2010 Festival underway!
March 11th 2010
 The eighth Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival kicked off today, as a poll revealed that Glaswegians are most attracted to a good sense of humour after admitting they would choose laughs over looks.*
The results of the survey commissioned by the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival have been welcomed by local funnyman Des Clarke (pictured) who’s hoping to prove that theory as the festival gets underway today (Thursday 11 March) .
With more than 370 performances taking place over the next 18 days, Glasgow will be transformed into a hotbed of laughter as the festival brings together the best of Scottish comedy with an impressive bill of international acts.
The poll also found that more than two thirds of people believed Glaswegians had the best banter – and gallus Des – who plays the Citizens Theatre on Tuesday 16 March – admits you can’t beat a bit of home-grown humour.
He said: “The Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival has become a massive event and more acts are now travelling across the Atlantic to be here, so for me to literally be right in the middle of it is great.”
Classic comedy films at the Grosvenor and Stand up at The Lane Bar
March 2nd 2010
 We're pleased to announce a programme of classic comedy films at the Grosvenor Cinema as part of the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
2010 is our biggest year for film at the comedy festival, and we're delighted to add Airplane!, This is Spinal Tap and Monty Python's Life of Brian to our Festival line-up at the Grosvenor Cinema.
We've also added three new stand-up shows on Wednesday 17th, Sunday 21st and Sunday 28th March at the Lane Bar so pop down to Ashton Lane to catch a selection of Scotland's finest stand-up comedians in the heart of the West End!
Find out more about films at the comedy festival
Find out more about Stand-up at the Lane Bar
Paul Sinha talks to Fred MacAulay on BBC Radio Scotland
March 2nd 2010
 Festival star Paul Sinha will be appearing on the Fred MacAulay & Co radio show on BBC Radio Scotland on Friday 5th March.
Paul will be performing his solo show at the Stand Comedy Club on the 14th of March, and Fred will be presenting a reunion of his legendary Funny Farm at the Old Fruitmarket on the 11th of
March.
Find out more about Paul's show
Find out more about Fred's Funny Farm
Find out more about MacAulay & Co
Exclusive preview screening of Kick-Ass at Cineworld
February 22nd 2010
 Hollywood superheroes are preparing to descend upon Glasgow for an exclusive preview screening of this summer's most hotly anticipated Hollywood comedy blockbuster Kick-Ass!
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival has landed the Scottish premiere screening of Kick-Ass and will be welcoming the film’s celebrity stars including cult favourite and Superbad star McLovin, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, teen hearthrob Aaron Johnson and Kick-Ass creator, Glaswegian Mark Millar to Cineworld on Wednesday 24th March.
Free tickets for this one-off extravaganza will be available via exclusive competitions, first news of which will be announced to fans registered on the www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com website.
Kick-Ass photo courtesy of Marv Films
Photo Credit: Daniel Smith.
© 2009 Universal Pictures International. All rights reserved.
Festival programme was launched on January 21st 2010
January 25th 2010
 Now in its eighth year and a major part of Glasgow’s thriving entertainment scene, the festival is bigger and better than ever before, with 360 shows and almost 109,000 tickets available between 11th - 28th March.
The largest dedicated comedy festival in Europe, this year’s line up will feature the strongest international influence to date, with comedians from the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Germany and Ireland joining UK talent along with plenty of home-grown Scottish acts.
Big names appearing at the festival include Jimmy Carr, Frankie Boyle, Dara O Briain, Paul Merton, Jerry Sadowitz, Lee Mack, Jim Jeffries and Stewart Lee.
Today’s announcement also includes the welcome addition of extra performances from acts such as Boyle, Carr, Mack and Glasgow’s own Des McLean, whose original shows sold out before the full programme was even announced.
Check out the full festival programme, including those extra dates for here:
Tickets on sale for Jerry Sadowitz, Bill Burr and Jon Richardson
January 11th 2010
 We're very pleased to announce that Jerry Sadowitz will be bringing his show Master Baiter to the King's Theatre on Friday 26th March.
"Often shocking, stand-up comedy's only genius... compelling, hilarious, unpredictable and unmissable... the funniest comedian in the country" Guardian
 Tickets are also on sale now for American comic Bill Burr, who Time Out Chicago called "one of the country's best stand-ups", who will be performing at the King's Theatre on Saturday 20th March.
And we've also released tickets for Jon Richardson - BBC6 Music host and twice nominated for a major Edinburgh award - at Oran Mor on Friday 12th March.
See all shows currently on sale
Tickets now on sale for Richard Herring and Pappy's
January 6th 2010
 We're pleased to announce that Richard Herring will be bringing his show Hitler Moustache to the festival!
The show consistently received four and five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, and we can't wait to see him at the Garage on Saturday 13th March.
"Stimulating, passionate and thoroughly entertaining" *** The Times
Buy tickets to see Richard Herring
Plus, fresh from Channel 4 and a critically acclaimed, sell out run at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, sketch troupe Pappy's will be taking Glasgow, and the record books, by storm when they try to perform 200 sketches in an hour at Blackfriars Basement on Thursday 18th March.
"The funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe" The Scotsman
Buy tickets to see Pappy's
Our friends at the Stand Comedy Club on BBC Radio Scotland
January 3rd 2010
 Festival favourites Stewart Lee, Miles Jupp and Bruce Morton join Vladimir McTavish to explore the impact the Stand Comedy Club (which hosts a full festival programme every year!) has had on the Scottish comedy community.
There's even an interview with our Festival Director, Tommy Shepherd!
You can listen to the programme here on iplayer until Monday 11th January, or the highlights are here on the BBC News website.
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