Television and radio features include BBC Radio Scotland’s Breaking News, The Scots Squad and The Farm Diaries. The Only Way Is Essex – Essex Farmer Jim Smith takes the stage and uses characters with regional accents and impressions to explain what city slippers look like to the eyes of the audience.
Join Sam Mik Mysterio as he lies in the universe of sports entertainment. Whyte and Mackay are delighted to begin their birthday celebrations by partnering with Europe’s biggest comedy festival, the 2019 Glasgow International Comedy Festival. With so many local comedians heading up, the festival makes even more special and councillor David McDonald, chair of Glasgow Life, is looking forward to a great evening of memorable performances.
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has presented its biggest lineup ever as it prepares to return for its 15th year on Thursday 9 to Sunday 26 March. The festival has announced its full 2020 programme which includes Trevor Noah, Martin Short, Martin Short, Jimmy Carr, John Shuttleworth, Dane Baptiste, Arabella Weir, Stewart Lee and the mesmerizing Aida. There will also be performances from well-known names such as Jimmy Carr (Al Murray), Stewart Lee, Russell Howard, Bridget Christie, Omid Djalili, Reg D Hunter, Sue Perkins and Frankie Boyle, as well as shows from some of the biggest acts on the British circuit such as Richard Herring, John Shuttleworth, Josie Long, Simon Munnery and David O. Doherty.
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) enters its 16th year on March 8 in London with director Sarah Watson. The festival will present more than 500 shows at 54 venues throughout the city through March 25, the most of which will take place in the festival’s history. Since our first year, we have had the support of Glasgow City Council, which is focused on the city’s brilliant venues and vibrant arts scene, so the festival has really taken off.
Sarah realizes that the festival reflects the special humor of the city. Glasgow has a reputation for its sense of humour and embrace of the city. Whether it’s stand-up, skits, improvisation, theatre, film or family fun, the shows bring everything from gin and tonics to football and climate change to the stage in a comedic way.
This year’s theatre programme includes brand new plays by Chris McQueen (Tron), Jason Manford (Whodunnit) and Curtain King, as well as plays such as Pies and Pints and Oran Mor. Local talent includes Fred Macaulay, Des Clarke, Craig Hill, Susan Calman, Mark Nelson, Janey Godley, Iain Connell and Robert Florence, while a number of rising stars from Scotland’s world-famous comedy scene include Richard Gadd, Fern Brady, Darren Connell, Ashley Storrie, Scott Gibson, Larry Dean, Scott Agnew and Jamie Dalgleish. The programme of the festival was also unveiled, with a wide range of plays, improv shows, films and a children’s section.
The Short Attention Span Theatre (CCA) will show four new 20-minute plays by Chris McQueen, Karen Barclay, Tom Brogan and Catriona Duggan. The Stand (MND) will include performances by Larry Dean, Susie McCabe, Gary Little, Mark Nelson, Micky Bartlett and Scott Agnew. It’s a great new venue for the Riverside Museum of Barras Art and Design, which is on board the Glasgow Live International Comedy Festival in a new partnership with title sponsor Glasgow Live, making it easy for visitors and locals alike to stay up to date with the latest festival news.
Glasgow Live International Comedy Festival is supported by the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and Events Scotland and won the biggest prize for Scottish events. People come from all over the world to perform at the Glasgow Comedy Festival and see what it’s about. Families visit the Tall Ship and Scottish Mask Puppets Centre to stand up and laugh with the little ones.
I’ve heard it’s one of the funniest and most challenging months and I appreciate the fun and the challenge. I developed a sharp comedic sensibility because I was brought up by parents in two big cities. I think New Yorkers and Glaswegians, whether they’re Glaswegians or working-class, need comedy for life.
Sarah Watson has a great eye for talent and made me feel at home at the festival. I made wonderful friends and was moved by the hilarious Raymond Mearn.
I want people to go to places like Blackfriars and McPhabbs Bar and give people you may never have heard of a chance to find the next Kevin Bridges. We can’t say the Scottish comedians are going out of their way at the big venues, but we’re going to have a good performance.
Great comedians take to the stage and dare to do stuff. Viewers who take a chance and buy tickets will be rewarded with a performance that stays with them.
The benefits for the city are measurable if visitors know where to shop, eat and drink during their time in the city. The people who come to London for the festival themselves are guided in choosing the venues, and the best way to promote the show is to get tickets and not sell them. What sets the day apart is getting sponsors on board, producing a programme that promotes the festival, dealing with ticketing and how the festival is coordinated with promoters and venues.
It’s a world of rocknroll, teenagers, growing consumerism, rampant hormones, lazy daytime looks, rock pools and a love for all things American. You can have so many experiences in a single day, and every single moment of that day can be occupied. There is no girl he would leave behind if he was afraid of losing an old man or a 17-year-old.
He composed for the Royal Court, the National Theatre of Scotland and the National Youth Theatre. He directed Dolls in Drag, a Scottish tour of the disturbing play Pies and Pints, Godspell and Twelfth Night at the RCS. His new play Young Peoples Influence was performed at six theatres across the UK last year, most recently in Dundee (Rep) and Plymouth Royal.
When David MacGonigle’s wife dies, his perfect middle-class life collapses around him. A bizarre incident involving a moldy chip-iron concoction leads to his discovery of a new designer drug, Spud.