Elaine C Smith, Frank Skinner and Frankie Boyle in Glasgow festival line-up
dailyrecord.co.ukFrank Skinner, Caroline Rhea and Elaine C Smith are among those on the line-up for a comedy festival in the “funniest city in the world”, organisers have announced.The Glasgow International Comedy Festival will feature more than 500 events in 45 venues over 19 days in March.Two Doors Down star Kieran Hodgson is among those who will be appearing, as will Frankie Boyle, Mark Nelson and recent Live At The Apollo star Susie McCabe.The winner of the festival’s only official award, the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, will be revealed at the closing comedy gala.Sir Billy, affectionately know as The Big Yin, will choose the ultimate winner from a shortlist selected by an independent panel of judges.Speaking as the programme was unveiled at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow on Wednesday, Smith said: “I’m delighted to be back at the King’s Theatre, which feels like my second home after the last few weeks in panto there.
But this time I’m returning with my new show, 65.“I’m delighted to be part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, which has become a huge part of Glasgow’s major events calendar.“This city and its people know how to laugh and to make each other laugh, so I’m delighted to be a part of what promises to be a great time for Glasgow.”Hodgson will also be performing at The King’s.He said: “Glasgow has been kind enough to let me make a home here, and I can’t wait to repay the hospitality by making an absolute bampot of myself in one of its most prestigious venues.“Big In Scotland is a love letter to this great city, and finally answers the question of what it means to be Scottish when you are in no way Scottish.
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