Comedy Festivals
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Comedy
Glasgow Comedy Festival Blog: Almost there
The Festival is almost over and we enter the last weekend of shows with some excitement and trepidation. There are still some corkers about and there a... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Ross Noble: Things
“This is the wrongest show I’ve ever done” said Ross Noble 15 minutes into his set. Maybe, but it was still fantastically entertaining. A R... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Lunchtime Laffs and Lattes
Free food is a great way to butter up your audience, even if the soup is unidentifiably orange and the joke that the sandwiches are leftovers from Thursday a... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
John Ross: Return of the West End Ned
John Ross suits the small upstairs room of the Buff Club with his easy, conversational comedy. The audience are gathered close to the low stage where he pace... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Bob Doolally: Straight From The Bawbag
It’s always fascinating seeing a character come to life onstage. Ten minutes ago I was chatting upstairs with the comedian now in front of me. Ten mi... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Lemoncustard Comedy
Welcome to the topsy turvy world of the Lemoncustard Comedy Club, a fine way to spend an afternoon with a fizzy drink in your hand and a big silly grin on yo... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009
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Comedy
How Do I Get Up There?
Glasgow’s last surviving Victorian music hall, the Britannia Panopticon, gave an opportunity for comedy festival goers to travel back in time to the he... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Will and Greg: A Sketch Show
Despite having his jokes written on the back of his hand, Will Andrews is a cool customer, giving us the first glimmers of the absurd deviance and polished r... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Robin Ince: Bleeding Heart Liberal
Robin Ince is a leaping, gesticulating, irate, old lefty. In the manner of your favourite professor, he expounds on his every subject with escalating enthusi... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
The Plot Thickens
Upstairs at Universal on a small well-lit stage, three silly buggers (Peter Aitchison, David Heffron and Obie) dress up in hats as they share out the cast of... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Siân Would Like You to be Happy (But Knows You Probably Won’t Be)
Siân Elizabeth Bevan wouldn’t start her show until I moved a few rows closer to the front, which I happily obliged to do because she was projecti... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Bruce Fummey: About Robert the Bruce
"About Robert The Bruce" is an evening of Bruce Fummey's self-styled 'edu-comedy' (if you're laughing it's comedy and if you're not it's education). Fummey ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot-On History of British Industry
O’Neill is akin to a one-man Boosh, dressed slightly goth with gambolling spring lamb enthusiasm and boundless confidence. With elements of student hum... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Andrew Clover: Dad Rules
Andrew Clover imitates half a dozen breeds of dogs, perspires a lot, and turns his audience members to the dark side. The last is probably easiest, given th... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Glasgow Comedy Festival Blog: Regrets – I may well have a few
Monday dawns bright and sunny in Glasgow. The weekend is over and it seems to have been rather more hardcore on the drinking and carousing side. I met ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2009