Jess's Jaunt: What's On: Comedy
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Fred MacAulay presents: The Funny Farm 21
Thursday 11 March, 8pm
£12
Old Fruitmarket
Twenty-one years ago four Scottish blokes made their comedic debut on the legendary Funny Farm. They're still here, still at it and still incredibly funny, the lot of them. And who knows how much longer any of them can keep going. An unrepeatable stand-up showcase featuring:
Fred MacAulay - 'rib-achingly funny, one of the funniest men alive' Sunday Times
Parrot - 'Scotland's most uncompromising stand-up comic' The Guardian
Stu Who? - 'Scotland's answer to Lenny Bruce' Irish Times
Bruce Morton - 'Our favourite deadpan ... very funny indeed' The List
GilmorehillG12 University of Glasgow
University Avenue (top of Kelvin Way)
The Penny Dreadfuls
Presented by The Penny Dreadfuls - Thursday 26th March, 2009 8 p.m. -
The biggest selling and most critically acclaimed sketch troup to emerge in recent years.
Tickets £9 and £6
Box Office 0141 330 5522
www.gilmorehillg12.co.uk
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Andrew Maxwell
Friday 12 March, 8pm
£13.50
Old Fruitmarket
One of the best loved comics in the country, and 'Chief Fullmooner', Andrew Maxwell returns to Glasgow with more well-honed tales to tell. The star of many a TV favourite such as Have I Got News for You, Argumental and of course, the winner of Channel 4's King of Comedy, weaves his comedy magic, enthralling the crowd with his sharp observations, quick wit and effortless charm.
"One of the best comics around... A consummate raconteur." (Time Out)
"Fiercely funny and utterly invigorating." (The Times)
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Marcus Brigstocke: God Collar
Saturday 13 March, 9:30pm
£15
Old Fruitmarket
One of Britain's finest comedians and broadcasters, Marcus Brigstocke, is taking his hotly anticipated new show God Collar on tour this autumn. The award-winning comedian is a firm favourite with comedy fans and God Collar promises to be as sharply observant and quick-witted as his much loved catalogue of work.
Marcus's talent was noted early on in his career in 1996 when he won the BBC New Comedian Award at the Edinburgh Festival. He is now regarded as a major comedy, writing and acting talent, performing stand up nationally to sell out audiences both on tour and on the well trodden comedy circuit. BBC Radio 4 has become somewhat of a second home to him with regular appearances on The Now Show and Just A Minute, and he has notched up an impressive list of TV credits including team captain on Argumental
(Dave) and the host of BBC Four's The Late Edition and I've Never Seen Star Wars."Intelligent, dark, subtle stuff." (Observer)
"Dazzling, Inspired, perfectly observed. I've yet to see anything funnier." (Daily Telegraph)
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Maxwell's Fullmooner
sSaturday 13 March, 11:59pm
£13
Old Fruitmarket
Are YOU a Fullmooner? Currently the UK's most talked about late night comedy show, hosted by the award-winning comic Andrew Maxwell. Come howl at the moon! Don't hate us, join us. Total sell out 2007 - 2009.
"What all late shows should aim to be." ***** (List)
"Brilliant."(Paul Merton)
Dara O Briain
Wednesday 17 March and Thursday 17 March, 8pm
£19.50
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Main Auditorium
Following 2008's sell-out national tour and best-selling DVD, Dara O Briain Talks Funny and his debut book Tickling The English, award-winning stand up comedian Dara O Briain hits the road again with a brand new show.
With a CV that includes hosting BBC 2's Mock The Week, starring in three series of Three Men and a Boat and appearances on Q.I. andFridayday Night with Jonathan Ross, this tour will give UK audiences the chance to catch one the most charismatic, fast talking and down-right funny live performers working today. Book early to avoid disappointment.
"His set is a masterclass in intelligent, no-frills stand-up." (The Guardian)
"If you don't laugh at O Briain check your pulse you must be dead." (The Evening Standard)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra:
Spangled Cabaret
Rio's Cafe, 27 Hyndland Street
The Stand Comedy Club
Woodlands Road
0870 600 6055
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