Kieran Hodgson - star of BBC One’s hit  sitcom Two Doors Down, one of the 50 Funniest Comedians of 21st Century (Telegraph) and ranked number nine on The List’s Hot 100 2023 -  is set to bring his Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated live comedy show Big in Scotland across the country this spring.

The tour includes a huge, hotly-anticipated date at Glasgow’s historic King’s Theatre on 29th March as part of Glasgow Comedy Festival. 

With the show’s return to Scotland, fans everywhere will get another chance to see the “hilariously and thoughtfully written” (The National) hour which already sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe, Aberdeen, Dunfermline’s Outwith Festival, Glasgow, St Andrews and Perth last year. Now, starting in February, Kieran will bring the show to Shetland (24th Feb), Dunfermline (29th Feb), Melrose (23rd March), Skye (27th March), Inverness (28th March), Glasgow (29th March) and Aberdeen (31st March). 

Big In Scotland is the story of being a not-quite foreigner in a not-quite foreign country. In 2020, Kieran moved to Scotland to film Two Doors Down. Who would he be now? Could he become someone totally different - better, even? Was he now obliged to give ill-informed opinions about independence to English members of his family? What was the difference between a stooshie and a rammy, and could Kieran discover it in time to not make an idiot of himself while trying to make new Scottish friends?

At a time when numerous obituaries for the United Kingdom are being written, Big In Scotland takes a look at the non-newsy aspects of the England-Scotland relationship and makes the political both personal and daft. Kieran learns Gaelic (a bit), climbs Munros (a lot), ends up starring in a Scottish sitcom (sort of - he’s a secondary character). He meets Prime Ministers and panto stars and Weegies. He asks himself and the people of his new home whether he belongs, though it turns out the answer is perhaps less important than how you ask the question.

There’s a song and maybe a tartan jacket, depending on how hot the venue.

The Herald:

PRAISE FOR BIG IN SCOTLAND 

 ‘A show that delights in teasing its audiences, English and Scottish both, and in having its (Dundee) cake and eating it’ 

★★★★ The Guardian

‘A slick, sweet hour of autobiographical storytelling’

★★★★ Daily Telegraph

‘As wise, funny and endearingly virtuosic as anything he has done.’ 

★★★★ The Times

‘The brainbox English comic returns with a deliciously provocative homage to his adopted home of Scotland’

★★★★ Time Out

‘Penetrating insight and laughs galore.’ 

★★★★ The List

‘A great yarn that deserves to be a great hit’

★★★★ Chortle

‘His performance is outstanding throughout’

★★★★★ Beyond The Joke

‘Big in Scotland, Hodgson only further demonstrates this and solidifies his position as one of the best to ever perform at the Fringe’ 

★★★★★ Broadway World

‘Unique humour, that really, no one else can dream up or perform.’ 

★★★★★ Entertainment Now

‘Big In Scotland ‘is the kind of show you want to bottle up and take home with you… A deliriously funny take on national identity’

★★★★★ Mail on Sunday

 

Scottish Tour Dates, Spring 2024 

Tickets available at berksnest.com/kieran

 

DATE                                                  LOCATION                                 VENUE

Sat 24th Feb                               SHETLAND                        Shetland Arts

Thur 29th Feb                             DUNFERMLINE                  Carnegie Hall

Sat 23rd March                           MELROSE                          Corn Exchange

Wed 27th March                          SKYE                                      LAS, Portree

Thur 28th March                          INVERNESS                       Eden Court

Fri 29th March                             GLASGOW                         King’s Theatre

Sun 31st March                           ABERDEEN                        Lemon Tree

To book tickets click here https://www.berksnest.com/kieran