Comedy Festivals
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ComedyNeil Innes: A People's Guide to World Domination
It's apparent that Neil Innes is performing his current show before an established fanbase. When he asks if the audience remembers The Rutles, his query is m... Read more »| 03 Apr 2010 -
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How Do I Get Up There?: Avant Garde
As audience members take to their seats for How Do I Get Up There?'s inaccurately titled Avant Garde show, they are treated to pre-recorded video footage of ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010 -
ComedyJohn Gavin: A-Z of Parenting
Standing in a sold-out, bustling Glaswegian pub, listening to the parenting alphabet according to tormented father of three John Gavin, it is easy to see why... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
ComedyDave Gorman's Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up Tour
Unusually for a Dave Gorman show the Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up tour has no particular theme – even the cycling aspect is dispensed with... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
ComedyJo Caulfield: Won't Shut Up! Review 2010
Seasoned comedienne, writer and Radio 4 presenter Jo Caulfield delivers a comfy, cosy performance to a familial crowd tonight at Glasgow’s Òran ... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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David Heffron: Don't Think Because I Understand, I Care
‘Random bullshit’ (his own words) proved to be quite an accurate synopsis of David Heffron's Glasgow show. After a late start and disappointing w... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010
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Bratchy: Fear, Loathing and Lost Wages
Tonight’s offering from Glaswegian Bratchy was a joyous outing for the entire family; well the Bratchpiece family anyway. Introduced by his Dad Mark, a... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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Sean Lock: Lockipedia
In 1993 David Baddiel and Rob Newman made history when they became the first comedy act to play Wembley. However, technically, the actual first act to perfor... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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Shappi Khorsandi
As she wanders nervously onto the stage, you begin to get the impression that Shappi Khorsandi is massively uncomfortable in her own skin and even more so wi... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
ComedyThe Dullest Blog: The Magners Glasgow Comedy Festival edition
So spring has sprung, or at least its springing. The idea is that it gets a bit sunnier, greener and warmer and everyone starts using the park. Oh aye, these... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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The Tony Law Show
It's immediately apparent from Tony Law's loosely structured hour long set that he's a performer of entirely left-field sensibilities. Though he frequently s... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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Laura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup
Solon’s 2010 show Rabbit Faced Story Soup is an exhaustively inventive one-woman play set in a publishing house. She breaks and rebuilds the fourth wal... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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David Kay Gets Dynamic
Self-proclaimed ‘fireball’ David Kay meekly witters on in the conversational style of an old lady for just over an hour. Dynamic it certainly is ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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Pappy's: Pappy's' World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour
Pappy's current tour finds the if.comedy-nominated sketch troupe performing a reconfigured version of last year's Edinburgh Fringe show; the four man Fun Clu... Read more »| 22 Mar 2010 -
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In Profile: Sean Lock
Suited and bespectacled with a wondering, grumbling puzzlement at the world, Sean Lock is back at the Glasgow Comedy Festival with his brand new show... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010