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Glasgow Comedy Festival

CRAIC ON The Irish have long known how to tell a good yarn and the comedic tradition is alive and well with this quintet of acts doing Glasgow

CATHERINE BOHART Just four years into her stand- up career and Bohart has an enviable array of credits and plaudits to her name already. Immaculate is her first full- length show and was raved about at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, with critics and audiences enthralled by her true tale of being a bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic deacon. Awkward. Catherine Bohart: Immaculate, Blackfriars, Sun 17 Mar. FOIL, ARMS AND HOG This trio of sketch guys have forged their reputation thanks to a mass online following who have enjoyed their japes about Brexit, grandparents of the future and ‘How to Speak Dublin’. Foil, Arms and Hog: Craicling, King’s Theatre, Sun 17 Mar.

ANDREW MAXWELL A veteran of the stand-up game by now, this popular Dubliner keeps on rolling, with Showtime taking the temperature of the Britain he calls home as it gets set for an almighty social and economic rupture. Maybe. Andrew Maxwell: Showtime, The Stand, Sat 23 Mar. ELAINE MALCOLMSON She may well have the most intriguing show title at this year’s festival, and this deadpan act will keep the intrigue rumbling with a set about princesses and animals. Elaine Malcolmson: Meet Me at the Old Dead Whale Carcass, State Bar, Thu 14 Mar.

NEIL DELAMERE If straightforward stand-up is your bag, there’s no better proponent of the art than the seasoned Delamere. There may be no frills involved here, but the laugh count is sure to be high. Neil Delamere, The Stand, Sun 31 Mar.

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