"Top hats, sequin jackets, a big Barbara Streisand dance routine, and lightsaber umbrellas," are just some of what audiences at Craig Hill’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) show can expect next month.
The comedian, who grew up in East Kilbride, will perform Wait ‘Til You See My Entrance over two nights at the Oran Mor next month, promising audiences not just a comedy show but an "event".
Describing the almost two-hour show, Craig told the Glasgow Times: "The first half is me getting to know the audience, it’s very off the cuff, and that seems to be the thing that gets the best response because there are moments where you think ‘there’s no way you could have written that’.
"For me as a comedian that is the most fulfilling thing when your brain just thinks of things on the spot and then you’re having as much of a laugh as they are.
"The second half is the show I wrote for the Edinburgh Fringe and it's really about the things that have made me laugh in the last year."
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He continued: "It’s really infectious and you’re flying by the seat of your pants
"If you’re coming to see me, what you’ll see is a moment none of us could have predicted and comedy absolutely in the moment.
"It’s really energetic and pretty hyper for the whole two hours, there’s nothing calm about it at all."
Craig says he named his show Wait ‘Til You See My Entrance because he likes a double entendre and also wanted to make a grand entrance, which someone from the audience may get to help replicate at the end.
The kilt-wearing comedians' shows are known for their audience participation, something he says is especially fun when in front of a “ballsy” Glasgow audience.
Craig explained: "I play a lot with what people say and the way people talk, and Glaswegians have a deserved reputation for being a fun audience because they’ll just say what’s in their head with no filter so that’s great fun to play with.
"You don’t want the audience to be shy and reluctant, you want them to be ballsy, and in Glasgow they are so I look forward to them.
"I also like when they indulge themselves in proper Glasgow sayings that I don't get at any other gig."
Craig performed the second half of his show to the Edinburgh Fringe last year and he says it had a “brilliant” response from audiences.
"I think there’s something funny almost every single day if you just observe it and as comedians you live your life like that," he says, explaining how he developed the show.
"To give you some content, there’s a story about me hosting a comedy festival in South Africa and managing to get 600 South Africans to put their hands in the air and sing a song about the worst swear word you could ever hear in South Africa that I didn’t know after somebody shouted it and I repeated it."
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Craig has been nominated for GICF’s Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award three times, something he says is "flattering, humbling and exciting".
He said: "To be nominated is incredible.
"We all grew up with Billy Connolly known throughout the world and all comedians internationally rate, love, respect and look up to Billy Connolly, so just the idea someone’s even told him by name over an email or phone call or that he’s watched anything I’ve done is amazing, it’s a real honour."
Craig’s comedy career started more than 25 years ago after a friend booked a gig without telling him, and he found it the “most exhilarating thing” he’d ever done.
He says he feels lucky after so many years to still have "such an enthusiasm" for comedy.
"It keeps you really alert, alive and excited, so I always say if anyone’s young and nervous, don’t dread it, look forward to it and get excited about it," he says.
"I feel really lucky that I found something I enjoyed and still do."
Craig Hill: Wait ‘Til You See My Entrance will be at Oran Mor on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14.
Tickets are on sale now.
Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2026 will take place from March 11-29.
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