GICF Recommendations 2024
We asked some of the acts performing at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2024 for their top three recommendations who you should go and see. So, if you are struggling with who to pick, let these top acts be your personal shoppers.
SUSIE MCCABE RECOMMENDS…
Susie McCabe has three shows at the King’s Theatre this year, so who better to kick-off our list of recommendations than The Merchant of Menace herself.
JAY LAFFERTY: BAHOOKIE (SPECIAL LIVE RECORDING)
The Garage
Friday 29th March 2024
Show Time: 7:30pm
Susie says: “This show is laugh out loud funny and without giving it away Jay discusses something we all feel when we reach our 40s. A loveable funny stand up with a glint in her eye.”
LINDSEY SANTORO: PINK TINGE
The Old Hairdresser’s
Friday 15th March 2024
Show Time: 7:00pm
Susie says: “This is an award winning show from Edinburgh and as an honest and funny a show you will find, with one of the nicest people I know.”
MATT REED’S HA HARMAGEDDON
Stand Comedy Club
Sunday 24th March 2024
Show Time: 8:30pm
Susie says: “I love working with Matt a genuinely hilarious man who is always loved by the audience. Go and see one of the nicest people on the funniest people I know.”
ELAINE C SMITH RECOMMENDS…
Elaine C Smith is a Scottish institution – so, her recommendations are ones you need to take notice of.
KIERAN HODGSON: BIG IN SCOTLAND
King’s Theatre
Friday 29th March 2024
Show Time: 6:00pm
Elaine says: “Kieran Hodgson is just brilliant- see this show 3 times, clever, insightful and very funny!!”
SAD GIRLS CLUB
Oran Mor
Saturday 23rd March 2024
Show Time: 7:30pm
Elaine says: “Sad Girls club is a must for anyone wanting to know what really goes on with young women – mad, clever and funny.”
ALAN BISSETT: THE MOIRA TRILOGY
Websters Theatre
Sunday 17th March 2024
Show Time: 7:00pm
Elaine says: “Alan Bissett is fantastic as Moira and all her wisdom- funny and insightful ❤️”
ZARA GLADMAN RECOMMENDS…
Having sold out two shows at Oran Mor for GICF 2024, we asked Zara who else people should be going to see since they can’t see her.
FIONA ALLEN: ON THE RUN
Oran Mor
Thursday 14th March 2024
Show Time: 7:30pm
Zara says: “As a teenager, I was obsessed with “Smack the Pony”. Back then, I didn’t think about the fact it was all women, and how quietly radical that was. I just found it hilarious, thanks in no small part to Fiona. Fiona is now bringing her debut stand up show to Glasgow and I can’t wait to see her on stage. Aileen, the West end mum caught up with Fiona last month, you can watch their discussion here.“
SOPHIE ROSE MCCABE: MOTHER BORED
The Old Hairdresser’s
Thursday 21st March 2024
Show Time: 8:00pm
Zara says: “Sophie serves up original character comedy for ageing millennials that teeters on the edge of unhinged, in a good way. Sophie isn’t your “typical” mum and this isn’t a “typical” stand up show: be prepared for theatrics and a lot of fun! And maybe even some techno.”
DESIREE BURCH (WIP)
The Old Hairdresser’s
Sunday 24th March 2024
Show Time: 8:30pm
Zara says: “The first time I saw Desiree was at the Soho Theatre years ago and her show left a lasting impact. I still think about it; she’s such an incredible storyteller. I can’t actually go to her show (someone has rudely scheduled their wedding for the same time) but you should go, and tell me everything.”
