◆ Trending: Five must-see live comedy shows for March, including Bill Bailey
If you’re looking for a good laugh this month, Scotland’s comedy clubs and theatres have you covered. Here are five great shows to book this month.
Bill Bailey (Edinburgh): Mutitalented stand-up, musician and Strictly Come Dancing champion Bill Bailey is back in Edinburgh this month with his latest show Thoughtifier – defined as "an intriguing device that can amplify the thoughts of a curious mind using music, channelled through a human instrument, known as Bill Bailey". He's at the Playhouse Theatre on March 11.
Jerry Sadowitz (Touring): Notoriously not for the faint-hearted or the easily offended, Jerry Sadowitz’s Comedian, Magician, Psychopath continues its seemingly never ending tour at Aberdeen's Tivoli Theatre March on 5 and 6, before visiting Dundee, Dunfermlineand Greenock.
Janey Godley (Glasgow): The Glasgow Film Festival's Closing Gala screening of Janey – an honest and moving account of Glasgow comedian Janey Godley's life, including her recent cancer diagnosis – is sold out.
It'll be back at the Glasgow Film Theatre on March 23 though, with Janey herself performing a 45 minute stand-up set straight after the screening.
Barrioke (Glasgow): Shaun Williamson (Barry from Eastenders, as he will forever be known) is bringing his lifeaffirming karaoke show to Glasgow's St Luke's on March 23. His aim? To create “a riotous, joyous moment that people will never forget”,
Sam Campbell (Edinburgh): The Australian Edinburgh Comedy Award and Taskmaster champion has already sold out his two Glasgow shows this month, but there are still tickets for a string of dates at Edinburgh's Monkey Barrel Comedy Club from March 6-10.