 yrs
James Campbell
2pm @ The Citz
Louis Pearl
2pm @ The King’s
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A-Z SHOWS
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
Big Screen Comedy
FRI 13 & SAT 14 MARCH
SAT 14 MARCH
8pm (Fri) & 10.30pm (Sat)
£9.80/£7.20
Clerks Cineworld
0871 200 2000
4pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7 Grosvenor Cinema
Mrs. Doubtfire
0845 166 6002
A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and
Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play
hockey on the store roof.
10.30pm (Fri) &
8pm (Sat)
£9.80/£7.20
Cineworld
Wayne’s
World
0871 200 2000
Two slacker friends run
their own public-access
cable show in this Mike
Myers comedy classic.
Schwing!
After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female
housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody
by his former wife.
2pm Free (Donations on the Door)
Classic Films from
Britannia
1890s to 1920s
Panopticon
with Live Music
0141 553 0840
Classic comedy films from 1890s to 1920s accompanied by live
music and sound effects from the ensemble Gladstone's Bag.
Vietnam
An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things
when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station
in Vietnam.
SUNDAY 22 MARCH
The
Birdcage
8pm (Fri) & 11pm (Sat) £9.80/£7.20 Cineworld
Blazing Saddles
0871 200 2000
To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a
black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable
adversary.
Grosvenor
Cinema
0845 166 6002
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion pretend
to be straight to their extended family in this chaotic comedy.
FESTIVAL
8.30pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7
Grosvenor
Cinema
0845 166 6002
A radio shock jock tries to find redemption by helping a man
whose life he shattered in this fantastical comedy-drama.
in association
with Govanhill
Baths presents
FRIDAY 13 MARCH
10pm £6/£5
America: The Bill
Hicks Story
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
Acclaimed documentary tracing the life and career of the
legendary comedian Bill Hicks, from his early stand up to his
untimely death at 32.
SATURDAY 14 MARCH
10pm
£6/£5
Withnail & I
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
Two unemployed young actors escape their squalid flat in
1960s London for a disastrous country holiday in this comedy
masterpiece.
WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH
The Fisher King
FRI 27 & SAT 28 MARCH
SIDE
FILM
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
8.30pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7 Grosvenor Cinema
Good Morning,
0845 166 6002
4pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7
SAT 14 MARCH
SOUTH
FRIDAY 20 MARCH
10pm
£6/£5
In The Loop
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
Armando Iannucci's spin off from The Thick of It is a
hilarious and biting satire on the lunacy of war.
SATURDAY 21 MARCH
10pm
£6/£5
Best In Show
Govanhill Baths
0844 873 7353
Improvised comedy classic from the legendary writer/director
Christopher Guest (This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind).
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29
tickets: 0844 395 4005
CLYDE AUDITORIUM
Finnieston Quay, Glasgow G3 8YW Box
Office: 0844 305 4000
KING’S THEATRE
297 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JN Box
Office: 0844 871 7627
THEATRE ROYAL
282 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 3QA Box
Office: 0844 871 7627
CITIZENS THEATRE
119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS
Box Office: 0141 429 0022
THE GARAGE
490 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LW
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
ORAN MOR
Top of Byres Road, 731-735 Great Western
Road G12 8QX
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
TRON THEATRE
63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB Box Office:
0141 552 4267
STAND COMEDY CLUB
333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6NG
Box Office: 0141 212 3389
COTTIERS THEATRE
93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G1 5PU
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL
Box Office: 0141 565 1000
THE GRIFFIN
266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Box Office:
0844 873 7353
BLACKFRIARS BASEMENT
36 Bell Street, Glasgow G1 1LG Box Office:
0844 873 7353
STATE BAR
148 Holland Street, Glasgow G2 4NG
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
WEST BREWERY
VENUE LIST
OLD HAIRDRESSERS
20-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 4PH
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
TALL SHIP
150 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow G3 8RS
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
THE COMEDIAN TATTOO STUDIO
281 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HQ
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
GROSVENOR CINEMA
Ashton Lane, Hillhead, Glasgow G12 8SJ
Box Office: 0845 166 6002
ADMIRAL BAR
72 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
THE VALE
5-7 Dundas Street, City Centre, Glasgow,
G1 2AH
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
WEBSTERS THEATRE
416 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9HZ
Box Office: 0141 357 4000
THE RIDING ROOM
58 Virginia Street, Glasgow, G1 1TX Box
Office: 0844 873 7353
SLOANS
108 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8BG Box
Office: 0844 873 7353
THE 13th NOTE
50-60 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QT
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
GOVANHILL BATHS
MONDAY 16 MARCH
5.30pm Free (Ticketed) Stand Comedy Club
BBC Comedy
0141 212 3389
Workshops: Scripts:
How Do You Write A Comedy?
A discussion around the comedy writing process. Where do
you start and what makes it funny? Whilst there is no magic
formula, we’ve invited comedy writers to share their insights
and maybe teach you a thing or two. From sketches to
sitcom, what makes the cut and what doesn’t? If you want
to write comedy or already do, come along and join the
discussion.
MONDAY 23 MARCH
5.30pm Free (Ticketed) Stand Comedy Club
BBC Comedy
0141 212 3389
Workshops: Comedy
Commissioning: What Happens?
There are several routes a script makes its way on to TV or
Radio and while no two projects are the same, there is a
process. We’ve invited industry professionals to answer your
questions and share their experience of working in comedy.
What’s next for comedy and what are commissioners looking
for? Bring questions and find out what you would like to know.
99 Calder Street, Glasgow, G42 7RA Box
Office: 0844 873 7353
WILD CABARET
18 Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1LD Box
Office: 0141 552 6165
Ginger Ale Comedy
FRIDAY 27 MARCH
Templeton Building, Glasgow Green,
Glasgow G40 1AW
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
NETHERTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
358 Netherton Road, Glasgow, G13 1AX
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET
CENTRE
Starts: 10pm Friday 27 March
State Bar
Finish: 1am Sunday 29 March
Mini Bar
£16/£14
0844 873 7353
CASTLEMILK COMMUNITY CENTRE
Round the Clock
Comedy Roadshow
8-10 Balcarres Avenue, Glasgow G12 0QF
Box Office: 0141 339 6185
121 Castlemilk Drive, Glasgow, G45 9UG
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
CINEWORLD
BARMULLOCH COMMUNITY CENTRE
7 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3AB Box
Office: 0871 200 2000
FLYING DUCK
142 Renfield Street, Glasgow G2 3AU Box
Office: 0844 873 7353
QUEEN MARGARET UNION
22 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QN
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
YESBAR
14 Drury Street, Glasgow G2 5AA Box
Office: 0844 873 7353
46 Wallacewell Quadrant, Glasgow,
Glasgow City G21 3PX
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
AUDIO
Now in its third year, Ginger Ale Comedy proudly present
another marathon of fabulous comedy! Featuring a selection
of Scotland’s stand-up, improv and character acts that just keep
on coming! As we go from venue to venue you're guaranteed
hilarity and hijinks. For the latest on who’s performing visit us
on Facebook or Twitter: @gingeralecomedy. All proceeds
going to 'Cancer Research UK'.
14 Midland Street, Glasgow, G1 4PP
Box Office: 0844 873 7353
DRYGATE
85 Drygate, Glasgow, G4 0UT Box Office:
0844 873 7353
BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL
113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD
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A-Z SHOWS
SHOWS A - Z
SHOW (INDEX BY FIRST NAME)
Page
4 Fifers for a Fiver
20
50 Shades of Smay
9
Absolute Improv
27, 29
Absolute Improv Musical
14
Al Murray The Pub Landlord
19
Allan Lindsay & Chris Davis
14, 15
Ally Houston
24
Alun Cochrane
30
America Stands Up
29
Andrew Doyle
28
Andrew Lawrence
27
Andrew Learmonth
8
Anna Devitt
6, 15
Anna Morris
14
Ashley Storrie
14
BBC Comedy Presents: Best of Red Raw
9, 21
Best of WEST Brewery Comedy Club
5
Bethany Black
15
Billy Kirkwood
19, 27
BMR
14
Bob Slayer
28, 29, 30
Bratchy
14
Brendon Burns
6
Bridget Christie
21
Burnistoun: Live and For Real!
24
Candy Gigi
30
Cargo Hold Comedy
27
Carina McLeod
19
Cave Comedy Radio presents The Last Podcast 24
On The Left
Chris Broomfield & Graham Mackie
7
Chris Dinwoodie
29
Chris Forbes & Davey Connor
29
Christian O'Connell
6
CHUNKS
9
Clair Myychael
15, 28
Close Enounters of the Nerd Kind
7, 8
Coalition of Comedy
15, 29
Comissioned
13
Craig Campbell
14
Craig Hill
14,15
Craig Johnstone & Chris MacArthur-Boyd
15
Damian Clark
29
Darren Connell
15, 19
David Heffron
14
Des Clarke
29
Desky Lewis
30
Dorothy Paul
25
Doug Segal
15
Dylan Moran
9
Elaine Malcolmson
30
Eleanor Morton
25
Ellie Taylor
7
Enterteasment
6, 7
Fred MacAulay
29
Freddie Farrell & Masai Graham
7
Gary Delaney
9
Gary Little
27
Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate
6, 14, 27
Glasgow International Comedy Festival:
5
On Your Doorstep - Barmulloch
Glasgow International ComedyFestival:
14
On Your Doorstep - Castlemilk
Glasgow International Comedy Festival:
21
On Your Doorstep - Netherton
Gledhill & Callaghan
20
Hardeep Singh Kohli
6
Harry Garrison
14, 15
Henning When
9
Iain Stirling
24
Ironbark Pumpkin II
9, 21
Jamie Dalgleish
7
Jamie MacDonald
9
Janey Godley
27, 29
Jason John Whitehead
20
Jellybean Martinez
13
Jerry Sadowitz
27
Jimmy Carr
6, 7
John Aldiss's Magnificent Seven
5, 13, 25
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John Hegley
8
John Robertson
29
John Scott
7
John Scott & Viv Gee
28
John Shuttleworth
8
Jon Ronson
14
Josie Long
9
Jukebox Durie
30
Julia Sutherland
14
Just Comedy @ Wild Cabaret
5, 13, 25
Kevin Day
15
Larry Dean
29
Laughter Eight @ Yesbar
6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29
Lee Kyle
8
Liam Williams
19
Liam Withnail
6
Life Begins at 60
25
Lloyd Langford
8
Lost Voice Guy
15
Marc Jennings
30
Mark Nelson
7
Mark Steel
21
Martin Mor
30
Matt Winning
19
Matty Finlayson
25
Michelle McManus
21
Nancy Clench
7
Nev
25
New Material Night @ Yesbar
9, 24
Nina Conti
9
Patrick Monahan
19
Patrick Rolink
6
Paul Chowdhry
24
Paul Currie
20
Paul McDaniel
21
Phil Differ
7
Phil Kay
27, 30
Project You Three
8, 9
Raymonds Mearns
14
Rich Hall
27, 29, 30
Richard Brown
21
Richard Gadd
27
Richard Herring
13
Richard Pulsford
24
Rob Deering
5
Robin Cairns
7, 14, 15, 27, 28
Robin Grainger
13
Rory O'Hanlon
27
Rosco McSkeleton
14
Round The Clock Comedy Roadshow III 28, 33
Sandy's Booze Hell
24
Sarah Cassidy
29
Scot Laird
21
Scott Agnew
7
Scott Gibson
14
Scott Redmond & Charlie Ralph
19
Seann Walsh
15
Shappi Khorsandi
27
Shaun McGarrigle & Stuart Doig
19
Simon Amstell
9, 13
Simon Munnery
8
Sir Reginald Tweedy Duffer
9, 24
So Many Men - Yet None Are Mine!
6, 7
St Patrick's Day Comedy Special
9
Stand Up For MND: #gordonsfightback
20
Stewart Lee
13
Stu Who?
7, 25
Susan Calman
15
Susie McCabe
25
The Gong Show
29
The Good, The Bad & The Special
8, 9
Comedy Guest
The Last Laugh…
15
The Old Pamphleteers
13, 19
The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III
7, 28
The Unf**kables
7, 15
The Unusual Suspects
15
The Wee Man
20, 25
Tim Renkow
27, 29
Tom Stade
29
Tommy Tiernan
5, 7
Trampled Bat
5, 25
United We Shall Will Swim
6
Comedy Fundraiser
Universal Comedy
9
Vladimir McTavish
27
Watch Bad Movies with Good
8
Comedians
Will Franken
14
Will Setchell
15
Yesbar Virgins
5, 13, 25
Young Urban Professionots
25
Zombie Science: Genes of the Damned
6
FOR FAMILIES
Funz & Gamez
15, 31
Jack & The Beanstalk
31
James Campbell
31
John Hegley Family Show: I Am
31
A Poetato
Jumanji Kids Party
31
Kids Comedy Club
31
Louis Pearl- The Amazing Bubble Man
31
Martin 'Bigpig' Mor
31
Morgan & West
19, 31
Paul Currie: FFFFFFFMILK!
31
Professor Heisenhoff’s Big Birthday Bash
31
Punch and Judy Comes to Town
31
The Funny World of Magic
31
The FUN-Tastic Show
31
THEATRE
Bossnappers
19, 20, 21
Crazy For You
9, 13, 14, 15
God Of Carnage
9, 13, 14, 15
Hero Worship
8
Jeffery Bernard is Unwell
24, 25, 27, 29
Love 2.0
5, 6, 7
RUT
9
Sandwich and Potato Artist
24, 25, 27, 29
Sex In Suburbia
19
The London 2012 Closing Ceremony
20
Closing Ceremony
Walking Shadows
24, 25, 27, 28
LUNCHTIME LAUGHS
A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy
6, 7, 8, 14,15
19, 27, 28
LATE SHOWS
Festival Late Night Comedy
6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29
@ Wild Cabaret
Fool Members Club: Ultimate AfterShow 28, 29, 30
Late Laughs @ Yesbar
6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29
The Festival Club @ The Stand
5, 6, 7,13, 14,
15, 25, 28, 29
The Late Show @ Blackfriars 6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29
DISCUSSION
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To
Westminister
BBC Comedy Workshops:
Comedy Comissioning: What Happens?
BBC Comedy Workshops:
Scripts: How Do You Write A Comedy?
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FILM
American - The Bill Hicks Story
Best In Show
Blazing Saddles
Classic Films from 1890s to 1920s
with Live Music
Clerks
Good Morning Vietnam
In The Loop
Mrs Doubtfire
The Birdcage
The Fisher King
Waynes World
Withnail & I
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