The Roarty Blog

BizSpark

Delighted to announce that I am trying to get on BizSpark from Microsoft to work on a project I’ve been meaning to start for some time now….. more to come in the next few weeks, hopefully.

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Hello

Will be updating soon. Hold tight.

In the Loop

Can’t recommend ‘In the Loop’ enough; a really funny movie with a real point to make.

Here’s a NSFW clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3eoMnMC80

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Ridiculously good

Found via The Metro

Kevin Bridges

Not sure how many people read this blog, if any. I know the numbers have dropped off as I’ve dropped off writing it.

Ok, so if you are still here…. still reading…. still pulling down the RSS in the hope of new entries… here’s a wee treat.

This Thursday sees Kevin Bridges joining us as a guest. Yes, I did say Kevin Bridges.

Did I mention we were 2–4–1 on Thursday?

That is all.

Tags: Kevin+Bridges, Comedy+Festival, Glasgow+International+Comedy+Festival, Four+Play, Comedy, Glasgow

Under the radar

Our show has kinda gone on under the radar of the Glasgow Comedy Festival but that’s not been a problem…….

If you look at the news section of the Comedy Festival website, it mentions a number of acts whose shows SOLD OUT……. So let me take the opportunity here to mention the 74 people we had on our first Saturday and the 64 we had this Thursday!

Four Play : SOLD OUT!

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Reminder

Just a quick reminder that Four Play is back at Bacchus this week – Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Four comedians, two guests, all for a fiver. Credit Crunch Comedy!

Tickets on the door, over the phone ( see above ) or online.

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Tommy Mackay

Saw Tommy Mackay last night at Absolute Beginners. He was in excellent form and his song about the Royal Bank of Scotland was very good, as was the fish pun song.

Recommended.

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Four Play

An exceptional first weekend of Four Play at the Magners’ Glasgow International Comedy Festival…… if I say so myself.

I compered all three nights – I will be compering all of the nights now – and it was really interesting to see the different responses and crowd dynamics on each night.

• Thursday was a lovely intimate gig – 27 people in and a great response to all of the acts.
• Friday was bigger – 36 people – and we had a party of ten who had booked for a 50^th birthday; they had booked online that day; they were good fun but hard work ( for me ).
• Saturday – I don’t know how to describe Saturday. If you’ve ever been to Bacchus downstairs you’ll know that 74 people is an overwhelming amount of people for the space.

Really looking forward to going again – can’t wait for Thursday. I did an open spot at Absolute Beginners in Edinburgh last night and I really just went for it; the room was quiet and very cosmopolitan – very Edinburgh – but they were responsive if given a push.

Saw Chris Forbes for the second time in the space of three days and he was excellent again – a really good act. Mr Scoular was also in fine form, confidently working a dead room ( at the start of the evening ).

Before I go, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Four Play guests this week:

• Stephen Clarkin
• Stuart Mitchell
• Jay Lafferty
• Davey See
• Andy Learmonth
• Rhona McKenzie

The guests have really helped the night along – they’ve all performed brilliantly for us – and I look forward to working with them again. For those anoraks amongst you, Andy Learmonth was booked to do the gig after us in the same room so he didn’t do Four Play but he did turn up and he would have augmented the line-up beautifully had he had the opportunity.

A final word of thanks to the awesome Paul Pirie – Dundonian Master of Mirth – who introduced me to the stage on Saturday night. Paul’s solo show at the MGICF is on Friday 27th March at the Buff Club. Paul’s an outstanding performer, a very funny man, and you should go and see him – if you’ve seen Four Play already, of course!

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Guest comedians at Four Play

Somehow or other, I’ve ended up doing a lot of the booking for guests at our upcoming Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival show, Four Play.

I think we’ve really come up with a great format for our shows – We have 2 * 15 minute slots and 1 * 20 minute slot for ourselves; one of us doing the compering for the evening. In addition to us, we’ve sought the very best in guests to join us on the various nights.

So, the running order just now is as follows ( all line-ups subject to change ):

• Thursday 12^th March
• Two members of the current Glasgow Metropolitan College Stand Up Comedy Course
• Friday 13^th March
• Iain Johnstone
• Davey See
• Saturday 14^th March
• Rhona McKenzie
• Barry McDonald – previewing material from his own MGICF show
• Thursday 19^th March
• Jimi McGuigan
• Kim Macaskill
• Friday 20^th March
• Alan Sharp
• Daniel Webster
• Saturday 21^st March
• Jill Connell
• Dee Custance
• Thursday 26^th March
• Jimi McGuigan
• Anna Devitt
• Friday 27^th March
• Martin McAllister
• Jim Park
• Daniel Webster – replacing Jeffrey Brighton for the evening

A great line-up of guests, a really strong set of additions to the Four Play roster.

And, Germaine Greer take note, a sizeable number of funny women in that line-up as well.

More to come.

TICKETS: http://tinyurl.com/fourplaycomedy

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