LET US ENTERTAIN YOU! - Glasgow International Comedy Festival
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LET US ENTERTAIN YOU! - Glasgow International Comedy Festival
LLET ET UUSS EENTERTAIN NTERTAIN YOU! YOU! TUE 29 MAR - SAT 2 AP APRR TUE 31 MAY - SAT 4 JUN TUE 7 - SAT 11 JUN MON 4 - SAT 9 JUL MON 8 - SAT 13 AUG TUE 4 - SAT 8 OCT KING’S KING’S TTHEATRE HEATRE 00844 844 8871 71 7648 7648 www.atgtickets.com/glasgow w w w.atgtickets.com /glasgow BK G FFEES EE S AAPPLY. PP LY. CCALLS A L L S 77PP PPER ER M IN, PPLUS L U S YYOUR OUR PPHONE HONE CCOMPANY’S OMPA N Y ’ S AACCESS CCE S S CCHARGE H A RGE BKG MIN, BOOK NOW! Tickets can be purchased online from www.seetickets.com and from some individual venue websites. 420 shows | 42 venues | 18 days Welcome from Councillor Frank McAveety Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau As the curtain opens on the 14th annual Glasgow International Comedy Festival it provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on what has become the widely anticipated showpiece at the heart of the city’s cultural calendar. Since its inauguration the festival has grown from humble beginnings to become Europe's premier comedy event; bringing some of the biggest – and funniest – performers in the world to Glasgow over the years. The calibre of the Festival programme is a strong reflection of why Glasgow enjoys an enviable worldwide reputation, both for its prominent position on the global comedy scene and as a must-visit destination. But don’t just take our word for it. Recently Glasgow was named by global travel magazine National Geographic Traveler as one of its 20 ‘Best of the World’ destinations for 2016. In 2014, our city was voted ‘World’s Friendliest City’ by travel publication Rough Guides – as Glaswegians continue to be recognised the world over for their iconic hospitality and good humour. With these credentials it’s no surprise that we’re home to one of the best comedy festivals in the world. With more than 420 shows across 42 venues over 18 laughter-filled days, I hope everyone who attends the Glasgow International Comedy Festival has a fantastic time. The See Tickets festival ticket hotline 0844 873 7353 is open 9am – 9pm seven days a week and allows you to buy tickets for most festival shows using your credit or debit card. Tickets can also be purchased in person from some individual venues. Please note that a booking fee will usually be charged with the exception of most tickets bought in person. Shows at the King's and Theatre Royal include a compulsory £1.25 restoration levy. Festival ticket hotline It’s true that PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW laugh: let's celebrate! Best wishes Councillor Frank McAveety Introduction from Linda Allan, Festival Manager Glasgow International Comedy Festival 0844 873 7353 Welcome to the amazing 14th year of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival! What a cracking year it is for comedy, with the top household names rubbing shoulders with the very best up and coming comedy talent. The programme is our most varied to date, spanning everything from kids comedy shows and films with a comedy commentary to sketches, the best of character comedy and late night festival clubs. Adam Hills, Russell Kane, Julian Clary, Paul Merton’s Impro Chums, Reginald D Hunter, Jenny Eclair, Dylan Moran, Omid Djalili, Jerry Sadowitz, Rob Delaney, Frankie Boyle, Shappi Khorsandi and Tom Stade are some of the top names to look out for joined by a host of Scottish talent including Craig Hill, Fred MacAulay, Daniel Sloss, Janey Godley, Raymond Mearns and Des Clarke. Comedians will be joining us from the US in America Stands Up and we’ll have the cream of the Irish crop performing on St Patrick’s Day, not to mention a host of newer talent at venues like Blackfriars, The Griffin and Yesbar. There’s a venue, a show and a ticket price to suit everyone (some are free) and plenty of chances to stumble upon the next big thing. glasgowcomedyfestival.com glasgowcomedy So follow us on Twitter and Facebook or register at glasgowcomedyfestival.com to be the first to get latest news and special offers. Have a great time! Linda Allan Festival Manager Main Funder With support from Funding Partner Media Partner Radio Partner Glasgow International Comedy Festival 278 High Street, Glasgow G4 0QT, 0141 552 2070 [email protected] www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com Produced by the Scottish Comedy Agency Ltd 5 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EB 0131 558 9005 Registered in Scotland No.217763 VAT Reg. No. 84 277 1318 Designed by Whitespider Ltd: 07720 713685 [email protected] SCOTLAND – LONDON. BOOK NOW. TIME FLIES. YOU RELAX. Why fly when you have the whole evening to catch the Caledonian Sleeper? Choose from a menu created from the finest Scottish produce. Enjoy room service in your cosy cabin. Then wake up to breakfast in bed – refreshed and relaxed. You won’t miss the plane when you catch the Caledonian Sleeper… Book now at sleeper.scot THU 10 / FRI 11 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 THURSDAY 10 MARCH 7pm £12 Stand Comedy Club Alun Cochrane: 0141 212 3389 A Show With A Man in It 8.30pm Free - non ticketed What’s Up John Aldiss’ Bar @ Braziliant Magnificent 7 The best new and established comedians perform the best bits from their own shows, hosted by John Aldiss. A man who has jokes. As seen on Michael McIntyre, Mock The Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 10pm 7.15pm £5/£4 See the pick of international acts from across the festival, plus the best in home-grown and up-and-coming comedy talent. Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Robin Grainger: A Year And A Day £12/£10 The Festival Club Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar A Pizza 0844 873 7353 Lunchtime Comedy Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily. 5.40pm £8/£6 Kai Humphries: How to be Happy Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Join rising star Robin Grainger for his debut hour of funny. 'A confident man who commands the stage.' Skinny. ‘Happy, original and surreal… Immensely gifted stand up' Skinny. Acclaimed solo show from high-octane, happy-go-lucky, Geordie stand up. ‘Side-splittingly funny’ Fest. 7.30pm £16 6pm Russell Kane: Right Man, Wrong Age Garage 0844 873 7353 £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs ComedyOpoly: 0844 873 7353 Board Games With Comedians Russell Kane unleashes another blisteringly-funny, awardwinning stand up performance about growing up, growing down, and why farts will always be funny. The biggest names in comedy are literally queuing up to throw dice, play tiddly winks and lark about... 7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar Saint Luke’s 0844 873 7353 Liam Withnail: 0844 873 7353 True Defective (Work In Progress) Gagging For It: Riotous comedy leaving you hoachin’ for more. Liam Withnail returns to Glasgow to tackle his arch nemesis: Booze. ‘Slick, fast paced banter’ Skinny. 7.30pm £6/£5 Avant Garde 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £10 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Phil Kay: Mega Busy 0844 873 7353 Scotland’s first all-female improv comedy troupe. Performing improv games and short pieces, all on the spot from audience suggestions. ‘It's easy to get lost in Kay-World, it's the close proximity to such high energy levels, emotionally charged and visceral storytelling.’ Herald 7.30pm £10/£6 Gagging For It Woman Up Improv Comedy show 8pm £14/£12 7.30pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 Sean Hughes: Mumbo Jumbo Meet Moira: cleaner, single mum, hardest woman in Falkirk. 'The audience were literally shouting with laughter' ★★★★ Scotsman. The two sides of award winning comic Sean Hughes’ brain are in conflict, common sense vs mumbo jumbo…mumbo jumbo seems to have the upper hand. 8.30pm £8 7.30pm £6/£5 Woman Up Improv Comedy show Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 Just Comedy Tron Theatre Alan Bissett: 0141 552 4267 The Moira Monologues See Thu 10 March Janey Godley curates the best comedy evening in Glasgow. Join her hand picked comedians for a unique night of laughs. 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA 0844 873 7353 It’s 1985 8.30pm £10/£8 Avant Garde 0844 873 7353 Two new plays from Karen Barclay and Tom Brogan, both set in the heady days of the 1980s. Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Chris Martin: This Show Has A Soundtrack 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Movies have a soundtrack, so why can’t stand up? Join Chris Martin for a new show with an original soundtrack. Ashley Storrie and Other Erotica 8.30pm £5/£3 Coming off the back of a successful 2015, Ashley is home with hilarious tales of sex, drugs and Star Trek. Bright Club presents 'Science vs. The Arts' Admiral Bar 0844 873 7353 Bright Club - Glasgow's favourite research-fuelled comedy night presents a special show for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. 8.30pm £3 Yesbar Virgins Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Virgins have handpicked the best new comedy acts Scotland has to offer. Come and watch the next big thing. 8.30pm £5/£4 Upstarts Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Sharp, witty and award winning stand up from three of Scotland’s brightest new comedians, Chris Rutter, Christopher KC Sit and Stuart McPherson. 7.30pm £16 ticket soup ad Russell Kane 7.30pm @ The Garage Russell Kane Right Man, Wrong Age Garage 0844 873 7353 See Thu 10 March 7.30pm £7/£5 WITSHERFACE Saint Luke’s 0844 873 7353 Sketch comedy from WITSHERFACE – a collective of the best female comedy writers and performers in Glasgow. 7.40pm £12/£10 Tony Law: Frillemorphesis Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 New stand up art show from the multi award-winning 'knight errant of tomfoolery' Guardian, Mr Tony Law. 5 FRI 11 / SAT 12 MARCH FRIDAY 11 MARCH 8pm £12.50 Hardeep Singh Kohli: Live Oran Mor 0844 873 7353 Expect classic stories and some hilarious new insights from one of Glasgow’s finest. ‘Immensely funny’ Daily Express. 8pm 1p/£250,000 Ally Houston: Real Or No Real Griffin 0844 873 7353 It isn’t just the need to win that links these game show contestants. ‘Perfect structure… Hilarious lines’ ★★★★ Three Weeks. 8pm Free - ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio Billy Kirkwood's 0844 873 7353 Show Me Your Tattoo 2016 Brand new for 2016 the return of the world’s only stand up comedy improv chat tattoo show. 8pm £14/£10 Admiral Bar Enterteasement: 0844 873 7353 Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! ‘As Seen On TV’ comedians, award winning magicians and international burlesque artists - 4.7 star average customer review. 8.30pm £6/£5 Hug and Pint David Bratchpiece: 0844 873 7353 lIIuminati Confirmed Do secret societies run the world? If so, local comedian David Bratchpiece (aka Bratchy) has some suggestions for them. www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 8.30pm £9/£8 Rum Shack 0844 873 7353 Stand Up in The Shack Bruce Morton ‘Mirth God’ Herald brings the best and brightest stand up talent to the Greater Shawlands Republic. 8.30pm £10/£8 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Laughter Eight SATURDAY 12 MARCH 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy See Fri 11 March Join MC Viv Gee as she introduces the cream of the festival at Yesbar’s all year round comedy club. 2pm 8.30pm £12.50/£11.50/£10(groups 6+) Gilded Balloon Drygate Comedy at Drygate 0844 873 7353 The popular afternoon comedy show returns featuring seven of Scotland’s best up and coming comedians. Craft comedy in a craft brewery. Gilded Balloon Comedy presents some of the best acts at this year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival. £10 Iron Horse 0844 873 7353 Laughternoon 2.15pm £5 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Cabbage Patch Comedy Presents Join us for an hour talking about life and what it’s all about. 8.45pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Bob Slayer’s 0844 873 7353 NeverMind The Bus Stops Bob Slayer’s infamous aftershow that probably isn’t for you. Anything can happen if you let it. 8.45pm £15 Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 The Big Show You'll be laughing and dancing with the pinnacle of our week's entertainment. No description does The Big Show justice. 9.15pm £10/£8 Bobby Mair: Filthy Immigrant Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Pure stand up. Seen on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sweat the Small Stuff and Virtually Famous. 9.30pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre Doug Segal: 0141 552 4267 I Can Make You Feel Good Doug is back with a show designed to make you feel good! ‘Imagine if Derren Brown was funny’ Evening Standard. £8/£5 10pm Julia Sutherland is World’s Best Dad Yesbar Tickets available on door Julia lurches from one ridiculous mumfail to the next. ‘Laughs proving as cathartic as they are hearty’ TVBomb. Tickets: [email protected] £8/£6 10pm Late Night at the Hug and Pint 3.30pm £6/£4 Iain Hume: Iain With Two Eyes Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Iain Hume gives his reasons to be cheerful. Stand up comedy in full 3D vision. 4pm £7/£5 Geeking Awesome: The Farce Awakens Broadcast 0844 873 7353 Michael Hollingworth, Tony Sloan and Kirsty Morrison return with a new hour of geeky sketch and stand up comedy. 4.45pm £5 Jordan R.A.Mills: (J)ordinary World Yesbar 0844 873 7353 True stories and tall tales, partly drawn from his 'Embrace The Absurdity' WordPress blog, with jokes. 'Mastermind' Mirror. 5pm £10 Stand Comedy Club Brothers and Sisters… 0141 212 3389 It’s The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III Star-studded chat show with a hilarious twist. ‘Laugh? I almost shat myself…Sacrilegious… Divinely hysterical’ List. ‘Unforgettable character comedy’ Evening News. Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Late night comedy at the Hug and Pint, featuring Scotland’s top comedians. ’mon doon for a laugh! 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 See Thu 10 March 11pm £10 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 The Late Show From the people who bring you the sell out Festival Club at the Stand, come and enjoy a top showcase of the best comedians from across the festival. Hardeep Singh Kohli 8pm @ Oran Mor 6 11.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Late Laughs Laugh out loud into the wee hours with the cream of the crop from the comedy festival. Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III 5pm @ The Stand 12, 19, 26 March SATURDAY 12 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 6pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs ComedyOpoly: 0844 873 7353 Board Games With Comedians See Fri 11 March 6pm £5/£4 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Gareth Mutch: Mutch Ado About Nothing Mutch jokes about the problems that occur in his life – mainly failing with the opposite sex. ‘Storming performance’ Skinny. 6.30pm £5/£3 Zombie Science: Genes of the Damned Dram! 0844 873 7353 A spoof lecture exploring the science of a Zombieism outbreak. How will you deal with the damned? 7.15pm £8/£7 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Jay Lafferty: Mockingjay Hit new show! ‘Cuddly one sec, cruel the next, this comic will leave you open-mouthed in amazement' List. 7.30pm £10 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs 0844 873 7353 Phil Kay: Mega Busy See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £8/£5 State Bar Christopher Broomfield: 0844 873 7353 The Sound Of Silence Chris, a hard of hearing comedian who must be heard. If you are deaf this is the show for you. 7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars 0844 873 7353 Abigoliah Schamaun AKA Abigoliah Schamaun New York's 'Queen of obscene' Herald returns with a slew of new jokes and hilarious stories. ★★★★★Three Weeks 7.30pm £7/£5 WITSHERFACE Saint Luke’s 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £10/£8 It's 1985 CCA 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £6/£5 0844 873 7353 Avant Garde 7.40pm £12/£10 Mark Nelson Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Award-winning Scottish stand up renowned for hilariously dark and brilliant material. 'Talent that’s simply obscene’ List. Plus BBC Monumental's Micky Bartlett. £10/£9 8pm Websters Theatre 0844 873 7353 Gary Little: Gentle Eyes Sold out shows past 3 years. ‘Born raconteur’ Scotsman. ‘Runs rings round his comedy peers’ Herald. ‘Hilarious’ Bill Burr. £12.50 8pm The Phil Differ Diaries - Volume II Oran Mor 0844 873 7353 Once again, Phil Differ delves into his past in order to explain what the present holds for the future. £14/£10 8pm Admiral Bar 0844 873 7353 Enterteasement: Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! £5/£4 Jeannie and John have a Show to Write Iron Horse 0844 873 7353 Jeannie and John have a show to write but will ‘real life’ get in the way? 8.30pm £5 Chris Kent: Stop Stalling Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 As seen on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, Chris Kent is effortlessly original. 'Among the best acts I’ve seen' ★★★★★ Mirror. £8/£6 10pm Yesbar Stu Who?: Tanqueliser 0844 873 7353 (Ready-Fire-Aim) The Godfather of Scottish Comedy returns with a collection of patter, songs, and scurrilous tales of sex, drugs’n rotten rolls. £8/£6 10pm Late Night at the Hug and Pint Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 10.30pm £15/£12 The Festival Club Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 See Thu 10 March See Fri 11 March 8pm 9.15pm £9/£7 Griffin The Fat, The Furious 0844 873 7353 and The Slightly Miffed 10.30pm £7/£5 WHAT! Auditory challenged Chris Broomfield introduces Tony Sloan, Paul McDaniel and Christopher Macarthur Boyd in a sensorial comedy feast for all ears. 11pm £10 The Late Show Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March Come see three of the country’s best up and coming comedians for a night of big laughs and entertainment. 11.15pm £10/£8 8.30pm £10/£7 See Fri 11 March Victoria’s Nightclub State Bar 0844 873 7353 Late Laughs Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Gary Faulds: Lock, 0844 873 7353 Stock & Two Yum Yums Please Son of a notorious bank robber and stepson of a crime empire genius brings you into his world. 8.30pm £10/£8 Laughter Eight Yesbar 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 8.45pm£5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Bob Slayer’s 0844 873 7353 NeverMind The Bus Stops Woman Up Improv Comedy show See Fri 11 March See Thu 10 March 9pm £8/£6 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 State Bar The Unf**kables II: Booze Control Scott Gibson: Like Father Like Son Scott Gibson returns to GICF after a sold out debut with 'Like Father Like Son', an insight into the men who have influenced his life. After two sold-out GICF 2015 Shows....The Unf**kables are back! Bigger, better and booze controlled. Mark Nelson 7.40pm @ The Stand Gary Little 8pm @ Webster's 7 SUN 13 / MON 14 MARCH SUNDAY 13 MARCH 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy See Fri 11 March 2.15pm £5/£3 Alan Goldie: Suave Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Former hip young gunslinger turns hip replacement guy, seemingly overnight. Has he still got what it takes to be suave? 3.30pm £5/£4 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Fiona Herbert’s Frequently Asked Questions How to deal with friends you don’t like? Snorkel vomit? Dolphin assault? All true. Even the lion bit. ★★★★★ Comedy Coroner. 5.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Richard Gadd: Waiting for Gaddot The troubled comedian returns to the GICF with ‘the undisputed buzz comedy of this year’ ★★★★ Guardian. 6pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs 0844 873 7353 ComedyOpoly: Board Games With Comedians See Fri 11 March 6pm £5 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Richard Pulsford: As If… The 2014 and 2015 UK Pun Championships finalist delivers ‘great puns I wish I had thought of myself’ Gary Delaney. www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar Marc Jennings & 0844 873 7353 Stephen Buchanan: Some Laugh Two of Scotland’s best new comedians are back for another night of big laughs. 7.30pm £10 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Phil Kay: Mega Busy 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £25/£23 King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Dylan Moran: Off The Hook Star of Black Books, Shaun of the Dead and Calvary brings his latest show to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA 0844 873 7353 It's 1985 See Fri 11 March 8pm £14/£12 Garage Romesh Ranganathan: 0844 873 7353 Irrational Romesh Ranganathan is back with a brand new show exploring the rationality of his worldview. 8pm £10/£8 Wild Cabaret Frank Sanazi & The 0844 873 7353 Iraq Pack: Das Vegas Nights Back from their unsuccessful world tour, the singing dictators of dark cabaret are coming to Glasgow. Not for the faint-hearted. 8.30pm £7/£5 Yesbar Rob Kane: The Munchie 0844 873 7353 Box tour A munchie box is the best of everything at an affordable price. That’s what this show aims to bring you! 8.30pm £8/£6 Michael Redmond's Sunday Service Saint Luke’s 0844 873 7353 Star of Father Ted brings his long running weekly cult comedy show to Saint Luke's. 8.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club David Kay 0141 212 3389 A master class in understated, quirky and surreal stand up from the star of Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience. Awesome! Dylan Moran 7.30pm @ The King's 13 March 8 8.45pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Bob Slayer’s 0844 873 7353 NeverMind The Bus Stops See Fri 11 March 9.45pm £10/£8 Allan J Park: But Where Do I Fit In? Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Trundling through life, we try to adapt but never really fit in anywhere. ‘Absolute natural on stage’ Chortle MONDAY 14 MARCH 7.30pm £5 CCA Watch Bad Movies 0844 873 7353 With Good Comedians: Troll 2 Watch horror anti-classic Troll 2 with hysterical live commentary from top comics Joe Heenan, Billy Kirkwood and guests! 7.30pm £22.50/£19.50 Stand Up Against MND King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 A galaxy of comedy stars come together to raise funds for MND Scotland. 7.30pm £10/£8 Damian Clarke: Live At The State State Bar 0844 873 7353 The comedy hurricane returns to Glasgow with a brand new hour. ‘The world’s wittiest machine gun. Let yourself in on one of the funniest secrets in town’ Scotsman 7.30pm £5/£4 GLASS Presents: Glass Half Full Jim’s Bar, QMU 0844 873 7353 A selection of the finest sketches Glasgow Stand-up and Sketch Society GLASS has to offer. 8pm £14/£12 Garage Romesh Ranganathan: 0844 873 7353 Irrational See Sun 13 March 8pm £15/£13 Bridget Christie: A Book For Her Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 Following her hugely successful, multi awardwinning shows, A Bic For Her and An Ungrateful Woman, Bridget returns to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival with her brand new show. Romesh Ranganathan 8pm @ The Garage Sun 13, Mon 14 March TUE 15 / WED 16 MARCH tickets: 0844 0844 873 395 7353 4005 8.30pm £10/£8 Brendon Burns Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 ‘The single most jaw-dropping, awkward, yet ultimately rewarding bit of stand up we have ever seen ★★★★★★ (An unprecedented six-out-of-five stars)’ Time Out. 8.30pm £5 Broadcast 0844 873 7353 Commissioned A night of new comedy commissioned by YOU. Help pick our theme via Facebook and Twitter! @CommissionedCom 9.15pm £5 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Larry Dean: Work In Progress Following his Best Newcomer nomination at the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2015, Larry Dean brings a new show to Glasgow. TUESDAY 15 MARCH 8pm £3/£2 Griffin Isy Suttie: The Actual One Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Readings and songs based on the book, The Actual One How I tried, and failed, to remain twenty-something forever. 7.30pm £21.25 Rob Delaney: Meat King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Star of the hit Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe Rob Delaney brings his critically acclaimed Meat tour to the festival. 7.30pm £14/£12 Andrew Maxwell: Yo Contraire! Garage 0844 873 7353 Andrew Maxwell is back and funnier than ever, returning to the festival with his critically acclaimed 2015 Fringe show. 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Canned Laughter Theatre Royal 0844 871 7627 Starring Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott. This brand new comedy by Ed Curtis tells a tale of friendship, ambition and regret. £8/£5 Citizens Theatre What's The Point 0141 429 0022 of Satire in 2016? A Panel Discussion Chill ass cutie G Flynn does it up. ‘Ebullient charm’ Fest. ‘Bad bitch contest, you in first place’ 2 Chainz. What is there to make jokes about when reality seems too absurd to be true? And did a good laugh ever change anyone's mind anyway? 8.30pm Free - ticketed Chris Henry’s Comedy Creche Dram! 0844 873 7353 The Comedy Crèche nurtures new material from new comedians to familiar faces. Let us showcase our favourites for you. 9.30pm £5 During the Glasgow International Comedy Festival you just never know who might turn up… 11.59pm Free – non ticketed Broadcast A midnight audience with…The Ancient One. You’ll laugh like your life depends on it (it does). [Oc]cult comedy. WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 7.30pm £12 Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire 8.30pm £3 Yesbar New Material Night Tickets available hosted by Julia Sutherland on door Some of the circuit's best known faces try out spanking new material. Different every week. Tickets: [email protected] Stand Comedy Club BBC Comedy Presents: 0141 212 3389 The Best of Red Raw The Ancient One: Ctrl 6.30pm £10/£9 8pm Gemma Flynn: Tickets available Around The Way Girl on door 9.30pm £2/£1 Griffin Patrick Mulholland: 0844 873 7353 Babble Gabble Waffle Piffle Alternative comedy cabaret. Patrick Mulholland presents forty-five minutes of new material. It could go either way, to be honest. 10.30pm £8/£7 Darren Connell: Trolleywood Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Following the success of his three show sell-out in 2015, Scot Squad star Darren Connell makes his hotly anticipated return. Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Andy will once again address your queries, complaints, demands and general gripes to order in his uniquely interactive stand up show. 7.30pm £20.75/£18.75 King’s Theatre Robert Florence & 0844 871 7648 Iain Connell: UNCLES UNCLES is the new comedy from Burnistoun creators Iain Connell and Robert Florence. Come and listen to your uncles. 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Canned Laughter Theatre Royal 0844 871 7627 See Tue 15 March 8pm £14/£12 Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 Paul Foot 'Pure originality, wild and divisive' Mirror. Join Paul for five star comedy that 'Can't be contained and shouldn't be missed' ★★★★★Ed Fest Rob Delaney 7.30pm @ The King’s Tues 15 March Bridget Christie 8pm @ The Citz Mon 14 March Florence & Connell 7.30pm @ The King's Wed 16 March 9 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 10 tickets: 0844 873 7353 3 " & : " 4 : " % / & 1 0 NEAR PERFECT ENJOY TRUE SCOTTISH TTISH HOSPITALITY HOSPIT ATT ONE DEVONSHIRE GARDENS, GARDENS AN ICONIC GLASGOW HOTEL TEL SET IN A TREE-LINED VICT VICTORIAN ORIAN TERRACE IN THE FASHIONABLE F WEST END 0141 378 0385 [email protected] w w w. H O T E L D U V I N . c o m HOTEL DU VIN&BISTRO B ONE DEVONSHIRE GARDENS, GARDENS GLASGOW G12 0UX 11 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com EventScotland is pr oud to support proud the Glasgow Inter national Comedy International Festival. Scotland is the perfect stage for sporting and cultural events alike and to find out mor more e about what’ what’ss on this year visit: visitscotland.com/events BOB'S BLUNDABUS @ Candleriggs @ bobslayer Come board Bob's Blundabus, the most unique and exciting new GICF venue! The Blundabus will be at Candleriggs in the Merchant City from 11th - 13th March with something for everyone, so come on down get a drink and board the bus for a truly memorable comedy experience! COMEDYOPOLY: COMEDYOPOLY: BOARD BOARD GAMES GAMES WITH WITH COMEDIANS COMEDIANS Fri Fri 11 11 // Sat Sat 12 12 // Sun Sun 13 13 March March -- 6pm 6pm -- £5 £5 The The biggest biggest names names in in comedy comedy are are literally literally queuing queuing up up to to throw throw dice, dice, play play tiddly tiddly winks winks and and lark lark about. about. PHIL PHIL KAY: KAY: MEGA MEGA BUSY BUSY Fri Fri 11 11 // Sat Sat 12 12 // Sun Sun 13 13 March March -- 7.30pm 7.30pm -- £10 £10 ‘It's ‘It's easy easy to to get get lost lost in in Kay-world, Kay-world, it's it's the the close close proximity proximity to to such such high high energy energy levels, levels, emotionally emotionally charged charged and and visceral visceral storytelling.’ storytelling.’ Herald Herald BOB BOB SLAYER’S: SLAYER’S: NEVER NEVER MIND MIND THE THE BUS BUS STOPS STOPS Fri 11 Fri 11 // Sat Sat 12 12 // Sun Sun 13 13 March March -- 8.45pm 8.45pm -- £5 £5 Bob Bob Slayer’s Slayer’s infamous infamous late late night night aftershow aftershow that that probably probably isn’t isn’t for for you. you. Anything Anything can can happen happen ifif you you let let it. it. Tickets 0844 873 7353 / glasgowcomedyfestival.com 12 HOW HOW TO TO DRIVE DRIVE A A BUS BUS Sat Sat 12 12 // Sun Sun 13 13 March March -- 4pm 4pm -- £5 £5 The The children’s children’s show show on on an an actual actual bus bus with with aa crazy crazy bus bus driver. driver. ‘Hilarious ‘Hilarious for for all all ages.’ ages.’ Skinny Skinny SEE ALL 3 EVENING SHOWS FOR £15 THU 17 / FRI 18 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 THURSDAY 17 MARCH 2.30pm & 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Theatre Royal Canned Laughter 0844 871 7627 See Tue 15 March £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club St Patrick’s Day Special: 0141 212 3389 7pm Best of Irish £15 8pm Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 Richard Herring: Happy Now? 1pm Richard Herring examines whether we are can ever hope to be, or are meant to be, truly content. £14/£12 8pm FRIDAY 18 MARCH Oran Mor Rory McGrath: 0844 873 7353 Remembers…(or is it forgets?) Celebrate St Patrick’s Day in style with Ireland's finest under one roof. Excellent value Celtic showcase. Star of BBC’s Three Men in a Boat and They Think It’s All Over looks back on his life and career. 7.15pm £8/£6 8pm Free - ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio Chris Dinwoodie: 0844 873 7353 £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy See Fri 11 March 5.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Darren Connell: Trolleywood See Wed 16 March. Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Chris Conroy: Definitely Conroy Off The Cuff (preview) A must-see show for anyone who grew up in the 90's, wanted to be a Rock and Roll Star and is now Married with Children. 7.30pm £22.25/£19.25 Grado Live: It's Masel' King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 International magic champion and stand up comedian Chris Dinwoodie, is one of Glasgow's most exciting and talented entertainers. 8.30pm £10 Saint Luke’s Best Of Irish Comedy 0844 873 7353 Spend an evening with the star of Scot Squad, River City, Insane Fight Club and TNA British Boot Camp. 7.30pm £15/£12.50 So Many Men Yet None Are Mine! Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 Top line up of stand up comedy direct from the Emerald Isle. 8.30pm £7/£5 Old Pamphleteers: The Grey Revolution State Bar 0844 873 7353 The girls are back in town! Comedy play by Tanya MacDonald and Anna Devitt. Aging Scotland finds its comedy voice with John Gillick, Vlad McTavish, Rod Hunter, Les Sinclair, Chris Broomfield and others. 7.30pm £6 Adv/£8 on door Glad Café Pure Riddy 0141 636 6119 8.30pm Free - non ticketed What’s Up Bar John Aldiss’ @ Braziliant Adults read aloud passages from their real teenage diaries, with a smattering of sixth-form sonnets/sub-gangsta raps thrown in. Magnificent 7 Yesbar Virgins Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Larry Dean: Out Now! Scottish Comedian of the Year Award winner Larry Dean, brings his Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated hour to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. 7.15pm £22.25/£19.25 King’s Theatre Grado Live: It's Masel' 0844 871 7648 See Thu 17 March 7.30pm £15.50 Oran Mor 0844 873 7353 Craig Hill: Playing With My Selfie ‘Absolutely hilarious!’ List. Treat your selfie to an evening of gloriously-camp, no-holds-barred comedy! ‘Wickedlysubversive… Funny, charming, charismatic’ Metro. 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Mary Bourke: Is The Notorious M.J.B See Thu 10 March 8.30pm £3 7.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 An Irish housewife's guide to life, love and hip-hop. 'One of the best acts in the country' GQ. See Thu 10 March 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 8.30pm £5/£4 Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Canned Laughter Debut solo festival show from ‘one of Scotland's top up-andcoming young comedians’ Student Advertiser. Love, heartache and disease. 7.30pm £15/£12.50 8.30pm £8 See Thu 17 March Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Sweetheart Just Comedy Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 See Thu 10 March See Tue 15 March Griffin Matty Finlayson: 0844 873 7353 My Big Dick Is Making Me Thirsty The guy below me has sex with animals. HONEST! 10pm £12/£10 The Festival Club Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 See Thu 10 March Grado @ The King’s Thurs 17, Fri 18 March 10.45pm £3/£2 Yesbar Scott Redmond 0844 873 7353 and Nick Bagshaw: Hamland Scott Redmond ‘One to watch’ List and Nick Bagshaw travel through the mystical Hamland, to find true love/jokes. Circle Studio, So Many Men Citizens Theatre Yet None Are Mine! 0141 429 0022 7.40pm £12/£10 Zoe Lyons: Live 9.30pm £5/£4 Theatre Royal 0844 871 7627 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Zoe Lyons returns to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival with a new show packed with her trademark high energy routines. 8pm £15 Saint Luke’s Greg Proops: The 0844 873 7353 Smartest Man In The World Podcast It's just Greg Proops and you. There's no fanfare. Proops takes centre stage with a single microphone. Then he's off. 8pm £17.50 Citizens Theatre Jenny Eclair: How To 0141 429 0022 Be A Middle Aged Woman (Without Going Insane) Jenny Eclair puts middle age under the microscope and decides whether to laugh, cry or buy a dachshund! 13 FRI 18 / SAT 19 MARCH FRIDAY 18 MARCH 8pm £13/£10 Garage Christian O’Connell: 0844 873 7353 You’ve Ruined My Morning… And Other Fan Mail The award winning host of The Absolute Radio Breakfast Show is back on tour with a brand new show. 8pm Free - ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio 1001 Things To Do 0844 873 7353 Before You Die Comedy Podcast LIVE The hysterical live version of the hit improvised podcast in front of a crowd putting together the ultimate bucket list! 8pm £3/£2 Joby Mageean: Wee Joby Griffin 0844 873 7353 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 8.45pm £15 Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 The Big Show See Fri 11 March 9pm £5 Rhona McKenzie: Handle With Care State Bar 0844 873 7353 Rhona’s debut solo show takes you on a crip’s eye view as a card-carrying member of the special bus. Tiff Stevenson: Mad Man Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Live Laughs at the Glad The Glad Café 0844 873 7353 Bruce Devlin introduces the best of this year's festival for a night of Shawlands based comedy shenanigans. Featuring Gary Little, Chris Forbes and Mary Bourke. at Drygate £10 King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 £10/£5 Yesbar Thrashbush Revisited... 0844 873 7353 10pm The Final Frontier Comedian Patrick Rolink revisits his first childhood, just as he is about to enter his second! £8/£6 Late Night at the Hug and Pint See Fri 11 March See Fri 11 March 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 The Festival Club 2.15pm £3 Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 See Tue 15 March 3.30pm £3 Two comedians split an hour of stand up between them. It’ll be fun, come and help them break even. 4pm £7/£5 Geeking Awesome: The Farce Awakens 5pm £10 See Fri 11 March Stand Comedy Club Brothers and Sisters… 0141 212 3389 It’s The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III 6pm Late Laughs Broadcast 0844 873 7353 See Sat 12 March 11pm £10 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 11.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Arthur Milo & Joe 0844 873 7353 McArdle: Asexual Healing See Sat 12 March See Fri 11 March £5/£3 Yesbar The Mimic Men: 0844 873 7353 The Imitation Games 'Uncanny imitations' Sun. Cal Halbert and Alfie Joey are The Mimic Men! The only comedy impressions double act! 7pm £23 Omid Djalili: Live 2016 King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Omid Djalili is an award-winning stand up and an acclaimed actor. Intelligent, sometimes provocative and always entertaining. 7pm £7/£5 Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Geeking Awesome: The Farce Awakens See Sat 12 March 14 Yesbar 2.30pm & 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Theatre Royal Canned Laughter 0844 871 7627 See Thu 10 March The Late Show Jerry Sadowitz 9.30pm @ The King's Iron Horse 0844 873 7353 Laughternoon The hilarious observations of a lost Englishman Ben Morston, a travelling Irishman AJ Sixsmith and a resident Scotsman Tommy Ashe. 10pm 8.30pm £12.50/£11.50/£10(groups 6+) Drygate Gilded Balloon Comedy 0844 873 7353 2pm 9.30pm £23.75/£20.75 The nightmare continues... Highly offensive stand up and sleight of hand skills combine to produce a show that uniquely defies audience appeal. 8.30pm £8/£5 See Fri 11 March What makes a person? Are we being sold our identity? As seen on Mock the Week and Drunk History. 8.30pm £10/£8 See Fri 11 March £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy An Englishman, an 0844 873 7353 Irishman and a Scotsman walk into Yesbar Jerry Sadowitz: IT'S ALL BOLLOCKS Yesbar 0844 873 7353 1pm See Sat 12 March 9.15pm £10/£8 ‘Uke of Edinburgh Award Winner’ Joby Mageean makes his Glasgow debut, in this hour of silly comedy ★★★★ ThreeWeeks. Laughter Eight SATURDAY 19 MARCH Jenny Eclair 8pm @ The Citz Fri 18 March SATURDAY 19 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £8/£7 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 John Gavin: Fun 8pm £15/£13 Greg Proops Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 To stop being grumpy, John Gavin, Scottish Comedian of the Year, Scot Squad went out for fun things. Here’s what happened. An award-seeking stand up, his new show will include bitterness, drinking and tears. 7.30pm £15.50 Sandy Bouttell: Tickets available Sandy Bloody Sandy on door Oran Mor 0844 873 7353 Craig Hill: Playing With My Selfie See Fri 18 March 7.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Paul Sinha: Postcards 0141 212 3389 From the Z-List Stand up and star of The Chase returns with ‘a faultless hour of comedy’ ★★★★★ Broadway Baby. 8pm Websters Theatre 0844 873 7353 Funny Bones: An Imbecile’s Guide to First Aid Tony Sutcliffe’s hilarious new comedy show based loosely on his experiences of over 20 years as a first aid trainer. 7.30pm £15/£12.50 So Many Men Yet None Are Mine! Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 See Thu 17 March 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 John Hastings: Marked From The Start Having spent years shielded from responsibility, join John as he explores his new role as Godfather to his nephew. Herald ★★★★ 7.30pm £4 Sean Wilkie: Poundshop Wolverine Dram! 0844 873 7353 Fresh new anecdotal and observational comedy from stand up comedian Sean Wilkie supported by special guests. 7.30pm £5 State Bar 0844 873 7353 Griffin Come witness one man blazing a trail in bad American accents and the art of sweating. 'Sensational' Scotsman. 8pm £15/£11 Daniel Sloss: Dark Garage 0844 873 7353 Don’t miss the smash-hit new show from Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedian. As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News. 8pm 7.30pm £13/£11 £3 £5/£4 Iron Horse Jeannie & John have 0844 873 7353 a Show to Write Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Will Franken: Who Keeps Making All These People? One-man sketch show Will Franken serves another smorgasbord of multi-voiced madness to blow your mind apart. 9.30pm £17/£15 King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Tom Stade: You're Welcome! New show from the UK’s favourite Canadian resident. Candid and alluring, join Tom as he ruminates on life’s oddities. 9.30pm £5/£4 Griffin 0844 873 7353 An Evening with Hot Gulp Come join Newcastle’s finest threesome for their debut Scottish show. ‘Very funny indeed’ David Mitchell, Peep Show. ‘Brilliant’ Huffington Post. See Sat 12 March 10pm 8.30pm £13 Jena Friedman: American C*nt Saint Luke’s 0844 873 7353 £8/£6 Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Late Night at the Hug and Pint See Fri 11 March Jena Friedman (Late Show with David Letterman, Daily Show) offers up a probing examination into the US body politic and a couple of dick jokes. 10pm 8.30pm £10/£8 Graham Barrie and Joe McKeown come to Yesbar to bring you an hour of lovely new late night stand up. Laughter Eight Yesbar 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 8.30pm £10/£7 Chris Forbes: Tall Needy Mutant Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Chris Forbes, BBC Scotland’s Scot Squad, asked people to describe him in one word. This show is the result. 9pm £5 Shady Marmalade 10.30pm £15/£12 £8/£6 The Unf**kables II: Booze Control State Bar 0844 873 7353 See Sat 12 March The Festival Club Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 See Thu 10 March 10.30pm £5 State Bar Molland vs Sullivan: 0844 873 7353 On Freedom of Speech It's comedian vs comedian as ‘the bombastically liberal Rick Molland’ Three Weeks debates the ‘shamelessly shocking’ Sully O'Sullivan Australian Times. 11pm £10 The Late Show Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March Molland & Sullivan: Freestyle Comedy 11.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 No rules, no script, just an international double-act delivering a unique hour of stand up comedy every single show. ‘Amazing’ NME. Omid Djalili 7pm @ The King's £9/£7 9.15pm Late Laughs See Fri 11 March Greg Proops 8pm @ The Citz Tom Stade 9.30pm @ The King's 15 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 16 tickets: 0844 873 7353 ar te st ho ur re Fo ent c ty ci Our facilities include: 129 spacious bedrooms · 12 luxury apartments · Award winning restaurant Leisure club with pool, gym and sauna · Free Wi-Fi · Extensive car parking Hallmark Hotel Glasgow · 27 Washington Street · Glasgow G3 8AZ t 0141 222 2929 · e [email protected] · www.hallmarkhotels.co.uk l Glasgow THE NAME BEHIND THE FESTIVAL There’s more to Scotland’s leading comedy agency than the Glasgow International Comedy Festival COMEDIANS • SPEAKERS • CORPORATE EVENTS • MAJOR TOURS • FESTIVALS • PLUS LOTS MORE 0844 693 9919 [email protected] 17 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com D A E H G N I N I L DAY N U S Y R EVE 18 SUNDAY 20 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy See Fri 11 March 2.15pm £5/£4 The Blunt Club Comedy Showcase Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Edinburgh’s cult comedy night, The Blunt Club, heads west for one show only. Featuring a hand-picked selection of comedians. 3.30pm £6 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Sarah O’Doherty & Lee McIntosh: It’s Not All Slee-ze 5.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club A brand new hour of stand up comedy. As seen on QI and as heard on The Unbelievable Truth. Widely referred to as ‘the nicest man in comedy’, Adam Hills returns to Glasgow. 'Friendlier than a drunk Labrador' BBC R6 Music. £8.50 6pm Chris Henry: Chris World Yesbar 0844 873 7353 £10 7pm Wild Cabaret 0844 873 7353 4.45pm £6/£3 The greatest flâneur Glasgow has ever known brings a brand new interactive show to the masses. £5 7pm Juxtaposed with paradoxically packed comedy and music. A poor man’s Bill Bailey tribute act doing his third one hour show. Broadcast Rachel Jackson: 0844 873 7353 Memoirs of a Bunny Boiler Spotlight Prize Nominee and in Series 2 of Scot Squad, Rachel Jackson is ‘clearly a talent to watch' Remote Goat. 7.15pm £2 8.30pm £3 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Virgins See Thu 10 March ‘Interesting, enjoyably candid, compelling, honest, truthful, even daring show’ Chortle. ‘He was good. He was very good. In fact, he was exceptional’ Evening Express. Marcel Lucont’s Whine List Yesbar 0844 873 7353 King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Adam Hills: Clown Heart An excruciatingly relatable sketch with a twist that will make you feel better about your life. Paradoxically Jim Hobbit 7.30pm £22.25 Lloyd Langford: Fun 0141 212 3389 and Sustenance (Work In Progress) Yesbar The No 1 Loch Ness 0844 873 7353 Monster Experience Read-through of Andrew Learmonth’s debut play about two people stuck in a gift shop as Nessie goes mental. 8.30pm £10/£8 Raymond Mearns: Live at The Stand Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 One of the best comedians in Scotland at Scotland’s best comedy club, enough said! ‘A genuine improvisational genius’ Frankie Boyle. 8.30pm £8/£6 Michael Redmond's Sunday Service Saint Luke’s 0844 873 7353 See Sun 13 March 9pm £8/£6 Pablo Serski: Et Tu, Brutal Broadcast 0844 873 7353 Pablo, one of the boldest acts on the circuit, brings his solo show to Broadcast for one night only! 9.30pm £3 Griffin Gledhill and Callaghan 0844 873 7353 Stand up from Amy Gledhill and David Callaghan. Gledhill ‘Commands the stage...Incredibly accomplished’ Funny Women. Callaghan ★★★★ Scotsman. 10.30pm £5/£4 Yesbar Deliberately Provocative 0844 873 7353 Show Title Two of Scotland’s best stand ups, back to back, not to be missed. Adam Hills 7.30pm @ The King's Lloyd Langford 5.30pm @ The Stand Raymond Mearns 8.30pm @ The Stand 19 MONDAY 21 MARCH THE STAND COMEDY CLUB 333 Woodlands Road Glasgow | 0141 212 3389 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 7pm RED RAW NEW COMEDY FOR £2 Edinburgh: Mondays | Glasgow: Tuesdays Record Factory It's what we’ve been doing every week with one exception. It’ll probably be consistently funny, maybe. 7.30pm £22.25 Adam Hills: Clown Heart King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 See Sun 20 March £25 Clyde Auditorium Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like 0844 395 4000 8pm 5 York Place | Edinburgh 0131 558 7272 £5/£4 GLASS’ Live Comedy: 0844 873 7353 The Best of You’ve Never Been Loved Frankie has written this new set as a response to Kendrick Lamar's last album. After these performances the ball will very much be in Kendrick's court. 8pm £15 Craig Campbell: Don’t Look Down Garage 0844 873 7353 One of stand up's most charismatic and inventive performers. As seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Russell Howard’s Good News. 8pm £5/£4 Griffin Philip O’Shea Presents... 0844 873 7353 And did those Paws standedinburgh standglasgow A panther sets out to find his true love. Along the way he meets an insect. Prepare for genuine stupidity. @StandComedyClub www.thestand.co.uk Extra show added 23rd Ma rch Frankie Boyle 8pm @ Clyde Auditorium 21, 22, 23 March 20 8.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Billy Kirkwood: Not 0141 212 3389 Quite Right Since the Accident Hysterical interactive stand up show that throws the script out and hits the highway of hilarity, seatbelt aff (tap doon!). 9.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar Paul McDougall & 0844 873 7353 Thomas Black: Still Ken HeeHaw Paul McDougall and Thomas Black return once again where they still haven’t learned anything from last year… 9.30pm £2/£1 Catfinger: The Story Of Catfinger Griffin 0844 873 7353 Featuring jokes about cats using fingers…as nature intended! 10.30pm £5/£4 Yesbar Deliberately Provocative 0844 873 7353 Show Title See Sun 20 March Craig Campbell 8pm @ The Garage TUESDAY 22 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 7pm £5/£4 Glad Café 8pm £12 Oran Mor W R I T E I T! Scotland, 0141 636 6119 The Universe and Everything! In Conversation with 0844 873 7353 Standard Issue The Write It team takes a wry look at Scotland's place in the Universe through a series of short sit-coms and 3-minute plays. Join Sarah Millican, Susan Calman, Jo Caulfield* and editor Mickey Noonan for a killer night of chat about comedy, women, feminism and other topics as yet undecided. www.standardissuemagazine.com *Line-up subject to change 7pm £12/£10 John Robins: Speakeasy Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 All new show from comedian, firebrand, sometime DJ and alltime vibe magnet. 'Humane, interesting and consistently funny' ★★★★ Independent. 7.30pm £23.25/£20.25 King’s Theatre SCOT SQUAD - Chief 0844 871 7648 Commissioner Cameron Miekelson: Tomorrow’s Force Today Star of Scot Squad, Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson delivers his keynote speech on the past, present and future of policing. 8pm £4/£3 Griffin 0844 873 7353 Keiron Nicholson: Traps Debut. Funny! Not a trap. ‘Deceptive, inventive and very funny’ Dan Antopolski. ‘Very, very good…very funny and original’ Mark Nelson. 8.30pm Free - ticketed Chris Henry’s Comedy Creche Dram! 0844 873 7353 9.15pm £6 Yesbar Govanhill Baths Desdemona: A Play 0844 873 7353 Sarah O’Doherty & 0844 873 7353 Lee McIntosh: It’s Not All Slee-ze About A Handkerchief See Sun 20 March In Paula Vogel’s hilarious reimagining of Shakespeare’s Othello, Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca take centre stage. 9.30pm £5 £25 Clyde Auditorium Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like 0844 395 4000 You’ve Never Been Loved See Mon 21 March £15/£13 Michelle McManus: Pop Goes The Idol Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 0141 212 3389 standglasgow @StandComedyClub The Festival Club The best in local and international comedy brought to you over 9 nights. Hosted by Susan Morrison, Bruce Devlin and Fred MacAulay Stand Comedy Club BBC Comedy Presents: 0141 212 3389 The Best of Red Raw See Tue 15 March 10.30pm £3/£2 Pro-Choice 8pm 333 Woodlands Road | Glasgow See Tue 15 March 7.30pm £6/£5 8pm THE STAND COMEDY CLUB Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Sorting out all the world’s problems is a hard task… Join Grant Gallacher and Gregor Wappler, and help them fix everything, forever. Back by popular demand, Michelle’s brand new show makes its debut, featuring Tommy Chambers on piano. Look forward to a hilarious evening. Michelle McManus 8pm @ The Citz Billy Kirkwood 8.30pm @ The Stand Mon 21 March Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson 7.30pm @ The King's 21 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 22 WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 7pm £5/£4 Glad Café 8pm www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com £4/£3 Griffin 8.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 W R I T E I T! Scotland, 0141 636 6119 The Universe and Everything! Richard Brown: Stop, 0844 873 7353 Children, What's That Sound? Patrick Monahan: The Disco Years See Tue 22 March This is not a pyramid scheme. 'Clever, angry stuff' Scotsman. The family’s favourite funnyman (and occasional disco dancer) is on tour across the UK with his brand new stand up show! 7.30pm £21.25/£19.25 8pm King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Ardal O’Hanlon £12 Oran Mor No Such Thing As A Fish: 0844 873 7353 Stand up from award winning comedian, actor and writer Ardal O’Hanlon. As seen in Doctor Who, Skins and of course, Father Ted. With The QI Elves 7.30pm £6/£5 8pm Govanhill Baths 0844 873 7353 Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief See Tue 22 March £25 Clyde Auditorium Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like 0844 395 4000 8pm You’ve Never Been Loved See Mon 21 March The QI Elvesbring their first live touring version of their multi-awardwinning podcast to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. £17 Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am? Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 See Mark Steel in his newest stand up show, a surprising and enthralling story told with aplomb. 8.15pm £4/£3 Wild Cabaret Jellybean Martinez: 0844 873 7353 The Madness of Jellybean Jellybean Martinez is on a journey to find out who he is and what his comedy style is! ‘Anarchic fun’ ★★★★ Scotsman. 8.30pm £3 See Wed 16 March 9.30pm £2 Master of the slow burn. Northern Irish comedy person Paul McDaniel returns for another hour of being quite good. 10.45pm £3/£2 Pro Choice See Tue 22 March Mark Steel 8pm @ The Citz 24 Griffin Paul McDaniel: WOOP 0844 873 7353 WOOP It's Da Sound of That Pauly Chris Ramsey 8pm @ The Garage Thurs 24 March Ardal O Hanlon 7.30pm @ The King's Yesbar New Material Night Tickets available hosted by Julia Sutherland on door Yesbar 0844 873 7353 THURSDAY 24 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £19.75/£17.75 Reginald D Hunter King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Reginald D Hunter returns to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. ‘Searing social commentary, deep south wisdom and juicy punchlines are pretty much guaranteed’ Independent. 7.30pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club Susie McCabe: There 0141 212 3389 7.30pm £6 Adv/£8 on door Glad Café Pure Riddy 0141 636 6119 See Thu 17 March 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths 0844 873 7353 Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief 8pm Susie McCabe has a gift for seeing the world how it really is, and to her it really is annoying. Chris Thorburn: Sorry 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £12/£10 8pm Cottiers Theatre Never date a comedian! Hit Fringe show 2015. ‘Stand up tragedy with deceptive intelligence…McAllister’s script twists elegantly’ ★★★★ List. 7.30pm £6 The Graduettes: Rachel Gets Married Dram! 0844 873 7353 Comedy play centred around a hastily arranged wedding and an unfortunate sexual role-play accident, taking place over one afternoon in a hospital waiting room. £3/£2 Griffin An unapologetic hour of comedy, if that's okay. £12 Oran Mor No Such Thing As A 0844 873 7353 Fish: With The QI Elves See Wed 23 March 8pm £17 Mark Watson: I'm Not Here £17.50 Chris Ramsey: All Growed Up By popular demand WEST Brewery Comedy Clubis bringing the very best acts who have performed at the monthly show so far. Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Fern Brady: People Are Idiots Following a critically-acclaimed sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe with her debut solo show 'People Are Idiots' Fern is back in Glasgow. 8.30pm £8 Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 Just Comedy See Thu 10 March 8.30pm £3 Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 Multi award winning Mark Watson returns with his new live show. As seen on Live At The Apollo and Mock The Week. 8pm WEST Brewery Best of WEST Brewery 0844 873 7353 Comedy Club 8.30pm £9/£7 See Tue 22 March is More to Life Than Happiness Watch This Space 0844 873 7353 Productions: The Last Laugh 8.15pm £10/£8 Garage 0844 873 7353 Join Chris as he explores getting older, taking responsibility and all of the other terrifying realisations that come with adulthood. Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Virgins See Thu 10 March 8.30pm £7/£5 State Bar 0844 873 7353 Old Pamphleteers: The Grey Revolution See Thu 17 March 8.30pm Free - non ticketed What’s Up Bar John Aldiss’ @ Braziliant Magnificent 7 See Thu 10 March 8pm £12 Rum Shack 0844 873 7353 MacBraveheart: The Other Scottish Play Updated version of the Edinburgh Fringe hit. MacBraveheart is a hilarious collision of Braveheart and MacBeth written by Philip Differ. 8.30pm £8/£6 Hug and Pint Stu Who?: Tanqueliser 0844 873 7353 (Ready-Fire-Aim) See Sat 12 March £3 9.30pm Nev: Buzz Griffin 0844 873 7353 Save the bees! Nev turns his righteous anger at those responsible for killing the honeybee… with jokes… but mostly bees… 10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 The Festival Club See Thu 10 March 10.45pm £3/£2 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Pro Choice See Tue 22 March Reg D Hunter 7.30pm @ The King's Fern Brady 8.30pm @ Blackfriars Basement 25 Edinburgh Glasgow £7 7 ..50* eturn? Onlly £7.50 Only £7.5 R Return? 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Charrges ges ffrro om other prro oviderrs or mobiles maayy varry. tickets: 0844 873 7353 Award Winning Small Group Tours 1, 2, 3 & Half Day Tours from Glasgow Vibrant Glasgow City Highlights Stunning Loch Lomond National Park & Glengoyne Distillery Book Now with GLA1192 Call us on: +44(0)141 291 5005 (8am to 10pm) Explore further at: www.rabbies.com 27 FRIDAY 25 MARCH 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 0844 873 7353 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 7.30pm £13/£11 Oran Mor 0844 873 7353 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy Janey Godley: An Act of Godley See Fri 11 March Janey Godley the Scottish award winning stand up, podcaster, playwright, actor and writer is back at Oran Mor. 5pm £6 Yesbar Sarah O’Doherty & 0844 873 7353 Lee McIntosh: It’s Not All Slee-ze See Sun 20 March Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Jo Neary Does Animals And Men Award-winning TV comic presents twenty farcical characters including animals, men and an inanimate object. 7.15pm £8/£5 Julia Sutherland is World’s Best Dad Yesbar Tickets available on door See Fri 11 March Julian Clary: The Joy Of Mincing David Morgan: The Graduettes: Rachel Gets Married 7.30pm £12/£10 Cargo Hold Comedy Dram! 0844 873 7353 King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 BLAMMO! David Morgan loves a great many things; boys, television, lists of three things… He'd love to tell you about them. Tall Ship 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths Desdemona: A Play 0844 873 7353 About A Handkerchief See Tue 22 March State Bar Hug and Pint The Wee Man Syndrome 0844 873 7353 Mind that video? One wi’ the ned? Even Neil Bratchpiece barely does, and he is that ned. 'Hilarious' Herald. 8.45pm £15 Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 The Big Show See Fri 11 March 9pm Cargo Hold Comedy returns and continues with a selection of the best comedians the festival has to offer. 7.30pm £6/£4 Julian Clary, national trinket, author, TV and radio star is coming up your way… 7.30pm £10 £6 See Thu 24 March 5.30pm £8/£7 7.30pm £23 7.30pm 8.30pm £7/£5 £7/£5 Obie: What Would Derren Brown Do? State Bar 0844 873 7353 Off the wall Glaswegian comedian explores how his life would be different if he used the brain of Derren Brown. 9.15pm £10/£8 Scott Capurro's Gay Turnaround Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 In Scott Capurro’s Gay Turnaround, the award-winning comic asks what’s happened to fist pumping queers? Is activism passé or past-gay? ★★★★★ Scotsman Ian Hume: Look At Me 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £5 Iain Hume ridicules snobbery and consumerism...’a complete, honest funny voice, original and wickedly wonderful’ Janey Godley. Jamie Rolland: Jamie Hour 7.40pm £12 It’s Jamie in his debut hour, for an hour its ‘Jamie Hour’! Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Fred MacAulay: Life What is life all about? Life is precious, good ....and costly! But most of all...Life should be FUN(ny). 8pm £14/£12 Citizens Theatre Shappi Khorsandi: LIVE! 0141 429 0022 Brand new show from the star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. 8pm £4/£3 BMR: Spectacular The Griffin 0844 873 7353 Can comedy madman BMR deliver his planned high-energy, arena-sized comedy spectacular in the humble confines of the Griffin? Let's see! 8.30pm £10/£8 Laughter Eight See Fri 11 March Yesbar 0844 873 7353 10pm Griffin 0844 873 7353 £10/£8 Yesbar Neil Dougan: The 0844 873 7353 Funny Thing About Being A Prod Protestant culture gets the Father Ted treatment. Tails of Native American Orangemen, The Scots Irish, and 17th Century Calvinist orgies. 10pm £8/£6 Late Night at the Hug and Pint Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 10.30pm £15/£12 The Festival Club Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 See Thu 10 March 11pm £10 0844 873 7353 Blackfriars Basement The Late Show See Fri 11 March Julian Clary 7.30pm @ The King's 11.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Late Laughs See Fri 11 March Fred MacAulay 7.40pm @ The Stand 28 Shappi Khorsandi 8pm @ The Citz SATURDAY 26 MARCH tickets: 0844 873 7353 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy 7.30pm £8/£6 State Bar 8.30pm £10/£8 Scott Agnew: Souvenirs 0844 873 7353 Laughter Eight Scott Agnew is back with a new show all about the little souvenirs life leaves you with. ‘Unmissable’ Chortle ‘Electrifying’ Guardian See Fri 11 March See Fri 11 March 1.30pm & 3.30pm Non-Ticketed Britannia The McTweed Panopticon Music Hall 7.30pm £6/£5 Brothers: Tartan Shortbread Tour Join Scotland’s legendary tartan duo in an unmissable Highland extravaganza. Special guests The Four Scunners. All proceeds go to charity. 2.15pm £5/£4 David Callan & Iain Campbell: IC/DC Yesbar 0844 873 7353 An Englishman and a Scotsman walk into Yesbar, you'll never guess which is which. 4pm Broadcast 0844 873 7353 Stand Comedy Club Brothers and Sisters… 0141 212 3389 It’s The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III See Sat 12 March 6pm See Tue 22 March 7.30pm £9/£7 £7/£5 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Loose Qwimmin Derek McLuckie ‘This c**t knows whit he's daein’ Fiona Patterson, Care Manager. Pauline Goldsmith ‘Making steady progress’ Sandyford Counselling Join the fresh-faced former Scottish Comedian of the Year for a philosophically riotous hour about bevvy and other mentalness! Paul Merton’s Impro Chums £8 Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Carina MacLeod: Full Of Craic! Hebridean born comedian Carina MacLeod is back again for her third year with another ‘craicing’ show. 7.15pm £8/£7 Yesbar Bruce Fummey: 0844 873 7353 A History of Scotland Award-winning comic and YES campaigner tells the history of Scotland with jokes, but without loss of historical accuracy. 7.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 America Stands Up Be the first to see some of the biggest stars from across the pond in our superb showcase of American comedy talent. 7.30pm £13/£11 Oran Mor 0844 873 7353 Janey Godley: An Act of Godley See Fri 25 March King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 7.30pm £6 Dram! The Graduettes: 0844 873 7353 Rachel Gets Married See Thu 24 March 8pm £10/£7 Chris Dinwoodie: Off The Cuff Admiral Bar 0844 873 7353 £15 8.30pm £5 Hug and Pint The Wee Man’s Rap 0844 873 7353 Battle Showdown 2016 Comedians clash with rappers in hip hop battles of wit. The fifth consecutive year of this Glasgow International Comedy Festival show. 9pm £5 State Bar 0844 873 7353 The Glasgow Gong Show The avuncular Graham Mackie presents a fun filled night with plenty of talent. Including Chris Broomfield on stopwatch and gong. 9.15pm £9/£7 Andrew Doyle: MINIMALISM! Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Total sell-out run Edinburgh Fringe 2015. 'Utterly hilarious' Fest, ★★★★ TV Bomb, ★★★★ ScotsGay, Chortle. ★★★★ ★★★★ 9.30pm £5/£4 Griffin Bob Graham: It's Easy 0844 873 7353 To Be Cynical A stand up show about people. ‘Deadpan, sinister, miserable, and absolutely brilliant’ Punchline UK. ‘Wonderfully anarchic’ Skinny. 10pm £7/£4 Parrot: Stand-up, everybody, now. Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Parrot showing off and being funny in this all new show about life, the world and everything. See Thu 17 March 8pm 7pm Blackfriars Basement Jamie Dalgleish: 0844 873 7353 I Drink Therefore I Am Paul Merton and his highly acclaimed Impro Chums take audience suggestions and create cascades of fantastic tumbling laughter. See Sat 12 March £10 Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief 7.30pm £23.75/£18.75 £7/£5 Geeking Awesome: The Farce Awakens 5pm Govanhill Baths 0844 873 7353 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Citizens Theatre Des Clarke: Citizen Des 0141 429 0022 Des returns to this year's festival with more offbeat observations, topical gags and Glasgow banter. 8pm £14/£12 0844 873 7353 Garage Rob Beckett: Mouth of the South Rob Beckett is back with a brandnew hour and he's taking on the big issues like Kit Kats and flatbread! ★★★★ 'A revelation' Scotsman. 10pm £8/£6 Late Night at the Hug and Pint Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 10.30pm £15/£12 The Festival Club Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 See Thu 10 March 11.15pm £10/£8 Late Laughs Yesbar 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 8pm £5 Griffin 0844 873 7353 Attachment Unavailable Watch Joe McKeown and Joseph Goss attempt to define their combined 60 years of life inexperience in 30 minute segments. Des Clarke 8pm @ The Citz Paul Merton’s Impro Chum s 7.30pm @ The King's 29 SUNDAY 27 MARCH 2.15pm £5 Yesbar Five Fifers for a Fiver 0844 873 7353 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com 6pm £7/£6 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Mirth of Forth Comedy presents five of Fife's finest up and coming comedians in one show all for a fiver. Joe McSloy: I Am Joe McSloy 3.30pm Free - ticketed Runner up, Yesbar Virgins Best New Act 2014. 'F***ing hilarious' Diane Knox, Clyde 1. An immigrant’s journey to build a new Jerusalem, pass the Englishness test and piss UKIP off. 'Masterful' Burnbury Magazine. 'Illuminating' List. 7pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 4.45pm £5/£3 Martin Mor: Away Gallivanting Yesbar Daphna Baram: Tickets available Something To Declare on door Desky Lewis: Look at it This Way… Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A show about lies; little white ones, slightly naughty ones and big fat whoppers! 5pm £4/£3 Double Bill: Eleanor Morton & Joz Norris Broadcast 0844 873 7353 Comedians Eleanor Morton and Joz Norris perform a double bill of their hit Edinburgh shows Martin Mor 7pm @ The Stand In 2015 Martin went away gallivanting. Now he has some tales to tell. ‘Word class’ Scotsman. 7pm £10/£8 Wild Cabaret 0844 873 7353 Christ On A Bike Prepare for revelations and Febreeze in this interactive satirical comedy. The greatest story never told. Carl Hutchinson 9.30pm @ The Stand 7.15pm £8/£6 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Vladimir McTavish: Scotland, 45 Events That Shaped A Nation Wryly looking back at Scotland’s past and bitingly at its present. ‘Satirical barbs and neat twists on Scotland’s culture’ Scotsman. 7.30pm £3/£2 0844 873 7353 Griffin Rosco McClelland: The Rosco Show Rosco McClelland aka Rosco McSkeleton is putting on a show, let’s see what happens. 8pm £5 Broadcast 0844 873 7353 Winning & Malcolmson's RetroVintage, UpcycledThrift, Reclaimed Popup Show Join Elaine and Matt for a one-off evening performance of (mostly) new material and (some) absolute gold, one after another. 30 8.30pm £3 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Virgins See Thu 10 March 8.30pm £10/£8 Wild Cabaret 0844 873 7353 Mr B’s Guide To Modern Life Chap-hop superstar Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer comes to Glasgow for an hour of jollity and education. 8.30pm £5/£4 Andrew Learmonth: Nae Pals Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 ‘Those looking for the slick dry ice of the Apollo stand ups will be disappointed here’ Herald. 9.30pm £8 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Carl Hutchinson: Learning the Ropes Carl contemplates exactly what he's achieved in life and he asks how such a sheltered existence can be improved upon. 9.30pm Free - ticketed Griffin Chunks: Ms Tickets available CHUNKSiverse 2016 on door The glorious return of the CHUNKS awards. Which of our stunning comedy anarchists will be awarded the coveted Golden Pineapple? 10.30pm £4 Ross Leslie’s Diary Of A Wimpy Man Yesbar 0844 873 7353 A brand new hour from Ross Leslie, who confesses how much of a shambles his body is. It’s funny! KIDS COMEDY tickets: 0844 873 7353 KIDS COMEDY SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2pm £5.95 Clive Chandler and Tip Top Puppets: Pinocchio Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre 0141 339 6185 4pm £5 How To Drive A Bus Bob’s Blundabus @ Candleriggs 0844 873 7353 See Sat 12 March AGE SUITABILITY: ALL AGES SATURDAY 19 MARCH 2.30pm £4 Wallace & Gromit: 0845 166 6002 In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U) Grosvenor Cinema Jay Foreman’s 0141 212 3389 Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage threatening the annual giant vegetable growing contest. Charmingly sickable songs and lots more for the whole family. 'Victoria Wood for the Spotify generation' Chortle. AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ 2pm 4pm £5 How To Drive A Bus Bob’s Blundabus @ Candleriggs 0844 873 7353 The children’s show on an actual bus with a crazy bus driver. ‘Hilarious for all ages…’ Skinny. AGE SUITABILITY: ALL AGES SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2pm £5.95 Professor Clive: Mr Punch's Antics Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre 0141 339 6185 Mr Punch is up to his old tricks again, along with the crocodile, the policeman and not forgetting Judy and the baby. AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ 3.30pm £4 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Jay Foreman’s Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children See Sat 12 March AGE SUITABILITY: 8-12 £5.95 Talking Heads Puppets: Jack and the Bean Stalk Grosvenor Cinema See Sat 19 March 10.30am Stand Comedy Club 10.30am £4 Wallace & Gromit 0845 166 6002 In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U) The classic story of a little boy who is carved out of wood then struggles to do the right thing. AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ £4 SUNDAY 20 MARCH Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre 0141 339 6185 3.30pm £4 Stand Comedy Club Lee Kyle: Gunge! 0141 212 3389 A Show With Gunge in it! A game show for kids and stupid adults. Gunge will get chucked over the losing team captain. AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ SATURDAY 26 MARCH 10.30am £4 Toy Story (U) Grosvenor Cinema 0845 166 6002 Woody, a cowboy doll is profoundly threatened when Buzz Lightyear, a new spaceman figure, supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. Jack has no food or money and has to sell his pet cow Angus! The Wizard trades magical Heinz Beans that can somehow make you rich. AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ 2.30pm £4 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 2.30pm £4 Gary Dunn’s Family Feast Our live stand up show for younger comedy fans is best suited for 8-12’s (sorry, no under 5’s). Adults must accompany. AGE SUITABILITY: 5-12 Sixty minutes of magic and hilarity for all the family - not to be missed! ‘This magic rocks!’ Herald. AGE SUITABILITY: 5+ Stand Comedy Club Kids Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 2pm £7.50 James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids Citizen’s Theatre 0141 429 0022 For children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words. A show which might discuss quantum chromatic disruption machines and tartan badgers. AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ 2pm £8 Watch With Baby Baby Comedy The Glad Café 0844 873 7353 Top comedians tell jokes for grown-ups at a gig you can take your 0-2 year old to. Crying allowed. Babies go free, only suitable for those under 2 years old with accompanying adult. SUNDAY 27 MARCH 10.30am £4 Toy Story (U) Grosvenor Cinema 0845 166 6002 See Sat 26 March 3pm £5.95 Scottish Mask & Alex The Magician: Puppet Centre Easter Eggstravaganza 0141 339 6185 Magic Show Alex The Magician will be working his Easter magic on you and have everyone laughing, giggling and smiling! AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ 4pm £4 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Martin Mor: Funny Stuff for Happy People James Campbell 2pm @ The Citz Martin Mor 4pm @ The Stand Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science. As seen on Blue Peter and CBBC. ‘Uproariously funny and utterly loveable’ Three Weeks. AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ 31 FILM www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com Big ScreenComedy Workshops FRI 11 MARCH 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths Southside Comedy 0844 873 7353 Film Festival: Zoolander (12) 8pm TUE 15 MARCH Viv Gee: Stand-Up £70/£50 Yesbar Comedy Crash Course 0844 873 7353 £5 An intensive 6-hour comedy course culminating in a gig at a professional comedy club with stand-up comedian Viv Gee. Odeon, Springfield Quay 0800 138 3315 The Big Lebowski (18) After failing to win his fourth model of the year award, Derek Zoolander becomes easy prey for fashion designer Jacobim Mugatu. Jeff Bridges plays laid-back, easygoing burnout The Dude who shares the same name as a millionaire whose wife owes some dangerous people a lot of money. SAT 12 MARCH WED 16 MARCH 1.30pm £8/£6 Govanhill Baths 0844 873 7353 Southside Comedy Film Festival ‘Double Bill’: Duck Soup & His Girl Friday (U) 8.30pm £7 Grosvenor Cinema I’m Still Here (15) 0845 166 6002 I’m Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. Two classic comedy films shown back to back. Vintage laughs in the vintage baths. 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths Southside Comedy 0844 873 7353 Film Festival: Blazing Saddles (15) To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. SUN 13 MARCH THU 17 MARCH 7pm £4 Old Hairdressers Matchbox Cineclub 0844 873 7353 presents: Double Take In Outer Space (18) A recently uncovered recording, not seen for 20 years, that turns the 1978 Italian film Starcrash into a hilarious comedy. 8pm £5 Odeon, Springfield Quay 0800 138 3315 Grosvenor Cinema A Mighty Wind (12A) 0845 166 6002 The Blues Brothers (15) Christopher Guest turns his attention to folk music as he captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio The Folksmen. Jake and Elwood attempt to save the orphanage the brothers grew up in from closing by getting the old band back together. £7 4pm SAT 19 MARCH MON 14 MARCH 8pm £5 Animal House (15) Odeon, Springfield Quay 0800 138 3315 Arriving at college, socially inept freshmen Larry and Kent attempt to pledge the snooty Omega Theta Pi House, but are summarily rejected. 2pm Free - non ticketed COURSE 1 Monday 14th Tuesday 15th Sunday 20th 6pm - 9pm 6pm - 9pm 8.30pm - 10.15pm COURSE 2 Monday 21st Tuesday 22nd Sunday 27th 6pm - 9pm 6pm - 9pm 8.30pm - 10.15pm SUN 20 MARCH 1pm Free - ticketed Stand Comedy Club BBC Comedy 0141 212 3389 Workshop: How To Get Your Idea On The Telly Join us for a discussion about comedy writing, development and how on earth you can get your idea broadcast. Whilst there is no magic formula, we’ve invited comedy professionals to share their insights and experience. From jokes to 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. This is your chance to air those burning questions and find out everything you'd like to know. Britannia Classic Silent Films Panopticon With Live Music & Sound Effects (PG) Comedy films and cartoons from the silent era with live music and sound effects provided by the ensemble Gladstone's Bag. SUN 20 MARCH 4pm £7 Borat (15) Grosvenor Cinema 0845 166 6002 A popular reporter from Kazakhstan travels to the United States to film a documentary on what makes America a great nation. 8.30pm £7 Grosvenor Cinema 0845 166 6002 What We Do In The Shadows (15) Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane. The Blues Brothers 8pm @ Odeon Cinema Thurs 17 March 32 Each course takes place over 3 separate days in March 2016. MON 21 MARCH 6pm & 8pm £7.50 Saint Luke’s Comedy Improvisation: 0844 873 7353 Scot Squad Interactive Workshop Join the creators and producers of the smash hit comedy Scot Squad for an interactive improvisation workshop. Learn the scripting techniques behind the scenes. Play the improvisation games that keep the comics sharp and quick. There’s no script to prepare and no lines to learn so anyone can take part in this hilarious, fun workshop. So if you’re up for a laugh and like a bit of role play! Come down for an hour and a half of police-themed interactive comedy. 29 VENUE LIST tickets: 0844 873 7353 CLYDE AUDITORIUM BROADCAST OLD HAIRDRESSERS Finnieston Quay, Glasgow, G3 8YW. Box Office: 0844 395 4000 427 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, G2 3LG. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 20-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 4PH. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 KING’S THEATRE CCA RECORD FACTORY 297 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JN. Box Office: 0844 871 7648 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 17 Byres Rd, Glasgow, G11 5RD Box Office: 0844 873 7353 THEATRE ROYAL DRYGATE RUM SHACK 282 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 3QA. Box Office: 0844 871 7627 85 Drygate, Glasgow, G4 0UT. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 657 - 659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2AB Box Office: 0844 873 7353 CITIZENS THEATRE THE COMEDIAN TATTOO STUDIO 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow, G5 9DS. Box Office: 0141 429 0022 281 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HQ Box Office: 0844 873 7353 SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE GARAGE COTTIERS THEATRE 490 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LW. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G1 5PU. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 ORAN MOR DRAM! Top of Byres Road, 731-735 Great Western Road, G12 8QX Box Office: 0844 873 7353 236-242 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6ND. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 TRON THEATRE GLAD CAFÉ 63 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HB. Box Office: 0141 552 4267 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG Box Office: 0141 636 6119 SAINT LUKE’S GOVANHILL BATHS 17 Bain St, Glasgow, G40 2JZ. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 STAND COMEDY CLUB 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG. Box Office: 0141 212 3389 BLACKFRIARS BASEMENT 36 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LG. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 ADMIRAL BAR 72 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 BOB'S BLUNDABUS @ CANDLERIGGS Candleriggs, Merchant City, Glasgow Box Office: 0844 873 7353 AVANT GARDE 99 Calder Street, Glasgow, G42 7RA. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 8-10 Balcarres Avenue, Glasgow, G12 0QF Box Office: 0141 339 6185 STATE BAR 148 Holland Street, Glasgow, G2 4NG. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 TALL SHIP 150 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow, G3 8RS Box Office: 0844 873 7353 VICTORIA’S NIGHTCLUB 98 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DE Box Office: 0844 873 7353 WEBSTERS THEATRE 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9HZ Box Office: 0844 873 7353 GRIFFIN 266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 GUU Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LX. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 WEST BREWERY Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, G40 1AW Box Office: 0844 873 7353 WHAT’S UP @ BRAZILIANT 468 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, G2 3LW Box Office: 0844 873 7353 HUG AND PINT 171 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9AW Box Office: 0844 873 7353 WILD CABARET 18 Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1LD Box Office: 0141 552 6165 IRON HORSE 115 W Nile St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire G1 2SB Box Office: 0844 873 7353 YESBAR 14 Drury Street, Glasgow, G2 5AA Box Office: 0844 873 7353 JIM’S BAR, QMU Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, Glasgow, Glasgow City G12 8QN. Box Office: 0844 873 7353 GROSVENOR CINEMA 34-44 King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 5QT Box Office: 0844 873 7353 BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL MANSION HOUSE ODEON CINEMA 20 Glassford St, Glasgow G1 1UL. Box Office: 08700 111 960 Springfield Quay, Paisley Rd, Glasgow, G5 8NP Box Office: 0333 006 7777 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD Ashton Lane, Hillhead, Glasgow, G12 8SJ Box Office: 0845 166 6002 33 A-Z SHOW (INDEX BY FIRST NAME) Page 7 Abigoliah Schamaun Adam Hills 19,20 Alan Bissett 5 Alan Goldie 8 Alden Sixsmith 14 Allan J Park 8 Ally Houston 6 Alun Cochrane 5 America Stands Up 29 Amy Gledhill & David Callaghan 19 Andrew Doyle 29 Andrew Learmonth 30 Andrew Maxwell 9 Andy Zaltzman 9 Ardal O'Hanlon 24 Arthur Milo & Joe McArdle 14 Ashley Storrie 5 BBC Comedy Presents: The Best of Red Raw 9,21 Best of Irish 13 Best of WEST Brewery Comedy Club 25 Billy Kirkwood 6,8,20 Blunt Club Comedy Showcase 19 BMR 28 Bob Graham 29 Bob Slayer 5,6,7,8 Bobby Mair 6 Brendon Burns 9 Bridget Christie 8 Bright Club presents :'Science vs. The Arts' 5 Bruce Fummey 29 Cabbage Patch Comedy Presents 6 Cargo Hold Comedy 28 Carina MaCleod 29 Carl Hutchinson 30 Catfinger 20 Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson 21 Chris Conroy 13 Chris Dinwoodie 13 Chris Forbes 29 Chris Henry 9,19,21 Chris Kent 7 Chris Martin 5 Chris Ramsey 25 Chris Rutter, Christopher KC Sit & Stuart McPherson 5 Chris Thorburn 25 Christ On A Bike 30 Christian O'Connell 14 Christopher Broomfield 7 Christopher Macarthur-Boyd 13 Chunks 30 Commissioned 9 Craig Campbell 20 Craig Hill 13,15 Damian Clarke 8 Daniel Sloss 15 Daphna Baram 30 Darren Connell 9,13 David Bratchpiece 6 David Callan & Iain Campbell 29 David Kay 8 David Morgan 28 Des Clarke 29 Desky Lewis 30 Doug Segal 6 Dylan Moran 8 Elaine Malcolmson 30 Eleanor Morton & Joz Norris 30 Enterteasement: Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! 6,7 Fern Brady 25 Fiona Herbert 8 Five Fifers for a Fiver 30 Frank Sanazi & The Iraq Pack 8 Frankie Boyle 20,21 Fred MacAulay 28 Gagging For It 5 Gareth Mutch 7 Gary Faulds 7 Gary Little 7 Geeking Awesome 6,14,29 Gemma Flynn 9 Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate 6,14 GLASS 8,20 Grado 13 Grant Gallacher & Gregor Wappler 19,20,21 Greg Proops 13,15 Hardeep Singh Kohli 6 Hot Gulp 15 Iain Hume 6,28 Isy Suttie 9 34 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com Jamie Dalgleish 29 Jamie Rolland 28 Janey Godley 28,29 Jay Lafferty 7 Jellybean Martinez 24 Jena Friedman 15 Jenny Eclair 13 Jerry Sadowitz 14 Jim Hobbit 19 Jo Neary 28 Joby Mageean 14 Joe McSloy 30 John Aldiss' Magnificent 7 5,13,25 John Gavin 15 John Hastings 15 John Robins 21 Jordan R.A. Mills 6 Joseph Goss & Joe McKeown 29 Julia Sutherland 6,9,24,28 Julian Clary 28 Just Comedy @ Wild Cabaret 5,13,25 Kai Humphries 5 Keiron Nicholson 21 Larry Dean 9,13 Laughter Eight 6,7,14,15,28,29 Liam Withnail 5 Live Laughs at the Glad 14 Lloyd Langford 19 Loose Qwimmin 29 Marc Jennings & Stephen Buchanan 8 Marcel Lucont 19 Mark Nelson 7 Mark Steel 24 Mark Watson 25 Martin Mor 30 Mary Bourke 13 Matt Winning 30 Matty Finlayson 13 Michael Redmond's Sunday Service 8,19 Michelle McManus 21 Molland & Sullivan 15 Mr B’s Guide To Modern Life 30 Neil Dougan 28 Nev 25 No Such Thing As A Fish: With The QI Elves 24,25 Obie 28 Old Pamphleteers 13,25 Omid Djalili 14 Pablo Serski 19 Parrot 29 Patrick Monahan 24 Patrick Mulholland 9 Patrick Rolink 14 Paul Foot 9 Paul McDaniel 24 Paul McDougall & Thomas Black 20 Paul Merton: Impro Chums 29 Paul Sinha 15 Phil Differ 7 Phil Kay 5,7,8 Philip O’Shea 20 Pure Riddy 13,25 Rachel Jackson 19 Raymond Mearns 19 Redmond and Bagshaw 13 Reginald D Hunter 25 Rhona McKenzie 14 Richard Brown 24 Richard Gadd 8 Richard Herring 13 Richard Pulsford 8 Rob Beckett 29 Rob Delaney 9 Rob Kane 8 Robin Grainger 5 Romesh Ranganathan 8 Rory McGrath 13 Rosco McClelland 30 Ross Leslie 30 Russell Kane 5 Sandy Bouttell 15 Sarah Franken 15 Sarah O’Doherty & Lee McIntosh 19,21,28 Scott Agnew 29 Scott Capurro 28 Scott Gibson 7 Sean Hughes 5 Sean Wilkie 15 Shady Marmalade 15 Shappi Khorsandi 28 St Patrick’s Day Special: Best of Irish 13 Stand Up Against MND 8 Stand Up in The Shack 6 Stu Who? 7,25 Susie McCabe 25 The Big Show @ Wild Cabaret 6,14,28 The Fat, The Furious and The Slightly Miffed 7 The Glasgow Gong Show 29 The McTweed Brothers : Tartan Shortbread Tour 29 The Mimic Men 14 The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III 6,14,28 The Unf*ckables 7,15 The Wee Man 28,29 Tiff Stevenson 14 Tom Stade 15 Tony Law 5 Tony Sutcliffe 15 UNCLES 9 Vladimir McTavish 30 WRITE IT! 21,24 Watch Bad Movies With Good Comedians: Troll 2 8 WITSHERFACE 5,7 Woman Up Improv Comedy show 5,7 Yesbar Virgins 5,13,19,25,30 Zoe Lyons 13 Zombie Science: Genes of the Damned 7 FOR FAMILIES Gary Dunn’s Family Feast How To Drive A Bus James Campbell’s: Comedy 4 Kids Jay Foreman’s Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children Kids Comedy Club Lee Kyle - Gunge! A Show With Gunge in it! Martin Mor - Funny Stuff for Happy People Watch With Baby 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 THEATRE Canned Laughter 9,13,15 Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief 21,24,25,28,29 Jeannie and John have a Show to write 7,15 MacBraveheart: The Other Scottish Play 25 So Many Men Yet None Are Mine! 13,15 The Graduettes: Rachel Gets Married 25,28,29 The No 1 Loch Ness Monster Experience 19 Tom Brogan and Karen Barclay: It's 1985 5,7,8 Watch This Space Productions: The Last Laugh 25 LUNCHTIME LAUGHS Laughternoon Pizza Lunchtime Comedy LATE SHOWS Late Laughs Late Night at the Hug & Pint The Festival Club The Late Show 6,14 5,6,8,13,14,19,28,29 6,7,14,15,28,29 6,7,14,15,28,29 6,7,14,15,28,29 6,7,14,15,28,29 WORKSHOPS BBC Comedy Workshop - How To Get Your Idea On The Telly Comedy Improvisation: Scot Squad Interactive Workshop Viv Gee: Stand Up Comedy Crash Course DISCUSSION In Conversation with Standard Issue What's The Point of Satire in 2016? A Panel Discussion. 32 32 32 21 9 FILM A Mighty Wind (12) 32 Animal House (15) 32 Blazing Saddles (15) 32 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make32 Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (12) Classic Silent Films With Live Music & Sound 32 Effects (PG) Double Bill: Duck Soup & His Girl Friday (U) 32 I'm Still Here (15) 32 Matchbox Cineclub presents Double Take In 32 Outer Space (18) The Big Lebowski (18) 32 The Blues Brothers (15) 32 Toy Story (PG) 31 Wallace & Gromt In The Curse Of The 32 Were-Rabbit (U) What We Do In The Shadows (15) 32 Zoolander (12) 32 Glasgow has a fantastic yearround calendar of events with something for everyone.