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The ticketSOUP festival ticket hotline 0844 395 4005 is open 9am – 9pm seven days a week and allows you to buy tickets for most festival 416 shows | 46 venues | 23 days shows using your credit or debit card. Welcome from Councillor Gordon Matheson Leader of City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau Tickets can also be The 12th annual Glasgow International Festival is set to be the biggest on purchased in person from record, with an incredible 416 shows taking place across 46 city venues over 23 laughter-filled days. Europe's premier comedy event has grown from humble beginnings the ticketSOUP.com box to become one of the most anticipated events on the city’s cultural calendar. office at the SECC (Monday It has brought some of the biggest – and funniest – performers in the world to Glasgow - Friday 10.00am-6.00pm, over the years and 2014 will be no different with an eclectic line-up of top comedians from Saturday 10.00am-5.00pm, home and abroad. Sunday CLOSED) or from The calibre of the Festival programme is a strong reflection of why Glasgow enjoys an enviable worldwide reputation, both as a place to visit and as a city which can put on a show. We're well used to staging major events with huge individual venue box offices international appeal. Glaswegians are renowned for their hospitality and good humour, so it’s no surprise that by phone or in person. Glasgow is home to one of the best comedy festivals in the world – it perfectly encapsulates the city’s personality. The eyes of the world will be on Glasgow like never before this year as we prepare to host the Commonwealth Games and there will never be a greater opportunity to showcase our sporting, cultural and event credentials on a global scale. Whether you want to see home-grown comic talent or a plethora of leading international acts, I Please note that a booking fee may be hope everyone who attends the Glasgow International Comedy Festival has a fantastic time. charged with the exception of most It’s true that PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW laugh: let's celebrate! tickets bought in person. Best wishes Councillor Gordon Matheson *Tickets for shows at The King's Theatre will be subject to an additional £1 Introduction from Festival Manager restoration levy. The UK’s finest comedians will be flocking to Glasgow with household names such as Miranda Hart, , and Dorothy Paul lining up alongside ’s best including Fred MacAulay, Jerry Sadowitz, Raymond Mearns, , Janey Godley and Susan Calman. Festival ticket We’ll also be celebrating the Year of Homecoming and looking forward to the Commonwealth Games with our most International programme to date. Our Homecoming Comedy Gala hotline brings the best of Australia and Canada home to Glasgow, and in the Tron Theatre our Commonwealth Stands Up showcase will bring hand-picked talent from around the globe to perform in Glasgow. 0844 395 4005 As ever there will be something on offer for every taste and budget, there are films, plays, kids shows, an www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com exhibition, discussion and a range of events are free. With venues all over the city, you’re sure to find something on your doorstep. Follow us on: Register at glasgowcomedyfestival.com and follow us on and facebook to be the first to get all the latest news and special offers. I hope you enjoy the festival! Sarah Watson Festival Manager

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7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel 8.45pm £8/£6 Vespbar THURSDAY 13 MARCH BASURA Picks of 0844 395 4005 Wasasa Comedy Night 0844 395 4005 Unique brand of comedy taps into African roots and life in Glasgow. 7.30pm £5/£4 The Vale the Fest Comedy Club Robin Cairns: The Weegies 0844 395 4005 Brunswick hotel's venue BASURA hosts their very own picks of this year's comedy festival. Different show every night. Have Stolen the One O Clock Gun! 9pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement : 0844 395 4005 When Edinburgh's famous gun is stolen - by Glaswegians - only 7.45pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club Morningside Malcolm can prevent hostilities breaking out. Where is my Mind? 'Superb one-liners' fringereview.com. Bruce Morton & The 0844 335 8879 Alter egos, ailments, love, nostalgia, indie-nights and belly-laughs. An hour Greater Shawlands Republic full of raucous stand-up from critically acclaimed comedian John Robins. 8.30pm Stand Comedy Club £12 Independence for the Southside! The GSR team raises the banner Carl Donnelly: Now 0844 335 8879 in the west end. , music, magic and more. Avanti! 10pm £8 Vespbar The 10 O’clock Show 0844 395 4005 That’s What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V 8pm £4/£3 Flying Duck Join Carl Donnelly (as seen on ) for a new show Vespbar’s now famous weekend 10 O’Clock full of hilarious anecdotes and observations. ‘unmissable stand- Dabek and Marty’s 0844 395 4005 show with Glasgow’s best comedic talent. up’ Guardian Electric Circus Compered by the legendary Viv Gee. Quite possibly Glasgow’s tallest comedy duo bring you the comedy FRIDAY 14 MARCH stars of tomorrow. Today! Cheap! 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £8/£5 Tron Theatre 0844 335 8879 Joey Page: Golden 0844 395 4005 Mouth Comfort Presents: 0141 552 4267 The Festival Club Peacock Hour The Sketch Social The best of fest! Five top acts, late bar Established groups (Endemic, How Do I Get Up There?, The Colour Real life is boring, come and rejoice in the alternative with and snacks! Previous guests include Ham, Mouth Comfort) perform alongside talent from The RCS! comedian Joey Page and his daftly bedazzling mind. Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyleand . 7.30pm £5/£4 The Vale 8.30pm £8/£5 State Bar Robin Cairns: The Weegies 0844 395 4005 Scott Agnew: I’ve Snapped 0844 395 4005 Libby Have Stolen the One O Clock Gun! My Banjo String… So Let’s Just Talk 11.45pm £5 McArthur See Thu 13 March Spend two hours with one of the country's top story tellers with Vespbar some of his grittiest and most scandalous tales to date. 0844 395 4005 7.30pm @ 7.30pm £8/£6 Vespbar Vespbar’s Late Libby McArthur: 0844 395 4005 8.30pm £10 West Brewery Late Show Vespbar The F-Word Comedy Out West 0844 395 4005 Every Friday and Saturday nights Best known as Gina in River City, Libby McArthur brings us Comedy Out West showcases the best of the fest each weekend. with the pick of the best acts more than just stand up. The F-Word is a tour de force of rhetoric Previous guests have included Reginald D. Hunter, Craig playing in the festival. Mixing and reason. Campbell and Kevin Bridges. it up into the wee small hours!!

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1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 8pm £8/£6 State Bar 9.30pm £7/£5 State Bar The Lunchtime Mansion House John Gordillo: Cheap 0844 395 4005 Saturday Night 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 Shots at the Defenceless at the State Come and enjoy some laughs at lunchtime, with a tasting menu John Gordillo challenges you to think about love, relationships A multi act show featuring some of the best acts at the festival. of comedians hand-picked from across the festival. and the corporate world hiding behind a smiling neon chicken. New and experienced performers in an intimate, friendly atmosphere. The essence of pure comedy with cheap booze! 3pm & 7.30pm £5/£4 The Vale 8.30pm £7 Flying Duck Robin Cairns: The Weegies 0844 395 4005 The Explorers Club 0844 395 4005 10pm £8 Vespbar Have Stolen the One O Clock Gun! The Explorers Club for , storytelling and The 10 O’clock Show 0844 395 4005 See Thu 13 March spoken word - writers! Comedians! Explorers! Other things! See Fri 14 March

5.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club 8.30pm £10 West Brewery 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Brothers and Sisters… 0844 335 8879 Comedy Out West 0844 395 4005 The Festival Club 0844 335 8879 It’s The Reverend Obadiah See Fri 14 March See Fri 14 March Steppenwolfe III Star-studded chat show with a twist. ‘Laugh? I almost shat 8.30pm £7/£6 Tron Theatre 11pm £10 West Brewery myself… sacrilegious… divinely hysterical’ List; ‘Unforgettable Absolute Improv 0844 395 4005 Comedy Out West: 0844 395 4005 character comedy’ Evening News. Five star Scottish comedy troupe present a show based entirely on The Late Show your suggestions. Comedy a la ‘Whose line is it anyway?’ Brought to you by the team behind the sell-out Festival Club 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement at the Stand, see the best of the fest late night at West Brewery. Ray Bradshaw: 0844 395 4005 8.45pm £5 Avant Garde I Dare Ray To Broken Windows 0844 395 4005 11.45pm £5 Vespbar Comedian Ray Bradshawtells stories of his daring and ludicrous Policy Vespbar’s Late Late Show 0844 395 4005 desire to take on crazy challenges and sporting madness. The cult show hits Glasgow with a riotous cabaret of character and See Fri 14 March . ‘inventive and very funny’ Evening News 7.30pm £8/£6 Vespbar The Good, The Bad 0844 395 4005 8.45pm £8/£6 Vespbar & The Ugly B*stard Anythings Better 0844 395 4005 Joe McSloy, Graham Stirling and Seppi Preston team up to give you one hour of stand up comedy nonsense. Than These C**ts Comedy Coalition Viv Gee and John Scott join forces to present a partly political stand up double bill. 7.45pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club Brendon Burns 0844 335 8879 9pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Take It! Bobby Mair: 0844 395 4005 Sure he’s critically acclaimed, a comic’s comic and something of a cult figure. But, above all, he’s… well… interesting. Obviously Adopted Prepare to enter the mind of a disturbed : 7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel after supporting Doug Stanhope, Bobby Mair brings his debut Edinburgh fringe BASURA Picks of the 0844 395 4005 show to Glasgow. Fest Comedy Club See Fri 14 March

8pm £14/£12 Oran Mor 0844 395 4005 : Hardeep is your Love Join the immensely funny Hardeep as he offers his take on life, love and finding romance in Brendon Burns 8.30pm @ middle age. 7.45pm @ The Garage The Stand

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1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 8pm £5/£4 Queen Margaret Union The Lunchtime Mansion House Geek Comedy 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 Night 2014 See Sat 15 March Flying the flag for everything geeky, nerdy, silly and downright hysterical, Geek Comedy Night returns with the alternative 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement of alternative comedy. John Kearns: 0844 395 4005 Sight Gags for Perverts 8.30pm £17.50 Garage He’s got a little wig and some false teeth. Perhaps the 0844 395 4005 most bizarre and brilliant hour of comedy you’ll Russell Kane: ever witness. Smallness David Kay The award winning Russell Kane 7.30pm £6/£5 Avant Garde returns with a brand new show 0844 395 4005 7.30pm @ about smallness: on keeping Director’s Cut things small when life gets big. Director's Cut is a movie-based The Stand hosted by Craig Meighan, featuring special 8.30pm £6/£4 guests from the world of film and comedy. The Griffin 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £10/£9 Two Jobbies Walk Stand Comedy Club Into The Griff… David Kay 0844 335 8879 Join Allan Lindsay and Chris Davis Star of The Alternative Comedy Experience - Comedy for a comedy showcase not to forget! Central. ‘Kay is doing something different with comedy’ STV. Sconetastic. Early booking recommended. 9.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £8/£6 Vespbar Tony Law: 0844 335 8879 Nancy Clench: 0844 395 4005 Nonsense Overdrive Yes Queen Join the multi award winning Mr Tony Law for some absurd, 6’5” drag queen, Nancy Clench on voting yes, hairy shout-y and powerful, yet meaningful, nonsense. upper lips and a little bit of sex. 'Dangerously funny' **** Guardian. ***** Scotsman. 8pm £7/£5 Oran Mor 0844 395 4005 Scottish Slam Poetry Championships A live competition between poets of all styles - rhymers and rappers, ranters and ravers. Robin Cairns comperes. Tony Law 9.30pm @ The Stand

Russell Kane 8.30pm @ The Garage

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8pm £5 Roxy 171 MONDAY 17 MARCH 0844 395 4005 TUESDAY 18 MARCH 1pm £10 Vespbar Schrödinger’s 1pm £10 Vespbar A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 Pussycat Club A Pizza 0844 395 4005 Lunchtime comedy with pizza! Rob Kane chats with the Experimental and alternative audience, himself and some of the finest comedians on the comedy. Whether the acts succeed or Comedy circuit. fail, they will do so spectacularly. See Mon 17 March

8pm £27.50 SSE Hydro 8.30pm Miranda Hart: 0844 395 4005 £12/£11 My What I Call, Live Show Stand This award winning Queen of Comedy is doing stand up for Comedy Club the first time since her hit series 'Miranda' aired on the BBC. 0844 335 8879 St Patrick’s Day Irish Comedy Special! Sean Hughes The only way to celebrate St. Patricks 8pm @ Day! Ireland’s finest under one roof. Book early to avoid Oran Mor disappointment.

8.30pm £10 Blackfriars Basement 0844 395 4005 7pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club WitTank presents: Nick Revell: 0844 335 8879 The School Closet Optimist Eminently silly sketch outfit WitTank invite you into the I drink a lot; it helps me watch the news. Humans? Disgusting. charmingly warped world of The School – don’t answer back Life? Pointless. And yet - laughs to be had! and enjoy the show. 7.30pm £5/£4 Vespbar 8.45pm £10/£9 Vespbar Do Bananas Dream 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 of Plastic Fruit Baskets? Davysson and Friends Join three comedy explorers on a multimedia journey into the Greg Davysson reads from his recent darkest recesses of the world of things and stuff... autobiography ‘Love You….Bye’ and is joined by some of his comedy pals. 8pm £27.50 SSE Hydro Miranda Hart: 0844 395 4005 My What I Call, Live Show See Mon 17 March

8pm £13/£11 Oran Mor Sean Hughes: Penguins 0844 395 4005 Sean Hughes explores childhood, family, school, friendships and the present in a show that will keep you thinking for hours after.

8.30pm Free – non ticketed Halt Bar Pop Up Comedy @ The Halt Fifth year at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival introducing new and up-and-coming acts on the Scottish comedy scene.

8.45pm £5/£4 Vespbar Miranda Hart Stand By 0844 395 4005 We find ourselves in an uncertain place and time; perhaps the 8pm @ best thing to do is watch a little TV. The Hydro 9.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club BBC Scotland 0844 335 8879 Presents: Best Of Red Raw Our long-running beginner’s showcase is regarded as the best in the UK, and during the festival you never know who might turn up... 8 tickets: 08440844 395 395 4005 4005 WED 19 / THU 20 MARCH

8.30pm £4/£3 Old Hairdressers 8pm £5 Eco Chic Boutique WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH Eleanor Morton: 0844 395 4005 Vintage Comedy 0844 395 4005 1pm £10 Vespbar Work In Progress ReLoved A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 Eleanor Morton does comedy which is sort of almost A vintage show where the cream of Scottish comics take a See Mon 17 March finished a bit. Expect long pauses and awkward tension. fresh look at classic comedy sketches and stand up. And fun. 7.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £16.50 Garage 9.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Boothby Graffoe: 0844 335 8879 Chris Ramsey: The 0844 395 4005 Patrick Monahan: 0844 335 8879 SCRATCH! Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Join arch-surrealist Boothby Graffoe for a typically skewed Cake Charmer Morning Television looked at the weird little world of the UK lottery scratch card. Comedy for all the family from this loveable Teessider Fresh from a complete sell-out-twice-extended tour, star of BBC2’s renowned for his superb anecdotes, unique charm and Hebburn Chris Ramsey brings his latest show to Glasgow. 7.30pm £6 Vespbar unmistakeable brand of humour. Richard Pulsford 0844 395 4005 8.15pm £10 West Brewery Is Going On Best of ‘WEST 0844 395 4005 Richard Pulsford (Mirth of Forth Comedy) is going on, taking THURSDAY 20 MARCH Brewery Comedy Club’ each day as it puns. 1pm £10 Vespbar Enjoy the very best acts that have performed at the WEST Brewery Comedy Club thus far – hosted by Jamie Dalgleish. 8pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 See Mon 17 March 0844 395 4005 8.30pm £5 Old Hairdressers James 7.30pm £8/£7 Dram Andrew Learmonth 0844 395 4005 Bannon: Scottish Falsetto 0844 395 4005 and His Faithful Companion God… …try to discover the killer of notorious blaggard Hamish Running Sock Puppet Theatre Macpherson. Latest adventure from the comedian detective With the Comedy's funniest Socks return with new songs, sketches, cured of homosexuality by Cardinal Keith O'Brien. Firm socks and violence. ‘The unparalleled pinnacle of comedy This is the true story of an 8.30pm £5/£3 Halt Bar puppetry’ Venue 2013 undercover cop who ran Ginger Comedy 0844 395 4005 with football hooligans - a riveting auto- 7.30pm £6/£5 Bunker biographical The Griffin 0844 395 4005 We've joined forces to provide a night of top stand ups in one piece. Chris Ramsey Joy Hunters of Glasgow's most established comedy locations! Sara Hunter, Ed Whitely and Sarah 8.30pm £4/£3 Roxy 171 8pm @ Short go in search of joy and fun. Hosted by Radio Clyde’s Duncan Leven. Smells Like Sh*te… 0844 395 4005 The Garage Tastes like Chicken 7.30pm £7/£5 Vespbar Suicide or homicide?...suicide?....or homicide?...genocide? The Old Men 0844 395 4005 boy who's life went astray, struggling with life’s great debate Can’t Jump once again. Rod Hunter, John Purves, Les Sinclair, three of Scotland's more mature comedians, take their sell-out Fringe show to Glasgow. 8.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Christian Schulte-Loh: 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Attack of the 50 Foot German Comedian Billy Kirkwood: 0844 335 8879 Germany's funniest export is back: Christian Schulte-Loh returns to Glasgow – following triumphant runs in 2011 and 2012. 8.30pm At Least I’m Having Fun Free – non A new, unpredictable and downright hysterical stand up show all about guilty pleasures, causing trouble and other acts of mischief! 10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club ticketed 0844 335 8879 Mini Bar 7.30pm £5/£4 The Vale The Festival Ginger Ale Robin Cairns: The Weegies 0844 395 4005 Club Comedy Have Stolen the One O Clock Gun! See Fri 14 March @ Mini Bar See Thu 13 March One of Glasgow's newest comedy 7.30pm £5/£4 Avant Garde venues hits the festival New Material Night 0844 395 4005 in style. Join us for a Stand up comedians from the Scottish comedy circuit must night of top comedy! perform new material only. Funny even when it isn't funny.

8.30pm 8pm £5 Maggie Mays £6/£4 Five Quid Funnies 0844 395 4005 The Griffin Live comedy featuring top stand up talent from across the comedy festival. 0844 395 4005 Two Jobbies 8pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre Walk Mouth Comfort Presents: 0844 395 4005 Nick Revell Into The Choose Your Own Sketch-Venture! Griff… Another first in sketch comedy! The audience Tuesday 7pm See Sun 16 March decides whether Charlie and Audrey live, die or go to space. @ The Stand

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12 tickets: 0844 395 4005 FRIDAY 21 MARCH

1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 7.30pm £5/£4 The Vale 8.45pm £8/£6 Vespbar The Lunchtime Mansion House Robin Cairns: The Weegies 0844 395 4005 Stu Who?: 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 Have Stolen the One O Clock Gun! GERRITRIGHTUPYE! See Sat 15 March See Thu 13 March Glasgow’s godfather of comedy, Stu Who? returns with yet more bluster and blather in yet another hilarious, one-man rant. 1pm £10 Vespbar 7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 BASURA Picks of 0844 395 4005 8.45pm £6/£5 Avant Garde See Mon 17 March the Fest Comedy Club The Heresy Project 2014 0844 395 4005 See Fri 14 March Hard hitting comedy that satirises both the god-fearing and 7.30pm £10 Blackfriars Basement the godless - makes Richard Dawkins look like the pope. Matt Richardson: 0844 395 4005 7.45pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club 9pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Hometown Hero Paul Sinha is a 0844 335 8879 Come and join multi-award winning comic and co-host of The Xtra Stand-up Comedian Abigoliah Schamaun: 0844 395 4005 Factor Matt Richardson for his highly anticipated debut show. Doctor, sports fanatic, quiz geek. According to Jim Davidson, Subtle ‘Indian poof’. But first and foremost, a comedian. A bloody New York comic Abigoliah Schamaun comes to Glasgow with 7.30pm £8/£7 Dram great comedian. a set of dirty jokes and a selection of freaky side-show stunts. Scottish Falsetto 0844 395 4005 Sock Puppet Theatre 8pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre 9pm Free – non ticketed Halt Bar See Thu 20 March Doug Segal: 0844 395 4005 Nev: RAVE Experience the voodoo comedy of Nev on a quest into the I Can Make You a Mentalist emotionally damaged disco of his mind. Dancing encouraged. 7.30pm £6/£5 The Griffin ‘Imagine if was funny’ Evening Standard. A 0844 395 4005 show that turns the audience into mindreaders. ***** Scottish Sunday Express. 10pm £5/£4 State Bar Joy Hunters AfterBirth 0844 395 4005 See Thu 20 March 8pm £4/£3 Flying Duck Three comedians come together at the State Bar to give you their AfterBirth. Prepare to be blown wide open. 7.30pm £7/£5 Dabek and Marty’s 0844 395 4005 Vespbar Electric Circus 10pm £5/£4 Avant Garde See Fri 14 March 0844 395 4005 A to Z Improv 0844 395 4005 Jealous Fast, funny, spontaneous late night comedy. Unscripted 8pm Free – ticketed Lassie’s Karma improvised scenes take us on a roller coaster ride. Come join Hold on to your fanny The Comedian Tattoo Studios the fun! lips! Comedy at its 0844 395 4005 most clittorably and Show Me Your 10pm £8 Vespbar rip-roaringly anti The 10 O’clock Show 0844 395 4005 fungal. Camp quip Tattoo 2014 – FREE! Hosted by comedian Billy Kirkwood. See Fri 14 March comedy... The hysterical smash hit stand- up/improv/chat/comedy/tattoo 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club show returns with brand new ink The Festival Club 0844 335 8879 and all free! See Fri 14 March Paul Sinha 8pm £10 Oran Mor 11.45pm £5 7.45pm @ 0844 395 4005 Vespbar 7.30pm Gary Little: My Time 0844 395 £7/£6 The Stand After selling out 4 shows at GICF 2013, 4005 Avant Garde Gary Little returns doing what he does best - telling funny stories. Vespbar’s 0844 395 4005 Late Late Absolute 8pm £10/£8 State Bar Show Improv 0844 395 4005 See Fri 14 See Sat 15 March Devitt & Storrie March Devitt and Storrie, the talented duo 7.30pm for one night only! The pair have a lot in £8/£6 common, but sometimes are worlds apart! The Tall Ship 8.30pm £10 0844 395 West Brewery 4005 0844 395 4005 Cargo Hold Comedy Out West Comedy See Fri 14 March Cargo Hold Comedy is back for its 3rd year with a showcase of Gary Little some of the best comedians Scotland has 8pm @ to offer. Oran Mor

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12.30pm £5/£4 Nice ‘N’ Sleazy 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £10 West Brewery Ginger Ale’s 0844 395 4005 Hailey Boyle: 0844 395 4005 Comedy Out West 0844 395 4005 Lunch Break Funny Like A Dude See Fri 14 March Put your feet up and relax this Saturday lunchtime with two If you don’t think women are funny, she will prove you wrong. hours of comedy hilarity! If you do, enjoy the feeling of superiority that comes with 8.45pm £8/£6 Vespbar being absolutely correct. Julia Sutherland: 0844 395 4005 1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) What Is Wrong With Me? The Lunchtime Mansion House 7.30pm £8 Vespbar Julia appears normal. She has powerful eyebrows. But inside Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 Rob Kane: 0844 395 4005 - she's a seething ball of See Sat 15 March Taggart Ruined My Life! chaos. ‘Very funny.’ In 1996 Rob Kane had a lead role in the legendary TV show Scotsman. 3pm & 7.30pm £5/£4 The Vale Taggart. He expected fame, he got mental torture. Robin Cairns: The Weegies 0844 395 4005 Have Stolen the One O Clock Gun! 7.30pm £7/£6 Avant Garde See Thu 13 March Absolute Improv 0844 395 4005 See Sat 15 March 5.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £14/£12 Garage Brothers and Sisters… 0844 335 8879 It’s The Reverend Obadiah Seann Walsh: 0844 395 4005 The Lie-In King Steppenwolfe III Seann Walsh, star of BBC1’s ‘Live at the Apollo’, returns with See Sat 15 March an all-new show that proves he’s the Lie-in King.

6pm £4 Vespbar 7.30pm £12/£10 Tron Theatre Outcasts 0844 395 4005 Amateur Transplants: 0844 395 4005 Natasha attempts to regain her connection to the world. Loke never had a connection in the first place. Disjointed show. Adam Kay's Bum Notes With three number one albums in the iTunes 7pm £5/£3 O’Neills comedy charts and over 20 million hits on YouTube, Adam Kay is musical comedy genius. Live at O’Neills 0844 395 4005 Live at O'Neills is going to be a show with a difference. Love 7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel comedy and music? You're in for a treat. BASURA Picks of 0844 395 4005 the Fest Comedy Club Brunswick hotel's venue BASURA hosts their very own picks of this year's comedy festival. Different show every night.

7.45pm £10 Stand Comedy Club Mark Nelson 0844 335 8879 Seann Walsh Hilariously unadulterated, powerhouse stand up. ‘Talent that’s simply obscene’ List. ‘Blistering material… dangerously near the boundaries of good taste’ Sunday Times. 7.30pm @

8pm £3 Flying Duck The Garage 0844 395 4005 Coalition of Comedy: Back and Fourth Back for a fourth year with another exciting line-up of up-and-coming comedians ready to impress. ‘Ones-to- The Reverend watch’ .

5.30pm @ 8pm £10 Oran Mor The Stand 0844 395 4005 Phil Differ: My Cosmetic Surgery Hell When even your wrinkles are starting to sag what other choice does a vain man have? ‘Comedy genius’ .

8.30pm £10/£8 State Bar 0844 395 4005 Anna Devitt: Ya Dancer! Anna Devitt is a rising star in the comedy world, after winning a prestigious award, she went off to ...

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8.45pm £5 Avant Garde 10pm £8/£6 Avant Garde 8pm £10 Oran Mor Sully O’Sullivan: 0844 395 4005 Nancy Clench: 0844 395 4005 Gary Little: My Time 0844 395 4005 Punk Comedy (NZ) What a C**t See Fri 21 March After consecutive UK tours supporting cult Aussie comic Steve Late night filthy humour from Scotland's 7ft drag queen. Hughes, O'Sullivan presents his debut solo show. ‘O'Sullivan Expect sex, drugs and a lot of drink. 8.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement was amazing’ NME. Dan Bingham 0844 395 4005 10pm £8 Vespbar 9pm £8/£6 The Griffin Adopt This! The 10 O’clock Show 0844 395 4005 Canadian comedian Dan Bingham shares his tragically Fern Brady & 0844 395 4005 See Fri 14 March hilarious story of growing up adopted and reuniting with his Stuart Mitchell rowdy Glaswegian biological family. An evening with Fern Brady and Stuart Mitchell, two of 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club the most exciting new Scottish comedians on the circuit. The Festival Club 0844 335 8879 8.30pm £3/£2 The Griffin See Fri 14 March Ginger Ale Comedy 0844 395 4005 9pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Richard Gadd: 0844 395 4005 11pm £10 West Brewery @ The Griffin We're back with more games, jokes and hilarity! Starring at Cheese and Crack Whores Comedy Out West: 0844 395 4005 least 6 top comics for £3, why go elsewhere? One of Scotland’s most exciting, unique, and troubled new The Late Show comedians, Richard Gadd, brings his critically-acclaimed, See Sat 15 March sell-out Fringe show to Glasgow. 8.45pm £5/£4 Avant Garde Improv Ninjas 0844 395 4005 11.45pm £5 Vespbar 9.00pm £10 Tron Theatre Glasgow's newest comedy troupe bring you a fun-filled Vespbar’s Late Late Show 0844 395 4005 hour of improvised comedy entirely made up from 0844 395 4005 The Commonwealth See Fri 14 March audience suggestions! Stands Up Come and enjoy some top comedy from the 9.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Commonwealth as Glasgow prepares to welcome the XX Commonwealth Games! SUNDAY 23 MARCH Mark Nelson 0844 335 8879 See Sat 22 March 1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 9.30pm £7/£5 State Bar The Lunchtime Mansion House Saturday Night 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 at the State See Sat 15 March See Sat 15 March 2.30pm & 7.30pm £20/£18* King’s Theatre Dorothy Paul: 0844 871 7627 A Brand New Show Dorothy, the undisputed Queen of Scottish comedy is back with a brand new show, specially written for GICF 2014. 7.30pm £6/£5 Avant Garde Director’s Cut 0844 395 4005 See Sun 16 March 7.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Martin Mor: How 0844 335 8879 Do You Like Your Blue-Eyed Boy Mister Death? If you are deciding which shows to see based on these short descriptions then you’re an idiot. ‘World class’ Scotsman. Mark Nelson Mark Nelson 7.30pm £5 7.45pm & Vespbar 7.45pm & 0844 395 4005 9.30pm @ 4 Fifers for a Fiver The Stand Mirth of Forth Comedy presents four of Fife's finest up and coming Dorothy Paul comedians in one show all for a fiver. 2.30pm & 8pm £7 Nice ‘N’ Sleazy 7.30pm @ 0844 395 4005 The King's Twisted Loaf: Half Baked ‘Their comedy performance is a mixture of surreal, silly and beautifully performed sketches reminiscent of Cardinal Burns.’Huffington Post. 15 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

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18 www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com tickets: 0844 395 4005 MONDAY 24 MARCH

7.30pm £20* King’s Theatre 9.30pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club The PPOWH! 0844 871 7627 : 0844 335 8879 Comedy Gala A Bic For Her A galaxy of comedy stars come together to raise funds for Acclaimed stand-up’s award-winning, sell-out feminist satire. Glasgow’s Prince and Princess of Hospice, including ‘Terrifically funny’ Times. ‘A very, very clever show’ Herald ‘A Stewart Francis, Susan Calman, Des Clarke, Jo revelation’ Observer. Caulfield, Janey Godley, Des McLean and many more to be announced.

8pm £4/£3 Roxy 171 David and Keiron 0844 395 4005 Brand-new comedy with David Callaghan (‘witty, quick and natural’ Broadway Baby) and Keiron Nicholson (‘hugely funny’Skinny).

8.45pm £10/£9 Vespbar 0844 395 4005 Davysson and Friends See Mon 17 March

9.30pm £5 Roxy 171 1pm £10 Vespbar 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 Richard Brown: A Pizza Comedy See Mon 17 March This Is Not For You Richard Brown ('tall, bearded' Fresh Air Radio) presents a show 7.30pm £10/£9 about how we are all Stand insignificant. Comedy Club 0844 335 8879 : Fylm Simon Munnery blends film and live comedy in his new fylm-tastic show. 'One audacious, ingenious, leap of imagination' ***** Scotsman.

Simon Bridget Munnery Christie 7.30pm @ 9.30pm @ The Stand The Stand

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8.30pm Free – non ticketed Mini Bar TUESDAY 25 MARCH WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH Ginger Ale Comedy 1pm £10 Vespbar 1pm £10 Vespbar @ Mini Bar A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 See Wed 19 March See Mon 17 March A Pizza Comedy See Mon 17 March 7pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Mike Wozniak: 0844 335 8879 7.30pm £16.50/£14.50 Take The Hit King’s Theatre 0844 871 7627 His wife’s parents have moved in. Not so much a show as a Fred MacAulay: person getting out of the house. The Very Best of Fred 7.30pm £25/£21/£17* King’s Theatre MacAulay Classic routines and brand new material from one of Pam Ann: Fly 0844 871 7627 the original Scottish stand ups. 'Rib-achingly funny. International comedy sensation and hostess with the most- est strips bare everything ridiculous about air travel and the One of the funniest men alive.' Sunday Times culture surrounding it! 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA 7.30pm £5/£4 Vespbar 0844 395 4005 Do Bananas Dream 0844 395 4005 Star Stricken of Plastic Fruit Baskets? Star Stricken, by Karen Barclay See Tue 18 March and Tom Brogan. A double bill of one-act plays exposing 8.30pm Free – non ticketed Halt Bar celebrity. Pop Up Comedy @ The Halt See Tue 18 March Pam Ann 8.45pm £5/£4 Vespbar Stand By 0844 395 4005 7.30pm @ See Tue 18 March The King's 9.30pm

£5 Stand Comedy Club 0844 335 8879 BBC Scotland Presents: Best Of Red Raw See Tue 18 March

7.30pm £7 Stand Comedy Club : 0844 335 8879 Work In Progress 8.30pm Free – non ticketed Halt Bar New work in progress show from acclaimed stand-up and Zuma & King Rizzler: writer, Holly Walsh, co-creator of BBC3’s : ‘gifted Bring Sum Beef! with snappy wit and crackling talent’ Guardian. Zuma and King Rizzler are dangerous street babies 7.30pm £2 Vespbar with beef. A true tale of crime, success, revenge and Jennings & Buchanan: 0844 395 4005 prime cutz. When They Were Sh*te Catch two of tomorrow's potential comedy superstars today, and be able to brag ‘I saw them when they were sh*te.’ 9.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £12.50/£11 Oran Mor Zoe Lyons: 0844 335 8879 Butterfly Kiss 0844 395 4005 Mustard Cutter Dave Anderson’s take on 1960’s Scottish seaside holidays, Coffee, culture or cutlery? We are all snobs about something. rock’n’roll, growing up and growing old. 'Extraordinarily Why don’t you get down off your high horse and let’s talk moving and powerful...' Scotsman. about it.

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1pm £10 7.30pm £20/£18* King’s Theatre 8.30pm £10 West Brewery Vespbar Fascinating Aida: 0844 871 7627 Comedy Out West 0844 395 4005 0844 395 Charm Offensive Comedy Out West showcases the best of the fest each weekend. Previous guests have included Reginald D. 4005 Following a sold-out tour, multiple award nominations and Hunter, Craig Campbell and Kevin Bridges. A Pizza over 10 million YouTube hits, Fascinating Aida bring their unique, cabaret comedy to Glasgow. Comedy 8.30pm £7/£5 State Bar See Mon 17 The Auld Bunch 0844 395 4005 March 7.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club As Scotland's demographic time bomb ticks towards a geriatric Phil Nichol: 0844 335 8879 Armageddon, join Vladimir McTavish and friends for some Just Stand immature mature comedy. Cumbernauld born Canadian Phil Nichol performs two sets of high octane stand up, some new and some old. 8.30pm £5/£3 The Griffin 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £5/£4 Vespbar Jimmy Bread: 3 Men and 0844 395 4005 Nerdy Underpants! Join failed rock star Jimmy Bread on a Some Jokes tour of music and mayhem as he performs Three up-and-coming comedians tell jokes for an hour. hits from his never-to-be-released album. Come and see it. 8.30pm £5/£3 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA Halt Bar 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 Star Stricken Ginger Comedy See Wed 26 March Bunker See Thu 20 March 7.30pm £5/£4 Avant Garde 10pm £12/£10 0844 395 4005 Stand Comedy New Material Club Night 0844 335 8879 See Thu 20 March The Festival Zoe Club Lyons The best of 8pm £5 Maggie Mays 9.30pm @ Fest! Five Fred Five Quid Funnies 0844 395 4005 The Stand top acts, See Thu 20 March late MacAulay 8pm £12/£10 Oran Mor 7.30pm @ Rob Beckett: 0844 395 4005 The King's Live bar and snacks! Multi award winning comedian Rob Beckett will Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, make you laugh a lot and leave happier than when and Jimmy Carr. you arrived.

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22 tickets: 0844 395 4005 FRIDAY 28 MARCH

1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 8pm £6/£4 Tennent’s Basement Bar 10pm £8 Vespbar The Lunchtime Mansion House The Best of 0844 395 4005 The 10 O’clock Show 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 Comedy in the Basement Vespbar’s now famous weekend 10 O’Clock show with Come and enjoy some laughs at lunchtime, with a tasting The best of comedy in The Basement, safely in one Glasgow’s best comedic talent. Compered by the legendary menu of comedians hand-picked from across the festival. location. The Basement. So close to the comedians, you'll Viv Gee!! hate their halitosis. 1pm £10 Vespbar 10pm £6 State Bar A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 8pm £4/£3 Flying Duck The Last Ones Left 0844 395 4005 See Mon 17 March Dabek and Marty’s 0844 395 4005 Join rising Scottish comedy stars - Liam Cumbers, Gareth Mutch and Scot Laird - for an hour of carefree laughter. 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Electric Circus See Fri 14 March Chris Henry: 0844 395 4005 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Only the Good Die Young 8pm £16 Garage The Festival Club 0844 335 8879 Chris Henry negotiates preconceptions on why settling down See Thu 27 March is crazy, how fun drugs are and the best bits of getting older. Rich Hall 0844 395 4005 The award-winning native Rich Hall returns to 11.45pm £5 Vespbar 7.30pm £5/£3 Vespbar Glasgow once again to wow audiences with his quick fire banter. Vespbar’s Late Late Show 0844 395 4005 Rik Carranza: Charming 0844 395 4005 Every Friday and Saturday nights with the pick of the best acts Join the ‘charming’ (Kate Copstick 2013, Broadway Baby playing in the festival. Mixing it up into the wee small hours!! 2013) Rik Carranza for stories, songs, jokes and dinosaurs. 8.30pm £10 West Brewery Comedy Out West 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £20/£18* King’s Theatre See Thu 27 March Fascinating Aida: 0844 871 7627 Charm Offensive 8.30pm £5 State Bar Janey See Thu 27 March Dogsh*t Johnson 0844 395 4005 & Guests: Hotel Louisiana Godley 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA Dogshit Johnson has met some interesting people over the Star Stricken 0844 395 4005 years and now he wants you to meet a few of them. 8pm @ See Wed 26 March 8.30pm £10/£8 The Griffin Oran 7.30pm £10 Universal DirectDevitt: 0844 395 4005 Songs of Pandemonium 0844 395 4005 Real Wummin Mor Chart hits and musical medleys turned into unique parodies for DirectDevitt return with their new variety show: Real an evening of comedy entertainment – with a free cocktail too! Wummin! This is high energy Interaction! Mon doon! Plus very special guest. 7.30pm £7/£6 Avant Garde Absolute Improv 0844 395 4005 8.45pm £7/£5 Avant Garde See Sat 15 March Wildcard Kitty: 0844 395 4005 7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel The Showgirl Show Wild Card Kitty: International showgirl, burlesque siren and BASURA Picks of 0844 395 4005 dance doyenne performs her unique blend of dry wit and the Fest Comedy Club visual humour. See Sat 22 March 8.45pm £8/£6 Vespbar 7.45pm £15/£14 Stand Comedy Club Endemic Comedy 0844 395 4005 Janeane Garofalo 0844 335 8879 Back by popular demand. Charmingly honest, quirky tales Presents: Shame Spiral await you from this self-deprecating, straight talking, quick- As heard on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. witted New York stand up. A new hour of dark and fantastical sketch comedy. www.endemic-comedy.com 8pm Free – ticketed The Comedian Tattoo Studios 0844 395 4005 9pm £10/£8 Show Me Your Tattoo 2014 – FREE! Blackfriars Basement See Fri 21 March 0844 395 4005 : 8pm £13/£11 Oran Mor Practical Joker Joel is one of the fastest 0844 395 4005 rising stars on the Janey UK comedy circuit Godley: – come and Oh My catch him on the way up. Godley Scottish favourite Janey Godley supported by comedy daughter Ashley Storrie in a hometown show where Janeane Garofalo Fascinating Aida there are no holds 7.45pm @ The Stand barred. 7.30pm @ The King's 23 SATURDAY 29 MARCH www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

8pm £8/£6 Queen Margaret Union I Am the Tag 0844 395 4005 Team Champions AMERICA STANDS UP! Comics Chris Brooker and Billy Kirkwood bring you the smash hit live comedy show by wrestling fans for wrestling fans. Saturday 29 March Stand Comedy Club 0844 335 8879 8pm £13/£11 Oran Mor DAVE FULTON,, JOE MACHII AND PAUL MERCURIO Janey Godley: 0844 395 4005 Oh My Godley See Fri 28 March 1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 7.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club The Lunchtime Mansion House United Airlines 0844 335 8879 8pm £16 Garage Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 presents: America Stands Up Rich Hall 0844 395 4005 See Fri 28 March A superb showcase of new American comedy talent! Be the See Fri 28 March first to see some of the biggest stars from across the pond. 5.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £10/£8 State Bar 7.30pm £7/£6 Avant Garde Brothers and Sisters… 0844 335 8879 Damian Clark: 0844 395 4005 It’s The Reverend Obadiah Absolute Improv 0844 395 4005 Five star Scottish comedy troupe present a show based entirely Go Ahead, Make My Damo Steppenwolfe III on your suggestions. Comedy a la ‘Whose line is it anyway?’ Damo's back! Brand new show! ‘Every joke – and I honestly See Sat 15 March do mean every single joke – is genuinely, gut-bustingly funny.’ Three Weeks. 7.30pm £8 Vespbar 6pm £6/£4 Vespbar Carina MacLeod: 0844 395 4005 Sarah Cassidy: 0844 395 4005 8.30pm £10 West Brewery Blone Away 0844 395 4005 An Introduction to Twerking Hebridean comedian Carina MacLeod recollects her journey Trouble getting in touch with your inner misogynist? A guide from the croft to the stage and the bad luck along the way! Comedy Out West to slut-shaming, rape jokes, and flattering cock selfies. See Thu 27 March 7.30pm £10 Universal 7pm £23.50* King’s Theatre 8.30pm £10/£8 Songs of Pandemonium 0844 395 4005 The Griffin Omid Djalili: LIVE 0844 871 7627 See Fri 28 March Omid’s back with a splash, following a sell-out four week 0844 395 4005 London West-End residency and a sold-out season at the DirectDevitt: Edinburgh Festival. 7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel BASURA Picks 0844 395 4005 Real Wummin 7.30pm £9/£7 of the Fest Comedy Club See Fri 28 March Blackfriars Basement See Sat 22 March 8.45pm £5 0844 395 4005 8pm £14/£10 Admiral Bar Avant Garde Charlie Ross: 0844 395 4005 Charlie’s Angles Enterteasement 0844 395 4005 Enterteasement comedy! Magic! Burlesque! A Four Horsemen Self-confessed geek and football combination of Magic Circle magicians, ‘as fan, Charlie Ross, will lead you of the seen on TV’ comedians and International through a world where burlesque stars. Acockolips and the offside rule can co-exist. Four young riders come 8pm £3 Flying Duck together in the name of the 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA 0844 395 4005 divine, bringing you an 0844 395 4005 hour of stand up Coalition of Comedy: comedy. Star Stricken Back and Fourth See Wed 26 March See Sat 22 March Jerry Sadowitz 9.30pm @ The King's

Omid Djalili 7pm @ The King's

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8.45pm £8/£6 Vespbar Sun 30 March Endemic Comedy 0844 395 4005 SUNDAY 30 MARCH MONDAY 31 MARCH Presents: Shame Spiral 1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 1pm £10 Vespbar See Fri 28 March The Lunchtime Mansion House A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 See Mon 17 March 9pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement See Fri 28 March Mae Martin: 0844 395 4005 Slumber Party 7.30pm £6/£5 Avant Garde 7.30pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club Canadian Mae Martin (’s Good News, BBC Director’s Cut 0844 395 4005 Mitch Benn Is 0844 335 8879 Radio 4) relives her melodramatic adolescence and See Sun 16 March The 37th Beatle disappointment at the 2012 Apocalypse. Mitch's new show combines his Scouse upbringing with his 7.30pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club 9.30pm £22.50/£19.50* King’s Theatre love of music and a lifelong obsession with 's most Tom Wrigglesworth: 0844 335 8879 famous sons. Jerry Sadowitz: 0844 871 7627 Utterly At Odds With The Universe Comedian, Magician, Psychopath! Poignant and hilarious new show from the star of BBC Radio 7.30pm £10/£8 The Vale Jerry Sadowitz is best known as an offensive comedian, but 4. Elegant flourishes of language, twisted logic and whimsical he is also one of the world's most skilled and creative card storytelling. Party Suzie 0844 395 4005 magicians. And somehow he's managed to make that See Sun 30 March offensive too. 7.30pm £5 Vespbar 0844 395 4005 8pm £15 Citizens Theatre 9.30pm £7/£5 State Bar Four Horsemen of the Acockolips Rory Bremner & 0844 395 4005 Saturday Night 0844 395 4005 Four young riders come together in the name of the divine, Friends: A Funny Thing Happened at the State bringing you an hour of stand up comedy. See Sat 15 March On the Way to the Referendum. 7.30pm £10/£8 The Vale With the debate on Independence rapidly reaching room 10pm £8/£6 Avant Garde Party Suzie 0844 395 4005 temperature, Rory Bremner reaches for the satirical Nancy Clench: 0844 395 4005 It's 1985 and five girls from Glasgow are getting glammed up thermometer to put up the nation's bottom What a C**t for a 'quiet' night in at the Tupperware party... See Sat 22 March 8.45pm £10/£9 Vespbar 8pm £15 Oran Mor Davysson and Friends 0844 395 4005 10pm £8 Vespbar 0844 395 4005 See Mon 17 March 0844 395 4005 : The 10 O’clock Show We’re All Going To Die 9.30pm £7/£6 Stand Comedy Club See Fri 28 March Death is inevitable, so let's laugh in its face while our hearts still beat and The Good, The Bad 0844 335 8879 10.30pm £15/£12 our jaws are still attached. & The Unexpected Stand Comedy Club , Richard Melvin, Julia Sutherland plus 8pm £14/£10 Admiral Bar special guests take part in a 0844 335 8879 0844 395 4005 hilarious (and ridiculous!) The Festival Club Enterteasement comedy game show. See Thu 27 March See Sat 29 March

8pm £16 Garage Rich Hall 0844 395 4005 See Fri 28 March

8.30pm £8/£6 Blackfriars Basement Vladimir McTavish and 0844 395 4005 11pm £10 Keir McAllister Look at the Jerry Sadowitz West Brewery State of Scotland. 0844 395 4005 Two of Scotland’s finest comedians satirical look at the 9.30pm @ The King's referendum. ‘Neat twists on Scotland’s culture.’ Scotsman. Comedy Out ‘Insightful, political comedy.’ Skinny. West:The Late Show 8.30pm £3/£2 The Griffin See Sat 15 March Ginger Ale Comedy 0844 395 4005 @ The Griffin 11.45pm See Sun 23 March £5 Vespbar 8.45pm £5/£4 Avant Garde 0844 395 4005 Improv Jam 0844 395 4005 Improv comedy bonanza! Performers from all over this Vespbar’s Late year's festival guest in this free for all improvised Rory Bremner Late Show comedy show. See Fri 28 March 8pm @ The Citz 9.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 0844 335 8879 Jonny & The Baptists: The Stop UKIP Tour Join 'musical comedy's rising stars' (Sunday Times) to take on UKIP with an hour of songs, satire and silliness.

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7.30pm £10/£8 The Vale 8pm £10/£8 Oran Mor TUESDAY 1 APRIL Party Suzie 0844 395 4005 Hindsight 0844 395 4005 1pm £10 Vespbar See Sun 30 March A dark comedy drama about growing up, the Hadron Collider and the lengths we will go to prove ourselves wrong. A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 8pm £13.50/£11.50 Oran Mor See Mon 17 March Des Clarke: Funny How 0844 395 4005 8.30pm £8/£6 Admiral Bar 7pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club Known to many as host of the Capital Breakfast Show Des 0844 395 4005 Clarke’s first love remains stand up comedy expect offbeat I Wouldn’t Want Susan Calman: 0844 335 8879 observations and Glasgow banter. The 68 Comeback Special To Play Cards With You Master magician and comedian, Susan (News Quiz/QI) has written a show based on the life 8pm £14/£12 Citizens Theatre Woody, demonstrates award winning and times of Rosa Klebb. This isn’t it. Simon Evans: Leashed 0844 395 4005 magic and reveals one of magic's After a total run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Evans returns to biggest secrets. 7.30pm £5/£4 Vespbar Glasgow with more sizzlingly entertaining, beautifully crafted, Do Bananas Dream 0844 395 4005 devastatingly funny gags. 8.30pm Free – non ticketed of Plastic Fruit Baskets? Mini Bar See Tue 18 March 8.30pm Free – non ticketed Halt Bar Ginger Ale Pop Up Comedy @ The Halt See Tue 18 March Comedy @ Mini Bar 8.45pm £5/£4 Vespbar See Wed 19 March 0844 395 4005 Stand By 8.30pm See Tue 18 March £6/£5 9.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club CCA Des Clarke BBC Scotland 0844 335 8879 0844 395 Presents: Best Of Red Raw 4005 8pm @ See Tue 18 March Zombie Science: Oran Mor Worst Case WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL Scenario An interactive multi-media spoof 1pm £10 tutorial, teaching you to survive a Vespbar Zombieism outbreak. Supported by Wellcome Trust and University of Glasgow. 0844 395 4005 A Pizza Comedy 10pm £5 See Mon 17 March Stand Comedy Club 0844 335 8879 7.30pm £8/£7 Stand Comedy Club Joke Thieves It's comedy set swapping LIVE. The show Miles Jupp 0844 335 8879 where top comedians perform their own Susie McCabe: jokes and then each others. 8pm @ The Citz Tourist Mis- information On the back of her debut sell out GICF 2013 solo shows and sold out shows at 2013 Fringe, Susie McCabe is back!!

7.30pm £10/£8 The Vale 0844 395 4005 Party Suzie See Sun 30 March 8pm £13 Citizens Theatre Miles Jupp 0844 395 4005 Is The Chap You're Thinking Of Join Miles discussing: himself, you, fatherhood, the bloody government, housing, ageing, other people's pants and, inevitably, a number of other things. Simon Evans 8pm @ The Citz

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1pm £10 Vespbar 8pm £5 Eco Chic Boutique A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 Vintage Comedy ReLoved 0844 395 4005 See Mon 17 March See Thu 20 March

7.30pm £5.50/£4.50 8pm £25 Clyde Auditorium Cottiers Theatre Sarah Millican: 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 Home Bird Universal Comedy ‘Sarah Millican is never less than belly-laugh hilarious.’ Present: The Clinic Mirror. ‘An iron fist in a marigold glove.’ Guardian. Comedy showcase written and performed by people with ill health who have attended our comedy workshops and courses. 8pm £15/£13 Citizens Theatre And They Played 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £5/£4 Shang a Lang Avant Garde This is what life was like growing up in 70's Scotland. Told 0844 395 4005 through laughter, tears and 70's hit music. New Material Night 8.30pm £7/£5 Tron Theatre See Thu 20 March Commissioned 0844 395 4005 A night of new comedy commissioned by you. Suggest a 7.30pm subject on Facebook or tweet @CommissionedCom and we'll £10/£9 provide the comedy. Stand Comedy Des Clarke Club 8.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement 0844 335 8879 Bob Doolally: 0844 395 4005 8pm @ Rob Rouse: Talks Balls with Phillip Differ Ride of Your Bob delves into the darker side of the beautiful game, in Oran Mor Life conversation with his close personal friend and comedian ‘A man with genuinely funny Philip Differ bones.’ Sunday Times ‘Hilarious’ List ‘Belly Laugh funny’ Herald. 8.30pm £10 West Brewery Comedy Out West 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £4 Vespbar See Thu 27 March 0844 395 4005 Natalie Wicks: 10pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Grand Theft The Festival Club 0844 335 8879 Autotune The best of Fest! Five top acts, late bar and snacks! Epic musical numbers to leave you Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle rocking out hardcore-acoustic-style and Jimmy Carr. and tapping your toes long after you’ve finished laughing.

7.30pm £14 Garage : 0844 395 4005 Incidentally… Star of ’s The Last Leg, BBC1’s Live At The Apollo and Mock The Week, Josh Widdicombe returns with a brand new show.

8pm £5 Maggie Mays 0844 395 4005 Five Quid Funnies See Thu 20 March

Susan Calman Simon Evans 7pm @ 8pm @ The Stand The Citz

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1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 7.30pm £14.50 Oran Mor 8.30pm £8/£6 The Griffin The Lunchtime Mansion House Craig Hill: 0844 395 4005 Jamie Dalgleish: 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 Tartan About! Laugh At Me! See Fri 28 March Hot on the heels of last year’s hysterical sold out tour; Craig After last year's debut solo show, Jamie returns discussing Hill returns with a brand new show ‘Tartan About!’ his life’s transition from 'class clown' to award winning stand 1pm £10 Vespbar up comedian. 7.30pm £5 Vespbar A Pizza Comedy 0844 395 4005 See Mon 17 March Ross vs. Ross: 0844 395 4005 8.30pm £8 Glad Café Championship Edition (Insert Coins) Homecoming Gala: 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement Ross McClelland and Ross McLellan have been friends for The Preview John Gavin: Live 0844 395 4005 years but who is best? Complete comedy mayhem guaranteed. Don’t miss your chance to see these hand picked comedians from Canada and Australia as they make their UK debut at John Gavin returns to GICF2014 with a brand new hour of 7.30pm £7/£6 Avant Garde stand up. Total sell out 2010 – 2013, early booking the Glad Cafe! recommended! Absolute Improv 0844 395 4005 See Sat 29 March 8.45pm £8/6 Vespbar 7.30pm £5/£4 State Bar Made-Up Stand Up 0844 395 4005 Comedy Coalition Scott Gibson and Graham Mackie join AfterBirth 0844 395 4005 forces to present a stand up double bill. See Fri 21 March 9pm £9/£7 7.45pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club Blackfriars Basement Colin Murphy 0844 335 8879 0844 395 4005 "I'm looking forward to getting away from the sectarianism of and its disputes over flags, Rhys James: Begins anthems, and britishness." The extremely talented young comedian Rhys James writes jokes, poems, stories, ideas and tweets – 7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel see him perform a selection of all. BASURA Picks of 0844 395 4005 the Fest Comedy Club 9pm £8/£6 Brunswick hotel's venue BASURA hosts their State Bar very own picks of this year's comedy 0844 395 4005 festival. Different show every night. Luke Toulson: Laid-Back Grouch 8pm £25 Luke Toulson’s Laid-Back Grouch Clyde Auditorium is a show about what parents are 0844 395 4005 really thinking – even though Sarah they perhaps shouldn’t. Millican: 10pm £8 Home Bird Vespbar See Thu 3 April 0844 395 8pm £8/£6 4005 Arches The 10 Sarah Millican 0844 395 4005 O’clock Show 8pm @ The Wee Man’s See Fri 28 March Comedy Rap 10.30pm £10/£8 Clyde Auditorium Battle State Bar Showdown 0844 395 4005 Comedy and hip hop clash in rap battles, a concept which Anna Devitt: Craig Hill garnered five stars and nuff Ya Dancer! respect at the Fringe. See Sat 22 7.30pm @ March 8pm £14/£12 Oran Mor Citizens Theatre 10.30pm 0844 395 4005 £15/£12 Shappi Khorsandi: Stand Live Comedy Club Shappi Khorsandi is one of 0844 335 8879 the hottest comedy prospects in the country: feisty, flirty and The Festival Club effortlessly funny. See Thu 3 April

8.30pm £10 11.45pm £5 West Brewery Vespbar 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 Comedy Out West Vespbar’s Late Late Show See Thu 27 March See Fri 28 March

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1pm £5 (£10 including lunch) 8pm £8/£6 State Bar 8.30pm £7 Flying Duck The Lunchtime Mansion House Stephen Bailey: 0844 395 4005 The Explorers Club 0844 395 4005 Comedy Club 0844 395 4005 Work In Progress See Sat 15 March See Fri 28 March Come party at Stephen Bailey's work in progress for his highly anticipated Edinburgh 2014 debut. ****Gay UK. 8.45pm £5 Avant Garde 5.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club Richard Coughlan: 0844 395 4005 Brothers and Sisters… 0844 335 8879 8.30pm £10 West Brewery Eat a Queer Foetus 4 Jesus It’s The Reverend Obadiah Comedy Out West 0844 395 4005 60 minutes of cathartic ranting on politics, religion, racism, Steppenwolfe III See Thu 27 March drug abuse and infanticide See Sat 15 March 8.45pm £8/£6 Vespbar 7.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Jojo Sutherland: 0844 395 4005 Homecoming 0844 335 8879 In Conversation Jojo Sutherland talks about stuff - an hour in her company Comedy Gala is cheaper than therapy and a lot more fun. Join some of the hottest acts from Canada and Australia to celebrate the Year of Homecoming as they come home to the land of their ancestors! 9pm £9/£7 Blackfriars Basement John Hastings 0844 395 4005 7.30pm £14.50 Oran Mor ‘A strong calling card from a thoughtful and observant comic… we’re in the hands of an appealing consummate pro.’ Chortle. 0844 395 4005 Craig Hill: Tartan 10pm £8/£6 Avant Garde About! Nancy Clench: 0844 395 4005 See Sat 4 April What a C**t See Sat 22 March 7.30pm £9/£7 Blackfriars 10pm £8 Vespbar Basement The 10 O’ clock Show 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 See Fri 28 March Davey Connor: 10.30pm £15/£12 Stand Comedy Club Medal of The Festival Club 0844 335 8879 Honour See Thu 3 April Davey Connor ‘one of the best upcoming 11pm £10 West Brewery Scottish comedians’ List Comedy Out West: 0844 395 4005 brings his new hour of The Late Show stand up to GICF. See Sat 15 March

7.30pm £7/£6 11.45pm £5 Vespbar Avant Garde 0844 395 4005 0844 395 4005 Vespbar’s Late Absolute Improv Shappi Khorsandi See Sat 29 March Late Show 8pm @ The Citz See Fri 28 March 7.45pm £10/£9 Brunswick Hotel 8pm @ 0844 395 4005 BASURA Picks of The Citz the Fest Comedy Club See Fri 4 April

8pm £10/£9 Queen Margaret Union 0844 395 4005 The Colour Ham One night only! Will sell out! ‘One of the highlights of the 2013 Fringe’ Three Weeks. Comedy with special effects. 8pm £10 Garage Raymond Mearns 0844 395 4005 Time for your annual comedy M.O.T @ The Garage. ‘A genuine Improvisational genius’ Frankie Boyle. 8pm £17.50/£15 Citizens Theatre 8.30pm £5 The Griffin Ruby Wax: 0844 395 4005 Elaine Malcolmson 0844 395 4005 Sane New World & Siân Bevan: Jotters Helping you become the master, not the slave, of your mind, Siân Bevan and Elaine Malcolmson show you their jotters. this show is your route to saner living Join them as they present two work in progress stories.

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SHOWS A - Z Jamie Dalgleish 30 Simon Munnery 19 SHOW (INDEX BY FIRST NAME) Page Janeane Garofalo 23 Smells Like Sh*te… Tastes Like Chicken 9 3 Men and Some Jokes 21 Janey Godley 23, 24 Songs Of Pandemonium 23, 24 4 Fifers for a Fiver 15 Jennings & Buchanan 20 St Patrick's Day Irish Comedy Special! 8 A to Z Improv 13 Jerry Sadowitz 25 Stand By 8, 20, 28 Abigoliah Schamaun 13 Jimmy Bread 21 Stephen Bailey 31 Absolute Improv 6, 13, 14, 23, 24, 30, 31 Joel Dommett 23 Stu Who? 13 Adam Kay 14 Joey Page 5 Stuart Mitchell 15 Afterbirth 13, 30 John Gavin 30 Sully O'Sullivan 15 Andrew Learmonth 9 John Gordillo 6 Susan Calman 28 Anna Devitt: Ya Dancer! 14, 30 John Hastings 31 Susie McCabe 28 Anything's Better Than These C**ts 6 John Kearns 7 The Auld Bunch 21 BASURA Fest Comedy Club 5, 6 ,13, 14, 23, 24, 30, 31 John Robins 5 The Best of Comedy in The Basement 23 BBC Scotland Best of Red Raw 8, 20, 28 Jonny & The Baptists 25 The Colour Ham 31 Best of West Brewery Comedy Club 9 JoJo Sutherland 31 The Explorers Club 6, 31 Billy Kirkwood 9 Joke Thieves 28 The Festival Club 5, 6, 9, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31 Bob Doolally 29 Josh Widdicombe 29 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly B*stard 6 Bobby Mair 6 Joy Hunters 9, 13 The Good, The Bad & The Unexpected 25 Boothby Graffoe 9 Julia Sutherland 14 The Heresy Project 13 Brendon Burns 6 Libby McArthur 5 The Last Ones Left 23 Bridget Christie 19 Live at O'Neills 14 The PPOWH! Comedy Gala 19 Broken Windows Policy 6 Luke Toulson 30 Scottish Poetry Slam Championships 7 Bruce Morton 5 Made-Up Stand Up 30 The State of Scotland 25 Cargo Hold Comedy 13 Mae Martin 25 The Wee Man's Comedy Rap Battle Showdown 30 Carina MacLeod 24 Mark Nelson 14, 15 Tom Wrigglesworth 25 Carl Donnelly 5 Martin Mor 15, 33 Tony Law 7 Charlie Ross 24 Matt Richardson 13 Twisted Loaf: Half Baked 15 Chris Henry 23 Mike Wozniak 20 Two Jobbies walk into the Griff... 7, 9 Chris Ramsey 9 Miles Jupp 28 United Airlines Presents: America Stands Up 24 Christian Schulte-Loh 9 Miranda Hart 8 Universal Comedy 29 Mitch Benn 25 Coalition of Comedy 14, 24 Vintage Comedy ReLoved 9, 29 Mouth Comfort 5, 9 Colin Murphy 30 Wasasa Comedy Night 5 Nancy Clench 7, 15, 25, 31 Comedy Cine-Variety 34 Wildcard Kitty 23 Natalie Wicks 29 Comedy Out West 5, 6 ,13, 14, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 WitTank 8 Nev: RAVE 13 Commissioned 29 Zoe Lyons 20 New Material Night 9, 21, 29 Commonwealth Stands Up 15 Zombie Science 28 Nick Revell 8 Craig Hill 30, 31 Zuma & King Rizzler: Bring Sum Beef 20 Dabek And Martys Electric Circus 5, 13, 23 Old Men Can't Jump 9 Damian Clark 24 Omid Djalili 24 Outcasts 14 FOR KIDS Dan Bingham 15 Absolute Improv Stories 33 Davey Connor 31 Pam Ann 20 Patrick Monahan 9 Glasgow Kids Comedy Club 33 David and Keiron 19 James Campbell 33 David Kay 7 Paul Sinha 13 Phil Differ 14 Martin 'Bigpig' Mor 33 Davysson And Friends 8, 19, 25 Otiz Cannelloni 33 Derek McLuckie 13 Phil Nichol 21 Pop Up Comedy @ The Halt 8, 20, 28 Professor Heisenhoff's Big Birthday Bash 33 Des Clarke 28 Watch With Baby Comedy 33 Devitt & Storrie 13 Ray Bradshaw 6 Raymond Mearns 31 DirectDevitt: Real Wummin! 23, 24 THEATRE Director’s Cut 7, 15, 25 Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III 6, 14, 24, 31 Rhys James 30 And They Played Shang-A-Lang 29 Do Bananas Dream Of Plastic Fruit Baskets? 8, 20, 28 Butterfly Kiss 20 Dogshit Johnson 23 Rich Hall 23, 24, 25 Hindsight 28 Dorothy Paul 15 Richard Brown 19 Party Susie 25, 28 Doug Segal 13 Richard Coughlan 31 Star Stricken 20, 21, 23, 24 Elaine Malcolmson 31 Richard Gadd 15 Richard Herring 25 Eleanor Morton 9 LUNCHTIME LAUGHS Endemic Comedy 23, 25 Richard Pulsford 9 A Pizza Comedy 8-13, 19-23, 25-30 Enterteasement 24, 25 Rik Carranza 23 Ginger Ale's Lunch Break 14 Fascinating Aida 21, 23 Rob Beckett 21 Lunchtime Comedy Club 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 23, Fern Brady 15 Rob Kane 14 24, 25, 30, 31 Five Quid Funnies 9, 21, 29 Rob Rouse 29 Four Horsemen of the Acockolips 24, 25 Robin Cairns 5, 6, 9, 13, 14 Fraser Thomson's Mostly Comedy Quiz 34 Rory Bremner & Friends 25 LATE SHOWS Fred MacAulay 20 Ross vs Ross 30 Comedy Out West - The Late Show 6, 15, 25, 31 Gary Little 13, 15 'Round The Clock' Comedy Roadshow 34 The Festival Club 5, 6, 9, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31 Geek Comedy Night 2014 7 Ruby Wax 31 The 10 O’Clock Show 5, 6, 13, 15, 23, 25, 30, 31 Ginger Ale Comedy @ Mini Bar 9, 20, 28 Russell Kane 7 Vespbar’s Late Late Show 5, 6, 13, 15, 23, 25, 30, 31 Ginger Ale Comedy @ The Griffin 15, 25 Sarah Cassidy 24 Ginger Comedy Bunker 9, 21 Sarah Millican 30 EXHIBITION Hailey Boyle 14 Saturday Night At The State 6, 15, 25 Tickling Sticks at the Ready! 34 Hardeep Singh Kohli 6 Schrodinger's Pussycat Club 8 Holly Walsh 20 Scott Agnew 5 DISCUSSION Homecoming Comedy Gala 31 Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre 9, 13 Developing Comedy Scripts 34 Homecoming Comedy Gala - preview 30 Sean Hughes 8 Scottish Comedy: What Happens Next? 34 I Am The Tag Team Champions! 24 Seann Walsh 14 The Glad Academy GICF Special: Laughter 34 I Wouldn't Want To Play Cards With You 28 Shappi Khorsandi 30 Write It! Comedy Festival Special 34 Improv Jam 25 Show Me Your Tattoo 2014 13, 23 Improv Ninjas 15 Sian Bevan 31 QUIZ James Bannon 9 Simon Evans 28 Fraser Thomson's Mostly Comedy Quiz 34

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SATURDAY 15 MARCH SATURDAY 22 MARCH 2pm £5.75/ £5.95 2pm £7.50 Tron Theatre That’s The Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre £28 family ticket (2 adults + 2 kids) Way To Do It! 0141 339 6185 Otiz Cannelloni: 0844 395 4005 Cineworld Comedy Classics Mr Punch is up to his old tricks again, along with the crocodile, History of Magic: Abridged! . . . COMING SOON . . . visit the policeman and not forgetting Judy and the Baby. AGE A family show about one of the most popular forms of www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com SUITABILITY: 3ys + entertainment. – magic. It’s funny, informative and there are for further details plenty of chances to join in. AGE SUITABILITY: 5ys + SUNDAY 16 MARCH 2pm £5.75/ £5.95 Tricksy Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre 2pm £5.75/ £5.95 SATURDAY 5 APRIL Tricks 0141 339 6185 Pinocchio Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre Now you see it, now you don’t and just how big is that magic 2pm £7.50 Citizens Theatre 0141 339 6185 wand? A great magic and entertainment show for all the James Campbell’s 0844 395 4005 Following the grain (pardon the pun) of the classic story, as a family. AGE SUITABILITY: 3ys + Comedy 4 Kids little boy is carved out of a block of wood and then struggles For children over 6, parents and through difficulties to do the right thing. This show, presented anyone who likes comedy without by Clive Chandler, is a joy to watch and join in with and, of SUNDAY 23 MARCH the rude words. ‘Has achieved course, it has a happy ending with fun and laughter along almost holy status - the way! AGE SUITABILITY: 3ys + 3pm £8.50/ babies free Oran Mor don't miss.’ Sunday Watch With 0844 395 4005 Times Baby Comedy SUNDAY 16 & 30 MARCH Top comedians tell jokes for grownups at a gig you can take your 0-2 year old to. Crying allowed. AGE SUITABILITY: 0 – 2yrs 3pm £4 Stand Comedy Club 3pm £4 Stand Comedy Club Glasgow Kids 0844 335 8879 Martin 'Bigpig' Mor presents: 0844 335 8879 Comedy Club Funny Stuff For Funny People James Join our Kids Comedy Club every Sunday! Our live stand-up Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science, which show for younger comedy fans best suited for 8-12’s adults will enjoy as much as the kids. ‘World class’ Scotsman Campbell (sorry, no under 5’s). AGE SUITABILITY: 8 – 12yrs 2pm @ 2pm £5.75/ £5.95 SATURDAY 22 MARCH Jack & Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre The Citz The Beanstalk 0141 339 6185 1pm £5/£4.50 The Tall Ship A magical retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk through puppetry. 0844 335 4005 Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum…I smell the blood of an Englishman! Professor AGE SUITABILITY: 3ys+ Heisenhoff's Big Birthday SAT 29 MARCH Bash An interactive & SAT 5 APRIL family comedy 11am Free – Non Ticketed show featuring Grosvenor Café Professor Absolute Improv Heisenhoff. AGE Stories Free interactive kids how. SUITABILITLY: Completely improvised 5ys + play! ‘Getting hysterical laughs from both Otiz adults and children.’ **** Cannelloni ThreeWeeks. AGE 2pm @ SUITABILITY: 5 The Tron – 11yrs 33 VENUE LIST www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

SSE HYDRO MAGGIE MAY’S GROSVENOR CAFE Finnieston Quay, Glasgow G3 8YW Box Office: 0844 395 4005 62 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5EP. Box Office 0844 395 4005 Ashton Lane, Hillhead, Glasgow G12 8SJ. Box Office 0844 395 4005 CLYDE AUDITORIUM SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE BBC SCOTLAND Finnieston Quay, Glasgow G3 8YW. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 8-10 Balcarres Avenue, Glasgow G12 0QF 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA Box Office: 0141 339 6185 KING’S THEATRE http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tickets/ 297 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JN. Box Office: 0844 871 7627 CINEWORLD BRUNSWICK HOTEL CITIZENS THEATRE 7 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3AB. Box Office: 0871 200 2000 106 -108 Brunswick Street, Glasgow G1 1TF 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS. Box Office: 0141 429 0022 FLYING DUCK Box Office: 0844 395 4005 THE GARAGE 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow G2 3AU. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 ADMIRAL BAR 490 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LW 72 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA Box Office: 0844 395 4005 DRAM 232 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6ND. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 ORAN MOR Box Office: 0844 395 4005 AVANT GARDE Top of Byres Road, 731-735 Great Road G12 8QX 34-44 King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 5QT Box Office: 0844 395 4005 MANSION HOUSE 20 Glassford Street, Glasgow G1 1UL. Box Office: 0870 011 1960 Box Office: 0844 395 4005 TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB. Box Office: 0141 552 4267 QUEEN MARGARET UNION CCA 22 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QN 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD. STAND COMEDY CLUB Box Office: 0844 395 4005 Box Office: 0844 395 4005 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6NG Box Office: 0844 335 8879 THE HALT BAR ECO CHIC BOUTIQUE 160 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6LF. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 45 High Street, Glasgow, G1 1LX. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 COTTIERS THEATRE 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G1 5PU THE ROXY 171 GLAD CAFÉ Box Office: 0844 395 4005 171 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9AW 1006a Pollockshaws Road, Shawlands, Glasgow, G41 2HG Box Office: 0844 395 4005 THE ARCHES Box Office: 0844 395 4005 253 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL. Box Office: 0141 565 1000 VESPBAR MINI BAR THE GRIFFIN 14 Drury Street, Glasgow G2 5AA. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 244 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JW. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 266 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 OLD HAIRDRESSERS NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL 20-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 4PH. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3LG. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Box Office: 0844 395 4005 THE TALL SHIP 150 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow G3 8RS. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 O’NEILLS BLACKFRIARS BASEMENT 457 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3LG. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 36 Bell Street, Glasgow G1 1LG. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 UNIVERSAL 57-59 Sauchiehall Lane, Glasgow G2 4AB TENNENTS BASEMENT BAR STATE BAR 191 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TN. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 148 Holland Street, Glasgow G2 4NG. Box Office: 0844 395 4005 Box Office: 0844 395 4005 WEST BREWERY THE COMEDIAN TATTOO STUDIO THE VALE Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AW 105 West Nile Street, Glasgow, G1 2SD. 5-7 Dundas Street, City Centre, Glasgow, G1 2AH Box Office: 0844 395 4005 Box Office: 0141 332 3176 Box Office: 0844 395 4005

BBC SCOTLAND BRITANNIA PANOPTICON DISCUSSION THU 20 MARCH SILENT FILM SAT 5 APRIL 6.30pm Free – booking required SAT 29 MARCH [email protected] 3.30pm £5 Glad Cafe BBC Scotland – Pacific Quay 2pm: Chaplin Shorts 4pm: Laurel & Hardy The Glad Academy 0141 636 6119 Developing Comedy Scripts: From Free – non ticketed Britannia Panopticon GICF Special: Laughter Glad Cafe’s monthly philosophical present a special for GICF First Idea to Commission. Gladstone’s Bag 0141 553 0840 featuring the wonderful comedienne/actress/singer Elaine C We’ve invited a writer, producer and commissioner to discuss Presents... Comedy Cine-Variety Smith on the topic of laughter. and debate the script development process and provide an Gladstone's Bag present two ‘cine-variety’ programmes of insight into the types of show the BBC are currently looking for. silent films with live music and sound effects, novelty instrumentals and music hall songs. COMEDY QUIZ THU 27 MARCH FRI 14 MARCH & FRI 4 APRIL 6.30pm Free – booking required DISCUSSION [email protected] 9pm Free – unticketed Grosvenor Cafe BBC Scotland – Pacific Quay SUN 23 MARCH Fraser Thomson's Scottish Comedy: Mostly Comedy Quiz 8pm Free - unticketed Glad Cafe ‘Unpredicable.’ ‘Hilarious.’ ‘Genius.’ Not actually descriptions What Happens Next? Write It! Comedy 0141 636 6119 of the comedy quiz, but the first three answers to round three. We’ll reflect on Scottish of the past and look forward Remember them! to the future. What do you think Scottish comedy should be Festival Special doing that it isn’t? Join the discussion. Glad Cafe’s script reading hosts this special for GICF! Submit 5 – 7min scripts to be read by the Write It! team! [email protected] ROUND THE CLOCK EXHIBITION COMEDY ROADSHOW EVERY WED-SUNTHROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL SAT 29 MARCH 12noon – 5pm Free – non ticketed SAT 29 MARCH 3.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club Britannia Panopticon 0141 553 0840 12noon Finish: Midnight - Sunday 30th March EXHIBITION: Tickling Sticks At The Ready Mibbes Aye, 0844 395 4005 British comedians have enriched our lives with wonderful Mibbes Naw Round The 0844 395 4005 laughter, this exhibition will show you these vanguards of The Sunday Herald presents the debate of the decade. Yes and Clock Comedy Roadshow hilarity as you have never seen them before, through the No campaigns argue their case with humour. Can politics be It's back! See a marathon of shows featuring some of Scotland inimitable prism of Evy Craig's Pop Art Vision. entertaining? - let’s find out. Iain MacWhirter holds the ring. and beyond's most brilliant stand-up, improv and character acts.

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