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8.15pm £11/£8 (£20 inc food) Glee Club 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement FRIDAY 15 MARCHCONT’D Friday Night Comedy 0871 472 0400 Alfie Brown: Lunatic 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £22.50 King’s Theatre The perfect way to end the working week! Four superb stand 'It is tricky to write 350 sensible words when you come out a up comedians and a great range of tasty food offerings. show simply thinking ‘Wow! F*ck! Wow!’ ***** Scotsman. An Audience with 0844 871 7648 Elaine C Smith 8.30pm £8 ARG @ Hug & Pint 9.30pm £4/£3 State Bar BAFTA Award winning Elaine C Smith returns to WMGICF for a hilarious evening of stand up comedy, songs, audience John Kearns: 0844 873 7353 Amelia Bayler 0844 873 7353 participation and some very special guests. Work in Progress presents: Emotional Bangers Another round of utter bollocks from the faster than he Comedian/raver Amelia Bayler is bringing a selection of looks, two time Edinburgh Comedy Award winner. 7.30pm £17.50/£16 ‘Emotional Bangers’ to CHUNKStival in 2019. Òran Mór 8.30pm £8/£7 0844 873 7353 9.45pm £6/£5 Yesbar Jest Below @ Mango Craig Hill: Ronnie Black: 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 C’mon the Lads! Absolutely FlabUless This show is soooooo not about fit- Neil Bratchpiece & Most comedians strive to become bigger, not Ronnie. Come baws! Jockstrap yourself in for a Billy Kirkwood: ‘balls-out’ funny night of no-holds- hear how he is losing weight but not his sense of . barred comedy. Mandatory Festival Show 2019 10pm £8.50 ARG @ Hug & Pint 8pm £17 Garage Total sell out 2018 Scottish Comedy Lou Sanders: Shame Pig 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 Award winning duo are back to push Lou discusses stabby step mothers, alcohol issues and an the boundaries of Saturday night unusual sexual encounter in LA. This show is all about shame. Rich Hall’s comedy to the limits. Hoedown See Thu 14 10.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club March Elaine C Smith Darren Connell: 0141 212 3389 Abandon All Hope 7.30pm @ The King’s Star of Scot Squad returns to the WMGICF venue that gave Fri 15 March him his first gig many years ago. 11pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement 8pm The Late Show 0844 873 7353 £4/£3 8.30pm £12.50 Enjoy a top showcase of the best comics from across the Griffin Stand Comedy Club festival. Late, live and in a basement…how comedy should 0844 873 7353 0141 212 3389 be watched. Lady Shona: Mark Nelson: The Best One Brexit Wounds The Audrey Hepburn of See Thu 14 March comedy with a side of cheekiness, Lady Shona’s upbeat style 8.30pm £10 and ridiculous antics West Brewery bring the laughs. 0844 873 7353 8pm £5 (Best of) West Iron Horse Brewery Comedy Club 0844 873 7353 'WEST Brewery Comedy Club' is bringing Iain MacDonald: the best acts that have performed at the Mispunderstood venue show so far. One-liner show from 2018 UK Pun Championship finalist as he looks into why wordplay is so 8.30pm £15 Wild Cabaret mispunderstood. 0141 552 6165 The Big Show 8pm PWYW You’ll be laughing and dancing with the State Bar pinnacle of our week’s entertainment. No 0844 873 7353 description does The Big Show justice; it has The Delightful to be seen to be believed. Rich Hall Sausage: Work In Progress 8.30pm £10 Yesbar 8pm @ The Garage A work in progress comedy show from Yorkshire's surreal, meat-themed double 0844 873 7353 Thu 14, Fri 15 & act. ‘Very smart writing’ Guardian. ‘Could The Early Show Sat 16 March be unstoppable’ Chortle. Join MC Viv Gee as she introduces the cream of the festival at Yesbar’s year round comedy club. 8pm £12/£10 Websters Theatre 8.45pm £5/£4 Flying Duck 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 John Gavin: Hal Branson: Humour 10 out of 10 Is it possible to make Sigmund Freud’s 1927 To mark ten years of stand up John brings a ‘Humour’ essay funny? Let’s hope so. ‘A comedy new show of his acerbic, award winning gem’ Huffington Post. Work in progress. comedy. ‘Brilliant’ Daily Record.

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As seen on Cats Does Countdown etc etc. Ring Road by Anita Vettesse 7.30pm £21.25/£19.25 King’s Theatre See Thu 14 March 4.45pm £5/£4 Yesbar Reginald D Hunter: 0844 871 7648 An Englishman, 0844 873 7353 Facing The Beast 1pm £15 Sloans ‘Comedy of a rare scope' ***** Times. ‘He has the audience in Mac‘n’Laughs 0844 873 7353 an Irishman and a Scotsman walk the palm of his hand’ **** Edinburgh Festivals Magazine. into Yesbar Lunchtime Comedy Club Sold out in 2016, 2017 and 2018, the hilarious observations See Fri 15 March 7.30pm £17.50/£16 Òran Mór of a lost Englishman, a travelling Irishman and resident Craig Hill: 0844 873 7353 Scotsman. 1.30pm £12/£8 C’mon the Lads! Glasgow Women’s Library 5pm £10 Stand Comedy Club See Fri 15 March 0844 873 7353 Gareth Waugh: 0141 212 3389 Women of Colour 7.30pm £14/£5 Stand Comedy Club Oh Boy…! Justin Moorhouse: 0141 212 3389 Comedy Collective Hilarious smash hit sequel to 2017’s sell out show, Honestly. Funny women of colour take to the ‘Proper stand up… Excellent!' . **** Northern Joker 'The amount of first-rate comic craft that goes into his stage for hilarious and unique One4review. ‘Smart, witty...very funny!’ Scotsman. deceptively simple routines is worthy of admiration' Guardian. stand up comedy blended with afternoon tea. 5.30pm £6 7.30pm £11 Websters Theatre 2pm £6/£4 ARG @ Hug & Pint Carina MacLeod: 0844 873 7353 Iron Horse 0844 873 7353 Fibro My Arth! Extended! 0844 873 7353 After several sell out performances, it’s back again. Better, Gráinne Maguire: longer, funnier! ‘MacLeod is a natural performer, self - Burst Out It's Problematic deprecating, occasionally wicked.’ National. Laughing: Hi everybody! I promise I'll relax Comedy just as soon as I get really good 8pm £15/£10 Awestruck Academy Escape Room at everything. ‘Blisteringly funny’ Awestruck Comedy 0844 873 7353 Audience members have Arts Fringe. Host Viv Gee introduces three fantastic headline acts all on the to complete hilarious and same night at Clydebank’s newest comedy venue, Awestruck interactive games to escape a 6pm £10/£8 Yesbar Academy. comedy club. Break out 0844 873 7353 before we crack you up! Reg D Hunter Nick Revell: 8pm £17 Garage 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm @ The King’s BrokenDream Rich Hall’s Hoedown 0844 873 7353 See Thu 14 March £6/£5 Sat 16 March Catcher Britannia See Thu 14 March 8pm £6/£5 Griffin Panopticon Funny Lassies 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 7pm £10 Funny lassies come and share their hilarity. Following three Brandon ARG @ Hug & Pint successful runs at the Fringe, these feisty women with different Barrett: 0844 873 7353 styles offer variety and laughter. Sean Mcloughlin Brain Access 8pm £8/£6 State Bar The Scottish young See Fri 15 March magician of the year is The Comedian 0844 873 7353 back! 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7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement SATURDAY 16 MARCHCONT’D SUNDAY 17 MARCH Susan Riddell: 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £45 (inc food) Wild Cabaret 1pm £15 Sloans Lazier Susan Mac‘n’Laughs 0844 873 7353 Join Best Scottish Newcomer nominee Susan Riddell as she The Big Show 0141 552 6165 deliberates the virtues of laziness while simultaneously See Fri 15 March Lunchtime Comedy Club reinventing stand up comedy. See Fri 15 March 8.30pm £10 Yesbar 2pm £20 Grunting Growler 7.30pm £10 Bungo The Early Show 0844 873 7353 Hoppy Days: Beer 0844 873 7353 The Cabaret of 0844 873 7353 See Fri 15 March Tasting & Comedy Dangerous Ideas Raise a glass and have a laugh at Glasgow's very first A comical and clever double bill featuring Science is F*cked, 8.45pm £8/£7 Flying Duck interactive beer tasting comedy show! Five beers, two and What Keeps You Sharp? Hosted by Susan Morrison. The Cutting Room 0844 873 7353 comedians, one cracking afternoon! Improv comedy. One word audience suggestions drive rapidly 2pm £5/£4 Spoon Café 8pm £7/£5 Drygate unfolding scenes. Somehow players draw a story out of the Scott Agnew’s 0844 873 7353 Brew Haha! 0141 212 8815 chaos. A special WMGICF edition of one of Glasgow’s newest Afternoon Blether monthly comedy nights. Join Scott as he enjoys exclusive lunchtime banter and blether 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement with some of the stars of the festival. Expect some familiar 8pm £15/£12 Garage Rosco McClelland: 0844 873 7353 faces and juicy titbits you won’t hear anywhere else! Gary Meikle: 0844 873 7353 Tokyo Drift 3.30pm £3/£2 Yesbar As seen on BBC Scotland and former Scottish Comedian of The iBrow Guy A Steady Diet 0844 873 7353 Comedy award winner and viral sensation Gary Meikle talks the Year Rosco brings another exciting new show to his of Nothing eyebrows and everything else surrounding them, playfully dark hometown. Comedians Liam Elcoat, Daniel Triscott and Jack Johnsoneach humour at its best. perform stand up sets, of differing styles, some of it about music. 10pm £6 ARG @ Hug & Pint 5pm £5/£4 State Bar 8pm £5/£4 Iron Horse Sara Barron: 0844 873 7353 Matt Winning: 0844 873 7353 Joe McSloy & 0844 873 7353 The Coconut Plasticity Graham Barrie: Absolute Klonk Best Newcomer Nominee at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe takes Work in progress show about the demise of our planet. ***** An hour of side splitting stories, razor sharp gags and sketches aim at a sophomore effort. But is it slump? Or success? You EdFestMag **** Sunday Post **** Skinny **** ShortCom. from two of the circuits most loved comedians. decide! Work in progress. 7.15pm £10/£8 Yesbar 8pm £18/£16 Òran Mór 10pm £10/£8 Jest Below @ Mango Nick Revell: 0844 873 7353 Limmy: Surprisingly 0844 873 7353 Taryam Boyd & 0844 873 7353 BrokenDreamCatcher Down to Earth, and Very Funny See Thu 14 March Raheil Ahmed: Bad Muslim See Thu 14 March Scottish, bad Muslims Raheil Ahmad and Taryam Boyd will 6.30pm £5/£3 State Bar regale you with tales of straddling two cultures, like haggis Hari Kanth: 0844 873 7353 9pm £12/£11 Stand Comedy Club pakora. Milquetoast St Patrick’s Day 0141 212 3389 Work in progress stand up from 2014 BBC New Comedy Award finalist Comedy Special 10.30pm £17.50 Stand Comedy Club Hari Kanth.'Refreshingly intelligent stand up.' Young Perspective. Celebrate St Patrick’s Day in style with Ireland's finest under one roof. Excellent value Celtic showcase. The Festival Club 0141 212 3389 7pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club See the pick of international acts from across the festival, plus Bob Doolally: 0141 212 3389 the best in home grown and upcoming comedy talent. 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Live and Half-Cut Catherine Bohart: 0844 873 7353 Football legend and star of Live Floor Show is back. ‘Almost 11pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement better than football’ Independent. ‘Foul-mouthed, politically Immaculate incorrect’ Scotsman. Debut show from a rising comedy star. As seen on BBC2’s The The Late Show 0844 873 7353 Mash Report and Comedy Central’s Battle UK. See Fri 15 March 7.30pm £21.25 King’s Theatre Foil, Arms and 0844 871 7648 9.30pm £5/£2.50 Hog: Craicling State Bar Foil, Arms and Hog are best known for their 0844 873 7353 online videos, but their live Gabriel show is Featherstone: what they are most The Toys That proud of! Broke Me I Toymaker, invented agoraphobic Jack-in-a- boxes and concrete spacehoppers. ***** ‘A handmade, one- person carnival.’ Robert Wringham, Limmy Foil, Arms & Hog author of You 8pm @ Òran Mór Are Nothing. 7.30 @ The King’s Mon 18 & Sun 17 March Tue 19 March

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8pm £5/£4 Old Hairdressers WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH Christopher KC: 0844 873 7353 THURSDAY 21 MARCH 1pm £10 Oran Mor Why I’m No Longer Talking To 12.30pm £10/£5/£3 City of Glasgow College A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 White People About Rice Christopher KC brings his hilarious debut show to WMGICF, Elaine Miller: 0844 873 7353 Scurvy Ridden Whale Men by addressing racism and his inability to see soup. Gusset Grippers Steven Dick Elaine Miller is a physiotherapist, comedian, mother and See Mon 18 March 8pm £16/£14 Òran Mór recovered incontinent who wants you to laugh, not leak. Robert Florence is 0844 873 7353 3pm £50 Iron Horse Biscuity Boyle: My Bastart Life - 1pm £10 Oran Mor Tim Joyce: 0844 873 7353 One Last Time! A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 Writing For Solo Performance Burnistoun's favourite son Biscuity Boyle is back for the last See Mon 18 March Scurvy Ridden Whale Men by ever performance of his sell out live memoir show! Steven Dick See Mon 18 March 5.30pm £10/£5/£3 City of Glasgow College 8pm £5 State Bar In Conversation 0844 873 7353 110% Neil Harris 0844 873 7353 3pm £50 Iron Horse with Philip Differ (10% margin of error) Join Phil Differ as he discusses a career spanning over thirty five 'Good stuff' . 'Hilarious nerd routine nailed down' Tim Joyce: 0844 873 7353 years writing and producing Scotland’s best-loved comedy shows. ToonAdvisor.com. 'Geeky charm' Narc Magazine. Writing For Solo Performance See Mon 18 March 7.30pm £10 Bungo 8pm £10/£8 Websters Theatre Susan Morrison & 0844 873 7353 The Bench by 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £5/£3 Yesbar Jojo Sutherland: Fanny’s Up The K R McAllister Matt Hoss: 0844 873 7353 Bungo meets Waiting for Godot in this poignant comedy play        See Thu 14 March written by Kier McAllister and directed by Jojo Sutherland. Here Comes Your Man Matt is a hopeless romantic, (hopeless being the operative 7.30pm £5.50 Comedian Tattoo Studio word). He discusses his failed attempts at love. ‘Lovely’         8pm £14.95 Wild Cabaret Guardian. Watch Bad Movies 0844 873 7353 Kitsch Cabaret 0141 552 6165 An eccentric mix of theatrical and aerial performances, musical          with Great Comedians: Green 7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Lantern comedy and sometimes a bit of live magic to spruce up your Perhaps the biggest superhero movie clunker ever, Green Wednesday evening. Ray Bradshaw: 0844 873 7353          Lantern with hysterical live commentary from Billy Kirkwood Work In Progress and special comedian guests. 9.30pm £13 Stand Comedy Club Ray’s last solo show won numerous awards all over the world       + Simon Munnery: 0141 212 3389 so come and see his version of the difficult second album. 7.30pm £17/£15 Eastwood Park Theatre The Wreath Theatre South 0141 577 4956 Serial innovator presents his brand new show. ‘Oh the deep, 7.30pm £10 Bungo deep joy of an hour of Simon Munnery’ **** Scotsman. Productions: The Wedding Singer Elaine Miller: 0844 873 7353 See Tue 19 March    -)$0 #-0)- ) 3 2-    1 2*#& 0 &*"# Gusset Grippers 9.30pm £5/£3 State Bar -). -( 2-.-5 7.30pm £23/£20 King’s Theatre Elaine Miller is a physiotherapist, comedian, mother and Sandy Bouttell: 0844 873 7353 recovered incontinent who wants you to laugh, not leak.    # !  $!   $"  !"   % " % ! ! !  ! $   : Miekelson 0844 871 7648 Bouttellicious and McGlashan – Serious Men % ##  ! $!     ! !  # % # % # % % !! $ $  ! ! Comedy will, most likely, happen. 7.30pm £17/£15 Eastwood Park Theatre Jack Docherty returns with two of his best-loved comedy 'Sensational' Scotsman.      ! $     !     $  creations: Scot Squad's Chief Commissioner Cameron Theatre South 0141 577 4956 Miekelson and ’s fiercely patriotic McGlashan. 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7pm £4 Platform THURSDAY 21 MARCHCONT’D FRIDAY 22 MARCH Best Medicine 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £9/£7 Glad Café 12.30pm £10/£5/£3 City of Glasgow College Comedy Live at Platform Hannah Elizabeth 0844 873 7353 Comedy @ 0844 873 7353 Stand up comedy performance, the culmination of an eight-week course for members of Platform’s Culture Café community group. Morton & Daniel Cullen: A Work in The College Progress Lunchtime stand up comedy @ The College compered by Jay 7.15pm £5 Yesbar Two friends decide that the only way they can write a life-changing Lafferty. Featuring Christopher MacArthur-Boyd and script is to barricade themselves in their flat. Simple! Or is it? Matthew Gallagher, plus special guest. Jo Jo Sutherland: 0844 873 7353 Riches to Rags 7.30pm £21.25 King’s Theatre 1pm £12.50 Oran Mor ‘A performer the audience could’ve watched all night’ Herald. Russell Kane: 0844 871 7648 A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 ‘Humour so interwoven it seems effortless’ Chortle. Scurvy Ridden Whale Men The Fast and the Curious 7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Packing more energy than a Duracell factory, Russell’s RS by Steven Dick Turbo laugh engine will motor through love, family and life. See Mon 18 March Jay Lafferty: Wheesht! 0844 873 7353 Award nominated show from the BBC Breaking the News regular. 7.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club 1pm £15 Sloans Ashley Storrie: 0141 212 3389 Mac‘n’Laughs 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £15 Celtic Park Hysterical Lunchtime Comedy Club Following her sell out 2018 shows, host of BBC Radio Curry Comedy Night 0844 873 7353 See Fri 15 March Scotland’s Friday Nights returns with an all new hour. Celtic Park Events present four top comedians for a night of hilarious banter, storytelling and laughs including curry on arrival. 8pm £7 Griffin 6pm £4/£3 Yesbar Comedy Cabal’s 0844 873 7353 d8 nite by Ben Verth 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £17/£15 Eastwood Park Theatre It’s date night for Adam and Lauren and they’re Theatre South 0141 577 4956 Lost Weekend determined to enjoy it…even though they’re Punk comedy from the Comedy Cabal. Join some of 5,000 miles apart. Productions: The Wedding Singer Glasgow’s finest young comedians for a night of debauched See Tue 19 March hilarity. 7.30pm £5/£3 Flying Duck 8pm £8/£7 Dram! Julie Grady Thomas: 0844 873 7353 Scottish Falsetto 0844 873 7353 Bad Pancake Sock Puppet Theatre: A show about mistakes and pancakes from America’s Roll Up! not-so-sweetheart, Julie Grady See Wed 20 March Thomas. ‘Uniquely hilarious’ Narc. ‘Effortlessly engaging’ 8pm £5 Iron Horse Vladimir McTavish. 0844 873 7353 Russell Kane Iain MacDonald: 7.30pm @ The King’s Mispunderstood See Fri 15 March Thu 21 March

8pm FREE State Bar Tickets available on door Gemma Flynn: Radical Thot A Marxist feminist comedy show.

8.30pm £10/£8 Wild Cabaret Just Comedy 0141 552 6165 See Thu 14 March

9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Iain Connell: 0844 873 7353 Work In Progress Iain Connell continues his stupidly late career move into stand up with a new work in progress set.

9.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 6.30pm Jamie Macdonald: 0141 212 3389 £10/£8 Designated Driver Berk’s Nest @ The Old Foot to the floor comedy courtesy of that funny blind guy. Hairdressers 7.30pm £9/£7 Glad Café ‘Consistently hilarious.’ ***** Ed Fest. 0844 873 7353 Hannah Elizabeth 0844 873 7353 Egg: Richard Pictures Morton & Daniel Cullen: A Work in 9.30pm £5 State Bar After a smash-hit Edinburgh Festival, Egg comes to Progress 0844 873 7353 Glasgow for one night only! **** Fest **** List ***** See Thu 21 March Donald Alexander: MCM Magazine. Here’s Donny! 7.30pm £24/£21 King’s Theatre ‘Rising star’ Metro, of Scottish 7pm £10 Jest Below @ Mango Jerry Sadowitz: 0844 871 7648 comedy is back with more unique The Scrubbers 0844 873 7353 Make Comedy GRATE Again! and original stand up. ‘A charismatic oddity’ Join Big Bev and Wee Senga on their adventure to Glesga in The man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh Fringe Monkey. Work in progress. a night of comedy and parody songs. while simultaneously parting you from your cash. 14 tickets: 0844 873 7353 FRI 22 / SAT 23 MARCH

8pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club FRIDAY 22 MARCHCONT’D Susie McCabe’s 0141 212 3389 SATURDAY 23 MARCH Great Expectations 7.30pm £6/£5 State Bar Susie McCabe’s great expectations...another show from WMGICF 11.30am £6 Dram! Aunty Jee: 0844 873 7353 favourite. ‘A great storyteller and genuine stand up’ Kevin Bridges. Comedy with Baby! 0844 873 7353 The Asian Ellen DeGeneres A comedy show for the parents but the babies can come too! Lubna Kerris the Asian comedy chat show queen Aunty Jee: The 8pm £15/£13 St Luke’s Babies go free, only suitable for those under 2 years old with Asian Ellen DeGeneres with special guests, prizes and laughter. Scott Gibson: 0844 873 7353 accompanying adult. AGE SUITABILITY: 0 - 2 yrs White Noise accompanied by 18+ 7.50pm £8/£7 Award winning comedian Scott Gibsondebuts his brand new show Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers White Noise. ‘Irvine WelshmeetsBilly Connolly’ Evening Standard. 1pm £14 Oran Mor Tom Parry: 0844 873 7353 A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 8.15pm £11/£8 (£20 inc food) Glee Club Scurvy Ridden Whale Men THE PWR OF LVE Friday Night Comedy 0871 472 0400 Tom Parry (Best Newcomer Nominee 2015) is back with a brand See Fri 15 March by Steven Dick new hour celebrating life, love and losing your tie. Work in progress. See Mon 18 March 8.30pm £5/£3 Iron Horse 8pm £15/£13 Òran Mór The Pensioner and 0844 873 7353 1pm £15 Sloans Jess Robinson: 0844 873 7353 The Paddy: Who Wet Me Mac‘n’Laughs 0844 873 7353 No Filter Troooosers? Lunchtime Comedy Club Multi award winning Jess Robinson is back with a new show! Returning for their third year, a ‘top of the morning’ Irishman See Fri 15 March With more spot on celebrity impressions, musical comedy and and a ‘tell it as it is’ weegie pensioner. stunning vocal gymnastics. 1.30pm £7/£6 8.30pm £8/£7 Jest Below @ Mango 8pm £10/£8 Admiral Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers Ed Patrick: 0844 873 7353 One Fall Sessions: 0844 873 7353 Work in Progress Huge Davies: 0844 873 7353 Supershow! Ed Patrick, NHS junior doctor and comedian, returns to Edinburgh Preview Renowned wrestling ring announcer and journalist, Simon Cassidy WMGICF with a new show in the crafting. Dark-humoured and keyboard-wearing Huge Davies is welcomes stars of the wrestling world for games, chat and more - live! preparing for his debut hour. As seen on Comedy Central at 8.30pm £15 Wild Cabaret the Comedy Store. 8pm £8/£7 Britannia Panopticon The Big Show 0141 552 6165 Scottish Falsetto 0844 873 7353 See Fri 15 March 2.30pm & 7.30pm £17/£15 Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up! Eastwood Park Theatre 0141 577 4956 See Wed 20 March 8.30pm £10 Yesbar The Early Show 0844 873 7353 Theatre South Productions: 8pm £5 Comedian Tattoo Studio See Fri 15 March The Wedding Singer Burst! 0844 873 7353 See Tue 19 March A stand up show about drinking alcohol! 8.45pm FREE Flying Duck The Kinkyfish 0844 873 7353 2.45pm £8/£7 8pm £7 Griffin Improv Jam Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers The KinkyFish players host an exciting and inviting night of Comedy Cabal’s 0844 873 7353 total improvised hilarity! Lolly Adefope: 0844 873 7353 Lost Weekend Work In Progress See Thu 21 March 9.10pm £12/£10 The hotly anticipated new show from the multi-award- Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers winning 8pm £11.50/£6.50 Websters Theatre Tom Neenan: 0844 873 7353 character Chrissy Ross: 0844 873 7353 It’s Always Infinity comedian Hesitation Remarks The critically acclaimed show from character comedian Tom and star of Glaswegian Chrissy unleashes his Neenancomes to Glasgow. **** Telegraph, **** List, **** Chortle. Dave’s debut solo comedy show, with Taskmaster, his misadventures in life 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Hulu’s Shrill being hysterically and and BBC’s Tiff Stevenson: Mother 0844 873 7353 QI. insightfully described for all! Tiff Stevenson brings you some of the best bits of her critically acclaimed tour shows, and works up new material. It's like a special but more special. 10.30pm £12/£11 Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers Birthday Girls: 0844 873 7353 Late-Night Comedy Party Critically acclaimed sketch group and shit hot party legends Birthday Girls host a chaotic evening of comedy guests, drinking and kissing.

10.30pm £10 Stand Comedy Club Ashley Storrie: 0141 212 3389 Hysterical See Thu 21 March

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SATURDAY 23 MARCHCONT’D 5pm & 7.30pm £14 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £8/£7 Flying Duck Andrew Maxwell: 0141 212 3389 Absolute Improv 0844 873 7353 3.30pm £3 Yesbar Showtime See Sat 16 March Colin Chadwick: 0844 873 7353 'One of the most significant comedians working in the country today' **** Independent. WINNER: Time Out Live Award: Best 7.30pm £12.50/£12 (Tour included) Quick Thinker Stand up. Irish comedian Colin Chadwick is a quick thinker, but not a Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery quality thinker, supplying ideas by quantity rather than quality. 5.30pm £8/£7 Comedy Night at 0844 873 7353 Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers the Museum: Tour & Show 4pm £7/£6 0844 873 7353 Chris Forbes Max & Ivan: 0844 873 7353 Join and comedy greats as they blur the lines Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers between arteFACT and arteFICTION. Limited tickets available. Work It Out Tour included! Helen Bauer: A WIP from Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners and all-round nice lads Max & Ivan! Expect high-octane comedy and low-fi projection. Edinburgh Preview 7.30pm £25/£23 King’s Theatre Ultimate babe and hotly tipped new stand up Helen Bauer presents a WIP. Leicester Mercury New Comedian of The Year 6pm £5 Yesbar Julian Clary: 0844 871 7648 2018. Rik Wolters: 0844 873 7353 Born To Mince High Woltage! In this outrageously camp new show, renowned homosexual 4.30pm £5 Iron Horse Rik is on a rant and nobody is safe! ‘I liked him but I’m not Julian Clary will bare his soul as never before in the interests 3 Men and a Tall Lady 0844 873 7353 really sure why.’ Guardian. of light entertainment. A compilation show of (fairly) new Scottish stand up: Sam Tennent, Natalie Sweeney, Chris Scott and Ross Thomson. 6.30pm £5 State Bar 8pm FREE Comedian Tattoo Studio Sell out two years running. Discovering 0844 873 7353 Split Bill 0844 873 7353 Micky Overman A split bill of comics showcasing some of Scotland best new 4.45pm £5/£3 Yesbar After moving all over the place, Micky finally feels at home. comic talent, seven comedians in one night! KC & Wistuba: 0844 873 7353 Micky explores identity, friendship, euphemisms, and finding Damn…He Ain’t Gonna Be In Rush your place. Work in progress. 8pm £10/£9 Griffin Bumper Comedy Night 0844 873 7353 Hour 3 7pm £10/£8 Admiral A variety of favourite comedians put on a great night of laughs Two young comedy talents partially fulfil a racial-diversity quota to raise money for Second Chances German Shepherd Rescue. while fully fulfilling a ‘damn-good comedy in a basement’ Billy Kirkwood: 0844 873 7353 quota. Funny AF Total Sell out 2011 - 2018 A new hysterical show from two time Scottish comedy award winner. Wild, loud and Funny AF! 8pm £12.50 Òran Mór 5pm £5 State Bar Phil Differ: Me 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 7pm £12/£10 Who am I? Why am I? Is this a journey into self or just me Ross Leslie: Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers disappearing up my own arse? 20th Olga Koch: Fight 0844 873 7353 Century Best newcomer nominee, 8pm £5/£4 State Bar Ross 2018. As heard on The Now Show and seen on BBC3. Christopher 0844 873 7353 Three time Scottish **** Telegraph. Macarthur-Boyd: Work In Progress Comedian of the Brand new material in preparation for Edinburgh Fringe 2019. Year finalist, Ross 7pm £8/£7 Jest Below @ Mango ‘A pleasure to watch.’ Voice Magazine. ’Endlessly enjoyable.’ Leslie, has a new 0844 873 7353 Skinny. show, all about the Marjolein Robertson: 80’s and the 90’s. Lonely Marjolein’s Guide to 8pm £15/£13 St Luke’s Shetland Scott Gibson: 0844 873 7353 Marjolein is here to give you a guide to all things Shetland White Noise through stand up and stories with 100% profosionalism. See Fri 22 March

7.15pm £5 Yesbar 8.15pm £17/£8 Glee Club Niamh Marron: 0844 873 7353 Saturday Night 0871 472 0400 Lotus Life Comedy A show about how we can rise above See Sat 16 March setbacks, while clinging to sanity. ‘Effective rambunctiousness’ Chortle. ‘Indisputable passion’ Reality Check. Julian Clary 7.30pm £10/£8 7.30pm @ Blackfriars Basement The King’s 0844 873 7353 Sat 23 March Harriet Kemsley: Slutty Joan Multi award-winning comic Harriet Kemsley, Cats Does Countdown and , takes on slut shaming. 'Joyful’ **** Scotsman. ‘Effervescent’ ****EdFestMag.com.

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SATURDAY 23 MARCHCONT’D 3.30pm £6.50/£5 Yesbar SUNDAY 24 MARCH Steve McLean: 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £12/£10 1pm £15 Sloans Action Figure Archive Mac‘n’Laughs 0844 873 7353 A fun look at the toys and geek culture of the 1980’s something Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers man. ‘Hilarious’ Herald. Desiree Burch: 0844 873 7353 Lunchtime Comedy Club Work In Progress See Fri 15 March 5pm £10/£8 The breakout star of Flinch and The Mash Report brings a new 2pm £8/£7 Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers hour of acerbic comedy. ***** Scots Gay **** Scotsman. Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers Lola & Jo: Focus Groupies 0844 873 7353 Lola & Jo come to WMGICF for the first time with their smash 8.30pm £10.50/£10 Colin Hoult as 0844 873 7353 hit Fringe show. ‘Bloody brilliant’ **** Chortle. Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Anna Mann Anna Mann returns in the workings of a brand new show. 5.30pm & 7.30pm £5/£3 Comedy Night at 0844 873 7353 Top 10 Best Reviewed Edinburgh Shows 2016 and 2017. the Museum: Show Only Britannia Panopticon 0844 873 7353 Join Chris Forbesand comedy greats as they blur the lines between 2pm £5 Dram! Bobby Bishop’s Big Sunday Banger arteFACT and arteFICTION. ‘Hugely enjoyable’ **** Scotsman. Dada Gaga & Pop: 0844 873 7353 Join Glasgow’s own Prince of Patter, Bobby Bishop and his The Marvellous Avant very special guests for a fun-packed show 8.30pm £15 Number 6 Garde Art Show 6.30pm £12/£10 Empty at No.6 0844 873 7353 See Mon 18 March See Sat 16 March Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers 2pm £20 Jack Barry: Tango 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £45 (inc food) Wild Cabaret Grunting Growler Acclaimed stand up Jack Barry talks sex, love and 0844 873 7353 relationships. As seen on The Russell Howard Hour. ***** The Big Show 0141 552 6165 EdFestMag **** Sunday Times. See Fri 15 March Hoppy Days: Beer Tasting & 7pm £16 Glee Club 8.30pm £10 Yesbar Comedy Raise a glass and have a 0871 472 0400 The Early Show 0844 873 7353 laugh at Glasgow's very Tommy Sandhu: See Fri 15 March first interactive beer tasting comedy show! Brownload 8.45pm £10/£8 Admiral Five beers, two Tommy Sandhu: Brownload comes comedians, one to Glasgow as part of his UK Tour. Chris Dinwoodie: 0844 873 7353 cracking Haha Cadabra afternoon! 7pm £4/£3 A mixture of top class magic, mind-reading and comedy from Project Café Glasgow’s multiple award winning magician & comedian Chris 2pm 0844 873 7353 Dinwoodie. £5/£4 Spoon Diversity Quota The Diversity Quota is 8.45pm £8/£7 Flying Duck Café Glasgow’s newest and The Cutting Room 0844 873 7353 0844 873 freshest comedy night See Sat 16 March 7353 showcasing talent from Scott across a wide range of 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Jasper Carrott diverse performers. Agnew’s 7.30pm Bobby Mair: Undeterred 0844 873 7353 Afternoon 7.30pm A new hour of stand up. Seen on Roast Battle, Bobby and @ Theatre Royal 7.15pm £10/£9 Harriet: Get Married, opening for Doug Stanhope and Bill Burr. Blether Wild Cabaret See Sun 17 March Sun 24 March Elliot Bibby: 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club 3pm £5/£4 McMagic Moments 0141 212 3389 Susie McCabe’s Britannia Scottish Comedy Magician of the year Great Expectations Panopticon Elliot Bibby presents McMagic Moments. See Fri 22 March ‘The hot commodity of Fringe magical 0844 873 7353 performances’ WorldMagic Review. 10pm £14/£13 Jolly Mixtures Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers Music & Mayhem 7.15pm £5 Yesbar A jolly mixture of comedy 0844 873 7353 Anna Mann’s Late 0844 873 7353 cabaret, classic sketches and Gus Lymburn Night Cheese & Sex Party songs, performed by the and Joe McTernan: Numpties Colin Hoult’s ‘Master class in character comedy’ **** Time Out, dashing talented volunteers of A chaotic hour of madcap buffoonery Anna Mann comes to Glasgow with special guests TBA. the Britannia Panopticon. brought to you by two of Scotland’s finest purveyors of nonsense. 10pm £4 Yesbar 3.30pm £7/£6 7.30pm £30/£25 Chris Lynott: 0844 873 7353 Berk’s Nest @ Theatre Royal Damage Case The Old Hairdressers 0844 871 7647 Crazy train bass playing comedy. Includes Sick Santa. ‘Best 0844 873 7353 bassist in comedy! Puts the reekie back into Edinburgh’ Ben Pope: Dancing Jasper Carrott's Edinburgh Evening News. Bear Stand Up & Rock Ben Pope ‘Undeniably funny’ **** See the legendary Jasper Carrott back 11pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement EdFestMag, road-tests a show about all with a new stand up show and his 0844 873 7353 the jobs he’s ever had. A work in progress musical compatriots that have been The Late Show 'rockin' audiences all over the See Fri 15 March about work. world.

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9.15pm £6 Blackfriars Basement SUNDAY 24 MARCHCONT’D Stephen Buchanan: 0844 873 7353 MONDAY 25 MARCH 7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Sheltered 1pm £12.50 Oran Mor Rachel Jackson: 0844 873 7353 BBC New Comedy Award winner 2018. Sharp, offbeat A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 Slutty Little Goldfish . ‘Skilful, personal and pitch perfect stand Chic Murray: A Funny Rachel tears into the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the ‘time’s up’ ***** Wee Review. Work in progress. Place for a Window by Stuart up’ movement that's followed. Also fun facts about goldfish and Disneyland. Hepburn 9.30pm £12/£10 On his last day on Earth, Chic takes a musical look back at the Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers triumphs and tragedies of his career. 7.30pm £10 Bungo Sindhu Vee: Sandhog 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 The Cabaret of Following sell out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and London’s 7.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Dangerous Ideas Soho Theatre, Sandhog is this Best Newcomer Nominee’s Jamie Dalgleish: 0141 212 3389 A comical and clever double bill featuring Dr Google Will See incredible debut hour. You Now, and Privacy is Dead, Long Live Privacy! Hosted From Buckfast to Middle Class by Susan Morrison. The former Scottish Comedian of the Year won't let social 9.30pm £3/£2 State Bar mobility get in the way of his Glesga vices! 7.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Mulholland & Redmond’s0844 873 7353 Chris Forbes: Prophecy 0141 212 3389 ‘The Entertainer’ 8pm £5/£3 Flying Duck Star of BBC hit comedy Scot Squad, returns to WMGICF. Three- Mulholland & Redmond race against time as the gritty worlds (No) Money in the Bank 0844 873 7353 See Sun 24 March time Scottish Comedy Award winner. of Scandinavian crime drama, Paranormal Investigation and collide. Work in progress. 8pm £12/£10 8pm £5 State Bar Berk’s Nest @ The Old Hairdressers Sir Dickie Benson: 0844 873 7353 Emma Sidi: 0844 873 7353 Knight on the Tiles Faces of Grace Oscar winning Hollywood hell raiser Sir Dickie Benson hosts Acclaimed character comedian and star of BBC3’s BAFTA nominated a riotous interactive Q&A; heavy drinking, hilarious anecdotes Pls Like brings her third hour of comedy gymnastics to WMGICF. and scandalous celebrity gossip.

8pm £7/£5 Drygate 9.30pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Brew Haha! 0141 212 8815 John Robertson’s: 0141 212 3389 See Sun 17 March Sweaty Sexy Party Party! John Robertson (creator of cult hit ‘The Dark Room’) used to 8pm £5/£3 Flying Duck plan his shows, but now, it’s party time. (No) Money in the Bank 0844 873 7353 Thom and Andrew are a tag-team explaining professional 9.30pm FREE State Bar wrestling. You’ll love their guest and their surreal exploration CHUNKlevision IITickets available on door of sports entertainment. Anarchic click bait from a collection of comedians using and abusing multimedia to create a unique comedy experience. 8pm £5/£4 State Bar James McIntosh: Tea 0844 873 7353 and Coffee Making Facilities TUESDAY 26 MARCH [TCMF] A surreal breakdown presented as art experienced 1pm £12.50 Oran Mor as comedy. ‘Bloody funny…the next Ross Noble’ A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 ****Skinny. ****FreshAir . Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window by Stuart Hepburn 8.30pm £3 Griffin See Mon 25 March 0844 873 7353 Jamie Dalgleish Neapolitan Comedy 7.30pm @ The Stand 7pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Neapolitan Comedy offers you a bowl of the Julia Sutherland: Exposed0141 212 3389 freshest cream of comedy talent. Mon 25 March Incredible: you can follow your dreams, and just quit sometimes. ‘Nobody works through their ‘issues’ so hilariously’ List. 9pm £10/£8 Stand Comedy Club 7.15pm £5 Yesbar 0141 212 3389 Iain MacDonald: 0844 873 7353 Vladimir Mctavish: Mispunderstood 25 Years Of Stand up See Fri 15 March ‘One of the finest acts on the Scottish comedy circuit’ Guardian, celebrates his 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA quarter-century in the business. ‘Superb’ Scotsman. Short Attention Span Theatre 0844 873 7353 9pm £10/£9 Four new twenty minute plays from Karen Barclay, Tom Wild Cabaret Brogan, Catriona Duggan and Chris McQueer. 0844 873 7353 Jesus L'Oreal: Nailed It 7.45pm £5 Iron Horse Is your missionary position guaranteed in It Just So Happened 0844 873 7353 the kingdom of Hosannadu? Let’s rapture. The alternative history show for fans of stand up comedy and ‘Enough to make anyone proclaim all things historical. Halleberrylujah’ List.

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7.30pm £5 Old Hairdressers TUESDAY 26 MARCHCONT’D WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH Ambush: The Salon 0844 873 7353 8pm FREE Calabash Bar & Restaurant 1pm £10 Oran Mor Join the combined comic forces of Ambush and their pals at The Salon, Glasgow’s grassroots idiosyncratic comedy cabaret night. Calabash Tickets available on door A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 Comedy Night Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a 8pm £5 Dram! See Tue 19 March Window by Stuart Hepburn Stephen Halkett: 0844 873 7353 See Mon 25 March 8pm PWYW Katie’s Bar Simmer Down! Allsorts CabaretTickets available on door 5.30pm £10/£5/£3 City of Glasgow College Join Glaswegian comic and secondary school physics teacher Stephen Halkett as he presents his debut solo show. Allsorts is an exciting, experimental cabaret that encourages In Conversation 0844 873 7353 new and diverse acts. Hosted by Markee de Saw and Miss with Janey Godley Innocence Bliss! 8pm £12 Glee Club Join ‘The queen of Scottish comedy’ Janey Godley, as she discusses comedy, family, politics and everything else. Paul McCaffrey: 0871 472 0400 8pm £14/£13 Òran Mór I Thought I’d Grown out of this by Now Paul Mayhew-Archer: 0844 873 7353 7pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club Join Paul McCaffrey on his debut tour fresh from supporting Incurable Optimist Marc Jennings: 0141 212 3389 Kevin Bridges at the Hydro. The debut stand up hour from the multi award winning co- Getting Going writer of The Vicar of Dibley. ***** The Wee Review, **** Fringe Join rising star of the Scottish comedy circuit Marc Jennings 8pm £16/£14 Òran Mór Review. for his first solo show at The Stand Comedy Club. Robert Florence is 0844 873 7353 Biscuity Boyle: My Bastart Life - 8.30pm £5/£3 Blackfriars Basement 7.30pm £10 Bungo Improv F*cktown 0844 873 7353 Philip Differ: 0844 873 7353 One Last Time! An improv comedy show from Couch (house team of Glasgow See Wed 20 March Harold Night and Improv Cage Match) plus special guests. Billy Bremner & Me A schoolboy’s dream, to be a professional footballer. Only one 8pm £14.95 Wild Cabaret 9pm £5 Stand Comedy Club thing stands in Phil’s way – mediocrity. Kitsch Cabaret 0141 552 6165 The Best of Red Raw 0141 212 3389 7.30pm £10/£8 CCA See Wed 20 March See Tue 19 March Short Attention 0844 873 7353 9pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 9.30pm £5/£3 State Bar Span Theatre Everything That’s 0844 873 7353 See Tue 26 March Damian Clark 0141 212 3389 Former Kevin Bridges support returns to Glasgow with his Me Is Falling 7.30pm £5.50 Comedian Tattoo Studio brand new show of rapid-fire gags. ‘The world's wittiest Apart/C2.0medy Watch Bad Movies 0844 873 7353 machine gun. Amazing’ Scotsman. David Callaghan and Donny with Great Comedians: Freddy Vostok present two alternative 9.30pm £4/£3 State Bar work in progress shows. **** Got Fingered Scotsman, **** The bad movie you hate to love but you’ve got to, Freddy Got Commissioned 0844 873 7353 TheReviewsHub, **** Fingered ripped apart live by top comics. New comedy commissioned by YOU! Suggest a theme to Edfestmag, **** Fringe Monkey. Commissioned Comedy on Facebook or tweet @CommissionedCom, we’ll provide the comedy.

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Desiree Burch 8.30pm @ The Old Hairdressers Sat 23 March

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7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement 8.30pm £5 Strathclyde University Barony Bar THURSDAY 28 MARCH Tom Rosenthal: Live 0844 873 7353 Strath Laughs 0844 873 7353 1pm £12.50 Oran Mor The beaky young man from Plebs, Friday Night Dinner and Glasgow Comedy Festival Special Drunk History brings a new comedy show with the best of A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 The only regular student comedy night in Glasgow! Hosted by intentions. former Scottish Comedian of the Year Jamie Dalgleish. Open Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a to all University and College students. Window by Stuart Hepburn 7.30pm £10 Bungo See Mon 25 March Bannockburn 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £10/£7 Rum Shack By turns informative and daftly comic, this is The Battle of Bruce Morton, 0844 873 7353 5.30pm £10/£5/£3 City of Glasgow College Bannockburn through the eyes of two Scots soldiers. Jim Monaghan & The GSR Comedy Night The Cabaret of 0844 873 7353 Award winning comic Bruce Morton and poetry legend Jim 7.30pm £16/£14 Òran Mór Dangerous Ideas Monaghan with stand up comedy guests downstairs at The We’re All Mental! If mental illness is largely defined by not Janey Godley: 0844 873 7353 Rum Shack. being typical, who wants to be? Hosted by comedian Susan 20 Years & Counting Morrison. 20 years of touring and so many stories. The Godmother of 8.30pm £12.50/£10.50 Websters 2 Scottish comedy, chief Trump annoyer and all round Glasgow In For a Penny 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £7/£5 Yesbar mouth piece is back! ‘Libby McArthur holds the audience in the palm of her hand, 0844 873 7353 recounting hardship, hilarity and unpaid parking fines.’ Daphna Baram: 7.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club ****EdFestMag. Sugarcoating David Kay 0141 212 3389 How many calories do you burn in an hour of laughing and Funny, quirky, surreal master class in understated left field stand 8.30pm £10/£8 Wild Cabaret crying? ‘Raw passion…fantastic’ ***** Bunbury Magazine. up from the star of Comedy Central‘s 0141 552 6165 ‘Supremely talented’ Oxford Daily. Just Comedy Experience. Brilliant! See Thu 14 March

8pm £8/£7 Crossmylaff @ Glad Café 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Tanyalee Davis: 0844 873 7353 Iain Connell: 0844 873 7353 Actual Size Work In Progress Tanyalee is the little lady with the big voice! Star of Live at The See Thu 21 March Apollo, The Show, The Last Leg. 9.30pm £15 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £6/£5 Nice N Sleazy : Landlord 0141 212 3389 Archie Henderson: 0844 873 7353 Of Hope And Glory Tour 2019 Jazz Emu Citizens of Hope and Glory! Our new tomorrow beckons. A The winner of IYAF Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy 2018 new tomorrow that smells reassuringly of yesterday, but with delivers a new hour of sharp and original musical comedy. wifi.

8pm £5 State Bar 9.30pm £8/£7 Crossmylaff @ Glad Café Stuart McPherson: 0844 873 7353 The Creative Martyrs: 0844 873 7353 Mun Tod After the Apocalypse Returning after a sell out debut in 2018. Star of BBC After the apocalypse, cabaret stars The Martyrs create a new Scotland’s Scot Squad. ‘Elegantly crafted… world order through song and surrealism. ' absurdity' hilarious’ Scotsman. Work in progress. **** Scotsman.

9.30pm £4/£2 State Bar Al Murray Donny Vostok: Void 0844 873 7353 (Remember to write a show description for the booklet. Do not 9.30pm forget) ‘Smart, biting material’ **** Fringe Monkey. @ The Stand Thu 28 March Iain Connell 9.15pm @ Blackfriars Thu 21 & Thu 28 March

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7.30pm £4 Flying Duck 8.30pm £12.50/£10.50 Websters 2 FRIDAY 29 MARCH Chris Lynott: 0844 873 7353 In For a Penny 0844 873 7353 Damage Case See Thu 29 March 12.30pm £10/£5/£3 City of Glasgow College See Sat 23 March Comedy @ The College 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £15 Wild Cabaret Lunchtime stand up comedy @ The College compered by Susan Morrison. Featuring Susie McCabe and Jojo 7.30pm £15/£13 Garage The Big Show 0141 552 6165 Sutherland, plus special guest. Des Clarke: Broken 0844 873 7353 See Fri 15 March Des Clarke has reached breaking point. Glasgow's own star 1pm £10 Oran Mor of stage and screen gets it all off his chest in a roller coaster of comedy nonsense. 8.30pm £10 Yesbar A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 The Early Show 0844 873 7353 Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a 7.30pm £16/£14 Òran Mór See Fri 15 March Window by Stuart Hepburn Janey Godley: 0844 873 7353 See Mon 25 March 8.45pm £5/£3 Flying Duck 20 Years & Counting SOLD 1pm £15 Sloans See Thu 28 March OUT Alternative Sanity 0844 873 7353 Bureau: Let’s Go F*n Mental Mac‘n’Laughs 0844 873 7353 8pm £5 Britannia Panopticon Lunchtime Comedy Club about the bizarre and darkly comic world of See Fri 15 March Panopticon Comedy Club 0844 873 7353 mental health. ASB work with BBC The Social and more. Join us for an evening of Glasgow's finest comedians at the 6pm £6/£5 Yesbar venue where Stan Laurel made his stage debut. 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement Lubna Kerr: 0844 873 7353 8pm £11 Crossmylaff @ Glad Café Mitch Benn: 0844 873 7353 Where Are You Really From? Crossmylaff Comedy 0844 873 7353 Doing It On Purpose Lubna explores her identity as a Scottish Pakistani Muslim Hang South for a full evening of comedy featuring award He’s back, with guitar in hand, a spring in his step, a bee in women living in a world dominated by fat, blond white men. winning comics plus the pick of up and coming talent. his bonnet and giving a piece of his mind! 'Country’s leading musical satirist' Times. 6.30pm £8 ARG @ Vacant Space 8pm £5/£2 State Bar Josie Long: 0844 873 7353 Alasdair Beckett-King: 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £4/£3 State Bar Work in Progress Peter Pancakes’ 0844 873 7353 Josie Long is working up her first show in 3 years. Come and The Interdimensional ABK see what she’s been up to and enjoy some fun laughs. The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this Comedy Extravaganza timeline with a dimension-hopping stand up show. ***** Peter Pancakes brings a handpicked selection of the most 7pm £5 Iron Horse EdFestMag, **** Scotsman, **** Fest. eccentric and creative comedy performers around to Glasgow Amused 0844 873 7353 for one night only. Three people from Edinburgh have tales and jokes to tell, 8pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space who knew? Joz Norris Is Dead. 0844 873 7353 9.30pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space Long Live Mr Fruit Salad Annie McGrath: Viral 0844 873 7353 7pm £10/£8 Jest Below @ Mango Mr Fruit Salad, a fictional chimaera created by Joz to help his Deadpan comic McGrath returns to WMGICF with her dry Rosie Sings: 0844 873 7353 anxiety, develops autonomy and puts on a show. jokes, silly anecdotes and ‘smart and smutty’ London Evening Facts About Love! Standard, material. Here to remind you that not all ladies have class! ‘Voice of an 8.15pm £11/£8 (£20 inc food) Glee Club angel, mouth of a sailor’ ***** Jamie Anderson. 0871 472 0400 10pm £8/£7 Jest Below @ Mango Friday Night Comedy Infiltrate with 0844 873 7353 7.15pm £5/£4 Yesbar See Fri 15 March Krystal Evans and Matt Watson 0844 873 7353 Two North American comedians now calling Scotland home. Improv Killed 8.30pm £8/£7 Jest Below @ Mango My Dog: Jessica Fostekew: 0844 873 7353 10.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club Magnum PI Power Bungalow Raymond Mearns: 0141 212 3389 (Police Improv) A work in progress show about strength from The Fresh from the Fringe, Guilty Feminist co-host. ‘Wears her smarts on her Confessions of A Control Freak! improvised comedy inspired sleeve, great stuff’ Guardian. An argumentative, raging, judgemental, grammar Nazi! Essential by Magnum PI. A show character defects for a successful comedy most of the performers have 8.30pm £5 Shed career! 'Improvisational genius' Frankie Boyle. never seen. 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £10/£8 (Best of) Marlborough 11pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Comedy Club Blackfriars Basement Featuring the best comedians from our monthly comedy night in the of the South Side. Basement 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 Alison Spittle 8.30pm £12/£10 Stand Comedy Club The Late Show Makes a Show of Terry Alderton: 0141 212 3389 See Fri 15 March Herself Bi-Polar Guy Guilty Feminist co-host and Irish TV A thrilling hour of stand up, songs and person returns with a new show silliness. ‘He's proved himself as a about feelings. 'Breezily chatty and effusively comedian of dizzying funny' inventiveness' ***** Terry Alderton Scotsman. Times. 8.30pm @ The Stand Fri 29 March Des Clarke 7.30pm @ The Garage Fri 29 & Sat 30 March

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5pm £10/£9 Stand Comedy Club 7.30pm £8/£7 Flying Duck SATURDAY 30 MARCH Christopher Macarthur 0141 212 3389 Absolute Improv 0844 873 7353 12pm £15/£12 Griffin Boyd: Home Sweet Home See Sat 16 March Round The Clock 0844 873 7353 Critically acclaimed debut hour from one of the hottest prospects in Scottish stand up. ‘Downright impressive’ ***** 7.30pm £15/£13 Garage Comedy Roadshow Shortcom. It's back! See a marathon of shows featuring some of the most Des Clarke: Broken 0844 873 7353 brilliant stand up, improv and character acts from Scotland See Fri 29 March and beyond. 5pm £5 State Bar The ‘Official’ Glasgow 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £16/£14 Òran Mór 12.30pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space Comedy Festival Christmas Show Janey Godley: 0844 873 7353 Garrett Millerick: 0844 873 7353 Richard Duffy has been celebrating Christmas every day since the day he was born. Come witness his mental breakdown… live! 20 Years & Counting SOLD Smile See Thu 28 March OUT The follow up to 2018’s sell out, critically acclaimed Sunflower. 5.30pm £8/£7 Jest Below @ Mango ‘A virtuoso’ ****1/2 Chortle. ‘Wickedly funny’ **** Scotsman. 7.30pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement ‘The best shows of 2018’ Guardian. The Hoovering Podcast 0844 873 7353 William Andrews: Willy 0844 873 7353 1pm £14 Oran Mor LIVE with Jessica Fostekew and guests William is wholeheartedly embracing the Willy he always was. Podcast about eating from Jessica Fostekew, co-host of The Remarkable stories told in original ways. Daft, creative and sharp. A Play, A Pie & A Pint 08444 771 000 Guilty Feminist. Recommended by Guardian and Independent. Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Bring snacks! Window by Stuart Hepburn 7.30pm £12.50/£12 (tour included) See Mon 25 March 6pm £5 Yesbar Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Iain Hume: 0844 873 7353 Comedy Night at 0844 873 7353 1pm £15 Sloans I’m Still Standing the Museum: Tour & Show Mac‘n’Laughs 0844 873 7353 Iain’s storytelling has covered many aspects of his life. I’m Still See Sat 23 March Lunchtime Comedy Club Standing deals with single parenthood in the 80’s. See Fri 15 March 7.30pm £15/£13 Stand Comedy Club 6.30pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space America Stands Up 0141 212 3389 1.30pm £10/£6 Iron Horse Ben Target: 0844 873 7353 Be the first to see some of the biggest stars from across the Laughternoon: 0844 873 7353 Work in Progress pond in our superb showcase of American comedy talent. Comedy in the Afternoon Exquisite new ideas from ‘maverick physical comedian (and Join some of Scotland's best new comedians and a top Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominee) Ben Target’ Guardian. 8pm £8 ARG @ Vacant Space headliner for a fun filled afternoon of hilarious stand up ‘Impressively funny’ Scotsman. comedy. Josie Long: 0844 873 7353 6.30pm PWYW State Bar Work in Progress 2pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space See Fri 29 March Tickets available on door Siân Docksey: Canary 0844 873 7353 Child-turned-retired child Siân tells you everything she’s had John Aggasild: Spring/Summer 2019 8pm £14/£10 Admiral A work in progress show from John Aggasild. to explain to her parents. Stand up/alternative comedy about Enterteasement: 0844 873 7353 (im)maturity, gay stuff, and Cher. 7pm £8/£7 Comedy! Magic! Burlesque! 3.30pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space Jest Below @ Mango ‘As seen on TV’ comedians, award winning magic and international burlesque artists. 4.7 star average customer review. Sophie Duker: Venus 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 Sophie Duker isn’t a goddess. As seen on Comedy Bruce Fummey: Central, Channel 4 & BBC3. 'Laugh out-loud funny' 8pm £10 Britannia Panopticon Telegraph. Val Sharp’s Laddie Cinderella: 0844 873 7353 Life simpler when you were a bairn? Bring Werther’s Originals. ‘Put Gagging For a Ball 3.30pm £5.50/£4.50 Yesbar simply, he is a very, very funny Come and experience all your usual panto frolics with added Meat and Two Vag 0844 873 7353 man’ Skinny. naughtiness especially for grownups. Two girls and a guy bring you a variety of hilarity. Raw, candid comedy with a side of cheek. 7.15pm £6 Yesbar 8pm £10 Drygate Sajad Ayub and 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 SOLD 4.45pm £5.50/£4.50 Yesbar OUT 0844 873 7353 Stephen Matt Watson: One of us isn’t from Here Sajad Ayub and Matt Watson...One of us isn't from Here. Jeanette Cousland: Buchanan: Sheltered Jobby Bombs to Jager Bombs 8pm £11 Crossmylaff @ Glad Café Dubbed by comedy critics as a female not to be f*cked with, See Sun 24 March Jeanette is hilariously honest about her dysfunctional life. Crossmylaff Comedy 0844 873 7353 See Fri 29 March 5pm £8 ARG @ Vacant Space 8pm £5 State Bar 0844 873 7353 Richard Brown: 0844 873 7353 Jonny and the Horror Show Baptists Christopher Macarthur-Boyd Blah blah award-winning blah blah dark cynical blah blah Love Glasgow 5pm @ The Stand / Sat 30 March genius blah. and Hate 8pm @ The State / Sat 23 March 8.15pm £17/£8 Glee Club Bastards Saturday Night 0871 472 0400 All we want is for the world to be better, and everyone to Comedy be happy. Work in progress. See Sat 16 March ‘Wickedly funny’ **** Times.

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7.30pm £16/£14 Òran Mór SATURDAY 30 MARCHCONT’D SUNDAY 31 MARCH Janey Godley: 0844 873 7353 20 Years & Counting 8.30pm £8/£7 Jest Below @ Mango 12.30pm £8 ARG @ Vacant Space See Thu 28 March Tony Jameson: Idealist 0844 873 7353 Josie Long: 0844 873 7353 Idealist (noun). A person who is guided by ideals rather than Work in Progress 8pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement by practical considerations. Tony tries to fix the world. See Fri 29 March Dave Fulton: 0844 873 7353 Adapt, Adopt, Adapt Again 8.30pm £10.50/£10 2pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space The f*cked up journey to what I thought would be the least important Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Jonny Donahoe: 0844 873 7353 thing in my life and how it became the most important thing ever. Comedy Night at 0844 873 7353 Inheritance A new work in progress from the co-creator of the 8pm £15/£14 Drygate the Museum: Show Only internationally acclaimed Every Brilliant Thing. ‘Painfully honest, Brew HaHa! 0844 873 7353 See Sat 23 March funny, joyous - indeed, brilliant’ Guardian. Presents - Phil Kay: A Happening Phil’s unique blend of energy, improvisation and leaps of 8.30pm £45 (inc food) Wild Cabaret 3.30pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space imagination are guaranteed to take you on a comedy joyride. 0141 552 6165 Eleanor Morton: 0844 873 7353 The Big Show 8pm £5/£4 Iron Horse See Fri 15 March Work In Progress Rising star comic Eleanor Morton presents a brand new Joe McSloy & 0844 873 7353 8.30pm £10 Yesbar germination of a show. ***** Ed Fest Mag. Graham Barrie: Absolute Klonk See Sun 17 March The Early Show 0844 873 7353 5pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space See Fri 15 March John-Luke Roberts: 0844 873 7353 8pm £4/£3 State Bar After Me Comes the Flood… Ben Verth: Self Hlep 0844 873 7353 8.45pm £8/£7 Flying Duck …(But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP Ben Verth ‘Clever, acerbic wit’ Skinny, drinks some wine and works out his anxiety and ridiculous milleni-ill life crap. The Cutting Room 0844 873 7353 BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP! Bloody hell not again! Daft assed comedy from critically acclaimed idiot. **** Guardian, **** Times, ***** Fest. See Sat 16 March 8pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space 6pm £5/£3 Yesbar Stuart Laws Flops 0844 873 7353 9.15pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement The day his life changed forever, when he ended up on the Chris Kent: Looking Up 0844 873 7353 Matt Duwell: 0844 873 7353 final table in a poker tournament in Vegas. Chris has spent the last year balancing comedy with being a A Pessimist’s Guide to Being Happy stay at home dad. ***** Mirror. Matt Duwell will teach you how your new-found pessimism 8pm £15/£12 Wild Cabaret can make you happier (within reason of course!). ‘Imaginative F**kin’ Hell, 0844 873 7353 appeal and razor-sharp, death-dealing wit.’ Broadway Baby. 9.30pm £8/£6 ARG @ Vacant Space its Reba Martell! ‘Scotland's Best Drag Queen’ Reba Martellpresents a gallus new Succubus @ WMGICF 0844 873 7353 6.30pm £6 ARG @ Vacant Space show. Expect a camp from the Glaswegian Glamazon! Satirical women’s magazine Succubus presents a selection of Helen Duff: Daft 0844 873 7353 their absolute favourite comedy performers for a night of new, ‘Bold, subversive and very funny’ **** Scotsman, stay at home 8.30pm £12.50/£10.50 Websters 2 new(ish) and too-weird-for-other-comedy-nights material. spy Helen Duff is about to crack the most explosive case of her career. Work in progress. In For a Penny 0844 873 7353 See Thu 28 March 9.30pm £5 State Bar 7pm £12/£10 9pm £14/£12 Stand Comedy Club Scott Agnew: 0844 873 7353 Stand Comedy Club Neil Delamere 0141 212 3389 2019 Work In Progress 0141 212 3389 All of Scott Agnew’s critically acclaimed Fringe One of the most in demand comedians on Irish television. On shows started off at The State; he’s hoping he Michelle McManus: track to repeat his success here in the UK. has another in him. Pop Goes The Idol Presenter and singer Michelle’slatest 9.30pm £1/FREE State Bar show tells the next instalment in the CHUNKS of the 10pm £8/£7 Glasgow based life of a glittering Jest Below @ Mango global megastar. Year 2019 0844 873 7353 0844 873 7353 7.30pm £10 Bungo The triumphant Glasgae Kiss 0844 873 7353 return of the Anna Materowska (Pol) and Eamon Goodfellow (Ire) The Cabaret of CHUNKS bring their hilarious 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Show Dangerous awards. ‘Fast to Glasgow for the first time! growing into Ideas a full scale A comical and comedy 10.30pm £17.50 clever double bill featuring movement’ Stand Comedy Club Suspect Skinny. 0141 212 3389 Dave Fulton Confessions and Big Boys The Festival 8pm @ Blackfriars Don’t Cry. Club Hosted by See Sat 16 March Sun 31 March Susan Morrison. 11pm £10/£8 Blackfriars Basement 0844 873 7353 The Late Show Janey Godley See Fri 15 March 7.30pm @ Òran Mór Thu 28 - Sun 31 March

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2.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club KIDS COMEDY Gary Dunn: 0141 212 3389 SUNDAY 17 MARCH Presents…Monkey Business 2pm £5/£4/£2.50 Britannia Panopticon See Sat 23 March Classic Animation Festival 0141 553 0840 SATURDAY 16 MARCH Come one come all to a spectacular Cartoon Cavalcade! See all 11am £4 Tall Ship SATURDAY 30 MARCH your favourite cartoon friends from Mickey Mouse to Superman. Stephen Halkett and 0844 873 7353 Friends: Save the Planet! 11am, 1pm & 3pm FREE 2pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld A fun and light-hearted look at climate change. Jokes and Britannia Panopticon 0141 553 0840 The Lego Movie (U) 0871 200 2000 laughter guaranteed! Can you help save the planet? Funny Bones Academy: See Sat 16 March Teaching Kids Comedy 2pm & 4pm £6.25/£5.95 3 professors of the art of laughter will teach classes in Clowning & Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre , Sketch development, writing & performance and stand-up. Mousetale Puppets: 0141 339 6185 TUESDAY 19 MARCH Oscar and The Highland Castle 2pm £10/£35 family ticket 6.30pm £13.95 (for 2) Sloans Oscar the mouse joins the campaign to free the castle from Eastwood Park Theatre 0141 577 4956 Eatfilm Presents: 0141 221 8886 English rule. Robert the Bruce is in hiding, but not for long! James Campbell: Gregorys Girl (A) The Hilariously Funny World of… Gregory Underwood is a graceless teen soccer player on a hapless SUNDAY 17 MARCH A stand up comedy show for children over 6, their parents and team. When a girl named Dorothy (Dee Hepburn) shows up to anyone who likes comedy without rude words. play, things change quickly. Main meal and a movie £13.95 for 2! 2pm £5 Iron Horse Burst Out Laughing: 0844 873 7353 Comedy Escape Room for Kids 3pm £5 Stand Comedy Club Kids versus comedians compete in hilarious and interactive games Mr Fibbers: Out Of Tune 0141 212 3389 THURSDAY 21 MARCH to escape a comedy club. Break out before we crack you up! Mr Fibbers presents Out of Tune, a kid’s comedy show filled with 6pm/7.30pm PWYW Kinning Park Complex awesome songs, awesome jokes, and awesome awesomeness! Community Meal Tickets available on door 2pm Free With Meal Wild Cabaret with screening of The Great Dictator (U) The Family Show 0141 552 6165 SUNDAY 31 MARCH A special WMGICF screening of The Great Dictator alongside The perfect afternoon treat for adults and children, a fun-filled our weekly community meal! family orientated variety show. Free entry for kids! 2pm Free With Meal Wild Cabaret The Family Show 0141 552 6165 3pm £5 Stand Comedy Club See Sun 17 March Keith Farnan: Kidocracy 0141 212 3389 FRIDAY 22 MARCH An interactive comedy show for children aged 6+, where 3pm £5 Stand Comedy Club 8pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld children get to rule because grown-ups have made such a mess. Zoe’s Kids Show 0141 212 3389 Wayne's World (PG) 0871 200 2000 Join Zoe for some good old fashioned family friendly silliness. As slackers Wayne and Garth struggle to promote their public SATURDAY 23 MARCH There will be interactive games, mess and at least one joke. access cable show, Wayne's World, Wayne falls for a up-and- 2pm £4 Dram! coming rock star, Cassandra. Stephen Halkett: 0844 873 7353 Party Time! BIG SCREEN FILM 11pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld A fun filled hour full of nonsense and silliness featuring loads Superbad (15) 0871 200 2000 of jokes, party games and prizes. Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with FRIDAY 15 MARCH separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked 2pm £6.25/£5.95 8pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld party goes awry. Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre Ferris Bueller's Day Off (15)0871 200 2000 Clive Chandler: 0141 339 6185 A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from SATURDAY 23 MARCH Jack and The Beanstalk school, despite what the Principal thinks. How does Jack solves a GIANT problem and demonstrate that 2pm £7/£5 Britannia Panopticon sometimes it is a good idea to have your head in the clouds! Classics0141 553 0840 11pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld with Gladstone’s Bag Weird Science (15) 0871 200 2000 Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle and 2.30pm £5 Stand Comedy Club Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman, Laurel and Hardy feature in a selection of their finest silent . Gary Dunn: 0141 212 3389 but she turns out to be more than that. Presents…Monkey Business 11pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld Gary and his cheeky sidekick Chico the Monkey are back! More Superbad (15) 0871 200 2000 monkey magic and banana buffoonery to entertain all ages! SATURDAY 16 MARCH See Fri 22 March SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld 8pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld 0871 200 2000 2pm £6.25/£5.95 The Lego Movie (U) Wayne's World (PG) 0871 200 2000 Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre An ordinary LEGO construction worker, prophesied as ‘special’, See Fri 22 March Professor Clive: 0141 339 6185 is recruited in a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the That’s The Way To Do It! LEGO universe into eternal stasis. James Campbell Cheer the juggling, laugh at the plate spinning and the join in TUESDAY 26 MARCH 2pm @ The Citz with the Crocodile, the Policeman, Judy, the Baby and good 8pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld old Mr Punch himself! Weird Science (15) 0871 200 2000 6.30pm £13.95 (for 2) Sloans Sat 18 March See Fri 15 March Eatfilm Presents: 0141 221 8886 2pm £4 Tall Ship Trainspotting (18) Stephen Halkett and 0844 873 7353 11pm £11/£8.50/£8 Cineworld Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety Friends: Save the Planet! 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SHOW (INDEX BY FIRST NAME) Page Egg 14 Marc Jennings 24 Tanyalee Davis 25 (No) Money in the Bank 20 Elaine C Smith 6 Marjolein Robertson 18 Taryam Boyd 8 CAIRNRYAN  LARNE 3 Men and a Tall Lady 18 Elaine Malcolmson 5 Mark Nelson 5, 6 Terry Alderton 28 5 Fifers For A Fiver 13 Elaine Miller 13 Marlborough Comedy Club 28 The Best of Red Raw 9, 24 A Steady Diet of Nothing 8 Eleanor Morton 30 Matt Duwell 30 The Big Show 6, 8, 15, 19, 28, 30 Abigoliah Schamaun 7 Eliott Simpson 7, 9 Matt Hoss 13 The Cabaret of Absolute Improv 7, 18, 29 Elliot Bibby 19 Matt Watson 9, 28, 29 Dangerous Ideas 8, 9, 20, 25, 30 Al Murray 25 Emma Sidi 20 Matt Winning 8 The Comedian Tattoo’s 21st Alasdair Beckett-King 28 Empty at No.6 7, 19 Max & Ivan 18 Birthday Comedy Bash 7 Alfie Brown 6 Enterteasement 29 Meat and Two Vag 29 The Creative Martyrs 25 Alison Spittle 28 Eric and Ern 9 Michelle McManus 30 The Cutting Room 8, 19, 30 Allan Lindsay 5 Evelyn Mok 7 Micky Overman 18 The Delightful Sausage 6 Allsorts Cabaret 24 Foil, Arms and Hog 8 Mitch Benn 28 The Early Show 6, 8, 15, 19, 28, 30 Alternative Sanity Bureau 28 Friday Night Comedy 6, 15, 28 Mulholland & Redmond 20 The Festival Club 8, 30 Ambush: The Salon 24 Funny Lassies 7 Neapolitan Comedy 20 The Hoovering Podcast 29 CLUBS AND Amelia Bayler 5, 6 Gabriel Featherstone 8 Neil Bratchpiece 6 The Kinkyfish Improv Jam 15 America Stands Up 29 Gareth Waugh 7 Neil Delamere 30 The Late Show 6, 8, 15, 19, 28, 30 Amused 28 Garrett Millerick 29 Neil Harris 13 The Pensioner and The Paddy 15 An Englishman, an Irishman Gary Meikle 8 Niamh Marron 18 The Scrubbers 14 and a Scotsman 7 Gemma Flynn 14 Nick Revell 5, 7, 8 Tiff Stevenson 15 Andrew Maxwell 18 Glasgae Kiss 30 Olga Koch 18 Tim Joyce 9, 13 SOCIETIES TRAVEL Andy Vannan 9 Graham Barrie 8, 30 One Fall Sessions 15 Tom Neenan 15 Andy Zaltzman 9 Gráinne Maguire 7 Panopticon Comedy Club 28 Tom Parry 15 Anna Mann 19 Gus Lymburn 19 Paul Mayhew-Archer 24 Tom Rosenthal 25 Annie McGrath 28 Hal Branson 6 Paul McCaffrey 24 Tommy Sandhu 19 Archie Henderson 25 Hari Kanth 8 Paul McDaniel 5 Tony Jameson 30 Ashley Storrie 14, 15 Harriet Kemsley 18 Paul Sinha 9 Tony Law 5 MADE EASY Aunty Jee 15 Helen Bauer 18 Peter Pancakes’ Comedy Vladimir Mctavish5, 20 Awestruck Comedy 7 Helen Duff 30 Extravaganza 28 Watch Bad Movies with Ben Pope 19 Home-Boys 9 Phil Differ 13, 18 Great Comedians 13, 24 Ben Target 29 Hoppy Days: Phil Kay 30 West Brewery Comedy Club 6 Planning your next trip to Northern Ireland with Ben Verth 14, 30 Beer Tasting & Comedy 8, 19 Rachel Jackson 20 William Andrews 29 Best Medicine Comedy 14 Huge Davies 15 Raheil Ahmed 8 Women of Colour Comedy Collective 7 a group of friends or your club? 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