The Gags to Go team were delighted at the success of the live comedy events in Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh at the start of May. Tickets disappeared quickly and all 3 events were packed out - thanks to everyone who came along and laughed heartily at all the new Gags.
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We whittled down the hundreds of brilliant entries from new writers and writer performers and invited the funniest 30 applicants to perform their work or have it performed by our troupe of professional actors at these exclusive live shows.
Rapier witted compere, Bruce Devlin, introduced some sizzling new sketches performed by the Gags to Go troupe Greg McHugh, Leah McCrae, Marj Hogarth and Sandy Nelson:
Russian Roulette by Alex Nash
Names by Caroline Lewis and Cara Harvey
Smells by Cecilia Smart
Horse Pictures by Chris Grady
Samaritans by Chris Watson and Rufus Wedderburn
Holiday Snaps by Dave Baird
Jazz Cars by Greg Sammons
Home Alone by Huw Williams
Mugger by Jonny Horne
Book Signing by Mark O'Connell
Pretty Green Eyes by Paul Cresswell
Wardrobe by Paul Doolan
Pint by Peter Gigi
Marriage Counsellor by Richard Cameron
Huskies by Rohan Agalawatta
Job Interview by Sara Benham
Imaginary Friend by Tim Telling
There were also some fantastic video inserts:
Hard Sums by Allan Miller
TV Expert Syndrome by Bex Moran
Hungry Hippos by Cameron Stark and Stephen Callaghan
Bad Magic by Dishad Husain and Robert Hutchinson
Fashion by Jo Heenan and Des Maclean
Cockface by Miriam Elia
Genghis Can't by Phil Tipper
And great live performances from:
Brian Houston
Dee Custance
Mudfinger
Psycho Dave
Tom Rosenthal
You Owe Me Glue
A big thanks to all you talented writers and writer performers for the new material and also to those who performed live on the night. The producers at Channel 4 and The Comedy Unit were hugely impressed with the calibre of funnies!