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tickets: 0844 873 7353 THURSDAY 12 MARCH

3.30pm £3 Barmulloch Community Centre 8pm £10/£15 Admiral Bar Glasgow International 0844 873 7353 Trampled Bat’s 0844 873 7353 Comedy Festival: On Your Doorstep Trampled Quiz Top stand-up from three of Glasgow’s favourite comedians. Disingenuous, cynical cash-in from iTunes sensations. Compere Bruce Devlin introduces Phil Differ If this is how you choose your entertainment this is not for you. and Raymond Mearns. In association with Glasgow Arts.

7.30pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club 8.15pm £10/£9 West Brewery Best of WEST 0844 873 7353 Rob Deering: 0141 212 3389 Brewery Comedy Club Musicface By popular demand WEST Brewery Comedy Club is bringing One-man pop-rock stand up legend Rob Deering crams in the very best acts who have performed at the monthly show more charm, laughs and tunes than you'd think possible. so far. 8pm £18/£15 Garage 8.30pm Free – non ticketed The Griffin 0844 873 7353 John Aldiss’ Magnificent Seven Tommy FREE. The best new and established comics on the circuit mixed Tiernan with music, spoken word etc. Each act has seven minutes. Alive In Glasgow 8.30pm £8 Wild Cabaret A legend in , Just Comedy At 0141 552 6165 Tommy outsells any Wild Cabaret other Irish comic. 'Stole Just Comedy at Wild Cabaret, the weekly regular comedy the show... intense and night in Glasgow's hottest venue in the heart of Merchant City. painfully funny storytelling' Irish Times. 8.45pm £3 Yesbar Rob Deering 8pm Yesbar Virgins 0844 873 7353 7.30pm @ The £10/£7.50 The Yesbar’s always popular showcase for exciting new Tron Theatre comedy talent. Seven red hot rising comedy talents plus Tommy Stand special guests. 0141 552 4267 Tiernan Love 2.0 10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Outrageous new 8pm @ The comedy about The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Facebook, dating, and Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, , Garage how the two just Jimmy Carr, , , Robin don’t click…. Ince, Miles Jupp and .

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1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm & 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £8 Yesbar A Pizza 0844 873 7353 Christian O’Connell: 0844 873 7353 Laughter 0844 873 7353 Lunchtime Comedy Breaking Dad Eight Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the 10-times Sony Award winner O’Connell () is Join MC Viv Gee as she introduces the cream of the festival festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily. a dad on the edge. Highly anticipated stand up debut. at Yesbar’s all year round comedy club. ‘Furiously funny’ Guardian. 7pm £8/£6 Govanhill Baths 10pm £10/£8 Yesbar United We Will 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £5/£3 The Griffin Patrick Rolink: 0844 873 7353 Swim Comedy Fundraiser Zombie Science: 0844 873 7353 The Big Man of Scottish Comedy Live! Stu Who?, Susan McCabe and other guests in a benefit Genes of the Damned Enjoy a night of comedy with real life stories & comedy that fundraiser for Govanhill Baths Community Trust A spoof lecture exploring the science of a zombieism outbreak. is in your face and very real, not for the easily offended! How will you deal with the damned? 7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Liam Withnail: 0844 873 7353 7.45pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Work In Progress Brendon Burns 0141 212 3389 See Thu 12 March Liam Withnail brings his long awaited debut hour (work in Brendon returns to Glasgow. He likes Glaswegian audiences progress) to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. and they seem to like him. So no need for hyperbole really. 10.30pm £10 State Bar 'Outrageously funny' Adelaide Advertiser. Anna Devitt: 0844 873 7353 8pm £14/£10 Admiral Bar Last One Standing 7.30pm £10/£8 Websters Theatre Enterteasement: 0844 873 7353 Award-winning comedian Anna Devitt in a show which So Many Men – 0844 873 7353 Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! may well go t*ts up (or out if she falls from the pole!). Yet None Are Mine! ‘As Seen On TV’ comedians, award winning magic and Brand new comedy about three women on a mission. Starring International burlesque artists - 4.7 star average customer review. 11pm £8/£5 Blackfriars Basement Anna Devitt (Rab C Nesbitt), Tanya The Late Show 0844 873 7353 MacDonald and Kim 8pm £12.50 Oran Mor From the people that bring you the sell-out Festival Club at MacAskill. Hardeep Singh 0844 873 7353 the Stand, come and enjoy a top showcase of the best Kohli: Live comedians from across the festival. 7.30pm & Expect a mix of classic stories and hilarious new 10pm insights from one of Glasgow’s finest. ‘Immensely 11.15pm £8 Yesbar £12.50/£11.50 funny’ Daily Express. Late Laughs 0844 873 7353 Drygate Laugh out loud into the wee hours with the 0844 873 7353 8pm £10/£7.50 Tron Theatre cream of the crop from the comedy Gilded Love 2.0 0141 552 4267 festival. See Thu 12 March Balloon 11.30pm £14 Comedy At Wild Cabaret Drygate 8pm £28 Clyde Auditorium 0141 552 6165 Craft comedy in a Craft Jimmy Carr: 0844 395 4000 Brewery; Festival Late Comedy presents the Funny Business Night Comedy Brand new stand up show. Come for the witty hottest new line-up show at Showcase Drygate Brewing Company! and incisive musings on the human condition; stay for the knob gags. Wild Cabaret presents a late night comedy extravaganza with line up's from local and visiting comics at the festival.

Brendon Burns 7.45pm @ The Stand

Jimmy Carr 8pm @ Clyde Auditorium 8pm @ Oran Mor

6 tickets: 0844 873 7353 SATURDAY 14 MARCH

1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm £8/£6 State Bar 8.30pm £8 Yesbar A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 Scott Agnew: 0844 873 7353 Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 Comedy Pointing Up (Work In Progress) See Fri 13 March See Fri 13 March Acclaimed Glasgow comic picks on bigger targets than himself as he works towards his new Fringe show. 9pm £8/£6 State Bar The Unf*ckables 0844 873 7353 3pm & 7.30pm £5/£3.50 Govanhill Baths 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement The Unf*ckables – A comedy team you'll love to laugh at...you just won't want to take any of them home. A to Zed of 0844 873 7353 Jamie Dalgleish: 0844 873 7353 Loving a Ned Wide-O A smart girl falls for the primitive allure of a Glasgow Ned! 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Don't be a fandan join Jamie for his third Glasgow Ellie Taylor: 0844 873 7353 Can she adapt? Watch and learn! International Comedy Festival show. Subjects will range from International politics to fake Lacoste trackies! Elliementary 4.30pm £5 Yesbar Host of BBC3’s Snog Marry Avoidtakes on love, life… and Matalan. Close Encounters 0844 873 7353 7.45pm £12 Stand Comedy Club ‘A smart, self-mocking and very amusing debut’ Scotsman of the Nerd Kind Mark Nelson: 0141 212 3389 It ain't easy being geeky. Join Michael and Tony as they share 10pm £8/£6 Yesbar their nerd world problems. Hosted by Kirsty Morrison. Older Than Jesus Stu Who?: 0844 873 7353 Multi-award winning comedian Mark Nelsonreturns with some new thoughts on life now that he is officially older than Jesus. Beyond A Joke 5.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club The Godfather of Scottish Comedy returns with a collection of patter, songs, and scurrilous tales of sex, drugs ’n rotten rolls. Brothers & Sisters… 0141 212 3389 8pm £14/£10 Admiral Bar It’s The Reverend Obadiah Enterteasement: 0844 873 7353 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Steppenwolfe III Chat Show Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Star-studded chat show with a twist. ‘Laugh? I almost shat See Fri 13 March myself…Sacrilegious… Divinely hysterical’ List; ‘Unforgettable See Thu 12 March character comedy’ Evening News. 8pm £28 Clyde Auditorium 10.30pm £6 State Bar 6pm £3 Yesbar Jimmy Carr: 0844 395 4000 Did You Hear What 0844 873 7353 Freddie Farrell 0844 873 7353 Funny Business Santa Brought A Deaf & Masai Graham: Stand Up See Fri 13 March Guy For Christmas? Join two award-winning rising stars of the stand up world, as Technically Graham’s not Santa and Chris is only 54% hard they each do a 30 minute set in this hour show! 8pm £18/£15 Garage of hearing and this is Spring not Christmas so… 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £8/£6 Yesbar Alive In Glasgow 11pm £8/£5 Blackfriars Basement John Scott: Dissent 0844 873 7353 See Thu 12 March The Late Show 0844 873 7353 John Scott takes a scathing look at the great and the not so See Fri 13 March good. 'A genuinely gifted comedian.' Skinny. 8pm £10/£7.50 Tron Theatre 11.15pm £8 Yesbar Love 2.0 0141 552 4267 7.30pm £10/£8 Websters Theatre See Thu 12 March Late Laughs 0844 873 7353 So Many Men – 0844 873 7353 See Fri 13 March Yet None Are Mine! 8pm £10 Oran Mor 11.30pm £14 Wild Cabaret See Fri 13 March The Phil Differ Diaries 0844 873 7353 Festival Late Night 0141 552 6165 – The Wilderness Years Musings of an 18 year old mind trapped in a 58 year old brain. Comedy Showcase See Fri 13 March 8.30pm £8/£6 The Riding Room Nancy Clench: Camp! 0844 873 7353 Join Nancy Clench for a night of camp comedy from Scotland’s best drag export! Expect camp, naughty and dirty humour!

Mark Nelson Ellie Taylor The Reverend 7.45pm @ 9.15pm @ 5.30pm @ The Stand Blackfriars The Stand

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7.30pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club SUNDAY 15 MARCH John Hegley: 0141 212 3389 MONDAY 16 MARCH 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar New & Selected Potatoes 7.30pm £9 Websters Theatre The performance poet, comedian and musician returns with A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 a performance of pieces new and older. 'Scandalously Hero Worship 0844 873 7353 Comedy talented’ Sunday Times. One man play where super hero Anachronism deals with the See Fri 13 March embarrassing fact he hasn’t any idea what his power is.

4.30pm £5 Yesbar 7.30pm £7/£6 Yesbar 7.30pm £7/£6 Yesbar Close Encounters of 0844 873 7353 The Good, The Bad 0844 873 7353 The Good, The Bad & 0844 873 7353 the Nerd Kind & The Special Comedy Guest The Special Comedy Guest See Sat 14 March Following their 2014 comedy festival sell out show, Seppi See Sun 15 March Preston and Joe McSloy return to improve your life (with 6pm £3 Yesbar special guests). 8pm £5 CCA Lee Kyle: The 0844 873 7353 Watch Bad Movies with 0844 873 7353 Ultimate Worrier 9.30pm £8 Stand Comedy Club Great Comedians: For nine years, Lee Kyle was a professional wrestler. He’s Lloyd Langford: 0141 212 3389 Masters of the Universe! better at jokes than he was at pretending to fight. Old Fashioned Watch 1980’s ‘Classic’ Masters of the Universe with A stand up comedy show about being old fashioned. As seen hysterical live commentary from top comics Joe Heenan, 7pm £5/£3 The Old Hairdressers on Q.I and . Billy Kirkwood and guests! Andrew Learmonth: 0844 873 7353 All the People I’ve 8pm £15 Ever Loved Will Die John Shuttleworth: 0844 873 7353 A hilarious comedy show about death, dying, ambition, A Wee Ken To Remember futility, love, organised religion, and the film Frozen. ‘Bleakly As heard on BBC Radio 4's John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music. funny’ Scotsman. ‘His stand up is second to none' Guardian. 8.30pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club sings 0141 212 3389 Søren Kierkegaard The 'ingenious' ***** Scotsman Munnery endeavours to perform the Danish philosopher’s writings, talk about them and anything else in between.

9pm £12/£9 Yesbar Project You Three: An 0844 873 7353 Experiment in Bad Taste Graham Barrie, JD Brown and Pablo Serski take you into the dark recesses of their minds, with hilarious results.

John Shuttleworth 8pm @ The Citz John Hegley 7.30pm @ 7.30pm @ The Stand The Stand

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7.30pm £10/£8 Govanhill Baths TUESDAY 17 MARCH WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH God Of Carnage 0844 873 7353 What begins as a demonstration of civilised modern parenting 2pm £5.50/£4.50 CCA 6.30pm £5/£4 The Old Hairdressers descends in the course of a single evening into chaos. The Clinic: An Afternoon 0844 873 7353 RUT 0844 873 7353 of Serious Stand Up See Tue 17 March 7.30pm £21*/£11* Kings Theatre Showcasing the extraordinary comedic talents of Universal Crazy for You 0844 871 7648 Comedy course participants, many of whom face ill-health, 7pm & 9pm £14/£12 Tron Theatre The story of a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life mental health and employment challenges. Nina Conti: 0844 873 7353 is to dance! High energy extravaganza featuring classic In Your Face Gershwin music. 6.30pm £5/£4 The Old Hairdressers Groundbreaking ventriloquist and Award RUT 0844 873 7353 winner Nina Conti welcomes you into her workshop. 'A 7.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club After having over 200 dates between them, Sarah-May and gem… funny, poignant, novel' Guardian. Josie Long: 0141 212 3389 Maria tell the true story of the horrifying world of online dating. Cara Josephine 7pm £8/£6 Admiral Bar Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and cult optimist 7pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club End Poverty… 0844 873 7353 back with a show about love and being outdoorsy as a bear. St Patrick’s Day 0141 212 3389 Eat The Poor. Irish Comedy Special With Sir 7.30pm £7/£6 Yesbar Celebrate St Patrick’s day in style with Ireland's finest under Jamie MacDonald: 0844 873 7353 one roof. Excellent value Celtic showcase. Reginald Tweedy That Funny Blind Guy ‘One of the funniest Scots on the circuit’ **** Sunday 7.30pm £7/£6 Yesbar Duffer Herald. Join Jamie for an anecdotal, character driven The Good, The Bad & 0844 873 7353 Should people with hour of fun. both kidneys receive The Special Comedy Guest benefits? Can Scots See Sun 15 March ever be trusted to 8pm £25/£23 Clyde Auditorium vote? Sir Reginald Dylan Moran: 0844 873 7353 8pm £15 Citizens Theatre has all the answers. Off The Hook : 0844 873 7353 Dylan Moran- star of - returns with his new stand Eins, Zwei, DIY up show. 'Jokes as sharp as barbed wire' ***** Scotsman. Brand-new show from the German Comedy Ambassador. ‘A diplomatic master class.’ Scotsman. ‘Brought the audience to 8pm £23/£21 Citizens Theatre its knees.’ Telegraph. ’Marvellous.’ Guardian. Simon Amstell: 0844 873 7353 To Be Free 8.30pm £5/£4 The Old Hairdressers Simon Amstell (Grandma’s House, Never 50 Shades of Smay 0844 873 7353 Mind the Buzzcocks, two-time British Where is true love? In a book? Or crying into a cat and a Mars Comedy Award winner) presents his new Bar? ‘Best on stage’ . stand up show.

9pm £1/£0.50 The Griffin 8.30pm £5/£4 Ironbark Pumpkin II: 0844 873 7353 The Old Hairdressers The Hunt for Script Cohesion 0844 873 7353 Videogame parody. One man struggles to stop an all-powerful 50 Shades of Smay cake tin falling into the wrong hands. Work in progress. Silly. See Tue 17 March

9pm £12/£9 Yesbar 8.45pm £3 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Dylan Moran New 0844 873 7353 Project Material Night You 8pm @ Some of the circuit's most well know faces Three: try out spanking new material. Hosted by Clyde Julia Sutherland - different every week. An Auditorium Experiment 9pm Free – non ticketed in Bad Taste The 13th Note See Mon 16 March CHUNKS of the Year 2015 Experience the mesmerizing inaugural 9.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club ceremony and see which of our comedy BBC Comedy 0141 212 3389 anarchists will be awarded the coveted Presents: Golden Pineapple. Best of Red Raw 9.30pm £11/£9 Regarded as the best UK open mic night - and during GICF you never know who 0141 212 3389 might appear… Gary Delaney: Purist Josie Long Purist returns to Glasgow for 2015. Gary thinks most shows don't contain enough 7.30pm @ jokes, and wants to redress the balance. The Stand

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12 tickets: 0844 873 7353 THURSDAY 19 MARCH

7.30pm £10/£8 Govanhill Baths 8pm £23/£21 Citizens Theatre God Of Carnage 0844 873 7353 Simon Amstell: 0844 873 7353 See Wed 18 March To Be Free See Wed 18 March 7.30pm £7/£5 Tron Theatre Commissioned 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £7/£5 State Bar A night of new comedy commissioned by YOU. Help pick our Life Begins at 60 0844 873 7353 theme via Facebook and Twitter! Stand up, poetry, music and more. Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair are joined by Bruce Morton for a two hour comic exploration of aging. 7.30pm £15 Stand Comedy Club : 0141 212 3389 8.30pm Free – non ticketed The Griffin Lord of the Dance Settee John Aldiss’ After covering issues like death, religion and spam javelins, Magnificent Seven Herring returns with a show about daftness ‘Dependably See Thu 12 March funny’ 8.30pm £8 Wild Cabaret 7.45pm £5/£4 Admiral Bar Just Comedy At 0141 552 6165 Jellybean Martinez: 0844 873 7353 Wild Cabaret Mr Saturday Night TV See Thu 12 March 7.30pm £21/£11* Kings Theatre (Work In Progress) Remember when Saturday night TV was good? Join 8.45pm £3 Yesbar Crazy for You 0844 871 7648 Jellybean for an hour of pure entertainment, comedy gold, 0844 873 7353 See Wed 18 March madness and mayhem! Yesbar Virgins See Thu 12 March 8pm £22.50 Clyde Auditorium 9.30pm £5/£4 Admiral Bar 0844 873 7353 Stewart Lee: Robin Grainger: 0844 873 7353 A Room With A Stew Brand new live show in preparation for Stewart’snext BBC2 series. Live and Graingerous ‘Remains one of the best stand ups in (Work In Progress) the country’ **** Metro. Join Robin Grainger for hilarious observations about family, teenage angst and relationships and let’s find out how he got here.

10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle, Jimmy Carr, Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, , Miles Jupp, and Chris Addison.

Simon Amstell 8pm @ The Citz

Stewart Lee 8pm @ Clyde Auditorium Richard Herring 7.30pm @ The Stand

13 FRIDAY 20 MARCH www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm £8/£6 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £10/£8 Websters Theatre A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 A Very Tall Storrie 0844 873 7353 Scott Gibson: 0844 873 7353 Comedy Award winning Ashley Storrie performs her hilarious debut Life After Death Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the solo show to a home crowd. 'Brutally funny' Scotsman. Hugely anticipated debut solo show from awardless comedian festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily. Scott Gibson. 'Natural, unapologetic, story teller... thank God 7.30pm £15.50 Oran Mor I’ve retired' Frankie Boyle. 7pm £3 Castlemilk Community Centre Craig Hill: Give Him 0844 873 7353 Glasgow International 0844 873 7353 an Inch… 8.45pm £3 Audio Comedy Festival: On Your Doorstep Scotland's kilted comedy treasure is back! ‘Riotously funny!’ How to BMR 0844 873 7353 See Thu 12 March Independent, ‘Absolutely hilarious!… Laugh-out-loud Come learn to be awesome as BMR shares his unique performance from beginning to end… Irresistible’ List. knowledge and skills with his audience for one night only. 7.15pm £8/£6 Yesbar 7.45pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club 9pm £7/£5 State Bar Bratchy: You Are Now 0844 873 7353 About to Witness the Raymond Mearns 0141 212 3389 David Heffron: 0844 873 7353 Live A Manly, Man’s Man Strength of Street Knowledge Always one of the highlights of the festival, doing what he Male. White. Middle Class. Heterosexual. Come and feel my Join David Bratchpiece aka Bratchy (BBC Radio 4, Radio does best at the home of comedy in Glasgow! pain. ***** Three Weeks. Scotland) as he tries to answer some of life’s toughest questions. 8pm £8/£7 The Old Hairdressers 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 7.30pm £10/£8 Govanhill Baths Absolute Improv 0844 873 7353 Will Franken: 0844 873 7353 God Of Carnage 0844 873 7353 See Wed 18 March Musical The Stuff They Put In Sleep Edge of your seat fun to music. An unrehearsed, made up on Acclaimed comedian of myriad personalities triggers his latest 7.30pm £21/£11* Kings Theatre the spot musical based on one audience suggestion. rapid fire assault on sanctimony, political correctness and reality itself. ***** Scotsman. Crazy for You 0844 871 7648 8pm £10 Tron Theatre See Wed 18 March Anna Morris: Would 0844 873 7353 10pm £8/£5 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £5/£3.50 The Vale Like To Thank… Julia Sutherland is 0844 873 7353 Four comedy creations battle for your vote. Who'll win? You Feeling Kind of Funny A to Zed of decide. ‘Inspired comedy’ **** Herald ‘Spot-on, darkly comic Julia finds the funnies in dark places. 'Sardonic...very funny. An Loving a Ned characters’ Huffington Post. astute outsider-observer' Scotsman. As seen on BBC Scotland. See Sat 14 March 8pm £8/£6 The Griffin 10.30pm £9/£7 State Bar 7.30pm & 10pm £12.50/£11.50 Drygate Allan Lindsay & 0844 873 7353 Harry Garrison: 0844 873 7353 Gilded Balloon 0844 873 7353 Chris Davis: Soldiering On Dead Funny Comedy At Drygate Lindsay: 'A rising star on the Scottish comedic frontier' The darkest of humour to brighten up your nights. 'Stand-out See Fri 13 March Broadway Baby. Davis: 'Davis is entertainment with a capital crowd favourite' Scotsman. E' One4review. 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £12/£10 Garage The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Craig Campbell’s: 0844 873 7353 See Thu 19 March Thrilling Mic Hunt! Craig Campbell returns with rib-tickling stories of life as a 11pm £8/£5 Blackfriars Basement middle-aged man-child! ‘A fantastic yarn weaver... hugely The Late Show 0844 873 7353 funny observations’ Time Out. From the people that bring you the sell-out Festival Club at the Stand, come and enjoy a top 8pm £15/£12 Citizens Theatre showcase of the best comedians from across 0844 873 7353 the festival. Craig Campbell An Evening Of Public 11.15pm £8 Yesbar Shaming With 8pm @ Late 0844 873 7353 Jon Ronson The Garage Jon Ronson Laughs returns with an See Fri 13 March illustrated one-man show about the 11.30pm £14 renaissance of public Wild Cabaret shaming to launch his new book 0141 552 6165 Seann ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed .‘ Festival Walsh 8.30pm £8 Julia Late Night 8pm @ Yesbar Sutherland Comedy 0844 873 7353 Showcase The Garage 7.30pm £3/£2 Laughter 10pm @ See Fri 12 March Audio Eight Yesbar 0844 873 7353 See Fri 13 March Rosco McSkeleton: Tales of the Sea Awrite? I'm Rosco McSkeleton, and at this show I will be telling terrifying true tales from the sea. Woooooo!

14 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com tickets: 0844 873 7353 SATURDAY 21 MARCH

1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £8 Yesbar A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 Darren Connell: 0844 873 7353 Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 Comedy Fat Chops See Fri 13 March See Fri 20 March Local comedian Darren Connell is 'Bobby' in BBC Comedy Scot Squad. 'A natural with a real bright future' Kevin Bridges. 9pm £8/£6 State Bar 2pm £9/£6 £24 Family Ticket (2 Adults + 2 Kids) The Unf*ckables 0844 873 7353 Funz and Tron Theatre 7.30pm £15.50 Oran Mor See Sat 14 March Gamez 0844 873 7353 Craig Hill: 0844 873 7353 Anarchic, award-winning hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Give Him an Inch… 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 2014. ‘Delighting both children and (on a rather See Fri 20 March Bethany Black: 0844 873 7353 different level) adults alike’ Telegraph. 7.45pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Idiot Bethany Black says a lot of stupid things all the time, these 2.30pm & 7.30pm Kevin Day: 0141 212 3389 are just some of them. £21*/£11* Standy Uppy Kings Theatre Expect standing up, comedy 10pm £10/£8 Yesbar 0844 871 7648 - and maybe a The Last Laugh 0844 873 7353 Crazy for You A mix of stand up and storytelling about two comics See Wed 18 March Craig discovering if being funny is more important than being happy. ghost - in 3pm £5/£3.50 The Vale Hill this ‘beautifully 10.30pm £9/£7 State Bar A to Zed of 0844 873 7353 7.30pm crafted and hugely funny show’ Harry Garrison: 0844 873 7353 Loving a Ned Scotland On Sunday. Dead Funny @ See Fri 20 March See Sat 14 March 8pm £10 Admiral Bar Oran 5pm & 8pm £15/£13 Citizens Theatre 0844 873 7353 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Susan Calman: 0844 873 7353 Mor The Unusual Suspects The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Five of Glasgow's hottest new comedy See Thu 19 March Lady Like acts recount how their comedy A show about being older, wiser and liking yourself no journeys intersected despite their matter what. Comedy from Calman from The News unusual and different backgrounds. 11pm £8/£5 Quiz/QI. Blackfriars Basement 8pm £8/£6 The Griffin 0844 873 7353 6pm £7/£5 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 The Late Show 0844 873 7353 Allan Lindsay See Fri 20 March Craig Johnstone & Chris & Chris Davis: MacArthur-Boyd: Fair 11.15pm £8 Soldiering On Yesbar Play to Them See Fri 20 March Craig Johnstone and Christopher 0844 873 7353 MacArthur-Boyd make their Glasgow 8pm £3 Late Laughs International Comedy Festival debuts, trading See Fri 13 March tales of youth, young manhood and dire straits. Flying Duck 0844 873 7353 11.30pm 6pm £5 Admiral Bar Coalition of Comedy: £14 Clair Myychael: 0844 873 7353 The Fifth and the Fury Wild 50 Shades of Clair Back for a fifth year of selling out Cabaret Comedy mash-up presented by 'T'is Merely a F- like a Lib Dem cabinet minister, Arse and Soliloqueen creator Clair Myychael, with 8 more gloriously funny Susan Calman 0141 self indulgent chameleon and crazy bitch. stand ups. 5pm & 8pm 552 6165 7.15pm £4/£3 Yesbar 8pm £12/£10 @ The Citz Festival 0844 873 7353 Garage Late Will Setchell: 0844 873 7353 Night One Day All This Seann Walsh: 28 Comedy Will Be Fields New show from star of Stand Up For The Week, Live At The Apollo and Michael Showcase Will Setchell returns with a third hour See Fri 12 March about life, love, politics, animals, plus McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. Seann a song. A really good song. 8pm £10 Tron Theatre Walsh 7.30pm £10/£8 Doug Segal: 0844 873 7353 8pm @ Govanhill Baths How To Read Minds and The Garage 0844 873 7353 Influence People God Of Carnage A mind reading show unlike any other! Learn to predict the lottery and more. ‘Imagine if was funny’ See Wed 18 March Evening Standard. 7.30pm £10 8.30pm £10/£8 Tron Theatre State Bar Lost Voice Guy: 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 Laughter Is The Worst Medicine Anna Devitt: When Lost Voice Guy was rushed to hospital during last Last One Standing year's Fringe, he nearly died. Now he’s back to tell the tale. See Fri 13 March 15 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

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18 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com tickets: 0844 873 7353 SUNDAY 22 MARCH

1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm & 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £3/£2 The Old Hairdressers A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 Darren Connell: 0844 873 7353 Scott Redmond & 0844 873 7353 Comedy Fat Chops Charlie Ralph: Beardwatching See Fri 20 March See Sat 21 March Scott Redmond is an award-winning youth politician. Charlie Ralph can eat a whole lemon. Together they 2pm £9/£6 £24 Family Ticket (2 Adults + 2 Kids) 7.30pm £25/£18* Theatre Royal are...two comedians! Morgan & West: Tron Theatre Sex In Suburbia 0844 871 7647 8.30pm £5 Tron Theatre Parlour Tricks 0844 873 7353 This brand new musical comedy about finding Mr. Right will Time-travelling duo Morgan and West present jaw- make you laugh, cry and dance in the aisles. Matt Winning: 0844 873 7353 dropping feats of magic. Wear a hat - they might blow your A Work In Progress In mind. 7.30pm £25.50* King’s Theatre Progress Al Murray the Pub 0844 873 7353 An hour of ongoing idiosyncratic 4.30pm £5/£4 Yesbar Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor nonsense from Winning. 'So well Shaun McGarrigle 0844 873 7353 Join Al Murray in a celebration of twenty years as the done… the audience are pulled into & Stuart Doig: S & S King Cnut of Common Sense. ‘A national treasure.’ Daily his world' Festival Journal. Come and enjoy Shaun and Stuart doing stand up! Telegraph. 9pm £6/£4 Yesbar 7pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £10/£8 Tron Theatre 0844 873 7353 Billy Kirkwood: 0141 212 3389 Liam Williams: 0844 873 7353 The Old Let’s Wreck The Place! Capitalism Pamphleteers: Cocked, locked and ready to rock, a brand new hysterical 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award Grumpy Old stand up show from a man made to misbehave. nominee Liam Williams follows his widely-acclaimed debut with a show Men Rod Hunter and 7.30pm £8/£6 CCA about money. ‘Extraordinary. ..shatteringly funny’ ***** Guardian. Les Sinclair return Bossnappers 0844 873 7353 Patrick with their sell out The female workforce of a chocolate factory don't take Edinburgh Fringe kindly to their boss's intentions to move their work Monahan show raging abroad. 9.30pm @ against the dying of 7.30pm £8 Yesbar The Stand the light. 0844 873 7353 9.30pm Carina MacLeod: £10/£8 Blone Out Of Proportion! Stand Carina MacLeod is back with Blone Out Of Comedy Proportion! What’s happened in the last year? Come along and find out! Club 0141 212 3389 Patrick Monahan: Adventures in Monahan Land Energetically witty, charming show from the Irish/Iranian renowned for superb anecdotes. Seen on ITV’s Splash!, Fake Reaction and Celebrity Squares.

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7pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £4 The Old Hairdressers Jason John Whitehead: 0141 212 3389 The 2012 0844 873 7353 Sharing Too Much With Strangers Closing Ceremony JJ is back for his first UK show in four years. Stories and A comedy play from Sonic Boom Theatre. One woman’s belief unfounded opinions from the comedy globetrotter. ‘intensely in the spirit of the olympics, and how it can save the world. likeable….seriously funny’ List. 8pm £5 Arches 7.30pm £20/£15* King’s Theatre The Wee Man’s Rap 0833 873 7353 Stand Up for MND: 0844 873 7353 Battle 2015 #gordonsfightback Comedy and hip hop collide once again as comedians face A galaxy of comedy stars come together to raise funds for rappers in verbal battles to decide who’s jokes are dopest. MND Scotland, including Frankie Boyle, Stewart Francis, Gary Little, Janey Godley and many more to be 9pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club announced! Paul Currie: 0141 212 3389 7.30pm £8/£6 CCA Release The Baboons Meet surreal clown and fool time absurdist comedian Paul Bossnappers 0844 873 7353 Currie. ‘Paul was my favourite show of the fringe’ Stewart Lee. See Sun 22 March 9pm £3 The Old Hairdressers 7.30pm £5 Yesbar Gledhill & Callaghan 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 Stand up from Amy Gledhill (Hull New Comedian of the Year 4 Fifers for 2013) and David Callaghan 'Undeniably charismatic and witty' a Fiver Chortle. Mirth of Forth Comedy presents four 9pm £12/£9 Yesbar of Fife's finest up and Project You Three: 0844 873 7353 coming comedians in one show all for An Experiment in Bad Taste See Mon 16 March a fiver.

Frankie Boyle 7.30pm @ The King’s

20 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com tickets: 0844 873 7353 TUESDAY 24 MARCH

1.30pm £3 Netherton Community Centre 7.30pm £4 Yesbar Glasgow International 0844 873 7353 Scot Laird: What Can 0844 873 7353 Comedy Festival: I Get For You? On Your Doorstep Come and join Scot Laird for his debut hour! It's comedy or See Thu 12 March the call centre. Game on.

7.30pm £16.50* King’s Theatre 8pm £15/£13 Citizens Theatre Michelle McManus’ 0844 873 7353 ’s Back 0844 873 7353 Reality – Reloaded In Town A humorous take on Michelle's life since winning Pop Idol, Mark Steel (, QI) pledges to discover with fabulous show tunes from the West End and Broadway. what makes your town ridiculous. ‘Excellent standup’ Times.

7.30pm £8/£6 CCA 8.15pm £3/£2 The 13th Note Bossnappers 0844 873 7353 Paul McDaniel: 0844 873 7353 See Sun 22 March Worp in Krogress Northern Irish comedy man Paul McDaniel invites you to bear witness to his sensational debut hour. 7.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club : 0141 212 3389 9pm £1/£0.50 The Griffin An Ungrateful Woman Ironbark Pumpkin II: 0844 873 7353 What made Bridget lose control at a casting for a Müller The Hunt for Script Cohesion Paul Currie yoghurt advert? Why isn’t Bridget grateful for British sexism? See Tue 17 March 9pm @ 9pm £12/£9 Yesbar The Stand Project You Three: 0844 873 7353 An Experiment in Bad Taste See Mon 16 March

9.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club BBC Comedy Presents: 0141 212 3389 Best of Red Raw See Tue 17 March

9.30pm £3 The 13th Note 0844 873 7353 Richard Brown: Work In Progress Hopefully these words will convince you to attend whilst simultaneously lowering your expectations.

Michelle McManus 7.30pm @ The King’s Bridget Christie Mark Steel 7.30pm @ 8pm @ The Citz The Stand

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7pm £15 Oran Mor 7.30pm £5 Yesbar 8.45pm £3 Yesbar Last on the 0844 873 7353 Richard Pulsford is 0844 873 7353 New Material Night 0844 873 7353 Left Podcast Going On See Wed 18 March A live podcast that barrels headlong into all things horror — UK Pun Championships finalist 2014 Richard’s delivers with hosts Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski. brilliant wordplay including ‘puns I wish I had thought of 9pm £4/£3 The Old Hairdressers myself’ Gary Delaney. Sandy’s Booze Hell 0844 873 7353 7pm £8/£6 Admiral Bar Welcome to Booze Hell – capers, japes and Alka-Seltzer will End Poverty… 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £22.50*/£18.50* Kings Theatre be provided to aid your comfort. ‘Sensational’ Scotsman. Eat The Poor. With Sir Burnistoun: Live 0844 871 7627 SOLD 9.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club Reginald Tweedy Duffer and For Real! See Wed 18 March BBC Scotland's Burnistoun hits theOUT stage for the first time, LIVE Iain Stirling: 0141 212 3389 and FOR REAL! One special night then up eh road! Everything 7.30pm £11/£9 Websters Theatre BAFTA nominated Stirling is back with a show about heart 7.30pm £10/£8 Sloans break, immigration and meeting Jedward. ‘One of Scotland’s Walking Shadows 0141 357 4000 hottest newcomers’ Scotsman. A glorious farce set in the world of amateur theatre, where Jeffrey Bernard 0844 873 7353 events backstage are more farcical than the farce itself. is Unwell The life and hilarious times of legendary boozer, womaniser, 7.30pm £5/£4 The Old Hairdressers gambler and writer Jeffrey Bernard – a gloriously politically Ally Houston: 0844 873 7353 incorrect romp. Shandy 8pm £14/£12 Citizens Theatre A stand up show and musical odyssey leering at the relationship between Ally and his mysterious pet clown, Shandy. Paul Chowdhry: 0844 873 7353 PC’s World 7.30pm £10/£7 Stand Comedy Club Why has tackling political correctness become so offensive? It’s Phil Nichol: 0141 212 3389 time to enter PC’s World. 'Dangerous comic ' Eastern Eye. Here Comes Troubled Break up, break down, break out, and breakfast- a stand-up show about understanding, acceptance, revenge and starting over.

7.30pm £10/£7 Govanhill Baths Paul Chowdhry Sandwich and 0844 873 7353 8pm @ Potato Artist A double bill by Stephen Brackenridge. Potato Artist The Citz explores creativity and class, while Sandwich delves into a surreal dystopian future.

Burnistoun: Live and For Real! 7.30pm @ The King’s

24 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com tickets: 0844 395 4005 THURSDAY 26 MARCH

2.30pm & 7.30pm £20/£18* King’s Theatre 7.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Dorothy Paul: 0844 873 7353 Susie McCabe: 0141 212 3389 Classic Dorothy The Drugs Don’t Work Join the Queen of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival Susie ponders her extreme hypochondria, addictive on a trip down memory lane. personality and the crazy paranoia we all suffer - but never ever admit to. 7.30pm £8/£6 Yesbar Stu Who?: 0844 873 7353 8pm £10/£15 Admiral Bar Beyond A Joke Trampled Bat’s 0844 873 7353 See Sat 14 March` Trampled Quiz See Thu 12 March

7.30pm £10/£7 Govanhill Baths 8pm £5/£3 The Old Hairdressers Sandwich and 0844 873 7353 An Almost Explosive 0844 873 7353 Potato Artist Transylvanian Death-Ride See Wed 25 March This introductory passage contains no information regarding the show An Almost explosive Transylvanian Death-Ride - so 7.30pm £10/£8 Sloans piss off! Jeffrey Bernard 0844 873 7353 is Unwell 8pm £8 Citizen’s Theatre 8.45pm £3 Yesbar See Wed 25 March A Funny Thing 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Virgins 0844 873 7353 Happened On The See Thu 12 March 7.30pm £11/£9 Websters Theatre Way To Westminister 9.30pm £3 The Old Hairdressers Walking Shadows 0141 357 4000 Popular columnist Iain MacWhirter chairs a panel of See Wed 25 March celebrity political activists looking at the funny side of the Nev: Skin 0844 873 7353 general election. Nev is a comedian made out of meat. Sweating, bloody, 7.30pm £5/£4 QMU oozing, pulsing, throbbing meat. Long live the new flesh! Tickets on the door only 8.30pm £7/£5 State Bar 10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Life Begins at 60 0844 873 7353 Young Urban The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Professionots Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair are joined by Vladimir McTavish for a two hour comic exploration of aging. Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle, GLASS Sketch Jimmy Carr, Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, Robin Ince, Society invites you Miles Jupp and Chris Addison. meet the business 8.30pm £8/£5 Blackfriars Basement worlds finest Eleanor Morton: 0844 873 7353 10:45pm £5 Yesbar (they just Lollipop and then Another Bit The Wee Man: 0844 873 7353 haven’t passed Double bill of Eleanor Morton's hit 2014 Fringe show their exams yet). Lollipop, followed by work in progress. Expect weird and Work In Progress? confusing. Mind that video? Know how the one wi the ned? A work in progress detailing the emancipation of a meme. 8.30pm Free – non ticketed The Griffin John Aldiss’ Magnificent Seven See Thu 12 March

8.30pm £8 Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 Just Comedy At Wild Cabaret See Thu 12 March Dorothy Paul 2.30pm & 7.30pm @ The Citz

Iain Stirling 9.30pm @ The Stand

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26 tickets: 0844 395 4005 FRIDAY 27 MARCH

1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm & 10pm £12.50/£11.50 Drygate 7.45pm £12 Stand Comedy Club A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 Gilded Balloon 0844 873 7353 Andrew Lawrence: 0141 212 3389 Comedy Comedy At Drygate Reasons To Kill Yourself Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the See Fri 13 March Stand up’s foremost creepy-faced ginger man, star of BBC1’s Live festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily. at the Apollo embarks on his fifth consecutive sell-out UK tour. 7.30pm £9/£6 State Bar 7pm £8/£5 The Tall Ship Rory O’Hanlon: 0844 873 7353 8pm Free – Ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio Cargo Hold Comedy 0844 873 7353 It’s Great To Be Here Billy Kirkwood’s 0844 873 7353 See the best talent Scottish comedy has to offer in the Strap in people! It’s joke time, come and join one of Show Me Your Tattoo 2015 welcoming and unusual surroundings of The Tall Ship! finest comedians for his hilarious brand new stand up show. The world’s only stand up comedy improv chat tattoo show returns with a brand new look for 2015. 7pm £5 Heroes @ The Griffin 7.30pm £11/£9 Websters Theatre Tim Renkow: 0844 873 7353 Walking Shadows 0141 357 4000 8pm £17.50 Garage See Wed 25 March Less Disabled than Scotland Rich Hall’s Hoedown 0844 873 7353 Tim Renkow has Cerebral Palsy, and these awards: Join Rich and his virtuoso mates for a mash-up of music, Square New Comedian of the Year Winner, Amused Moose 7.30pm £13/£11 Oran Mor comedy and gratuitous coloration. 'Brilliant musical comedy' Winner and more. 'Hilarious' Scotsman. Honest To Godley 0844 873 7353 **** London is Funny. The slightly wicked, award-winning comic returns. 'Scotland’s funniest 7.15pm £8/£6 Yesbar woman' Scotsman. 'She is a f***ing great comedian' . 8pm £14/£12 Citizens Theatre Vladimir McTavish: 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement : 0844 873 7353 The 45 Greatest Scots in History Richard Gadd: 0844 873 7353 Because I’m Shappi… Affectionately scathing critique of the heroes, villains and Reflecting on the good things, Shappi Khorsandi (Live At numpties who shaped one small nation’s destiny. ‘Inspired Breaking Gadd The Apollo, QI) celebrates her haphazard zigzag towards comedy brilliance’ Australian Stage. ‘The absolute highlight of the Glasgow her dreams. International Comedy Festival 2014’ (***** Skinny) returns with a ‘dementedly 7.30pm £10/£8 Sloans brilliant’ (**** Scotsman) new show. 8pm & 10pm £10/£8 0844 873 7353 Cottiers Theatre Jeffrey 7.30pm £22.50* 0844 873 7353 Bernard King’s Theatre Gary Little: Too Young is Unwell 0844 873 7353 To Remember See Wed 25 March Jerry Sadowitz: Gary is back with a brand new show. ‘Born raconteur’ Scotsman. ‘F**king riot... Card Tricks and hilarious!!’ Bill Burr. Total sell out 2013, 7.30pm Close Up £10/£7 2014. Govanhill Baths Magic Back despite 0844 873 7353 popular 8.15pm £8 Sandwich and Heroes @ The Griffin Potato Artist 0844 873 7353 See Wed 25 March Phil Kay: Still Wholly Viable 7.30pm £5/£3.50 Phil Kay is the multi award- The Vale Jerry Sadowitz winning mad rambler of 0844 873 demand! Planet Anecdote. 7.30pm @ ‘Delightfully, free- spirited 7353 Amazing sleight- of-hand and The King’s or dangerously reckless A to Zed original magic depending on your position’ of Loving from one of the Chortle. ‘Genius’ Scotsman a Ned world's most See Sat 14 March skilled card magicians. ‘Astonishing’ Guardian.

8.30pm £8/£7 Tron Theatre 0844 873 7353 Absolute Improv 5-star Scottish comedy troupe present a show Andrew Lawrence based entirely on your suggestions. Comedy a la 7.45pm @ Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Stand 27 FRI 27 / SAT 28 MARCH www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

8.30pm £8 Yesbar 10pm £8/£6 Yesbar Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 SATURDAY 28 MARCH See Fri 13 March John Scott & 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar Viv Gee: 9pm £16/£14 State Bar A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 While U Round The Clock... 0844 873 7353 Comedy Were Launch! See Fri 27 March The start of a stand up comedy marathon to raise money for Kipping charity, featuring some of Scotland’s craziest comedians! A post 2.30pm & 7.30pm £11/£9 Websters Theatre referendum, Walking Shadows 0141 357 4000 pre-election See Wed 25 March 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement double bill of Andrew Doyle: 0844 873 7353 political comedy 3pm £5/£3.50 The Vale Zero Tolerance from John Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2014. 'Fantastically funny and Scott and Viv A to Zed of 0844 873 7353 thought provoking...his best yet' GQ. 'Incredible must-see Gee. ‘Very funny’ Loving a Ned fringe show' Gay Times. **** Giggle Beats. See Sat 14 March

9.30pm £5 Heroes@ The Griffin 10.30pm 5.30pm £10 : 0844 873 7353 £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Fat Jockey Stand Comedy 0141 212 3389 Rock'n'roll tour manager turned award-winning comedian and Club Brothers & Sisters… storyteller. 'Infamous for antics wilder than the acts he has 0141 212 Des Clarke It’s The Reverend looked after' NME 3389 8pm @ Obadiah The The Citz Steppenwolfe III Festival Chat Show Club See Sat 14 March See Thu 26 March 6pm £5 Admiral Bar 10.30pm 0844 873 7353 Free –ticketed Clair Myychael: Heroes @ 50 Shades of Clair The Griffin See Sat 21 March 0844 873 7353 Fool Members Club: Ultimate AfterShow Award winner Bob Slayer is joined by some very special guests for ‘the ultimate late night show...' ThreeWeeks

11pm £8/£5 Blackfriars Basement The Late Show 0844 873 7353 From the people that bring you the sell-out Festival Club at the Stand, come and enjoy a top showcase of the best comedians from across the festival.

11.15pm £8 Yesbar 0844 873 7353 Late Laughs See Fri 13 March

11.30pm £14 Wild Cabaret 0141 552 6165 Festival Late Shappi Khorsandi Fred MacAulay Night Comedy Showcase 8pm @ 7pm @ See Fri 12 March The Citz The King’s

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6pm £6/£3 Yesbar 7.30pm £13/£11 Oran Mor 9pm £5 State Bar Sarah Cassidy: 0844 873 7353 Honest To Godley 0844 873 7353 The Gong Show 0844 873 7353 Sarahdactyl See Fri 27 March Can you beat the gong and complete five minutes? Sarah Cassidy (Shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award Comedians try to win the trophy and be crowned champion. 2013) talks about moving to London, dinosaurs and love. 7.30pm £10/£8 State Bar Damian Clark: 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £5 Heroes @ The Griffin 7pm £16.50/£14.50* King’s Theatre It’s a Good Day To Damo Bob Slayer: 0844 873 7353 Fred MacAulay: 0844 873 7353 Damo’s back. One show only! ‘The world’s wittiest machine Fat Jockey Twenty Fifteen gun. Let yourself in on one of the funniest secrets in town.’ See Fri 27 March After the success of Fred's show at the Kings last GICF, come Scotsman and hear his state of the nation stand up show for 2015. 9.30pm £16/£14* King’s Theatre 7.45pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Tom Stade: Decisions, 0844 873 7353 7pm £5 Heroes @ The Griffin America Stands Up 0141 212 3389 Decisions Tim Renkow: 0844 873 7353 Be the first to see some of the biggest stars from across the Incisive comedy with the usual sprinkling of Stade magic and Less Disabled than Scotland pond in our superb showcase of American comedy talent. mayhem. A true master of his craft. ‘Unmissable’ ***** See Fri 27 March Edinburgh Evening News 8pm £17.50 Garage 7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar Rich Hall’s Hoedown 0844 873 7353 10pm £5 Yesbar See Fri 27 March Larry Dean: 0844 873 7353 Raymond Mearns: 0844 873 7353 The Secret Underground Sessions Out Now 8pm £3 Flying Duck Multi award winning Larry Dean, as seen on BBC Presents: At Edinburgh Fringe 2014 Raymond improvised for the entire Edinburgh 2014, performs his new show for a home crowd. Coalition of Comedy: 0844 873 7353 month of August, come and hear him do it again for two The Fifth and the Fury nights only. 7.30pm £10/£8 Sloans Back for a fifth year of selling out like a Lib Dem cabinet minister, with 8 more gloriously funny stand ups. 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Jeffrey Bernard 0844 873 7353 The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 is Unwell 8pm £8/£6 Admiral Bar See Thu 26 March See Wed 25 March Chris Dinwoodie: 0844 873 7353 10.30pm Free –ticketed Heroes @ The Griffin 7.30pm £10/£7 Govanhill Baths HaHa Cadabra This show will leave you amazed and entertained. Performed Fool Members Club: 0844 873 7353 Sandwich and 0844 873 7353 by 'as seen on TV' and award winning magician Chris Ultimate AfterShow Potato Artist Dinwoodie. See Fri 27 March See Wed 25 March 8pm £15 Citizens Theatre 11pm £8/£5 Blackfriars Basement Des Clarke: 0844 873 7353 The Late Show 0844 873 7535 The Trouble with Being Des See Fri 27 March Des Clarke is back - and this time it's personal. 'Great way to spend an hour' Scotsman. 'Genuinely funny' Broadway Baby. 11.15pm £8 Yesbar Late Laughs 0844 873 7353 8.15pm£5 Heroes @ The Griffin See Fri 13 March John Robertson: 0844 873 7353 The Dark Room 11.30pm £14 Wild Cabaret Join John Robertson (Videogame Nation) for the world’s Festival Late 0141 552 6165 only live-action videogame! 'A cult is born' Bruce Dessau ***** ThreeWeeks ***** Skinny ***** FringeReview Night Comedy Showcase See Fri 12 March 8.30pm £8 Yesbar Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 See Fri 13 March

8.30pm £8/£7 Tron Theatre Absolute Improv 0844 873 7353 See Fri 27 March

8.30pm £10/£7 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 Chris Forbes & Davey Connor Stand Up Star of BBC's Scot Squad, Tom Stade Forbes, and support act, Connor, 9.30pm @ The present a two-shows- King’s for-one extravaganza! Janey Godley 7.30pm @ Oran Mor

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3pm £3/£2 Yesbar 8pm £17.50 Garage Desky Lewis: Love, 0844 873 7353 Rich Hall’s Hoedown 0844 873 7353 Death & Biscuits See Fri 27 March A show in two unnatural acts exploring a 20th Century trilemma through the mediums of spoken word, music and poetry. 8.15pm £8 Heroes @ The Griffin Phil Kay: 0844 873 7353 4.30pm £5/£3 Yesbar Still Wholly Viable Jukebox Durie: A Comedy 0844 873 7353 See Fri 27 March Lecture on Football and Music Jukebox Durie is the light hearted history of football and 9pm £5 Yesbar music. Suitable for anyone who loves either comedy/ Raymond Mearns: 0844 873 7353 music/football. The Secret Underground Sessions See Sat 28 March 6pm £5 Yesbar Elaine Malcolmson: 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £5 Heroes @ The Griffin Arrangements Bob Slayer: 0844 873 7353 You don’t need to be a florist to attend this show. It’s just a story, written and performed by Elaine Malcolmson. ‘bone-dry and Fat Jockey See Fri 27 March talented… exquisite material’ Edinburgh Evening News.

7pm £5 Heroes @ The Griffin 9.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Candy Gigi: 0844 873 7353 : 0141 212 3389 The Elephant Woman (Me Neither) The ray of sunshine performs cheerfully miserable stand up. As Frighteningly eccentric one-woman show from a lonely Jewish seen on Trying Again and co-host of The Show. maniac. 'A burst of insanity... force-of-nature performance... sheer audacious lunacy... once seen, never forgotten' Chortle 10.30pm Free - Ticketed Heroes @ The Griffin 7.30pm £4 Yesbar Fool Members Club: 0844 873 7353 Marc Jennings: 0844 873 7353 Ultimate AfterShow Disconnected See Fri 27 March How would you survive without the internet? details how he gave up smartphones, web surfing and social media.

7.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Martin Mor: 0141 212 3389 Cheetah ‘I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm.’ ‘A comedy institution' Guardian.

Rich Hall 8pm @ The Garage

Alun Cochrane 9.30pm @ The Stand Martin Mor 7.30pm @ The Stand

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2pm £7.50 Citizens Theatre SAT 14 MARCH James Campbell’s 0844 873 7353 SAT 28 MARCH 2pm £5.95 Scottish Mask Comedy 4 Kids 2pm £11*– £40* Family Ticket King’s The FUN-tastic and Puppet Centre A show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who Theatre likes comedy without the rude words. 'Genuinely impressive' Show 0141 339 6185 Guardian. Age Suitability: 6+ Louis Pearl: The 08448737353 Classic clownish capers, tricky tricks, silly slapstick, magnificent Amazing Bubble Man magic and jolly juggling. 'The kids loved every minute’ Three 2pm £9/£6 – £24 Family Ticket Tron Theatre Louisexplores the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles while combining Weeks. Age Suitability: 3+ comedy, artistry and audience participation. His spellbinding tricks Funz and Gamez 0844 873 7353 will mesmerize everybody. Suitable For All Ages Anarchic, award-winning hit of the Edinburgh Fringe 2014. ‘Delighting both children and (on a rather different level) adults SAT 14, 21 & 28 MARCH alike’ Telegraph. Age Suitability: 5+ 2pm £5.95 Scottish Mask 3pm £5 Stand Comedy Club The Funny World and Puppet Centre Kids Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 of Magic 0141 339 6185 Magical mayhem in this colourful, fun and interactive magic Our live stand-up show for younger comedy fans in best suited SUN 22 MARCH show for all the family. Age Suitability: 3+ for 8-12’s (sorry, no under 5’s). Adults must accompany. 2pm £9/£6 – £24 Family Ticket Tron Theatre Age Suitability: 8-12 Morgan & West: 0844 873 7353 2pm £5 (Adult and Child) - Parlour Tricks £3 for every extra Child SAT 15 MARCH Time-travelling duo Morgan and West present jaw-dropping Professor Heisenhoff’s The Tall Ship feats of magic. Wear a hat - they might blow your mind. Big Birthday Bash 0844 873 7353 3pm £7 Stand Comedy Club Suitable For All Ages An interactive family comedy show featuring traditional party John Hegley Family 0141 212 3389 games, suitable for 5 years and over. Age Suitability: 5+ 2pm £5.95 Scottish Mask Show: I Am a Poetato Join John in this family friendly show as he dips into an animal Punch and Judy and Puppet Centre alphabet of poems. ‘Marvelous, joyful fun’ Telegraph Comes to Town 0141 339 6185 SUN 29 MARCH Age Suitability: 5 – 12 yrs Can you believe Mr Punch is now a 353 year old tradition? Don't miss this wonderful show for the young at heart! 10.30am £12.50/£10.50/£3 (Film Only) Age Suitability: 3+ Jumanji Kids Grosvenor Cinema Party 0844 873 7353 SAT 21 MARCH 3pm £5 Stand Comedy Club Showing the magical charm of Robin Williams. This includes the 2pm £5.95 Scottish Mask Paul Currie: 0141 212 3389 movie ticket, snacks and drinks in the Grosvenor Cafe after the Jack & and Puppet Centre FFFFFFFMILK! movie, followed by live entertainment. Age Suitability: 5yrs + the Beanstalk 0141 339 6185 Paul Currie is a skilled stand-up and clown and puppeteer See how Jack solves a GIANT problem! Fast-moving and very who has worked on CBeebies ‘Big & Small’ and Jim Henson’s 3pm £5 Stand Comedy Club funny glove puppet show that will delight both children and ‘Pajanimals’. Age Suitability: 8 – 12 yrs 0141 212 3389 adults. Age Suitability: 3+ Martin 'Bigpig' Mor: Funny Stuff for Happy People Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Age Suitability: 8 – 12 yrs

James Campbell 2pm @ The Citz Louis Pearl 2pm @ The King’s

31 A-Z SHOWS www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com Big Screen Comedy FRI 13 & SAT 14 MARCH SAT 14 MARCH SOUTH 8pm (Fri) & 10.30pm (Sat) £9.80/£7.20 4pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7 Grosvenor Cinema Clerks Cineworld 0871 200 2000 Mrs. Doubtfire 0845 166 6002 SIDE A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody in association hockey on the store roof. FILM by his former wife. FESTIVAL with Govanhill 10.30pm (Fri) & Baths presents 8pm (Sat) WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH £9.80/£7.20 8.30pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7 Grosvenor Cinema FRIDAY 13 MARCH Cineworld Good Morning, 0845 166 6002 10pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths Wayne’s Vietnam America: The Bill 0844 873 7353 World An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things Hicks Story 0871 200 2000 when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station Acclaimed documentary tracing the life and career of the Two slacker friends run in Vietnam. legendary comedian , from his early stand up to his their own public-access untimely death at 32. cable show in this Mike Myers comedy classic. SUNDAY 22 MARCH Schwing! SATURDAY 14 MARCH 4pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7 Grosvenor The Cinema 10pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths SAT 14 MARCH Birdcage 0845 166 6002 Withnail & I 0844 873 7353 A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion pretend Two unemployed young actors escape their squalid flat in 2pm Free (Donations on the Door) to be straight to their extended family in this chaotic comedy. 1960s London for a disastrous country holiday in this comedy Classic Films from Britannia masterpiece. 1890s to 1920s Panopticon with Live Music 0141 553 0840 WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH Classic comedy films from 1890s to 1920s accompanied by live FRIDAY 20 MARCH music and sound effects from the ensemble Gladstone's Bag. 8.30pm £27.50/£15/£9.70/£7 Grosvenor 10pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths The Fisher King Cinema 0844 873 7353 0845 166 6002 's spin off from is a FRI 27 & SAT 28 MARCH A radio shock jock tries to find redemption by helping a man hilarious and biting on the lunacy of war. 8pm (Fri) & 11pm (Sat) £9.80/£7.20 Cineworld whose life he shattered in this fantastical comedy-drama. Blazing Saddles 0871 200 2000 To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a SATURDAY 21 MARCH black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable 10pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths adversary. Best In Show 0844 873 7353 Improvised comedy classic from the legendary writer/director Christopher Guest (This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind).

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CLYDE AUDITORIUM OLD HAIRDRESSERS Finnieston Quay, Glasgow G3 8YW Box 20-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 4PH Office: 0844 305 4000 Box Office: 0844 873 7353 Big Screen KING’S THEATRE TALL SHIP 297 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JN Box 150 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow G3 8RS Comedy Office: 0844 871 7627 Box Office: 0844 873 7353 THEATRE ROYAL THE COMEDIAN TATTOO STUDIO 282 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 3QA Box 281 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HQ Office: 0844 871 7627 Box Office: 0844 873 7353 CITIZENS THEATRE GROSVENOR CINEMA 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS Ashton Lane, Hillhead, Glasgow G12 8SJ Box Office: 0141 429 0022 Box Office: 0845 166 6002 THE GARAGE ADMIRAL BAR 490 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LW MONDAY 16 MARCH Box Office: 0844 873 7353 72 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA Box Office: 0844 873 7353 5.30pm Free (Ticketed) Stand Comedy Club ORAN MOR Top of Byres Road, 731-735 Great Western CCA BBC Comedy 0141 212 3389 Road G12 8QX 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD Workshops: Scripts: Box Office: 0844 873 7353 Box Office: 0844 873 7353 How Do You Write A Comedy? A discussion around the comedy writing process. Where do TRON THEATRE THE VALE 5-7 Dundas Street, City Centre, Glasgow, you start and what makes it funny? Whilst there is no magic 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB Box Office: formula, we’ve invited comedy writers to share their insights 0141 552 4267 G1 2AH Box Office: 0844 873 7353 and maybe teach you a thing or two. From sketches to sitcom, what makes the cut and what doesn’t? If you want STAND COMEDY CLUB to write comedy or already do, come along and join the 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6NG WEBSTERS THEATRE discussion. Box Office: 0141 212 3389 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9HZ Box Office: 0141 357 4000 COTTIERS THEATRE 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G1 5PU THE RIDING ROOM MONDAY 23 MARCH Box Office: 0844 873 7353 58 Virginia Street, Glasgow, G1 1TX Box Office: 0844 873 7353 5.30pm Free (Ticketed) Stand Comedy Club THE ARCHES BBC Comedy 0141 212 3389 253 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL SLOANS Workshops: Comedy Box Office: 0141 565 1000 108 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8BG Box Office: 0844 873 7353 Commissioning: What Happens? THE GRIFFIN There are several routes a script makes its way on to TV or 266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Box Office: THE 13th NOTE Radio and while no two projects are the same, there is a 0844 873 7353 50-60 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QT process. We’ve invited industry professionals to answer your Box Office: 0844 873 7353 questions and share their experience of working in comedy. BLACKFRIARS BASEMENT What’s next for comedy and what are commissioners looking 36 Bell Street, Glasgow G1 1LG Box Office: GOVANHILL BATHS for? Bring questions and find out what you would like to know. 0844 873 7353 99 Calder Street, Glasgow, G42 7RA Box STATE BAR Office: 0844 873 7353 148 Holland Street, Glasgow G2 4NG WILD CABARET Box Office: 0844 873 7353 18 Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1LD Box Ginger Ale Comedy WEST BREWERY Office: 0141 552 6165 FRIDAY 27 MARCH Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AW NETHERTON COMMUNITY CENTRE Starts: 10pm Friday 27 March State Bar Box Office: 0844 873 7353 358 Netherton Road, Glasgow, G13 1AX Finish: 1am Sunday 29 March Mini Bar Box Office: 0844 873 7353 £16/£14 0844 873 7353 SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE CASTLEMILK COMMUNITY CENTRE Round the Clock 8-10 Balcarres Avenue, Glasgow G12 0QF 121 Castlemilk Drive, Glasgow, G45 9UG Comedy Roadshow Box Office: 0141 339 6185 Box Office: 0844 873 7353 Now in its third year, Ginger Ale Comedy proudly present another marathon of fabulous comedy! Featuring a selection CINEWORLD BARMULLOCH COMMUNITY CENTRE of Scotland’s stand-up, improv and character acts that just keep 7 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3AB Box 46 Wallacewell Quadrant, Glasgow, on coming! As we go from venue to venue you're guaranteed Office: 0871 200 2000 Glasgow City G21 3PX hilarity and hijinks. For the latest on who’s performing visit us Box Office: 0844 873 7353 on Facebook or Twitter: @gingeralecomedy. All proceeds FLYING DUCK going to 'Cancer Research UK'. 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow G2 3AU Box AUDIO Office: 0844 873 7353 14 Midland Street, Glasgow, G1 4PP Box Office: 0844 873 7353 QUEEN MARGARET UNION 22 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QN DRYGATE Box Office: 0844 873 7353 85 Drygate, Glasgow, G4 0UT Box Office: 0844 873 7353 YESBAR 14 Drury Street, Glasgow G2 5AA Box BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL Office: 0844 873 7353 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD

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SHOWS A - Z John Hegley 8 Trampled Bat 5, 25 SHOW (INDEX BY FIRST NAME) Page John Robertson 29 United We Shall Will Swim 6 4 Fifers for a Fiver 20 John Scott 7 Comedy Fundraiser 50 Shades of Smay 9 John Scott & Viv Gee 28 Universal Comedy 9 Absolute Improv 27, 29 John Shuttleworth 8 Vladimir McTavish 27 Absolute Improv Musical 14 Jon Ronson 14 Watch Bad Movies with Good 8 Al Murray The Pub Landlord 19 Josie Long 9 Comedians Allan Lindsay & Chris Davis 14, 15 Jukebox Durie 30 Will Franken 14 Ally Houston 24 Julia Sutherland 14 Will Setchell 15 Alun Cochrane 30 Just Comedy @ Wild Cabaret 5, 13, 25 Yesbar Virgins 5, 13, 25 America Stands Up 29 Kevin Day 15 Young Urban Professionots 25 Andrew Doyle 28 Larry Dean 29 Zombie Science: Genes of the Damned 6 Andrew Lawrence 27 Laughter Eight @ Yesbar 6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29 Andrew Learmonth 8 Lee Kyle 8 FOR FAMILIES Anna Devitt 6, 15 Liam Williams 19 Funz & Gamez 15, 31 Anna Morris 14 Liam Withnail 6 Jack & The Beanstalk 31 Ashley Storrie 14 Life Begins at 60 25 James Campbell 31 BBC Comedy Presents: Best of Red Raw 9, 21 Lloyd Langford 8 John Hegley Family Show: I Am 31 Best of WEST Brewery Comedy Club 5 Lost Voice Guy 15 A Poetato Bethany Black 15 Marc Jennings 30 Jumanji Kids Party 31 Billy Kirkwood 19, 27 Mark Nelson 7 Kids Comedy Club 31 BMR 14 Mark Steel 21 Louis Pearl- The Amazing Bubble Man 31 Bob Slayer 28, 29, 30 Martin Mor 30 Martin 'Bigpig' Mor 31 Bratchy 14 Matt Winning 19 Morgan & West 19, 31 Brendon Burns 6 Matty Finlayson 25 Paul Currie: FFFFFFFMILK! 31 Bridget Christie 21 Michelle McManus 21 Professor Heisenhoff’s Big Birthday Bash 31 Burnistoun: Live and For Real! 24 Nancy Clench 7 Punch and Judy Comes to Town 31 Candy Gigi 30 Nev 25 The Funny World of Magic 31 Cargo Hold Comedy 27 New Material Night @ Yesbar 9, 24 The FUN-Tastic Show 31 Carina McLeod 19 Nina Conti 9 Cave Comedy Radio presents The Last Podcast 24 Patrick Monahan 19 Patrick Rolink 6 THEATRE On The Left Bossnappers 19, 20, 21 Paul Chowdhry 24 Chris Broomfield & Graham Mackie 7 Crazy For You 9, 13, 14, 15 Paul Currie 20 Chris Dinwoodie 29 God Of Carnage 9, 13, 14, 15 Paul McDaniel 21 Chris Forbes & Davey Connor 29 Hero Worship 8 Phil Differ 7 Christian O'Connell 6 Jeffery Bernard is Unwell 24, 25, 27, 29 Phil Kay 27, 30 CHUNKS 9 Love 2.0 5, 6, 7 Project You Three 8, 9 Clair Myychael 15, 28 RUT 9 Raymonds Mearns 14 Close Enounters of the Nerd Kind 7, 8 Sandwich and Potato Artist 24, 25, 27, 29 Rich Hall 27, 29, 30 Coalition of Comedy 15, 29 Sex In Suburbia 19 Richard Brown 21 Comissioned 13 The London 2012 Closing Ceremony 20 Richard Gadd 27 Craig Campbell 14 Closing Ceremony Richard Herring 13 Craig Hill 14,15 Walking Shadows 24, 25, 27, 28 Craig Johnstone & Chris MacArthur-Boyd 15 Richard Pulsford 24 Damian Clark 29 Rob Deering 5 Darren Connell 15, 19 Robin Cairns 7, 14, 15, 27, 28 LUNCHTIME LAUGHS David Heffron 14 Robin Grainger 13 A Pizza Lunchtime Comedy 6, 7, 8, 14,15 Des Clarke 29 Rory O'Hanlon 27 19, 27, 28 Desky Lewis 30 Rosco McSkeleton 14 Dorothy Paul 25 Round The Clock Comedy Roadshow III 28, 33 LATE SHOWS Doug Segal 15 Sandy's Booze Hell 24 Festival Late Night Comedy 6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29 Dylan Moran 9 Sarah Cassidy 29 @ Wild Cabaret Elaine Malcolmson 30 Scot Laird 21 Fool Members Club: Ultimate AfterShow28, 29, 30 Eleanor Morton 25 Scott Agnew 7 Late Laughs @ Yesbar 6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29 Ellie Taylor 7 Scott Gibson 14 The Festival Club @ The Stand 5, 6, 7,13, 14, Enterteasment 6, 7 Scott Redmond & Charlie Ralph 19 15, 25, 28, 29 Fred MacAulay 29 Seann Walsh 15 The Late Show @ Blackfriars 6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 29 Freddie Farrell & Masai Graham 7 Shappi Khorsandi 27 Gary Delaney 9 Shaun McGarrigle & Stuart Doig 19 Gary Little 27 Simon Amstell 9, 13 DISCUSSION Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate 6, 14, 27 Simon Munnery 8 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To 25 Glasgow International Comedy Festival: 5 Sir Reginald Tweedy Duffer 9, 24 Westminister On Your Doorstep - Barmulloch So Many Men - Yet None Are Mine! 6, 7 BBC Comedy Workshops: 33 Glasgow International ComedyFestival: 14 St Patrick's Day Comedy Special 9 Comedy Comissioning: What Happens? On Your Doorstep - Castlemilk Stand Up For MND: #gordonsfightback 20 BBC Comedy Workshops: 33 Glasgow International Comedy Festival: 21 Stewart Lee 13 Scripts: How Do You Write A Comedy? On Your Doorstep - Netherton Stu Who? 7, 25 Gledhill & Callaghan 20 Susan Calman 15 FILM Hardeep Singh Kohli 6 Susie McCabe 25 American - The Bill Hicks Story 32 Harry Garrison 14, 15 The Gong Show 29 Best In Show 32 Henning When 9 The Good, The Bad & The Special 8, 9 Blazing Saddles 32 Iain Stirling 24 Comedy Guest Classic Films from 1890s to 1920s 32 Ironbark Pumpkin II 9, 21 The Last Laugh… 15 with Live Music Jamie Dalgleish 7 The Old Pamphleteers 13, 19 Clerks 32 Jamie MacDonald 9 The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III 7, 28 Good Morning Vietnam 32 Janey Godley 27, 29 The Unf**kables 7, 15 In The Loop 32 Jason John Whitehead 20 The Unusual Suspects 15 Mrs Doubtfire 32 Jellybean Martinez 13 The Wee Man 20, 25 The Birdcage 32 Jerry Sadowitz 27 Tim Renkow 27, 29 The Fisher King 32 Jimmy Carr 6, 7 Tom Stade 29 Waynes World 32 John Aldiss's Magnificent Seven 5, 13, 25 Tommy Tiernan 5, 7 Withnail & I 32

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