...with comics sharing their favourite parts of the city

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has launched its own podcast, with  Scott Agnew interviewing fellow performers including Jack Docherty, Craig Hill and Susie McCabe. 

The podcast has been released to coincide with the start of the festival tomorrow after its Covid-enforced hiatus – and under new management after former producers at the Scottish Comedy Agency stepped away.

The festival’s new head, Krista MacDonald, said: ‘It is great to mark our return with the first ever official podcast. Listening to Scott's conversations has been just brilliant, and gives people from all over the world just a pinch of what to expect.

‘Celebrating Glasgow and its humour is what the festival is designed to do - and hopefully the podcast will open up Glasgow to more people, and help them see and do all these exciting things.’

Every comedian was asked to recommend the best things to see or do in Glasgow, and here are some of their suggestions:. 

Jack Docherty, from BBC Scotland's Scot Squad said: 'I won't just say you must go to the Kelvingrove Museum - although you must! There's so much to do in Glasgow. I'd never say to do one thing. I think just head north, south, east and west. Get on your scooter, go on your bicycle, and things will happen. That's what I've always found. Wherever you go in Glasgow, there's just suddenly an "oh hello" and then it's midnight.’

Susie McCabe told the podcast: ‘Always go to Kelvingrove, walk around Kelvingrove Park, walk about the town, look up, look at the buildings. Go and see the Necropolis - it's one of the most fascinating things and places you can walk around. Go for a walk along the Clyde and see Glasgow's past and present in one walk. And you know what, smile at people because they'll smile back."

Craig Hill said: ‘If you're a foodie, get yourself along to Finnieston, I just love the food along there. Every single bar in that area is just fabulous. And BAaD (Barras Art & Design) is just so cool. I love that it's in the Barras."'

And Susan Riddell suggested ‘the guy with the cone on his head’.

» Glasgow International Comedy Festival  website

Published: 7 Mar 2022