Comedy | Preview
Edward Whelan: Suited and bespectacled with a wondering, grumbling puzzlement at the world, Sean Lock is back at the Glasgow Comedy Festival with his brand n...
Edward Whelan: Sean Collins has a smooth, laidback style of comedy you don't see so much any more. His laconic manner is reminiscent of a time before frenetic and wi...
Comedy | Review
Lyle Brennan: It’s the opening night of the Glasgow Comedy Festival and, somewhat perversely, Benjamin Crellin kicks things off with the end of the world. Ped...
Comedy | Feature
Lizzie Cass-Maran: Last night saw the programme launch for this year's Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival, which runs from 11-28 March. And what a programme ...
Ann-Marie Reilly: Ardal O’Hanlon only has his mic, a table and a glass of water on the large stage with him but he is so relaxed you feel as if you’re sitti...
Ann-Marie Reilly: I didn’t believe sock puppets would actually be involved but I’m staring at a Punch and Judy puppet stage and sure enough, two sock charac...
Pete Myall: Paul Pirie nearly fucked the pooch before he'd even started when he made that tooth-grindingly irritating claim so beloved of mid-level managers and o...
Simon Proctor: The ironically named Mr Little looms over the audience with his imposing presence and bulging biceps. You'd be forgiven for being a little worried as ...
Cara McGuigan: With his bong-scorched drawl, and oversized head and hands, Canadian Tom Stade resembles a twinkly-eyed Team America puppet. Indeed, it’s fair t...
Scotty McKellar: Northern Ireland has everything, so it does. All kinds of everything in fact. Niall Browne and Elaine Malcolmson are two comics from the province who ...
Simon Proctor: I think it's important to say - don't go see this act if you don't find school yard humour funny. But really, if you go and see a show called Durty an...
Cara McGuigan: It's really bugging me who David Kay reminds me of, until about halfway through his set, when he starts talking about making rice pudding at home eccy...
Cara McGuigan: Diff’rent strokes for diff’rent folks. A philosophy which covers a multitude of distractions, but none more pointedly than comedy. This ...
Ciaran Woods: Damn, this man is funny. Within seconds he’s riveted the audience, within a minute he’s got five hard belly laughs out of us. A heckler ...
Pete Myall: You might remember Phil Nichol from his 1993 hit, The Only Gay Eskimo. I certainly remember it, because the last twenty minutes of his set were devote...
