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Welcome from Councillor Frank McAveety Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau Tickets can also be purchased in person from some individual As the curtain opens on the 14th annual Glasgow International Comedy Festival it provides the venues. Please note that a perfect opportunity to reflect on what has become the widely anticipated showpiece at the heart booking fee will usually be of the city’s cultural calendar. charged with the exception of Since its inauguration the festival has grown from humble beginnings to become Europe's premier most tickets bought in person. comedy event; bringing some of the biggest – and funniest – performers in the world to Glasgow Shows at the King's and Theatre over the years. The calibre of the Festival programme is a strong reflection of why Glasgow enjoys Royal include a compulsory an enviable worldwide reputation, both for its prominent position on the global comedy scene and as a must-visit £1.25 restoration levy. destination. But don’t just take our word for it. Recently Glasgow was named by global travel magazine National Geographic Traveler as one of its 20 ‘Best of the World’ destinations for 2016.

In 2014, our city was voted ‘World’s Friendliest City’ by travel publication Rough Guides – as Glaswegians continue to be recognised the world over for their iconic hospitality and good humour. With these credentials it’s no surprise that we’re home to one of the best comedy festivals in the world. With more than 420 shows across 42 venues over 18 laughter-filled days, I hope everyone who attends the Glasgow International Comedy Festival has a fantastic time. Festival ticket

It’s true that PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW laugh: let's celebrate! Best wishes Councillor Frank McAveety hotline Introduction from Linda Allan, Festival Manager Glasgow International Comedy Festival 0844 873 7353 Welcome to the amazing 14th year of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival! What a cracking year it is for comedy, with the top household names rubbing shoulders with the very best up and coming comedy talent. The programme is our most varied to date, spanning everything glasgowcomedyfestival.com from kids comedy shows and films with a comedy commentary to sketches, the best of character comedy and late night festival clubs. Adam Hills, Russell Kane, Julian Clary, Paul Merton’s Impro Chums, Reginald D Hunter, Jenny Eclair, Dylan Moran, Omid Djalili, Jerry Sadowitz, Rob Delaney, Frankie Boyle, Shappi Khorsandi and Tom Stade are glasgowcomedy some of the top names to look out for joined by a host of Scottish talent including Craig Hill, Fred MacAulay, Daniel Sloss, Janey Godley, Raymond Mearns and Des Clarke . Comedians will be joining us from the US in America Stands Up and we’ll have the cream of the Irish crop performing on St Patrick’s Day, not to mention a host of newer talent at venues like Blackfriars, The Griffin and Yesbar. There’s a venue, a show and a ticket price to suit everyone (some are free) and plenty of chances to stumble upon the next big thing.

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7pm £12 Stand Comedy Club Magnificent 7 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar The best new and established comedians perform the best bits Alun Cochrane: 0141 212 3389 from their own shows, hosted by John Aldiss. A Pizza 0844 873 7353 A Show With A Man in It Lunchtime Comedy A man who has jokes. As seen on Michael McIntyre, Mock The 10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Come and enjoy some top laughs and amazing pizza at the festival’s longest running lunchtime show! Different line up daily. Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats . The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 See the pick of international acts from across 7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar the festival, plus the best in home-grown and up-and-coming 5.40pm £8/£6 Stand Comedy Club Robin Grainger: 0844 873 7353 comedy talent. Kai Humphries: 0141 212 3389 A Year And A Day How to be Happy ‘Happy, original and surreal… Immensely gifted stand up' Skinny . Join rising star Robin Grainger for his debut hour of funny. Acclaimed solo show from high-octane, happy-go-lucky, Geordie 'A confident man who commands the stage.' Skinny . stand up. ‘Side-splittingly funny’ Fest.

7.30pm £16 Garage 6pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Russell Kane: 0844 873 7353 ComedyOpoly: 0844 873 7353 Right Man, Wrong Age Board Games With Comedians Russell Kane unleashes another blisteringly-funny, award- The biggest names in comedy are literally queuing up to throw winning stand up performance about growing up, growing down, dice, play tiddly winks and lark about... and why farts will always be funny. 7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar 7.30pm £10/£6 Saint Luke’s Liam Withnail: 0844 873 7353 Gagging For It 0844 873 7353 True Defective (Work In Progress) Gagging For It: Riotous comedy leaving you hoachin’ for more. Liam Withnail returns to Glasgow to tackle his arch nemesis: Booze. ‘Slick, fast paced banter’ Skinny.

7.30pm £6/£5 Avant Garde 7.30pm £10 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Woman Up Improv 0844 873 7353 Phil Kay: Mega Busy 0844 873 7353 Comedy show ‘It's easy to get lost in Kay-World, it's the close proximity to Scotland’s first all-female improv comedy troupe. Performing improv such high energy levels, emotionally charged and visceral games and short pieces, all on the spot from audience suggestions. storytelling.’ Herald

8pm £14/£12 Tron Theatre 7.30pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre Sean Hughes: 0141 552 4267 Alan Bissett: 0141 552 4267 Mumbo Jumbo The Moira Monologues The two sides of award winning comic Sean Hughes ’ brain Meet Moira: cleaner, single mum, hardest woman in Falkirk. 'The are in conflict, common sense vs mumbo jumbo…mumbo audience were literally shouting with laughter' ★★★★ Scotsman . jumbo seems to have the upper hand. 7.30pm £6/£5 Avant Garde Woman Up 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £8 Wild Cabaret Improv Comedy show Just Comedy 0141 552 6165 See Thu 10 March Janey Godley curates the best comedy evening in Glasgow. Join her hand picked comedians for a unique night of laughs. 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA It’s 1985 0844 873 7353 Two new plays from Karen Barclay and Tom Brogan , both 8.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement set in the heady days of the 1980s. Chris Martin: 0844 873 7353 This Show Has A Soundtrack 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Movies have a soundtrack, so why can’t stand up? Join Chris Ashley Storrie 0844 873 7353 Martin for a new show with an original soundtrack. and Other Erotica Coming off the back of a successful 2015, Ashley is home with 8.30pm £5/£3 Admiral Bar hilarious tales of sex, drugs and Star Trek. Bright Club presents 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £16 Garage 'Science vs. The Arts' Russell Kane 0844 873 7353 Bright Club - Glasgow's favourite research-fuelled comedy night - presents a special show for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Right Man, Wrong Age ticket soup See Thu 10 March 8.30pm £3 Yesbar ad 7.30pm £7/£5 Saint Luke’s Yesbar Virgins 0844 873 7353 Russell Kane WITSHERFACE 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Virgins have handpicked the best new comedy acts 7.30pm Sketch comedy from WITSHERFACE – a collective of the best Scotland has to offer. Come and watch the next big thing. female comedy writers and performers in Glasgow. @ The Garage 8.30pm £5/£4 Hug and Pint 7.40pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Upstarts 0844 873 7353 Tony Law: 0141 212 3389 Sharp, witty and award winning stand up from three of Frillemorphesis Scotland’s brightest new comedians, Chris Rutter, New stand up art show from the multi award-winning Christopher KC Sit and Stuart McPherson. 'knight errant of tomfoolery' Guardian , Mr Tony Law.

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8.30pm £9/£8 Rum Shack FRIDAY 11 MARCH Stand Up in 0844 873 7353 SATURDAY 12 MARCH 8pm £12.50 Oran Mor The Shack 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar Bruce Morton ‘Mirth God’ Herald brings the best and Hardeep Singh 0844 873 7353 brightest stand up talent to the Greater Shawlands Republic. A Pizza 0844 873 7353 Kohli: Live Lunchtime Comedy Expect classic stories and some hilarious new insights from 8.30pm £10/£8 Yesbar See Fri 11 March one of Glasgow’s finest. ‘Immensely funny’ Daily Express . Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 Join MC Viv Gee as she introduces the cream of the festival 2pm £10 Iron Horse at Yesbar’s all year round comedy club. 8pm 1p/£250,000 Griffin Laughternoon 0844 873 7353 Ally Houston: 0844 873 7353 8 . 3 0 pm £12.50/£11.50/£10(groups 6+) The popular afternoon comedy show returns featuring seven of Scotland’s best up and coming comedians. Real Or No Real Gilded Balloon Drygate It isn’t just the need to win that links these game show contestants. 0844 873 7353 ‘Perfect structure… Hilarious lines’ ★★★★ Three Weeks. Comedy at Drygate 2.15pm £5 Yesbar Craft comedy in a craft brewery. Gilded Balloon Comedy Cabbage Patch 0844 873 7353 8pm Free - ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio presents some of the best acts at this year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Comedy Presents Billy Kirkwood's 0844 873 7353 Join us for an hour talking about life and what it’s all about. Show Me Your Tattoo 2016 8.45pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Brand new for 2016 the return of the world’s only stand up Bob Slayer’s 0844 873 7353 3.30pm £6/£4 Yesbar comedy improv chat tattoo show. NeverMind The Bus Stops Iain Hume: Iain With 0844 873 7353 Bob Slayer’s infamous aftershow that probably isn’t for you. 8pm £14/£10 Admiral Bar Anything can happen if you let it. Two Eyes Enterteasement: 0844 873 7353 Iain Hume gives his reasons to be cheerful. Stand up comedy Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! 8.45pm £15 Wild Cabaret in full 3D vision. ‘As Seen On TV’ comedians, award winning magicians and The Big Show 0141 552 6165 international burlesque artists - 4.7 star average customer review. You'll be laughing and dancing with the pinnacle of our week's 4pm £7/£5 Broadcast entertainment. No description does The Big Show justice. Geeking Awesome: 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £6/£5 Hug and Pint The Farce Awakens David Bratchpiece: 0844 873 7353 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Michael Hollingworth , Tony Sloan and Kirsty Morrison lIIuminati Confirmed Bobby Mair: 0844 873 7353 return with a new hour of geeky sketch and stand up comedy. Do secret societies run the world? If so, local comedian Filthy Immigrant David Bratchpiece (aka Pure stand up. Seen on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of Bratchy ) has some 10 Cats, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sweat the Small Stuff 4.45pm £5 Yesbar suggestions and Virtually Famous. Jordan R.A.Mills: 0844 873 7353 for them. (J)ordinary World 9.30pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre True stories and tall tales, partly drawn from his 'Embrace The Doug Segal: 0141 552 4267 Absurdity' WordPress blog, with jokes. 'Mastermind' Mirror. I Can Make You Feel Good Doug is back with a show designed to make you feel good! 5pm £10 Stand Comedy Club ‘Imagine if Derren Brown was funny’ Evening Standard . Brothers and Sisters… 0141 212 3389 10pm £8/£5 Yesbar It’s The Reverend Obadiah Julia Sutherland is Tickets available Steppenwolfe III World’s Best Dad on door Star-studded chat show with a hilarious twist. ‘Laugh? Julia lurches from one ridiculous mumfail to the next. ‘Laughs I almost shat myself…Sacrilegious… Divinely hysterical’ List. proving as cathartic as they are hearty’ TVBomb . Tickets: ‘Unforgettable character comedy’ Evening News . [email protected]

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10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 See Thu 10 March 11pm £10 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 The Late Show From the people who 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 £10/£8 Yesbar Reverend Obadiah Hardeep Singh Kohli 0844 873 7353 Steppenwolfe III 5pm @ 8pm @ Oran Mor Late Laughs Laugh out loud into the The Stand 12, 19, 26 March wee hours with the cream of the crop from the comedy festival. 6 tickets: 0844 873 7353 SATURDAY 12 MARCH

6pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs 7.40pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement ComedyOpoly: 0844 873 7353 Mark Nelson 0141 212 3389 Chris Kent: 0844 873 7353 Board Games With Comedians Award-winning Scottish stand up renowned for hilariously dark Stop Stalling and brilliant material. 'Talent that’s simply obscene’ List . Plus BBC See Fri 11 March As seen on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central , Chris Kent is Monumental's Micky Bartlett . effortlessly original. 'Among the best acts I’ve seen' ★★★★★ Mirror. 6pm £5/£4 Yesbar 8pm £10/£9 Websters Theatre Gareth Mutch: 0844 873 7353 10pm £8/£6 Yesbar Gary Little: 0844 873 7353 Mutch Ado About Nothing Stu Who?: Tanqueliser 0844 873 7353 Mutch jokes about the problems that occur in his life – mainly Gentle Eyes failing with the opposite sex. ‘Storming performance’ Skinny. Sold out shows past 3 years. ‘Born raconteur’ Scotsman . ‘Runs (Ready-Fire-Aim) rings round his comedy peers’ Herald . ‘Hilarious’ Bill Burr . The Godfather of Scottish Comedy returns with a collection of 6.30pm £5/£3 Dram! patter, songs, and scurrilous tales of sex, drugs’n rotten rolls. Zombie Science: 0844 873 7353 8pm £12.50 Oran Mor Genes of the Damned The Phil Differ Diaries 0844 873 7353 10pm £8/£6 Hug and Pint A spoof lecture exploring the science of a Zombieism outbreak. - Volume II Late Night at the 0844 873 7353 How will you deal with the damned? Once again, Phil Differ delves into his past in order to explain Hug and Pint what the present holds for the future. See Fri 11 March 7.15pm £8/£7 Yesbar Jay Lafferty: 0844 873 7353 8pm £14/£10 Admiral Bar 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Mockingjay Enterteasement: 0844 873 7353 The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Hit new show! ‘Cuddly one sec, cruel the next, this comic will Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! See Thu 10 March leave you open-mouthed in amazement' List . See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £10 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs 10.30pm £7/£5 State Bar 8pm £5/£4 Iron Horse Phil Kay: Mega Busy 0844 873 7353 WHAT! 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March Jeannie and John 0844 873 7353 Auditory challenged Chris Broomfield introduces Tony Sloan, have a Show to Write Paul McDaniel and Christopher Macarthur Boyd in a 7.30pm £8/£5 State Bar Jeannie and John have a show to write but will ‘real life’ get sensorial comedy feast for all ears. Christopher Broomfield : 0844 873 7353 in the way? The Sound Of Silence 11pm £10 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £5 Griffin Chris , a hard of hearing comedian who must be heard. If you The Late Show 0844 873 7353 are deaf this is the show for you. The Fat, The Furious 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March and The Slightly Miffed 7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Come see three of the country’s best up and coming 11.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar Abigoliah Schamaun 0844 873 7353 comedians for a night of big laughs and entertainment. AKA Abigoliah Schamaun Late Laughs 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March New York's 'Queen of obscene' Herald returns with a slew of 8.30pm £10/£7 Victoria’s Nightclub new jokes and hilarious stories. ★★★★★ Three Week s Gary Faulds: Lock, 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £7/£5 Saint Luke’s Stock & Two Yum Yums Please Son of a notorious bank robber and stepson of a crime empire WITSHERFACE 0844 873 7353 genius brings you into his world. See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA 8.30pm £10/£8 Yesbar It's 1985 0844 873 7353 Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £6/£5 Avant Garde 8.45pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs 0844 873 7353 Bob Slayer’s 0844 873 7353 Woman Up Improv NeverMind The Bus Stops Comedy show See Fri 11 March See Thu 10 March 9pm £8/£6 State Bar 7.30pm £12/£10 0844 873 7353 Tron Theatre The Unf**kables II: 0141 552 4267 Booze Control Scott Gibson: After two sold-out GICF 2015 Shows.... The Unf**kables are back! Bigger, better and Like Father Like Son booze controlled. Scott Gibson returns to GICF after a sold out debut with 'Like Father Like Son', an insight into the men who have influenced his life.

Mark Nelson Gary Little 7.40pm @ The Stand 8pm @ Webster's

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7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar 8.45pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs SUNDAY 13 MARCH Marc Jennings & 0844 873 7353 Bob Slayer’s 0844 873 7353 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar Stephen Buchanan: Some Laugh NeverMind The Bus Stops A Pizza 0844 873 7353 Two of Scotland’s best new comedians are back for another See Fri 11 March Lunchtime Comedy night of big laughs. See Fri 11 March 9.45pm £10/£8 Yesbar 7.30pm £10 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs Allan J Park: But 0844 873 7353 Phil Kay: Mega Busy 0844 873 7353 2.15pm £5/£3 Yesbar Where Do I Fit In? See Fri 11 March Trundling through life, we try to adapt but never really fit in Alan Goldie: Suave 0844 873 7353 anywhere. ‘Absolute natural on stage’ Chortle Former hip young gunslinger turns hip replacement guy, 7.30pm £25/£23 King’s Theatre seemingly overnight. Has he still got what it takes to be suave? Dylan Moran: 0844 871 7648 MONDAY 14 MARCH 3.30pm £5/£4 Yesbar Off The Hook Star of Black Books , Shaun of the Dead and Calvary brings his Fiona Herbert’s 0844 873 7353 latest show to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. 7.30pm £5 CCA Frequently Asked Questions Watch Bad Movies 0844 873 7353 How to deal with friends you don’t like? Snorkel vomit? Dolphin 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA With Good Comedians: Troll 2 assault? All true. Even the lion bit. ★★★★★ Comedy Coroner. It's 1985 0844 873 7353 Watch horror anti-classic Troll 2 with hysterical live commentary See Fri 11 March from top comics Joe Heenan , Billy Kirkwood and guests! 5.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Richard Gadd: 0141 212 3389 8pm £14/£12 Garage 7.30pm £22.50/£19.50 King’s Theatre Waiting for Gaddot Romesh Ranganathan : 0844 873 7353 Stand Up 0844 871 7648 The troubled comedian returns to the GICF with ‘the Irrational Against MND undisputed buzz comedy of this year’ ★★★★ Guardian . Romesh Ranganathan is back with a brand new show A galaxy of comedy stars come together to raise funds for exploring the rationality of his worldview. MND Scotland . 6pm £5 Bob's Blundabus @ Candleriggs 0844 873 7353 8pm £10/£8 Wild Cabaret 7.30pm £10/£8 State Bar ComedyOpoly: Board Games Frank Sanazi & The 0844 873 7353 Damian Clarke: 0844 873 7353 With Comedians Iraq Pack: Das Vegas Nights Live At The State See Fri 11 March Back from their unsuccessful world tour, the singing dictators of The comedy hurricane returns to Glasgow with a brand new dark cabaret are coming to Glasgow. Not for the faint-hearted. hour. ‘The world’s wittiest machine gun. Let yourself in on one 6pm £5 Yesbar of the funniest secrets in town’ Scotsman 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £7/£5 Yesbar 7.30pm £5/£4 Jim’s Bar, QMU Richard Rob Kane: The Munchie 0844 873 7353 GLASS Presents: 0844 873 7353 Pulsford: Box tour Glass Half Full As If… A munchie box is the best of everything at an affordable price. That’s what this show aims to bring you! A selection of the finest sketches Glasgow Stand-up and The 2014 and 2015 UK Sketch Society GLASS has to offer. Pun Championships finalist delivers ‘great puns I wish I 8.30pm £8/£6 Saint Luke’s 8pm £14/£12 Garage had thought of myself’ Gary Michael Redmond's 0844 873 7353 Romesh Ranganathan: 0844 873 7353 Delaney . Sunday Service Star of Father Ted brings his long running weekly cult comedy Irrational show to Saint Luke's. See Sun 13 March

8.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £15/£13 Citizens Theatre David Kay 0141 212 3389 Bridget Christie: 0141 429 0022 A master class in understated, quirky and A Book For Her surreal stand up from the star of Following her hugely successful, multi award- Comedy Central’s The Alternative winning shows, A Bic For Her and An Ungrateful Comedy Experience . Awesome! Woman , Bridget returns to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival with her brand new show.

Dylan Moran 7.30pm @ The King's 13 March Romesh Ranganathan 8pm @ The Garage Sun 13, Mon 14 March

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8.30pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £3/£2 Griffin 8pm £8/£5 Citizens Theatre Brendon Burns 0141 212 3389 Gemma Flynn: Tickets available What's The Point 0141 429 0022 ‘The single most jaw-dropping, awkward, yet ultimately Around The Way Girl on door of Satire in 2016? A Panel Discussion rewarding bit of stand up we have ever seen ★★★★★★ Chill ass cutie G Flynn does it up. ‘Ebullient charm’ Fest . ‘Bad What is there to make jokes about when reality seems too (An unprecedented six-out-of-five stars)’ Time Out. bitch contest, you in first place’ 2 Chainz . absurd to be true? And did a good laugh ever change anyone's mind anyway? 8.30pm £5 Broadcast 8.30pm Free - ticketed Dram! Commissioned 0844 873 7353 Chris Henry’s 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £3 Yesbar A night of new comedy commissioned by YOU. Help pick our New Material Night Tickets available theme via Facebook and Twitter! @CommissionedCom Comedy Creche The Comedy Crèche nurtures new material from new comedians hosted by Julia Sutherland on door to familiar faces. Let us showcase our favourites for you. Some of the circuit's best known faces try out spanking new 9.15pm £5 Yesbar material. Different every week. Tickets: [email protected] Larry Dean: 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club Work In Progress BBC Comedy Presents: 0141 212 3389 9.30pm £2/£1 Griffin Following his Best Newcomer nomination at the Fosters Patrick Mulholland: 0844 873 7353 Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2015, Larry Dean brings a new The Best of Red Raw show to Glasgow. During the Glasgow International Comedy Festival you just Babble Gabble Waffle Piffle never know who might turn up… Alternative comedy cabaret. Patrick Mulholland presents forty-five minutes of new material. It could go either way, to TUESDAY 15 MARCH 11.59pm Free – non ticketed Broadcast be honest. The Ancient One: Ctrl 6.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club A midnight audience with… The Ancient One . You’ll laugh 10.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Isy Suttie: 0141 212 3389 like your life depends on it (it does). [Oc]cult comedy. Darren Connell: 0141 212 3389 The Actual One Trolleywood Readings and songs based on the book, The Actual One - WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH Following the success of his three show sell-out in 2015, Scot How I tried, and failed, to remain twenty-something forever. Squad star Darren Connell makes his hotly anticipated return. 7.30pm £12 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £21.25 King’s Theatre Andy Zaltzman: 0141 212 3389 Rob Delaney: Meat 0844 871 7648 Star of the hit Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe Rob Delaney Satirist for Hire brings his critically acclaimed Meat tour to the festival. Andy will once again address your queries, complaints, demands and general gripes to order in his uniquely interactive stand up show. 7.30pm £14/£12 Garage Andrew Maxwell: 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £20.75/£18.75 King’s Theatre Yo Contraire! Robert Florence & 0844 871 7648 Andrew Maxwell is back and funnier than ever, returning to the festival with his critically acclaimed 2015 Fringe show. Iain Connell: UNCLES UNCLES is the new comedy from Burnistoun creators Iain Connell and Robert Florence . Come and listen to your uncles. 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Theatre Royal Canned Laughter 0844 871 7627 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Theatre Royal Starring Allan Stewart , Andy Gray and Grant Stott . This brand new comedy by Ed Curtis tells a tale of friendship, Canned Laughter 0844 871 7627 ambition and regret. See Tue 15 March

8pm £14/£12 Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022 Paul Foot 'Pure originality, wild and divisive' Mirror . Join Paul for five star comedy that 'Can't be contained and Rob Delaney shouldn't be missed' ★★★★★ Ed Fest 7.30pm @ The King’s Tues 15 March

Bridget Christie 8pm @ The Citz Mon 14 March

Florence & Connell 7.30pm @ The King's Wed 16 March

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Come board Bob's Blundabus, the most unique and exciting new GICF venue! The Blundabus will be at BOB'S BLUNDABUS Candleriggs in the Merchant City from 11th - 13th March with something for @ Candleriggs @ bobslayer everyone, so come on down get a drink and board the bus for a truly memorable comedy experience!

COMEDYOPOLY: BOARD GAMES WITH COMEDIANS Fri 11 / Sat 12 / Sun 13 March - 6pm - £5 The biggest names in comedy are literally queuing up to throw dice, play tiddly winks and lark about.

PHIL KAY: MEGA BUSY Fri 11 / Sat 12 / Sun 13 March - 7.30pm - £10 ‘It's easy to get lost in Kay-world, it's the close proximity to such high energy levels, emotionally charged and visceral storytelling.’ Herald

BOB SLAYER’S: NEVER MIND THE BUS STOPS Fri 11 / Sat 12 / Sun 13 March - 8.45pm - £5 Bob Slayer’s infamous late night aftershow that probably isn’t for you. Anything can happen if you let it.

HOW TO DRIVE A BUS Sat 12 / Sun 13 March - 4pm - £5 The children’s show on an actual bus with a crazy bus driver. ‘Hilarious for all ages.’ Skinny Tickets 0844 873 7353 / glasgowcomedyfestival.com SEE ALL 3 EVENING SHOWS FOR £15

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8pm £15 Citizens Theatre THURSDAY 17 MARCH Richard Herring: 0141 429 0022 FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2.30pm & 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Theatre Royal Happy Now? 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar Canned Laughter 0844 871 7627 Richard Herring examines whether we are can ever hope to A Pizza Lunchtime 0844 873 7353 be, or are meant to be, truly content. See Tue 15 March Comedy See Fri 11 March 7pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £14/£12 Oran Mor Rory McGrath: 0844 873 7353 St Patrick’s Day Special: 0141 212 3389 5.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Best of Irish Remembers…(or is it forgets?) Celebrate St Patrick’s Day in style with Ireland's finest under Star of BBC’s Three Men in a Boat and They Think It’s All Over Darren Connell: 0141 212 3389 one roof. Excellent value Celtic showcase. looks back on his life and career. Trolleywood See Wed 16 March . 7.15pm £8/£6 Yesbar 8pm Free - ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio Chris Conroy: 0844 873 7353 Chris Dinwoodie: 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar Definitely Conroy Off The Cuff (preview) Larry Dean: 0844 873 7353 A must-see show for anyone who grew up in the 90's, wanted International magic champion and stand up comedian Chris Out Now! to be a Rock and Roll Star and is now Married with Children . Dinwoodie , is one of Glasgow's most exciting and talented Scottish Comedian of the Year Award winner Larry Dean , entertainers. 7.30pm £22.25/£19.25 King’s Theatre brings his Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated hour to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Grado Live: 0844 871 7648 8.30pm £10 Saint Luke’s It's Masel' Best Of Irish Comedy 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £22.25/£19.25 King’s Theatre Spend an evening with the star of Scot Squad, River City, Top line up of stand up comedy direct from the Emerald Isle. Insane Fight Club and TNA British Boot Camp . Grado Live: It's Masel' 0844 871 7648 8.30pm £7/£5 State Bar See Thu 17 March 7.30pm £15/£12.50 Circle Studio, Old Pamphleteers: 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £15.50 Oran Mor So Many Men Citizens Theatre The Grey Revolution Yet None Are Mine! 0141 429 0022 Aging Scotland finds its comedy voice with John Gillick , Craig Hill: Playing 0844 873 7353 The girls are back in town! Comedy play by Tanya Vlad McTavish, Rod Hunter , Les Sinclair , Chris With My Selfie MacDonald and Anna Devitt. Broomfield and others. ‘Absolutely hilarious!’ List . Treat your selfie to an evening of gloriously-camp, no-holds-barred comedy! ‘Wickedly- 7.30pm £6 Adv/£8 on door Glad Café 8.30pm Free - non ticketed What’s Up Bar subversive… Funny, charming, charismatic’ Metro . Pure Riddy 0141 636 6119 John Aldiss’ @ Braziliant Adults read aloud passages from their real teenage diaries, 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement with a smattering of sixth-form sonnets/sub-gangsta raps Magnificent 7 thrown in. See Thu 10 March Mary Bourke: Is The 0844 873 7353 Notorious M.J.B 8.30pm £3 Yesbar An Irish housewife's guide to life, love and hip-hop. 'One of Yesbar Virgins 0844 873 7353 the best acts in the country' GQ . See Thu 10 March 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Theatre Royal 8.30pm £5/£4 Hug and Pint Canned Laughter 0844 871 7627 Christopher 0844 873 7353 See Tue 15 March Macarthur-Boyd: Sweetheart Debut solo festival show from ‘one of Scotland's top up-and- 7.30pm £15/£12.50 Circle Studio, coming young comedians’ Student Advertiser. Love, heartache So Many Men Citizens Theatre and disease. Yet None Are Mine! 0141 429 0022 8.30pm £8 Wild Cabaret See Thu 17 March Just Comedy 0141 552 6165 See Thu 10 March 7.40pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Zoe Lyons: Live 0141 212 3389 9.30pm £5/£4 Griffin Zoe Lyons returns to the Glasgow International Comedy Matty Finlayson: 0844 873 7353 Festival with a new show packed with her trademark high My Big Dick Is Making energy routines. Me Thirsty 8pm £15 Saint Luke’s The guy below me has sex with animals. HONEST! Greg Proops: The 0844 873 7353 10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Smartest Man In The World Podcast It's just Greg Proops and you. There's no fanfare. Proops The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 takes centre stage with a single microphone. Then he's off. See Thu 10 March 8pm £17.50 Citizens Theatre Grado @ 10.45pm £3/£2 Yesbar Scott Redmond 0844 873 7353 Jenny Eclair: How To 0141 429 0022 The King’s and Nick Bagshaw: Hamland Be A Middle Aged Woman Thurs 17, Scott Redmond ‘One to watch’ List and Nick (Without Going Insane) Fri 18 March Bagshaw travel through the mystical Hamland, to Jenny Eclair puts middle age under the microscope and find true love/jokes. decides whether to laugh, cry or buy a dachshund!

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FRIDAY 18 MARCH 8.45pm £15 Wild Cabaret SATURDAY 19 MARCH The Big Show 0141 552 6165 8pm £13/£10 Garage See Fri 11 March 1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar Christian O’Connell: 0844 873 7353 A Pizza 0844 873 7353 You’ve Ruined My Morning… 9pm £5 State Bar Lunchtime Comedy And Other Fan Mail Rhona McKenzie: 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March The award winning host of The Absolute Radio Breakfast Handle With Care Show is back on tour with a brand new show. Rhona’s debut solo show takes you on a crip’s eye view as a 2pm £10 Iron Horse 8pm Free - ticketed Comedian Tattoo Studio card-carrying member of the special bus. Laughternoon 0844 873 7353 See Sat 12 March 1001 Things To Do 0844 873 7353 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Before You Die Comedy Podcast LIVE 0844 873 7353 2.15pm £3 Yesbar The hysterical live version of the hit improvised podcast in Tiff Stevenson: front of a crowd putting together the ultimate bucket list! Mad Man An Englishman, an 0844 873 7353 What makes a person? Are we being sold our identity? As Irishman and a Scotsman 8pm £3/£2 Griffin seen on Mock the Week and Drunk History . walk into Yesbar Joby Mageean: 0844 873 7353 The hilarious observations of a lost Englishman Ben Morston , Wee Joby 9.30pm £23.75/£20.75 King’s Theatre a travelling Irishman AJ Sixsmith and a resident Scotsman ‘Uke of Edinburgh Award Winner’ Joby Mageean makes his Jerry Sadowitz: 0844 871 7648 Tommy Ashe . Glasgow debut, in this hour of silly comedy ★★★★ ThreeWeeks . IT'S ALL BOLLOCKS 2.30pm & 7.30pm £12 - £36.40 Theatre Royal 8.30pm £10/£8 Yesbar The nightmare continues... Highly offensive stand up and sleight of hand skills combine to produce a show that uniquely Canned Laughter 0844 871 7627 Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 defies audience appeal. See Tue 15 March See Fri 11 March 8.30pm £8/£5 The Glad Café 10pm £10/£5 Yesbar 3.30pm £3 Yesbar Live Laughs at 0844 873 7353 Thrashbush Revisited... 0844 873 7353 Arthur Milo & Joe 0844 873 7353 the Glad The Final Frontier McArdle: Asexual Healing Bruce Devlin introduces the best of this year's festival for a Comedian Patrick Rolink revisits his first childhood, just as he Two comedians split an hour of stand up between them. It’ll night of Shawlands based comedy shenanigans. Featuring is about to enter his second! be fun, come and help them break even. Gary Little , Chris Forbes and Mary Bourke . 10pm £8/£6 Hug and Pint 4pm £7/£5 Broadcast 8.30pm £12.50/£11.50/£10(groups 6+) Drygate Late Night at the 0844 873 7353 Geeking Awesome: 0844 873 7353 Gilded Balloon Comedy 0844 873 7353 Hug and Pint The Farce Awakens at Drygate See Fri 11 March See Sat 12 March See Fri 11 March 10.30pm £15/£12 5pm £10 Stand Comedy Club Stand Comedy Club Brothers and Sisters… 0141 212 3389 0141 212 3389 It’s The Reverend The Festival Club Obadiah Steppenwolfe III See Thu 10 March See Sat 12 March

11pm £10 6pm £5/£3 Yesbar Blackfriars The Mimic Men: 0844 873 7353 Basement The Imitation Games 0844 873 7353 'Uncanny imitations' Sun . Cal Halbert and Alfie Joey are The Late The Mimic Men! The only comedy impressions double act! Show 7pm £23 King’s Theatre See Fri 11 March Omid Djalili: 0844 871 7648 11.15pm Live 2016 £10/£8 Omid Djalili is an award-winning stand up and an acclaimed actor. Intelligent, sometimes provocative and Yesbar always entertaining. 0844 873 7353 Late Laughs 7pm £7/£5 See Fri 11 March Hug and Pint 0844 873 7353 Geeking Awesome: The Farce Awakens See Sat 12 March Jerry Sadowitz Jenny Eclair 9.30pm @ The King's 8pm @ The Citz Fri 18 March

14 tickets: 0844 873 7353 SATURDAY 19 MARCH

7.15pm £8/£7 Yesbar 8pm £15/£13 Citizens Theatre 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement John Gavin: Fun 0844 873 7353 Greg Proops 0141 429 0022 Will Franken: 0844 873 7353 To stop being grumpy, John Gavin , Scottish Comedian of the An award-seeking stand up, his new show will include Who Keeps Making Year , Scot Squad went out for fun things. Here’s what bitterness, drinking and tears. happened. All These People? 8pm £3 Griffin One-man sketch show Will Franken serves another smorgasbord of multi-voiced madness to blow your mind apart . 7.30pm £15.50 Oran Mor Sandy Bouttell: Tickets available Craig Hill: Playing 0844 873 7353 Sandy Bloody Sandy on door 9.30pm £17/£15 King’s Theatre Come witness one man blazing a trail in bad American accents With My Selfie and the art of sweating. 'Sensational' Scotsman. Tom Stade: 0844 871 7648 See Fri 18 March You're Welcome! 8pm £15/£11 Garage New show from the UK’s favourite Canadian resident. Candid 7.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Daniel Sloss: Dark 0844 873 7353 and alluring, join Tom as he ruminates on life’s oddities. Paul Sinha: Postcards 0141 212 3389 Don’t miss the smash-hit new show from Scotland’s From the Z-List internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedian. As 9.30pm £5/£4 Griffin Stand up and star of The Chase returns with ‘a faultless hour seen on Russell Howard’s Good News . An Evening with 0844 873 7353 of comedy’ ★★★★★ Broadway Baby . Hot Gulp 8pm £5/£4 Iron Horse Come join Newcastle’s finest threesome for their debut 7.30pm £13/£11 Websters Theatre Jeannie & John have 0844 873 7353 Scottish show. ‘Very funny indeed’ David Mitchell , Peep Show . Funny Bones: 0844 873 7353 a Show to Write ‘Brilliant’ Huffington Post . See Sat 12 March An Imbecile’s Guide to First Aid 10pm £8/£6 Hug and Pint Tony Sutcliffe’s hilarious new comedy show based loosely on his experiences of over 20 years as a first aid trainer. 8.30pm £13 Saint Luke’s Late Night at the 0844 873 7353 Jena Friedman: 0844 873 7353 Hug and Pint 7.30pm £15/£12.50 Circle Studio, American C*nt See Fri 11 March So Many Men Citizens Theatre Jena Friedman (Late Show with David Letterman, Daily Show) offers up a probing examination into the US body politic and 10pm £5 Yesbar Yet None Are Mine! 0141 429 0022 a couple of dick jokes. See Thu 17 March Shady Marmalade 0844 873 7353 Graham Barrie and Joe McKeown come to Yesbar to bring 8.30pm £10/£8 Yesbar you an hour of lovely new late night stand up. 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 John Hastings: 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Marked From The Start The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Having spent years shielded from responsibility, join John as 8.30pm £10/£7 Hug and Pint See Thu 10 March he explores his new role as Godfather to his nephew. Chris Forbes: Tall 0844 873 7353 ★★★★ Herald Needy Mutant 10.30pm £5 State Bar Chris Forbes , BBC Scotland’s Scot Squad , asked people to Molland vs Sullivan: 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £4 Dram! describe him in one word. This show is the result. Sean Wilkie: 0844 873 7353 On Freedom of Speech 9pm £8/£6 State Bar It's comedian vs comedian as ‘the bombastically liberal Rick Poundshop Wolverine Molland ’ Three Weeks debates the ‘shamelessly shocking’ Fresh new anecdotal and observational comedy from stand The Unf**kables II: 0844 873 7353 Sully O'Sullivan Australian Times . up comedian Sean Wilkie supported by special guests. Booze Control See Sat 12 March 11pm £10 Blackfriars Basement 7.30pm £5 State Bar The Late Show 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March Molland & Sullivan: 11.15pm Freestyle £10/£8 Comedy Yesbar No rules, no script, 0844 just an international double-act delivering 873 7353 a unique hour of Late stand up comedy Laughs every single show. See Fri 11 March ‘Amazing’ NME.

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1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 5.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £22.25 King’s Theatre A Pizza 0844 873 7353 Lloyd Langford: Fun 0141 212 3389 Adam Hills: 0844 871 7648 Lunchtime Comedy and Sustenance (Work In Progress) Clown Heart See Fri 11 March A brand new hour of stand up comedy. As seen on QI and as Widely referred to as ‘the nicest man in comedy’, Adam Hills returns heard on The Unbelievable Truth . to Glasgow. 'Friendlier than a drunk Labrador' BBC R6 Music. 2.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar The Blunt Club 0844 873 7353 6pm £8.50 Yesbar 8.30pm £3 Yesbar Comedy Showcase Chris Henry: 0844 873 7353 Yesbar Virgins 0844 873 7353 Edinburgh’s cult comedy night, The Blunt Club , heads west for Chris World See Thu 10 March one show only. Featuring a hand-picked selection of comedians. ‘Interesting, enjoyably candid, compelling, honest, truthful, even daring show’ Chortle. ‘He was good. He was very good. 8.30pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club 3.30pm £6 Yesbar In fact, he was exceptional’ Evening Express . Raymond Mearns: 0141 212 3389 Sarah O’Doherty 0844 873 7353 Live at The Stand & Lee McIntosh: It’s Not All Slee-ze 7pm £10 Wild Cabaret One of the best comedians in Scotland at Scotland’s best An excruciatingly relatable sketch with a twist that will make Marcel Lucont’s 0844 873 7353 comedy club, enough said! ‘A genuine improvisational genius’ you feel better about your life. Whine List Frankie Boyle. The greatest flâneur Glasgow has ever known brings a brand 4.45pm £6/£3 Yesbar new interactive show to the masses. 8.30pm £8/£6 Saint Luke’s Paradoxically 0844 873 7353 Michael Redmond's 0844 873 7353 Jim Hobbit 7pm £5 Broadcast Sunday Service Juxtaposed with paradoxically packed comedy and music. A Rachel Jackson: 0844 873 7353 See Sun 13 March poor man’s Bill Bailey tribute act doing his third one hour show. Memoirs of a Bunny Boiler Spotlight Prize Nominee and in Series 2 of Scot Squad , Rachel 9pm £8/£6 Broadcast Jackson is ‘clearly a talent to watch' Remote Goat . Pablo Serski: 0844 873 7353 Et Tu, Brutal 7.15pm £2 Yesbar Pablo , one of the boldest acts on the circuit, brings his solo The No 1 Loch Ness 0844 873 7353 show to Broadcast for one night only! Monster Experience Read-through of Andrew Learmonth’s debut 9.30pm £3 Griffin play about two people stuck in a gift shop as Gledhill and Callaghan 0844 873 7353 Nessie goes mental. Stand up from Amy Gledhill and David Callaghan . Gledhill ‘Commands the stage...Incredibly accomplished’ Funny Women . Callaghan ★★★★ Scotsman.

10.30pm £5/£ 4 Yesbar Deliberately Provocative 0844 873 7353 Show Title Two of Scotland’s best stand ups, back to back, not to be missed.

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7pm £5/£4 Record Factory 8.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club GLASS’ Live Comedy: 0844 873 7353 Billy Kirkwood: Not 0141 212 3389 THE STAND The Best of Quite Right Since the Accident COMEDY CLUB It's what we’ve been doing every week with one exception. Hysterical interactive stand up show that throws the script out It’ll probably be consistently funny, maybe. and hits the highway of hilarity, seatbelt aff (tap doon!).

7.30pm £22.25 King’s Theatre 9.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar 333 Woodlands Road 0844 871 7648 Adam Hills: Paul McDougall & 0844 873 7353 Glasgow | 0141 212 3389 Clown Heart See Sun 20 March Thomas Black: Still Ken HeeHaw Paul McDougall and Thomas Black return once again where 8pm £25 Clyde Auditorium they still haven’t learned anything from last year… Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like 0844 395 4000 5 York Place | Edinburgh 9.30pm £2/£1 Griffin You’ve Never Been Loved 0131 558 7272 Frankie has written this new set as a response to Kendrick Catfinger: The Story 0844 873 7353 Lamar's last album. After these performances the ball will very Of Catfinger much be in Kendrick's court. Featuring jokes about cats using fingers…as nature intended!

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7pm £5/£4 Glad Café 8pm £12 Oran Mor W R I T E I T! Scotland , 0141 636 6119 In Conversation with 0844 873 7353 The Universe and Everything! Standard Issue THE STAND The Write It team takes a wry look at Scotland's place in the Join Sarah Millican , Susan Calman , Jo Caulfield * and editor Universe through a series of short sit-coms and 3-minute plays. Mickey Noonan for a killer night of chat about comedy, COMEDY CLUB women, feminism and other topics as yet undecided. 7pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club www.standardissuemagazine.com * Line-up subject to change 333 Woodlands Road | Glasgow John Robins: 0141 212 3389 Speakeasy 8pm £4/£3 Griffin All new show from comedian, firebrand, sometime DJ and all- Keiron Nicholson: 0844 873 7353 0141 212 3389 time vibe magnet. 'Humane, interesting and consistently Traps standglasgow @StandComedyClub funny' ★★★★ Independent. Debut. Funny! Not a trap. ‘Deceptive, inventive and very funny’ Dan Antopolski. ‘Very, very good…very funny and 7.30pm £23.25/£20.25 King’s Theatre original’ Mark Nelson. SCOT SQUAD - Chief 0844 871 7648 The Festival Club 8.30pm Free - ticketed Dram! Commissioner Cameron Miekelson: The best in local and international Tomorrow’s Force Today Chris Henry’s 0844 873 7353 Star of Scot Squad , Chief Commissioner Cameron Comedy Creche comedy brought to you over 9 nights. Miekelson delivers his keynote speech on the past, present See Tue 15 March and future of policing. Hosted by Susan Morrison, 9.15pm £6 Yesbar 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths Sarah O’Doherty & 0844 873 7353 Bruce Devlin and Fred MacAulay Desdemona: A Play 0844 873 7353 Lee McIntosh: It’s Not All Slee-ze About A Handkerchief See Sun 20 March In Paula Vogel’s hilarious reimagining of Shakespeare’s Othello, Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca take centre stage. 9.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club BBC Comedy Presents: 0141 212 3389 8pm £25 Clyde Auditorium The Best of Red Raw Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like 0844 395 4000 See Tue 15 March You’ve Never Been Loved See Mon 21 March 10.30pm £3/£2 Yesbar Pro-Choice 0844 873 7353 8pm £15/£13 Citizens Theatre Sorting out all the world’s problems is a hard task… Join Michelle McManus: 0141 429 0022 Grant Gallacher and Gregor Wappler , and help them fix Pop Goes The Idol everything, forever. Back by popular demand, Michelle’s brand new show makes its debut, featuring Tommy Chambers on piano. Look forward to a hilarious evening. Michelle McManus 8pm @ The Citz

Billy Kirkwood 8.30pm @ The Stand Mon 21 March

Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson 7.30pm @ The King's

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7pm £5/£4 Glad Café 8pm £4/£3 Griffin 8.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club W R I T E I T! Scotland, 0141 636 6119 Richard Brown: Stop, 0844 873 7353 Patrick Monahan: 0141 212 3389 The Universe and Everything! Children, What's That Sound? The Disco Years See Tue 22 March This is not a pyramid scheme. 'Clever, angry stuff' Scotsman . The family’s favourite funnyman (and occasional disco dancer) is on tour across the UK with his brand new stand up show! 7.30pm £21.25/£19.25 King’s Theatre 8pm £12 Oran Mor Ardal O’Hanlon 0844 871 7648 No Such Thing As A Fish: 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £3 Yesbar Stand up from award winning comedian, actor and writer With The QI Elves New Material Night Tickets available Ardal O’Hanlon . As seen in Doctor Who , Skins and of course, The QI Elves bring their first live touring version of their multi-award- hosted by Julia Sutherland on door winning podcast to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Father Ted . See Wed 16 March 8pm £17 Citizens Theatre 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths 9.30pm £2 Griffin Mark Steel: Who 0141 429 0022 Desdemona: A Play 0844 873 7353 Paul McDaniel: WOOP 0844 873 7353 Do I Think I Am? About A Handkerchief WOOP It's Da Sound of That Pauly See Tue 22 March See Mark Steel in his newest stand up show, a surprising and enthralling story told with aplomb. Master of the slow burn. Northern Irish comedy person Paul McDaniel returns for another hour of being quite good. 8pm £25 Clyde Auditorium 8.15pm £4/£3 Wild Cabaret Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like 0844 395 4000 10.45pm £3/£2 Yesbar Jellybean Martinez: 0844 873 7353 You’ve Never Been Loved Pro Choice 0844 873 7353 See Mon 21 March The Madness of Jellybean See Tue 22 March Jellybean Martinez is on a journey to find out who he is and what his comedy style is! ‘Anarchic fun’ ★★★★ Scotsman .

Chris Ramsey 8pm @ The Garage Thurs 24 March

Mark Steel 8pm @ The Citz

Ardal O Hanlon 7.30pm @ The King's

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7.30pm £19.75/£17.75 King’s Theatre 7.30pm £6 Adv/£8 on door Glad Café 8.15pm £10/£8 WEST Brewery Reginald D Hunter 0844 871 7648 Pure Riddy 0141 636 6119 Best of WEST Brewery 0844 873 7353 Reginald D Hunter returns to the Glasgow International See Thu 17 March Comedy Club Comedy Festival. ‘Searing social commentary, deep By popular demand WEST Brewery Comedy Club is bringing the south wisdom and juicy punchlines are pretty much 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths very best acts who have performed at the monthly show so far. guaranteed’ Independent. Desdemona: A Play 0844 873 7353 About A Handkerchief 8.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 7.30pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club See Tue 22 March Fern Brady: People 0844 873 7353 Susie McCabe: There 0141 212 3389 Are Idiots is More to Life Than Happiness 8pm £3/£2 Griffin Following a critically-acclaimed sell-out run at the Edinburgh Susie McCabe has a gift for seeing the world how it really is, Chris Thorburn: Sorry 0844 873 7353 Fringe with her debut solo show 'People Are Idiots' Fern is and to her it really is annoying. An unapologetic hour of comedy, if that's okay. back in Glasgow.

7.30pm £12/£10 Cottiers Theatre 8pm £12 Oran Mor 8.30pm £8 Wild Cabaret Watch This Space 0844 873 7353 No Such Thing As A 0844 873 7353 Just Comedy 0141 552 6165 Productions: The Last Laugh Fish: With The QI Elves See Thu 10 March Never date a comedian! Hit Fringe show 2015. ‘Stand up See Wed 23 March tragedy with deceptive intelligence… McAllister’s script twists 8.30pm £3 Yesbar elegantly’ ★★★★ List. 8pm £17 Citizens Theatre Yesbar Virgins 0844 873 7353 Mark Watson: 0141 429 0022 See Thu 10 March 7.30pm £6 Dram! I'm Not Here 8.30pm £7/£5 State Bar The Graduettes: 0844 873 7353 Multi award winning Mark Watson returns with his new live Rachel Gets Married show. As seen on Live At The Apollo and Mock The Week . Old Pamphleteers: 0844 873 7353 Comedy play centred around a hastily arranged wedding and The Grey Revolution an unfortunate sexual role-play accident, taking place over 8pm £17.50 Garage See Thu 17 March one afternoon in a hospital waiting room. Chris Ramsey: 0844 873 7353 All Growed Up 8.30pm Free - non ticketed What’s Up Bar Join Chris as he explores getting older, taking responsibility and John Aldiss’ @ Braziliant all of the other terrifying realisations that come with adulthood. Magnificent 7 See Thu 10 March 8pm £12 Rum Shack MacBraveheart: 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £8/£6 Hug and Pint The Other Scottish Play Stu Who?: Tanqueliser 0844 873 7353 Updated version of the Edinburgh Fringe hit. MacBraveheart (Ready-Fire-Aim) is a hilarious collision of Braveheart and MacBeth written by See Sat 12 March Philip Differ. 9.30pm £3 Griffin Nev: Buzz 0844 873 7353 Save the bees! Nev turns his righteous anger at those responsible for killing the honeybee… with jokes… but mostly bees…

10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 The Festival Club See Thu 10 March

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1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm £13/£11 Oran Mor 8.30pm £7/£5 Hug and Pint A Pizza 0844 873 7353 Janey Godley: 0844 873 7353 The Wee Man Syndrome 0844 873 7353 Lunchtime Comedy An Act of Godley Mind that video? One wi’ the ned? Even Neil Bratchpiece barely does, and he is that ned. 'Hilarious' Herald. See Fri 11 March Janey Godley the Scottish award winning stand up, podcaster, playwright, actor and writer is back at Oran Mor. 8.45pm £15 Wild Cabaret 5pm £6 Yesbar 7.30pm £6 Dram! The Big Show 0141 552 6165 Sarah O’Doherty & 0844 873 7353 The Graduettes: 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March Lee McIntosh: It’s Not All Slee-ze See Sun 20 March Rachel Gets Married See Thu 24 March 9pm £7/£5 State Bar Obie: What Would 0844 873 7353 5.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £12/£10 Tall Ship Derren Brown Do? Jo Neary Does 0141 212 3389 Cargo Hold Comedy 0844 873 7353 Off the wall Glaswegian comedian explores how his life would Animals And Men Cargo Hold Comedy returns and continues with a selection be different if he used the brain of Derren Brown. Award-winning TV comic presents twenty farcical characters of the best comedians the festival has to offer. including animals, men and an inanimate object. 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths Scott Capurro's 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £8/£5 Yesbar Desdemona: A Play 0844 873 7353 Gay Turnaround Julia Sutherland is Tickets available About A Handkerchief In Scott Capurro’s Gay Turnaround, the award-winning comic See Tue 22 March World’s Best Dad on door asks what’s happened to fist pumping queers? Is activism passé or past-gay? ★★★★★ Scotsman See Fri 11 March 7.30pm £6/£4 State Bar Ian Hume: Look At Me 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £5 Griffin 7.30pm £23 King’s Theatre Iain Hume ridicules snobbery and consumerism...’a complete, Jamie Rolland: 0844 873 7353 Julian Clary: The 0844 871 7648 honest funny voice, original and wickedly wonderful’ Janey Godley. Jamie Hour Joy Of Mincing It’s Jamie in his debut hour, for an hour its ‘Jamie Hour’! Julian Clary , national trinket, author, TV and radio star is 7.40pm £12 Stand Comedy Club coming up your way… Fred MacAulay: Life 0141 212 3389 What is life all about? Life is precious, good ....and costly! But 10pm £10/£8 Yesbar most of all...Life should be FUN(ny). Neil Dougan: The 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £10 Blackfriars Basement Funny Thing About Being A Prod David Morgan: 0844 873 7353 8pm £14/£12 Citizens Theatre Protestant culture gets the Father Ted treatment. Tails of Native BLAMMO! Shappi Khorsandi: LIVE! 0141 429 0022 American Orangemen, The Scots Irish, and 17th Century David Morgan loves a Brand new show from the star of Live At The Apollo, Calvinist orgies. great many things; Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Friday Night boys, with Jonathan Ross. 10pm £8/£6 Hug and Pint television, Late Night at the 0844 873 7353 lists of 8pm £4/£3 The Griffin Hug and Pint three BMR: Spectacular 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March things… Can comedy madman BMR deliver his planned high-energy, He'd love arena-sized comedy spectacular in the humble confines of the 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club to tell Griffin? Let's see! you The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 about 8.30pm £10/£8 Yesbar See Thu 10 March them. Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 See Fri 11 March 11pm £10 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 The Late Show See Fri 11 March

11.15pm £10/£8 Julian Clary Yesbar 7.30pm @ The King's 0844 873 7353 Late Laughs See Fri 11 March

Fred MacAulay Shappi Khorsandi 7.40pm @ The Stand 8pm @ The Citz

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1pm £5 (£10 including pizza) Yesbar 7.30pm £8/£6 State Bar 8.30pm £10/£8 Yesbar A Pizza 0844 873 7353 Scott Agnew: Souvenirs 0844 873 7353 Laughter Eight 0844 873 7353 Lunchtime Comedy Scott Agnew is back with a new show all about the little See Fri 11 March See Fri 11 March souvenirs life leaves you with. ‘Unmissable’ Chortle ‘Electrifying’ Guardian 8.30pm £5 Hug and Pint 1.30pm & 3.30pm Non-Ticketed Britannia The Wee Man’s Rap 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths The McTweed Panopticon Music Hall Battle Showdown 2016 Brothers: Tartan Shortbread Tour Desdemona: A Play 0844 873 7353 Comedians clash with rappers in hip hop battles of wit. The About A Handkerchief fifth consecutive year of this Glasgow International Comedy Join Scotland’s legendary tartan duo in an unmissable Festival show. Highland extravaganza. Special guests The Four Scunners . See Tue 22 March All proceeds go to charity. 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 9pm £5 State Bar 2.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar Jamie Dalgleish: 0844 873 7353 The Glasgow 0844 873 7353 David Callan & 0844 873 7353 Gong Show I Drink Therefore I Am The avuncular Graham Mackie presents a fun filled night with plenty Join the fresh-faced former Scottish Comedian of the Year for a Iain Campbell: IC/DC of talent. Including Chris Broomfield on stopwatch and gong. An Englishman and a Scotsman walk into Yesbar, you'll never philosophically riotous hour about bevvy and other mentalness! guess which is which. 9.15pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 7.30pm £23.75/£18.75 King’s Theatre Andrew Doyle: 0844 873 7353 4pm £7/£5 Broadcast Paul Merton’s 0844 871 7648 0844 873 7353 MINIMALISM! Geeking Awesome: Impro Chums Total sell-out run Edinburgh Fringe 2015. 'Utterly hilarious' The Farce Awakens Paul Merton and his highly acclaimed Impro Chums take ★★★★ Fest , ★★★★ TV Bomb , ★★★★ ScotsGay , See Sat 12 March audience suggestions and create cascades of fantastic ★★★★ Chortle . tumbling laughter. 5pm £10 Stand Comedy Club 9.30pm £5/£4 Griffin Brothers and Sisters… 0141 212 3389 7.30pm £6 Dram! Bob Graham: It's Easy 0844 873 7353 It’s The Reverend The Graduettes: 0844 873 7353 To Be Cynical Obadiah Steppenwolfe III Rachel Gets Married A stand up show about people. ‘Deadpan, sinister, miserable, and See Sat 12 March See Thu 24 March absolutely brilliant’ Punchline UK . ‘Wonderfully anarchic’ Skinny . 10pm £7/£4 Yesbar 6pm £7/£5 Yesbar 8pm £10/£7 Admiral Bar Parrot: Stand-up, 0844 873 7353 Loose Qwimmin 0844 873 7353 Chris Dinwoodie: 0844 873 7353 Derek McLuckie ‘This c**t knows whit he's daein’ Fiona Off The Cuff everybody, now. Patterson , Care Manager. Pauline Goldsmith ‘Making steady See Thu 17 March Parrot showing off and being funny in this all new show progress’ Sandyford Counselling about life, the world and everything. 8pm £15 Citizens Theatre 7pm £8 Hug and Pint 10pm £8/£6 Hug and Pint Des Clarke: Citizen Des 0141 429 0022 Late Night at the 0844 873 7353 Carina MacLeod: 0844 873 7353 Des returns to this year's festival with more offbeat observations, topical gags and Glasgow banter. Hug and Pint Full Of Craic! See Fri 11 March Hebridean born comedian Carina MacLeod is back again for her third year with another ‘craicing’ 8pm £14/£12 Garage show. 0844 873 7353 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 Rob Beckett: See Thu 10 March 7.15pm £8/£7 Yesbar Mouth of the South Bruce Fummey: 0844 873 7353 Rob Beckett is back with a brand- 11.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar A History of Scotland new hour and he's taking on the Award-winning comic and YES campaigner big issues like Kit Kats and Late Laughs 0844 873 7353 tells the history of Scotland with jokes, but flatbread! ★★★★ See Fri 11 March without loss of historical accuracy. 'A revelation' Scotsman.

7.30pm £12/£10 8pm £5 Stand Comedy Club Griffin 0141 212 3389 0844 873 7353 America Stands Up Attachment Be the first to see some of the biggest stars from Unavailable Watch Joe McKeown and across the Joseph Goss attempt to pond in define their combined 60 our years of life superb inexperience in showcase 30 minute of American segments. comedy talent.

7.30pm £13/£11 Oran Mor Des Clarke 0844 873 7353 Janey 8pm @ The Citz Godley: An Act of Godley Paul Me See Fri 25 March rton’s Impro Chums 7.30pm @ The King's

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2.15pm £5 Yesbar 6pm £7/£6 Yesbar Five Fifers for a Fiver 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 Mirth of Forth Comedy presents five of Fife's finest up and Joe McSloy: I Am coming comedians in one show all for a fiver. Joe McSloy Runner up, Yesbar Virgins Best New 3.30pm Free - ticketed Yesbar Act 2014. 'F***ing hilarious' Diane Daphna Baram: Tickets available Knox, Clyde 1 . on door Something To Declare 7pm £10/£9 An immigrant’s journey to build a new Jerusalem, pass the Englishness test and piss UKIP off. 'Masterful' Burnbury Stand Comedy Club Magazine . 'Illuminating' List . 0141 212 3389 Martin Mor: Away 4.45pm £5/£3 Yesbar Gallivanting Desky Lewis: Look 0844 873 7353 In 2015 Martin went away at it This Way… gallivanting. Now he has some tales A show about lies; little white ones, slightly naughty ones and to tell. ‘Word class’ Scotsman. big fat whoppers! 7pm £10/£8 5pm £4/£3 Broadcast Wild Cabaret Double Bill: Eleanor 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 Morton & Joz Norris Christ On A Bike Comedians Eleanor Morton and Joz Norris perform a double Prepare for revelations and bill of their hit Edinburgh shows Febreeze in this interactive C satirical comedy. The greatest arl Hutchinson story never told. 9.30pm @ The Stand Martin Mor 7.15pm £8/£6 7pm @ Yesbar The 0844 873 7353 Stand Vladimir McTavish: 8.30pm £3 Yesbar Scotland, 45 Events That Yesbar Virgins 0844 873 7353 Shaped A Nation See Thu 10 March Wryly looking back at Scotland’s past and bitingly at its present. ‘Satirical barbs 8.30pm £10/£8 Wild Cabaret and neat twists on Scotland’s culture’ Mr B’s Guide To 0844 873 7353 Scotsman. Modern Life Chap-hop superstar Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer comes to 7.30pm £3/£2 Griffin Glasgow for an hour of jollity and education. 0844 873 7353 Rosco McClelland: 8.30pm £5/£4 Hug and Pint The Rosco Show Andrew Learmonth: 0844 873 7353 Rosco McClelland aka Rosco Nae Pals McSkeleton is putting on a show, ‘Those looking for the slick dry ice of the Apollo stand ups will let’s see what happens. be disappointed here’ Herald.

8pm £5 Broadcast 9.30pm £8 Stand Comedy Club 0844 873 7353 Carl Hutchinson: 0141 212 3389 Winning & Learning the Ropes Malcolmson's Carl contemplates exactly what he's achieved in life and he Retro- asks how such a sheltered existence can be improved upon. Vintage, 9.30pm Free - ticketed Griffin Upcycled- Chunks: Ms Tickets available Thrift, CHUNKSiverse 2016 on door Reclaimed The glorious return of the CHUNKS awards. Which of our Popup stunning comedy anarchists will be awarded the coveted Show Golden Pineapple? Join Elaine and Matt for a one-off evening 10.30pm £4 Yesbar performance of (mostly) new material Ross Leslie’s Diary 0844 873 7353 and (some) absolute Of A Wimpy Man gold, one A brand new hour from Ross Leslie , who confesses how after another. much of a shambles his body is. It’s funny!

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4pm £5 Bob’s Blundabus SATURDAY 12 MARCH How To @ Candleriggs SUNDAY 20 MARCH 2pm £5.95 Scottish Mask & Drive A Bus 0844 873 7353 See Sat 12 March 10.30am £4 Grosvenor Cinema Clive Chandler and Puppet Centre AGE SUITABILITY: ALL AGES Wallace & Gromit 0845 166 6002 Tip Top Puppets: 0141 339 6185 In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U ) Pinocchio See Sat 19 March The classic story of a little boy who is carved out of wood SATURDAY 19 MARCH then struggles to do the right thing. 3.30pm £4 Stand Comedy Club AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ 10.30am £4 Grosvenor Cinema Wallace & Gromit: 0845 166 6002 Lee Kyle: Gunge! 0141 212 3389 2.30pm £4 Stand Comedy Club In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U) A Show With Gunge in it! 0141 212 3389 Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit , set out to discover the A game show for kids and stupid adults. Gunge will get Jay Foreman’s chucked over the losing team captain. AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ Disgusting Songs for mystery behind the garden sabotage threatening the annual giant vegetable growing contest. Revolting Children Charmingly sickable songs and lots more for the whole family. 2pm £5.95 Scottish Mask & 'Victoria Wood for the Spotify generation' Chortle . SATURDAY 26 MARCH AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ Talking Heads Puppet Centre Puppets: Jack and 0141 339 6185 10.30am £4 Grosvenor Cinema 4pm £5 Bob’s Blundabus the Bean Stalk Toy Story (U) 0845 166 6002 Woody, a cowboy doll is profoundly threatened when Buzz Jack has no food or money and has to sell his pet cow How To Drive @ Candleriggs Lightyear, a new spaceman figure, supplants him as top toy Angus! The Wizard trades magical Heinz Beans that can A Bus 0844 873 7353 in a boy's room. somehow make you rich. The children’s show on an actual bus with a crazy bus AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ driver. ‘Hilarious for all ages…’ Skinny. 2.30pm £4 Stand Comedy Club AGE SUITABILITY: ALL AGES 2.30pm £4 Stand Comedy Club Gary Dunn’s 0141 212 3389 Kids Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Family Feast SUNDAY 13 MARCH Our live stand up show for younger comedy fans is best suited Sixty minutes of magic and hilarity for all the family - not to for 8-12’s (sorry, no under 5’s). Adults must accompany. be missed! ‘This magic rocks!’ Herald . AGE SUITABILITY: 5-12 AGE SUITABILITY: 5+ 2pm £5.95 Scottish Mask & Professor Clive: Puppet Centre 2pm £7.50 Citizen’s Theatre Mr Punch's Antics 0141 339 6185 James Campbell’s 0141 429 0022 SUNDAY 27 MARCH Mr Punch is up to his old tricks again, along with the crocodile, Comedy 4 Kids the policeman and not forgetting Judy and the baby. For children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes 10.30am £4 Grosvenor Cinema AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ comedy without the rude words. A show which might discuss Toy Story (U) 0845 166 6002 quantum chromatic disruption machines and tartan badgers. See Sat 26 March 3.30pm £4 AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ Stand Comedy Club 3pm £5.95 Scottish Mask & 0141 212 3389 2pm £8 The Glad Café Alex The Magician: Puppet Centre Jay Foreman’s Watch With Baby 0844 873 7353 Easter Eggstravaganza 0141 339 6185 Disgusting Songs Baby Comedy Magic Show for Revolting Top comedians tell jokes for grown-ups at a gig you can Alex The Magician will be working his Easter magic on you Children take your 0-2 year old to. Crying allowed. Babies go and have everyone laughing, giggling and smiling! free, only suitable for those under 2 years old with AGE SUITABILITY: 3+ See Sat 12 March accompanying adult. AGE SUITABILITY: 8-12

4pm £4 Stand Comedy Club 0141 212 3389 Martin Mor: Funny Stuff for Happy People Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science. As seen on Blue James Campbell Peter and CBBC. ‘Uproariously 2pm @ The Citz funny and utterly loveable’ Three Weeks . Martin Mor AGE SUITABILITY: 6+ 4pm @ The Stand

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Big Screen Comedy Workshops

Viv Gee: Stand-Up £70/£50 Yesbar FRI 11 MARCH TUE 15 MARCH Comedy Crash Course 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths 8pm £5 Odeon, An intensive 6-hour comedy course culminating in a gig at a Southside Comedy 0844 873 7353 The Big Lebowski Springfield Quay professional comedy club with stand-up comedian Viv Gee. Film Festival: Zoolander (12) (18) 0800 138 3315 After failing to win his fourth model of the year award, Derek Jeff Bridges plays laid-back, easygoing burnout The Dude Each course takes place over 3 separate Zoolander becomes easy prey for fashion designer Jacobim who shares the same name as a millionaire whose wife owes days in March 2016. Mugatu . some dangerous people a lot of money. COURSE 1 SAT 12 MARCH WED 16 MARCH Monday 14th 6pm - 9pm 1.30pm £8/£6 Govanhill Baths 8.30pm £7 Grosvenor Cinema Tuesday 15th 6pm - 9pm Southside Comedy 0844 873 7353 I’m Still Here (15) 0845 166 6002 Sunday 20th 8.30pm - 10.15pm Film Festival ‘Double Bill’: I’m Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of Duck Soup & His Girl Friday (U) actor Joaquin Phoenix . COURSE 2 Two classic comedy films shown back to back. Vintage laughs Monday 21st 6pm - 9pm in the vintage baths. THU 17 MARCH Tuesday 22nd 6pm - 9pm Sunday 27th 8.30pm - 10.15pm 7.30pm £6/£5 Govanhill Baths 7pm £4 Old Hairdressers Southside Comedy 0844 873 7353 Matchbox Cineclub 0844 873 7353 Film Festival: Blazing Saddles (15) presents: Double Take SUN 20 MARCH To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a In Outer Space (18) 1pm Free - ticketed Stand Comedy Club black sheriff who promptly becomes his most formidable A recently uncovered recording, not seen for 20 years, that adversary. turns the 1978 Italian film Starcrash into a hilarious comedy. BBC Comedy 0141 212 3389 Workshop: How To SUN 13 MARCH 8pm £5 Odeon, Get Your Idea On The Telly 4pm £7 Grosvenor Cinema The Blues Springfield Quay Join us for a discussion about comedy writing, development 0845 166 6002 Brothers (15) 0800 138 3315 and how on earth you can get your idea broadcast. Whilst A Mighty Wind (12A) there is no magic formula, we’ve invited comedy professionals Christopher Guest turns his attention to folk music as he Jake and Elwood attempt to save the orphanage the brothers grew up in from closing by getting the old band back together. to share their insights and experience. From jokes to sketches captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio The Folksmen. to sitcom, what makes the cut and what doesn’t? If you want to write comedy, or already do, come along and join the discussion. This is your chance to air those burning questions MON 14 MARCH SAT 19 MARCH and find out everything you'd like to know. 8pm £5 Odeon, Springfield 2pm Free - non ticketed Britannia Animal House Quay Classic Silent Films Panopticon (15) 0800 138 3315 With Live Music & Sound Effects (PG) Arriving at college, socially inept freshmen Larry and Kent Comedy films and cartoons from the silent era with live music attempt to pledge the snooty Omega Theta Pi House, but are and sound effects provided by the ensemble Gladstone's Bag. summarily rejected. SUN 20 MARCH 4pm £7 Grosvenor Cinema Borat (15) 0845 166 6002 A popular reporter from Kazakhstan travels to the United States to film a documentary on what makes America a great nation. MON 21 MARCH 8.30pm £7 Grosvenor Cinema 6pm & 8pm £7.50 Saint Luke’s What We Do In 0845 166 6002 Comedy Improvisation: 0844 873 7353 The Shadows (15) Scot Squad Interactive Workshop Viago , Deacon , and Vladislav are vampires who are Join the creators and producers of the smash hit comedy Scot finding that modern life has them struggling with Squad for an interactive improvisation workshop. Learn the the mundane. scripting techniques behind the scenes. Play the improvisation games that keep the comics sharp and quick. There’s no script to prepare and no lines to learn so anyone can take part in this hilarious, fun workshop. So if you’re up for a laugh and like a bit of role play! Come down for an hour and a half of The Blues Brothers police-themed interactive comedy. 8pm @ Odeon Cinema Thurs 17 March

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SHOW (INDEX BY FIRST NAME) Page Jamie Dalgleish 29 St Patrick’s Day Special: Best of Irish 13 Abigoliah Schamaun 7 Jamie Rolland 28 Stand Up Against MND 8 Adam Hills 19,20 Janey Godley 28,29 Stand Up in The Shack 6 Alan Bissett 5 Jay Lafferty 7 Stu Who? 7,25 Alan Goldie 8 Jellybean Martinez 24 Susie McCabe 25 Alden Sixsmith 14 Jena Friedman 15 The Big Show @ Wild Cabaret 6,14,28 Allan J Park 8 Jenny Eclair 13 The Fat, The Furious and The Slightly Miffed 7 Ally Houston 6 Jerry Sadowitz 14 The Glasgow Gong Show 29 Alun Cochrane 5 Jim Hobbit 19 The McTweed Brothers : Tartan Shortbread Tour 29 America Stands Up 29 Jo Neary 28 The Mimic Men 14 Amy Gledhill & David Callaghan 19 Joby Mageean 14 The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III 6,14,28 Andrew Doyle 29 Joe McSloy 30 The Unf*ckables 7,15 Andrew Learmonth 30 John Aldiss' Magnificent 7 5,13,25 The Wee Man 28,29 Andrew Maxwell 9 John Gavin 15 Tiff Stevenson 14 Andy Zaltzman 9 John Hastings 15 Tom Stade 15 Ardal O'Hanlon 24 John Robins 21 Tony Law 5 Arthur Milo & Joe McArdle 14 Jordan R.A. Mills 6 Tony Sutcliffe 15 Ashley Storrie 5 Joseph Goss & Joe McKeown 29 UNCLES 9 BBC Comedy Presents: The Best of Red Raw 9,21 Julia Sutherland 6,9,24,28 Vladimir McTavish 30 Best of Irish 13 Julian Clary 28 W R I T E I T ! 21,24 Best of WEST Brewery Comedy Club 25 Just Comedy @ Wild Cabaret 5,13,25 Watch Bad Movies With Good Comedians: Troll 2 8 Billy Kirkwood 6,8,20 Kai Humphries 5 WITSHERFACE 5,7 Blunt Club Comedy Showcase 19 Keiron Nicholson 21 Woman Up Improv Comedy show 5,7 BMR 28 Larry Dean 9,13 Yesbar Virgins 5,13,19,25,30 Bob Graham 29 Laughter Eight 6,7,14,15,28,29 Zoe Lyons 13 Bob Slayer 5,6,7,8 Liam Withnail 5 Zombie Science: Genes of the Damned 7 Bobby Mair 6 Live Laughs at the Glad 14 Brendon Burns 9 Lloyd Langford 19 FOR FAMILIES Bridget Christie 8 Loose Qwimmin 29 Gary Dunn’s Family Feast 31 Bright Club presents :'Science vs. The Arts' 5 Marc Jennings & Stephen Buchanan 8 How To Drive A Bus 31 Bruce Fummey 29 Marcel Lucont 19 James Campbell’s: Comedy 4 Kids 31 Cabbage Patch Comedy Presents 6 Mark Nelson 7 Jay Foreman’s Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children 31 Cargo Hold Comedy 28 Mark Steel 24 Kids Comedy Club 31 Carina MaCleod 29 Mark Watson 25 Lee Kyle - Gunge! A Show With Gunge in it! 31 Carl Hutchinson 30 Martin Mor 30 Martin Mor - Funny Stuff for Happy People 31 Catfinger 20 Mary Bourke 13 Watch With Baby 31 Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson 21 Matt Winning 30 Chris Conroy 13 Matty Finlayson 13 THEATRE Chris Dinwoodie 13 Michael Redmond's Sunday Service 8,19 Chris Forbes 29 Michelle McManus 21 Canned Laughter 9,13,15 Chris Henry 9,19,21 Molland & Sullivan 15 Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief 21,24,25,28,29 Chris Kent 7 Mr B’s Guide To Modern Life 30 Jeannie and John have a Show to write 7,15 Chris Martin 5 Neil Dougan 28 MacBraveheart: The Other Scottish Play 25 Chris Ramsey 25 Nev 25 So Many Men Yet None Are Mine! 13,15 Chris Rutter, Christopher KC Sit & Stuart McPherson 5 No Such Thing As A Fish: With The QI Elves 24,25 The Graduettes: Rachel Gets Married 25,28,29 Chris Thorburn 25 Obie 28 The No 1 Loch Ness Monster Experience 19 Christ On A Bike 30 Old Pamphleteers 13,25 Tom Brogan and Karen Barclay: It's 1985 5,7,8 Christian O'Connell 14 Omid Djalili 14 Watch This Space Productions: The Last Laugh 25 Christopher Broomfield 7 Pablo Serski 19 Christopher Macarthur-Boyd 13 Parrot 29 LUNCHTIME LAUGHS Chunks 30 Patrick Monahan 24 Laughternoon 6,14 Commissioned 9 Patrick Mulholland 9 Pizza Lunchtime Comedy 5,6,8,13,14,19,28,29 Craig Campbell 20 Patrick Rolink 14 Craig Hill 13,15 Paul Foot 9 LATE SHOWS Damian Clarke 8 Paul McDaniel 24 Late Laughs 6,7,14,15,28,29 Daniel Sloss 15 Paul McDougall & Thomas Black 20 Late Night at the Hug & Pint 6,7,14,15,28,29 Daphna Baram 30 Paul Merton: Impro Chums 29 The Festival Club 6,7,14,15,28,29 Darren Connell 9,13 Paul Sinha 15 The Late Show 6,7,14,15,28,29 David Bratchpiece 6 Phil Differ 7 David Callan & Iain Campbell 29 Phil Kay 5,7,8 WORKSHOPS David Kay 8 Philip O’Shea 20 BBC Comedy Workshop - How To Get 32 David Morgan 28 Pure Riddy 13,25 Your Idea On The Telly Des Clarke 29 Rachel Jackson 19 Comedy Improvisation: Scot Squad 32 Desky Lewis 30 Raymond Mearns 19 Interactive Workshop Doug Segal 6 Redmond and Bagshaw 13 Viv Gee: Stand Up Comedy Crash Course 32 Dylan Moran 8 Reginald D Hunter 25 Elaine Malcolmson 30 Rhona McKenzie 14 DISCUSSION Eleanor Morton & Joz Norris 30 Richard Brown 24 In Conversation with Standard Issue 21 Enterteasement: Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! 6,7 Richard Gadd 8 What's The Point of Satire in 2016? 9 Fern Brady 25 Richard Herring 13 A Panel Discussion. Fiona Herbert 8 Richard Pulsford 8 Five Fifers for a Fiver 30 Rob Beckett 29 FILM Frank Sanazi & The Iraq Pack 8 Rob Delaney 9 A Mighty Wind (12) 32 Frankie Boyle 20,21 Rob Kane 8 Animal House (15) 32 Fred MacAulay 28 Robin Grainger 5 Blazing Saddles (15) 32 Gagging For It 5 Romesh Ranganathan 8 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make 32 Gareth Mutch 7 Rory McGrath 13 Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (12) Gary Faulds 7 Rosco McClelland 30 Classic Silent Films With Live Music & Sound 32 Gary Little 7 Ross Leslie 30 Effects (PG) Geeking Awesome 6,14,29 Russell Kane 5 Double Bill: Duck Soup & His Girl Friday (U) 32 Gemma Flynn 9 Sandy Bouttell 15 I'm Still Here (15) 32 Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate 6,14 Sarah Franken 15 Matchbox Cineclub presents Double Take In 32 GLASS 8,20 Sarah O’Doherty & Lee McIntosh 19,21,28 Outer Space (18) Grado 13 Scott Agnew 29 The Big Lebowski (18) 32 Grant Gallacher & Gregor Wappler 19,20,21 Scott Capurro 28 The Blues Brothers (15) 32 Greg Proops 13,15 Scott Gibson 7 Toy Story (PG) 31 Hardeep Singh Kohli 6 Sean Hughes 5 Wallace & Gromt In The Curse Of The 32 Hot Gulp 15 Sean Wilkie 15 Were-Rabbit (U) Iain Hume 6,28 Shady Marmalade 15 What We Do In The Shadows (15) 32 Isy Suttie 9 Shappi Khorsandi 28 Zoolander (12) 32 34

Glasgow has a fantastic year- round calendar of events with something for everyone.