#Glasgow.

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday to Scotland’s top comedian Kevin Bridges born 13th November 1986 in Clydebank.

Bridges began performing on stage when he left school shortly after turning 17, doing stand-up comedy gigs at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow and then throughout the UK. Bridges said he was inspired to try stand up after reading Frank Skinner’s autobiography. At 18, he reached the final of Channel 5’s So You Think You’re Funny competition at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2006 Bridges performed his first full length solo show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, to a sold out audience and much critical acclaim. Moving into bigger venues every year.

Dubbed as ‘brilliant’ by one of his comedy idols, Billy Connolly has had an astonishing rise to success .His 2012 tour, Kevin Bridges – The Story Continues… smashed box office records selling a staggering 45,000 tickets on the first day. Kevin went on to sell out an incredible nine-show run at the Glasgow SECC Arena. His epic 136-date tour culminated in a sell out run throughout Australia.

Kevin has been a regular on television for many years now. After staring on such shows as Live at the Apollo and Have I Got News For You, Kevin hosted his own series of shows. Commissioned for the  BBC it saw Kevin hosting a special of his critically acclaimed documentaries Kevin Bridges – What’s The Story and stand up shows on the Commonwealth Games

Kevin’s autobiography, ‘We Need To Talk About… Kevin Bridges’, was released in October 2014 through Penguin Books followed by a 22 book-signing tour of the UK. It went on to become a Sunday Times Best Seller and has since been released in paperback.

Bridges broke box office records when his 2015 tour A Whole Different Story went on sale at the end of 2014, winning awards from Ticketmaster and Ents24 for the Fastest Selling Ticket of the year. The tour saw him sell over 500,000 tickets across 145 dates, including an incredible 16 nights at The Hydro in Glasgow. The  DVD filmed there went onto sell over 300,000 copies; his biggest selling DVD.

Bridges donated all proceeds from Platinum seating at his 2017 tour to charity, with 50 per cent going to St Margaret of Scotland Hospice. The other half of money raised went to the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow. In the past he has also supported the annual Kilt walk. He has been a regular guest on the channel 4 show, The Last Leg.

Kevin continues to tour, he just wrapped up 6 nights in Belfast last night and has 6 nights in London’s  Eventim Apollo next week before finishing up in Leeds  Grand Theatre on December 12th and 15th. Kevin also published hi first novel, The Black Dog, in August, it’s available on Kindle, I’ll need to see if I can afford to splash out on it, the reviews are great;

'One of the funniest stand-up comedians in world and now the author of a brilliant novel. Kevin's talent is starting to annoy me now.' Rob Beckett 'Immensely readable, fast moving and an insight into two sides of Kevin Bridges, I really enjoyed it. Kevin's warmth and wit shine through in his first novel. Never a dull moment and an array of engaging, quirky characters. A funny and absorbing read with some great insights into the world of negotiating being famous.' Jo Brand 'I love this book. Brilliantly drawn, believable characters of raw heart and honesty. Cannot recommend enough.' Matt Coyne 'Vulnerable and raw - this is a beautiful debut novel from the king of comedic storytelling.' Tom Allen 'It's funny (obviously) and dark (obviously) but tender and surprising, too.' Bobby Palmer 'Watching Kevin, I was sure he was born to be a stand-up comic, but reading his book it is clear he can do absolutely anything he sets his mind to. I look forward to visiting his Michelin starred restaurant and living on his self-built space community. Everything that is great about Kevin's stand up - the characters he creates, the unapologetic root in working class life, the straddling of worlds - is what's great about this book.' Jon Richardson

#Scotland #scottish #glaswegian #Glasgow. #stand up comic #comedian #happy birhtday

[thedailycharlieday]

#Charlie day #iasip #Willy Wonka #Willy Wonka Glasgow #Willy Wonka experience

[opencharacters]

Today's Public Domain Character

The Unknown from the Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience

The Unknown is like an evil chocolatier who lives in the walls. While the story of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory are copyrighted still (i believe owned by Netflix currently as they bought the rights to all of Roald Dahl's works a few years back)

The Unknown is an original character that was created using AI to write the script for this event. AI creations are not able to be copyrighted. Therefore, its public domain

#glasgow willy wonka #public domain #glasgow willy wonka experience #willy wonka #the unknown #literature

[cluusheen]

i would just like to inform everyone a bit on how they’re taking charles’ diagnosis here in glasgow.. last night at pub trivia one of the teams named themselves “big chucks royal prostate”

#thank you #king charles iii #british royal family #glasgow

[amethystsoda]

I feel obligated to share the glasgow wonka incident song bc people keep comparing the event to dashcon 🍭🌈🍫

#glasgow wonka experience #tiktok

[millacm]

mini bad kids ! I'm making this into a sticker to hand out to folks at D20 live in Glasgow !!

#milla's art #d20 #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy #fig faeth #adine abernant #gorgug thistlespring #kristen applebees #fabian seacaster #riz gukgak #the bad kids #im so excited for the live show!! hope I make some new friends #if you're also going to glasgow let me know !

[cadaverkeys]

Genuinely in tears over the Glasgow Wonka Experience. Like wheezing to the point where I am scared that I might die if I keep finding this so funny. Rjejfhdbs

#rambles #HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THIS SHITTTT #glasgow wonka experience #wonka experience

[postingjustwhatever]

The Glasgow Willy Wonka experience is the funniest thing ever

#willy wonka #glasgow #glasgow willy wonka experience #willy wonka experience #oompa loompa #the unknown #fanart #art #my art #digital art

[youwouldntdownloadapizza]

God works fast but fanfic writers work faster

#willy wonka #glasgow willy wonka #ao3 #the unknown #unknown

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

Source on twitter

#art #meme #willy wonka #glasgow willy wonka experience #oompa loompa #the unknown

[scotianostra]

Happy 65th Birthday comedian and actor Gordon Kennedy.

Gordon  was born of February 22nd 1958 in Glasgow but grew up in Tranent, East Lothian, he was educated at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh before studying physical education at Jordanhill College, now part of the University of Strathclyde.

I was a big fan of “alternative comedy” when it started to get going in the early 80’s Kennedy first got together with some friends in 1980 making his debut at the Edinburgh festival in 1980 under the name The Bodgers this led on to the channel 4 show Absolutely, with the same prominently Scottish team, he cut his teeth as an extra in several shows like Russ Abbot, Kenny Everett and Les Dennis beforehand.

Since then, his production company, Absolutely Productions, have made Welcome To Strathmuir, the BBC Scotland comedy starring John Gordon Sinclair, and Radio 4 comedy series Baggage with fellow Scots Peter Capaldi and Phyllis Logan. He went on to become more mainstream and was the original co-host of the National Lottery Lottery show on Saturday nights with Anthea Turner.I suppose those that didn’t follow the comedy scene will know Gordon from his time starring a Little John in noughties incarnation of Robin Hood on BBC 1.

If you’re a bit older you might recall him in the fab Glasgow Kiss with Iain Glenn and Sharon Small at the turn of the millennium or a few years later as Sgt. Bruce Hornsby in Red Cap. He was also the narrator in the first series of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, as well as Mac in oor ain soap River City for 18 months.

Kennedy sent an audition tape for a part Outlander, but missed out, I can’t find out what, if any part he was considered for, he bounced back though appearing in the mini series The Spanish Princess, which just like Outlander is shown on the Starz network in the States, he also appeared in 4 episodes of the British-American period drama  Harlots.

More recently Gordon has appeared in the ITV drama series Grantchester, the Scottish show Crime and the second series of forensic crime drama Traces, alongside Martin Compston  Giordon also turned up in an episode of the Amazon Prime series Mammals last year.

#Scotland #scottish #actor #tv presenter #narrator #happy birhtday #Glasgow. #glaswegian

[dangeroustonight]

The evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls...

#the willy wonka experience #willy wonka experience glasgow #willy's chocolate experience #the unknown #I'm sorry this is my meme of the day this story is like crack for me

[thecurefordepression]

#Willy Wonka #Charlie Bucket #The Unknown #Roald Dahl #Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience #Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

[prokopetz]

"Oh, she looks like a meth head" no she doesn't – she just looks tired. Which you would, too, if you were pulling double shifts because all the other Oompa-Loompas bailed when it became clear what a shitshow the event was and you've spent the last 90 minutes getting hassled by the parents of crying children after the candy table ran out of candy.

#current events #willy wonka experience #willy wonka glasgow #kirsty paterson #sad oompa loompa #drugs mention #swearing

[trivia-sea]

let him cook

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #dazai osamu #dazai #willy wonka glasgow

[naidje]

nice of mr wonka to invite us over for a singular jelly bean and a quarter cup of lemonade eh luigi?

#willy wonka experience #willy's chocolate experience #willy wonka experience glasgow #glasgow willy wonka experience #willy wonka chocolate experience #willy wonka #willy mcduff #oompa loompa #the unknown #the willy wonka experience #glasgow willy wonka