GIVE THE GIFT OF COMEDY THIS CHRISTMAS WITH GICF’S CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
WITH CHRISTMAS RIGHT ROUND THE CORNER, AVOID THE HIGH STREET, TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF SHOPPING AND LET GICF HELP YOU PICK THE PERFECT PRESSIE! 🎁
HAVE A HARRY POTTER FAN IN THE FAMILY? 🎄
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits…
Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. A new Potter adventure is magically improvised on the spot – with live musical accompaniment! Accio tickets for this award-winning adult Potter parody.
Strong chance of magical mischief and unforgivable curse words!
SPONTANEOUS POTTER
KING’S THEATRE, GLASGOW
WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH 2026
SHOW TIME: 7:30PM
WANT THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE Q.I FAN IN YOUR LIFE? 🎁
Alan is delighted to announce his return to Scotland for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival with his brand new show.
He thinks he’s Marty McFly but he’s older than Doc Brown. He spends more time in the pharmacy than the gym. He needs to get his blood pressure down and somehow his manhood up.
Subject to relentless eye rolls from his kids. What is he? A late middle-aged comedian. Funnier than ever, he says.
ALAN DAVIES: THINK AHEAD
KING’S THEATRE, GLASGOW
SUNDAY 29TH MARCH 2026
SHOW TIME: 7:30PM
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR FAVOURITE CHEEKY CHAPPY 🎅
Don’t miss Scotland’s cheeky, irreverent and uproarious Kilty Comedy Pleasure and join Craig as his hilarious new live tour explodes onto the Oran Mor stage for a kilt swingin’, laugh-out-loud, highland fling of a fun evening oot!
Three-time nominee for the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, Craig’s adrenaline-rush packed shows are hugely popular for a good reason – get ready for an outrageously fun night of fantastic laughs.
CRAIG HILL: WAIT ‘TIL YOU SEE MY ENTRANCE
ORAN MOR
FRIDAY 13TH MARCH 2026
SHOW TIME: 7:30PM
GIVE THE GIFT OF A TELLY STAR THIS CHRISTMAS 🤶
You may know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, Just A Minute Sue, or the Sue that gives you travel envy – but stand-up Sue is full of surprises. In this brand-new show, she shares the unlikely happenings from a career in the spotlight.
What’s the fallout when your pituitary gland goes haywire on live TV? How do you convince the public you didn’t really fall onto that hoover attachment? And when intimate photos get splashed all over the internet, how do you switch the shame to dignity and joy?
In her first live show in over a decade, Sue delivers a hilarious treatise on stigma, humiliation, and misunderstanding.
SUE PERKINS: THE ETERNAL SHAME OF SUE PERKINS
KING’S THEATRE, GLASGOW
SATURDAY 21ST MARCH 2026
SHOW TIME: 8:00PM
BE THE COOL AUNTIE AT CHRISTMAS DINNER, WITH THIS PRESSIE 🎄
DON’T MISS your chance to catch one of the biggest global names in live stand-up, as Scotland’s international comedy superstar Daniel Sloss unleashes his brilliant and devastatingly hilarious brand-new show “BITTER” at the SEC Armadillo as part of the 2026 Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
Daniel’s massive live tours span 55 countries (so far) including selling out 9 New York off-Broadway theatre seasons. He has been performing standup for more than half of his lifetime and has, in the process, broken multiple box office records to become one of the top ticket-selling comedians on the planet. BITTER is his 13th solo show.
DANIEL SLOSS: BITTER
SEC ARMADILLO
SATURDAY 28TH MARCH 2026
SHOW TIME: 8:30PM
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE PODCAST FAN IN THE FAM ✨
Scottish Comedian of the Year winner and Some Laugh podcast host Marc Jennings returns to Glasgow’s iconic King’s Theatre following on from his debut stand-up special recorded at the same venue, with his trademark sharp observations on current events, politics and modern dating.
Sold-out Edinburgh Fringe 2022-2025.
‘Killer lines’ (Scotsman).
‘Will be a household name very soon’ (Rolling Stone).
‘An astute observer who is adept at channelling his frustrations into a wider social critique’ (Chortle.co.uk)
MARC JENNINGS: BREAD AND CIRCUSES
KING’S THEATRE, GLASGOW
FRIDAY 20TH MARCH 2026
SHOW TIME: 7:30PM
PUT A NATIONAL TREASURE UNDER THE TREE ☃️
McCabe is back and she has more to say than ever.
After a health scare at 44, she was on a path to a more stress free life…
Then her life came crashing down around her, followed by having to show her mum how to
live in the modern tech world.
All this interspersed with hot flushes and the state of the world… It’s been some 12 months
for Susie, but she is still standing and determined to have her say in Coming of Rage.
‘I was blown sideways’ Billy Connolly
‘Susie McCabe is one to watch’ The New York Times
‘This woman should be considered a national treasure’ The Herald
‘Fearful, thoughtful, compassionate and warm stand up for Scotland’s funniest woman’ The
Scotsman
SUSIE MCCABE: COMING OF RAGE
KING’S THEATRE, GLASGOW
DATES:
FRIDAY 27TH MARCH 2026 – 7:30PM
SATURDAY 28TH MARCH 2026 – 5:00PM
SATURDAY 28TH MARCH 2026 – 8:30PM
CONNOR BURNS ALL WRAPPED UP IN A BOW! 🎀
The all-new show from Scotland’s hilarious global break-through stand-up star, after two sold out Kings Theatre shows in 2025.
GALLUS is Connor’s fourth solo hour. A prolific joke writer whose lightning fast, razor-sharp wit combines with his signature single malt Scottish-level cynicism to help create the perfect storm of brilliant jokes.
A disarming comedy powerhouse, more recently Connor has become a social media star!
‘Burns has arrived… An authentic Scottish voice. And a gallus one at that’
★★★★ (Entertainment Now)
‘Brilliant… gags coming at you at a terrifying rate… Superb!’
★★★★ (List)
CONNOR BURNS: GALLUS
KING’S THEATRE, GLASGOW
DATES:
FRIDAY 13TH MARCH 2026 – 9:00PM
SATURDAY 14TH MARCH 2026 – 4:30PM
SATURDAY 14TH MARCH 2026 – 9:00PM
WHO WOULDN’T WANT THIS CHEWIN THE FAT STAR FOR CRIMBO? ❄️
Karen Dunbar is one of Scotland’s best-known comedy actors. Starting off in the sketch show Chewin’ the Fat, she then went on to star in her own show, The Karen Dunbar Show, which received various awards and nominations.
Karen has trod the boards in everything from Glasgow Panto to West End Theatre, performed Burns & Shakespeare in New York (and done stand up and DJ-ed there too!) and last year DJed at TRNSMT and Ibiza.
In 2014 she opened the Commonwealth Games to a stadium audience of forty thousand and one billion TV viewers.
From Glesga pubs to the National Theatre, Karen has captivated audiences with her mix of comedy, music and acting talents.
KAREN DUNBAR: THE GLESGA SPECIAL
CITIZENS THEATRE
WEDNESDAY 25TH MARCH 2026
SHOW TIME: 7:30PM
Check out the full list of shows available to book NOW🔥⬇️
https://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/events
