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Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Lunchtime Latte It Lattes Sloan‘s. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. lpm. £8 (£7). Two of Scotland's finest. Des Clarke and Scott Agnew. perform in a lunchtime comedy treat of sandwiches. coffee and jokes.
Janey Oodley Platform. The Bridge. 1000 Westerhouse Road. iiisterhousc. 276 9696. 8pm. £5.50—£10. The award-winning comedian and writer brings I)(Ini(’.\'lf(‘ (I'm/[er back to her hometown.
Robin Ince Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £9 (£8). (‘Iever comedy by a witty man for smart people.
Sarah Milllcan The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 08706006055. 8pm. £8 (£7). Winner of last year's if.comcdy Best Newcomer Award is still in full flight. Billy Kirkwood The Universal. 57—59 Sauchiehall Lane. 332 8899. 8.30pm. £6 (£4). Joyfully filthy and bouncingly childish comedy from the up-and-comer. Ding Dong Comedy Club McPhabbs. 23 Sandyford Place. 221 0770. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Davey See. Chris Foote. lain Stirling and James Kidd show you what a wee bit
of the future of Scottish stand-up might just
look like.
Parrot Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). A one-off show from one of Scotland‘s esteemed circuit regulars.
Dan Nightingale Brel. 39—43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 9pm. £6 (£4). North- western scamp Nightingale offers an evening of very funny stand-up. Magners Festival Club The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 10pm. £8 (£7). The Stand presents its pick of the Festival. presented by Mr Fred Macaulay.
Edinburgh Fit 0’ The Giggles 0 The Mercat The
Mercat. 28 West Maitland Street. 225 8716. 8.30pm. £3 per show. The Glasgow Festival ;
previews roll on with Jojo Sutherland and Graham Mackie.
Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde. 1 l2 Hanover Street. 225 2022. 9pm. £3. More wicked material from the darkest recesses of local comedians' minds.
The Thursday Show The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Stan the weekend early with MC Susan Mon’ison. Dave Fulton. Keir McAIlister. Tiffany Stevenson and Stephen Callaghan.
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Alan Anderson's Gallus Glasgow Comedy Walk Maggie May's. 50 Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 5.30pm. £7 (£5). Meet outside Maggie May's for the chance to be guided round Glasgow with comedian and architectural historian Anderson.
Lunchtime Lafls & Lattes Sloan's. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 1pm. £8 (£7). See Thu 19.
The Ellis 8 Clarke Show BBC Scotland. 40 Pacific Quay. 422 70(X). 7pm & 8.15pm. A chance to watch the recording of new sketches featuring Elaine MacKenzie Ellis and Des Clarke. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. UGC Building. 11 Renfrew Street. 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £12. Jeremy O‘Donnell. Andy Askins‘. Dom Carroll and Tojo have been selected as the fine dishes of the weekend.
Best of Bed Raw 2009 Classic Grand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 8pm. £7 (£5). A selection of some of the finest talent alongside compere Scott Agnew and headliner Mark Nelson.
Brendon Burns The Garage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 8pm. £12 (£10). Bumsy roars back to the Glasgow stage with his fine brand of boundary- pUshing comedy and another poster of him with his top off. Dave Fulton The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 08706006055. 8pm. £10. lmpressively dry wit from the popular L'S circuit comedian. David Heflron The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 2159. 8pm. £5 (£4). Hefiron prepares you for the inevitable destruction of mankind with Nothing to I’eur But Fear Itself (And Monsters). Half Price Comedy Club L’isge Beatha. 232-246 Woodlands Road. 332 1622. 8pm & 10.40pm. £6 (£4). With a choice of either an early or late show. see some brilliant comedians for the price of a couple of pints.
Hans Teeuwen Tron Theatre. 63
Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £12 (£10). Weird and wonderful cabaret comedy from this Dutch breath of fresh comedy air. How Do I Get Up There? Britannia Panopticon Music Hall. 1 13—1 17 Trongate. 553 ()84(). 8pm. Free (ticketed). Scotland‘s latest sketch troupe is rocketing towards widespread recognition.
Ross Hobie Theatre Royal. 282
Hope Street. 0870060 6647. 8pm. £20 (£18). See preview. Will 8t Greg Oran Mor. 731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. £10. Will & Greg: A Sketch Show is. umm. a sketch show featuring Greg McHugh and Will Andrews. Bumper Value Comedy: World Series Challenges Ana. 62 Albion Street. 552 2101. 8.15pm. £8 (£6). Teams of comedians battle it out to prove which is the funnier gender. city or nation with a different competition each show. DAM Fine Comedy Cafe Gramofon. 7 King Street. 552 7177. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). D.A.M Fine has quickly established itself as a quirky addition to the Glasgow year- round comedy scene. Jay Laflerty The Buff Club. 142 Bath Lane. 248 1777. 8.30pm. £8 (£5). See preview. Susan Calman Blackf‘riars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). Calman is here to guide you through the end of the world in her own special way. The Grandees ‘Box of Cricks’ Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). A grandmother lifts her vow of silence on her 100th birthday in this comedy production. Comedy Out WEST WEST. Templeton Building. Glasgow Green. 550 0135. 9pm. £8 (£6). Local comedians are joined by established headliners. Triple Scotch Sloan‘s. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 9pm. £8 (£6). Local superhero Des Clarke joins Alan Anderson in a showcase of some of the best new talent featured in last year's Scottish Comedian of the Year competition. Stu Who? Maggie May's. 50 Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 9.15pm. £10 (£7). Mr Who? looks with gleeful eyes at the importance of the underclasses in his latest show. Graham Mackie The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 2159. 9.30pm. £5. Teacher by day and comedian by night. Mackie lets loose on the joys of secondary school. Magners Festival Club The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 10.30pm. £10 (£8). See Thu 19. Late ‘n’ Loud Sloan's. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 10.45pm. £7 (£6). Top comedians will be popping down to entertain those stopping out. The Late Show Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. l lpm. £8. Head to the heart of the Merchant City for late-night comedical shenanigans.
Edinburgh
The Friday Show The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £10(£9; members £5). See Thu 19.
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. Omni Centre. Greenside Place. 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £1 1. Alex Boardman.
Janey Godley. Junior Simpson and Pierre Hollins are all wooshing through Jongleurs this weekend.
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Alan Anderson's Gallus Glasgow Comedy Walk Maggie May 's. 50 Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 5.30pm. £7 (£5). See Fri 20.
Austin Low Glasgow Tower (0‘ Glasgow Science Centre. 50 Pacific Quay. 0870013 5464. 1pm & 3pm. £5. The Urban Joker heads up to the top of Scotland‘s tallest freestanding building. for some High Jinks QT (iltts'goii‘ Tower.
Lunchtime Laffs l Lattes Sloan‘s.
Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 1pm. £8 (£7). See Thu 19.
Happy Hour Comedy l Cocktails Cosmopol. 165 Hope Street. 221 9130. 7pm. £4 (£3). Topical comedy and tropical
cocktails to start your Saturday night off. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs‘.
UGC Building. 11 Renfrew Street. 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. Front £12. See Fri 20.
Best of Red Raw 2009 Classic Grand.
18 Jamaica Street. 847 ()820. 8pm. £7 (£5).
See Fri 20.
Halt Price Comedy Club LTisge Beatha. 232—246 Woodlands Road. 332 1622. 8pm
& 10.40pm. £6 (£4). See Fri 20.
How Do I Get Up There? Britannia Panopticon Music Hall. 1 13—1 17 Trongate. 553 ()84(). 8pm. Ticketed. See Fri
20. I John Hegley Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. ‘ 552 4267. 8pm. £15 (£13). Totally off-the-
wall comedy from the wonderful Hegley with songs. poems and words flung about the place like witty confetti.
Mark Steel The Old Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £14. Nothing
needs to be said. except that Mark Steel is coming to Glasgow and you should go. Peter Aitchison The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 2159. 8pm. £5 (£4). Aitchison looks at truth and the way we bend it. Phil Nichol The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. (1870 600 6055. 8pm. £10. Exuberant comedy from Mr Nichol. Richard Herring Oran Mor. 731-735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. £12 (£10). Another chance to see Herring's superb Fringe show which takes a squirming look at school life.
Boss Noble Theatre Royal. 282
Hope Street. 08700606647. 8pm. £20 3
(£18). See Fri 20. Russell Kane The Garage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1 120. 8pm. £12 (£10). A closer look at the British love of imperfections with Kane's Gaping Flaws. Scott Agnew Maggie May‘s. 50
Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 8pm.
£10 (£8). The Scottish Comedian of the Year explains the importance of daytime TV and how Phillip & Fem Saved My Life. Bob Ooolally Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). A brand spankingly new show from everyone's favourite drunken fitba pundit.
Bruce Fummey Tron Theatre. 63
Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £8. Scotland‘s finest historical comedian takes a wry look
at the past in About Robert the Bruce. John Ross The Buff Club. 142 Bath Lane. 248 1777. 8.30pm. £6. Return ofthe
West End Ned looks at scrounging through
life in the nice bit of town.
Comedy Out WEST WEST. Templeton Building. Glasgow Green. 550 0135. 9pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 20.
Triple Scotch Sloan‘s. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 9pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 20. Andrew O’Neill Maggie May's. 50
Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. ~ 9.15pm. £10(£8). Fake history and gags
aplenty with the acclaimed long-haired one's Totally Spot-0n History of British Industry.
; Best of Ha Ha Comedy Capitol. 468
Sauchiehall Street. 331 1040. 9.15pm. £8 . (£6). Alan Anderson handpicks his choice of the best acts climbing up the comedy
ladder.
THINGS YOU MIGHT
NOT KNOW ABOUT . . .
O'Hanlon's very first TV role was in Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews' iconic priestly Sitcom as Father Dougal. the doe-eyed buffoon sidekick to the more subtly daft Father Ted. He inSists that he played Dougal not as an unreconstructed idiot. but as more of a dog-like creation: ‘Dogs are clever. but they make us laugh by doing silly things. I'm operating Within the parameters of a dog.’
His dad Rory is an MP in the lrish Parliament for Fianna Fail. Hoping that his boy would pursue a career in law. he expressed great surprise when little Ardal said he wanted to be a comedian: ‘Don't be ridiculous? You're not remotely funny,‘ proclaimed papa O'Hanlon.
He appeared in a 2007 episode of Doctor Who as the feline Brannigan who helps the Timelord escape a fri- dimensional gridlock in order to pursue Martha's kidnappers.
In the lrish version of Who Do You Think You Are?. O'Hanlon discovered that his grandfather was a prominent member of the republican movement and was one of a handful of volunteers sent out by Michael Collins to wipe out the British Intelligence Network across Dublin.
The character of George Sunday he played in My Hero was initially written as Jewish. But he said it would simply be too difficult for him to be anything other than an Emerald Isle Catholic. 80. they rewrote him as an Irish grocer. Whether the repositioning of the central role made the show funnier is difficult to tell. (Brian Donaldson)
King '3 Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 25 Mar.
The Heresy Project The State Bar. 148
Holland Street. 332 2159. 9.30pm. £5 (£4). The Heresy Project return with a simple message: Kill Your God. Not
suitable for nuns.
Magners Festival Club The Stand. 333 W(X)dlands Road. 0870 600 6055.
10.30pm. £13 (£10). See Thu 19.
i Late’n’Loud Sloan's. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 10.45pm. £7 (£6). See Fri 20.
The Late Show Blackfriars. 36 Bell
Street. 552 5924. 1 1pm. £8. See Fri 20.
Edinburgh
Ed Byme Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £15. Observational and Irish. Byme returns with a show
about marriage. class and the youth of today.
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. Omni Centre. Greenside Place. 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £11. See Fri 20. The Saturday Show The Stand. 5 York
' Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £13. See Thu 19.
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