Merchant City Comedy ft. Des Clarke

Early bird 2 for £10 available for February’s club show with DES CLARKE,  resident compere PADDY LINTON and more at Merchant City Comedy🎤 Sunday 3rd November at Blackfriars 🔥

2for1 Pizza at Nonna Said when attending🍕🍕

Des Clarke is one of the UK’s most exciting performers. He has made a name for himself as both a highly successful comedian and one of television and radio’s star presenters.

It all began for Des when he won a nationwide search to host the iconic Saturday morning show SM:TV Live. This weekly two hour broadcast showcased his abilities both as a comedian and presenter, including character sketches, celebrity interviews and comic monologues.

That forms part of an impressive TV career with presenting credits including Breaking The News, Des Doesn’t Do, Hogmanay Live, Sport Relief Tryathlon, STV Appeal, Club Cupid, Sportsround and Children in Need.

Not forgetting the honour of being asked to host the live Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony to a global TV audience of 1 billion viewers.

Des is a much loved voice on the airwaves too and can be heard waking Scotland up every morning as host of the Heart Breakfast Show. He also fronts hit comedy series Breaking The News on BBC Radio Scotland.

Over the years he has interviewed some of the showbiz world’s biggest names including Ed Sheeran, Pink, Robbie Williams, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Rita Ora and Katy Perry.

Stand-up comedy remains Des’s first love and he performs regularly throughout the UK. He has also toured the world with his unique brand of observational humour, appearing on stage in New York, Dubai, Melbourne and Los Angeles.

Along the way, Des became one of Scotland’s best loved panto stars. Completing a record breaking 5 year headline run at the world famous King’s Theatre in Glasgow.

A high profile newspaper columnist and after dinner speaker too, Des Clarke has established himself as an exceptional all round performer.

“An irresistible comedian… simply unmissable.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Daily Record

“Des Clarke may actually be the funniest man I’ve ever seen. Absolutely excellent. He speaks in a stammering wall of sound… then a full sentence emerges it stands out as starkly as a rhyming couplet. The man’s a poet.” BBC

“Clarke’s performances are in a league of their own. Onstage he is a racing car wrapped in an express train inside a space rocket. And he’s funny. Very funny.”Sunday Herald

“The prodigious talent of Des Clarke shone like no other comedian. His energy is boundless. Des Clarke is on the cusp of stardom. He’s a blistering cacophony of comic neurosis, whose fusion of speed and erratic nonsense is incredible. A true Scottish comedy genius in waiting.”List

“Touched by genius. His comedy was astonishing and indescribably funny, leaving the audience breathless.” Edinburgh Evening News

“So funny it’s almost painful to watch him perform… genius in action.” Metro

Scottish Comedy Award - Best TV/Radio Comedian
Scottish Comedy Award - Best Radio Show
Scottish Variety Awards - Outstanding Contribution
ITV Golden Mic Award - Outstanding Contribution
Chortle Award - Best Newcomer
BBC New Comedy Award (Runner Up)
So You Think You're Funny (Runner Up)
Daily Telegraph Open Mic (Runner Up)
ARIA Award - Best Music Breakfast Show Nominee
Sony Radio Awards - Best Comedy Programme (Runner Up)
Celtic Media Award - Best Radio Comedy (Runner Up)
Arqiva Radio Awards - Best UK Breakfast Show (Runner Up)
Comedy.co.uk Award - Best Radio Panel Show (Runner Up)
X-Trax Radio Awards - Best Presenter Scotland

Resident compere PADDY LINTON is fast becoming one of the most sought after MCs on the Scottish scene.

“It was genuinely exciting watching Paddy... made me remember why I love comedy"Darren Connell

£8/£10 OTD

£5 Students & Hospitality Staff 

Doors 7pm/show 7.30pm

*lineups are subject to change*