How Do I Get Up There? Guest Blog

James Kirk and Chris Forbes from Glasgow's critically acclaimed sketch group How Do I Get Up There? talk about their show at the GilmorehillG12 Theatre tomorrow (Saturday 27th March).

James: "I know it is a terrible cliché but Glasgow audiences really are the best and that's what makes this festival a highlight for all comedy lovers across Britain. Glasgow Comedy Festival 2010 was always in our minds. We knew this was going to be a landmark for us. Our biggest venue to date, some new material and a couple of big set pieces, has meant sleepless nights have become all to frequent. With it being a theatre venue we have decided to pull out all the stops by getting in some very special guests and using a few extra gizmos to hopefully make it a very special night."

Chris: "It feels like there is a lot of pressure on us for this year’s festival show. We have been overwhelmed by the support and interest people have shown in our sketch group and I think our biggest fear is that, after last year’s successful break-through into the world of comedy, we might disappoint people or feel like we’ve let people down. We truly hope this will not be the case and we have tried to create a bigger and, hopefully, better show than ever before to give people a full on night of entertainment filled with sketches, songs and special guests, to try and give it an old school/variety/ musical hall kind of feel."

"In our humble opinion Glasgow Comedy Festival is the best comedy festival in Britain. The Edinburgh Fringe is obviously a big deal but it also seems a bit too manufactured and artificial in comparison. Glasgow is real, Glasgow is exciting. Glasgow is the sort of place where you feel you have achieved something if you can go the whole night without getting into some sort of altercation. Most importantly, Glasgow, at this time of year, is the best place to find the future stars of Scottish comedy and there is plenty of them. Billy Kirkwood, Scott Agnew, Mark Nelson and John Gavin to name but a few. Scottish comedy is on the verge of being very special indeed and this festival is the best place to see this in action."

Find How Do I Get Up There? online at www.howdoigetupthere.com

How Do I Get Up There? will be performing their new show Avant Garde this Saturday 27th March 2010 at GilmorehillG12 at 7.30pm. Find out more here.

Special offer: Get two tickets for the price of one for this show by calling our festival hotline on 0844 395 4005 and quoting code 'festivalweb2-4-1'.