Glasgow Comedy Festival
11th – 28th March 2010: 2010 will see the Glasgow Comedy Festival return for it’s eighth year. And this year is the biggest yet, with more than 100,000 tickets available for over 350 shows packed into just 18 days, in venues throughout the city!
Kevin Bridges
28th May 2010: See Scotland’s biggest breakthrough comedy star live in May 2010 at the SECC.
Ya Beauty and the Beast at the Tron Theatre
28th November 2009 – 3rd Jan 2010: The Tron puts its usual spin on a panto classic – this time it’s Bunty versus the Beast. Book your tickets now!
A Christmas Carol at Oran Mor
30th November – 19th December 2009: Dave Anderson and David MacLennan collaborate on a twisted version of the classic Dickens tale, with current political and economic issues seeping into the panto-style show.
Sleeping Beauty Pantomime at the SECC
10th – 24th December 2009: Scotland’s most successful children’s panto rolls into the SECC for another truly spectacular Christmas production, this year telling the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty.
The New Magical Adventures of Pinocchio
2nd December 2009 – 30th January 2010: This year it will be Pinocchio’s turn for some new magical adventures in the Pavilion Theatre’s 2009 Panto. Don’t miss out; this is sure to be a great show in the Pavilion tradition of fun, songs, dance, fun and more fun!
Aladdin at the Kings Theatre
4th December 2009 – 17th January 2010: King’s favourites Gerard Kelly (Wishee Washee), Karen Dunbar (Widow Twanky) and Gavin Mitchell (Abanazar) are joined by ‘Any Dream Will Do’ finalist Keith Jack for this year’s panto: Aladdin.
An Evening with Kevin Smith
12th October 2009: Award winning screenwriter and director, as well as a comic book writer, author, actor and cult figure Kevin Smith is coming to Glasgow for his first ever live appearance in Scotland.
Billy Connolly
1st – 12th October 2009: Billy Connolly, the undisputed King of Comedy returns to his home town (not only that, but just down the road from where he grew up) for 2 weeks of gigs on his latest tour of the UK
Bill Bailey
17th – 22nd August 2009: Bill Bailey will be performing live in Glasgow’s Theatre Royal for a number of shows this summer, his only gigs in Scotland!
Al Murray – the Pub Landlord's Beautiful British Tour
26th November 2009: The ever-popular Al Murray is back on tour this Autumn with an all new Pup Landlord tour, and will be stopping in Glasgow for one night this November.
Merchant City Festival 2009
24th – 27th September 2009: Attracting tens of thousands to Glasgow’s architecturally stunning and vibrant Merchant City, the Merchant City Festival presents a cutting-edge programme featuring the best of Scotland’s theatre, music, visual arts, comedy, dance, film, literature and fashion scene.
Ricky Gervais: Science
24th August 2009: Hollywood’s hottest Brit, Ricky Gervais, co-creator and co-writer of multi award-winning shows The Office and Extras is bringing his newest live stand-up show, Science, to Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium for one night only on the 24th of August 2009.
Michael McIntyre Live at the SECC
23rd – 25th Oct: Tickets are already selling fast, so you’d better book yours or the only way you will be able to see this fantastic show is if you put the 2009 live show DVD on your Christmas List!
Russell Howard Dingledodies Tour
18th June 2009: Russell Howard’s Dingledodies show will be playing in Glasgow for one night only on the 18th of June 2009.
West End Festival 2009
Friday 12th June – Sunday 28th June 2009: This year, Glasgow’s West End Festival will present 2 weeks packed full of more than 300 events including street parties, comedy, film, theatre, dance, music and family fun.
Mother Bruce at the Tron Theatre
29th Nov 2008 to 4th Jan 2009
This year the Tron Theatre Company brings you another Christmas extravaganza from the creative team that brought you previous Tron delights such as Wullie Whittington and Eeting Beauty.
This year’s tale of Mother Bruce a typically Tron-like twist on Mother Goose. This time it’s the spider that spins the golden [...]
The Wizard of Never Woz at the Glasgow Pavillion
3rd December 2008 – 24th January 2009
This winter, in the Glasgow Pavillion, the classic tale of The Wizard of Oz is being brought to life, in all it’s tin man, scarecrow, cute little dog and witchy glory. This time though, it is in the form of the Wizard of Never Woz, with the Glaswegian twist that we [...]
Cinderella at the Kings Theatre
28th November 2008 - 11th January 2008
The classic fairytale, Cinderella, is coming to the stage once more with the Glaswegian twist that everyone loves.
The Kings Theatre presents Cinderella, starring Gerard Kelly, Karen Dunbar and Andy Gray. Following the story of Cinderella, the hard-done-by step-daughter and house-maid of a horrid woman, and step-sister to two of the ugliest and most [...]
The Merchant City Festival
25th – 28th September: For one weekend, from Thursday the 25th to Sunday the 28th of September 2008, all of these (and a whole lot more) will be happening in the Merchant City, at the Merchant City Festival.
Glasgay! 2008
1st October to 9th November 2008
Scotlands annual celebration of queer culture, The Glasgay! Festival, will take place between 1st October and 9th November 2008.
Glasgay! Is one of the UK‟s leading LGBT festivals, and one of the largest multi-arts events in the Scottish cultural calender. This year, GLASGAY! will deliver it’s highly diverse and brilliant line-up of material. Some highlights include:
Stephen Petronio Dance [...]
Glasgow's West End Festival
Looking for the 2009 West End Festival?
The West End Festival, one of Scotland’s top annual events (last year more than 100,000 people attended) will take place from Friday the 13th to Sunday the 29th of June.
This festival squeezes a huge variety of events into just over 2 weeks, all of which demonstrate the city of [...]
Glasgow Comedy Festival 2008
The Magners Glasgow Comedy Festival is back, from the 6th to the 23rd March 2008.
With a massive variety of acts including Glasgows own Karen Dunbar (of Chewing the Fat fame) and Frankie Boyle (I shouldn’t need to say who he is…). Comedy greats Omid Djalili, Jerry Sadowitz, French and Saunders, Jimmy Carr and Dara O [...]
