GICF '12 PREVIEW: Jenny Eclair 'Old Dog, New Tricks'

Jenny Eclair was the first woman to win the Perrier Award and is offering Glasgow audiences 'a Lady Gaga tribute and possibly some dancing on her back legs'

Preview by Bernard O'Leary | 07 Mar 2012

Most important question first: tell us about your show.

Old Dog, New Tricks. Basically I spend 90 minutes on my back legs begging for biscuits.

What's going to be unique about this performance of your show?

Im going to wear a tartan hat (maybe).

Due to a lawsuit, you're forced to rename your show. What do you call it?

A Quip And A Quim.

If your show was a dear friend who had just died, what would you say about it in your eulogy?

She worked her arse off.

What inspires you, other than comedy itself?

Wanting to go back to Ocean Drive in miami and stay in a posh hotel again. Seriously, if I'm not working I suffer from self-esteem issues and want to kill myself. Kill myself! Do you hear?

Is there anything in particular that you're looking forward to about playing in Glasgow?

All of it

Or anything you're dreading?

A bumpy flight, a dodgy prawn, diahorrea in my pants when I walk on stage. The usual.

Where do you stand on scottish independence?

In the middle, to the left of the mantlepiece

What's your favourite comedy festival in the world?

Melbourne

If you were organising a fantasy comedy night, who would you have as mc, support and main act?

This sounds like a box office split between three, no thanks, lets just have me, me, me.

Who else are you going to see during the glasgow festival?

Whatever i can before my bedtime (which is around 10.30 ish)

Twitter or Facebook?

I am a fully paid up member of the twattering classes

Jenny Eclair will be performing Old Dog New Tricks at Glasgow Comedy Festival, Citizens Theatre on the 30th March. For tickets and more information visit www.jennyeclair.com http://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/shows/#!/shows/232