Okomedy - Clarkston Comedy

05/03/2025

Comedy show + 2 course meal £24🍜🎟🤣

Okomedy - Clarkston Comedy at Okome Clarkston

Headlining Sunday 23rd March, star of BBC’s Scot Squad and award winning comedian, Chris Forbes is one of the most in demand comics in the UK. As well as being a regular on the UK comedy circuit, Forbes has gigged all over the world from America to Canada to Australia to Norway to Dubai.

'He's brilliant company - honest, insightful very funny.' Scotsman ⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Brilliantly observed...laugh-out-loud stuff...A natural comedian.' Herald

Awards
Best Writer - Scottish Comedy Awards 2014
Best Actor - Scottish Comedy Awards 2016
Best Actor - Scottish Comedy Awards 2017
Best Actor - Scottish Comedy Awards 2018
Nominated for the Fringe World Comedy Award 2018

Forbes supported supported Kevin Bridges on tour in 2012 and is an experienced host for corporate events and also an accomplished after dinner speaker.

Chris has been commissioned to write and star in his own sitcom creation, ‘The Farm’ for the BBC iplayer. Series 2 is currently in development. Chris’s other TV credits include Jonathan Creek, Still Game and Mountain Goats on BBC One and Only An Excuse on BBC Scotland. He also featured in BBC Three’s Badults and received a BBC commission for his much praised comedy character, Damien Crow.

He's also one third of the critically acclaimed sketch group, How Do I Get Up There? who also had their own TV Sketch show on BBC Scotland. Forbes is a regular panellist on BBC Radio Scotland's award winning satirical news quiz, Breaking the News.

Opening, RACHEL JACKSON is an Edinburgh native with a quick mind and a sharp tongue renowned for her fearless style and candid yet loveable demeanour.

As seen on Still Game, Two Doors Down, The Stand Up Sketch Show, The State of It, The Comedy Underground, Breaking the News, Outlander and many more TV and radio productions

“Jackson is a genius behind the microphone, deserving of every success she encounters” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edinburgh Festival Magazine

“Unstoppable tour de force.” The Daily Record

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Skinny

Rachel has been nominated for a number of awards. These include The Spotlight Prize and Best New Comedian at both The Scottish Variety Awards and also The Scottish Comedy Awards.

with James McLuskey and guest compere Taryam Boyd

Comedy show + Main + Side £24

Food served from 6.30pm-7.30pm

Show starts 8.15pm

Stand up comedy with Scotland's top professional comedians and up and coming acts. Food served 6.30pm-7.30pm / Show 8.15pm

03/01/2025

Thanks a lot to everyone who bought tickets to our first comedy show of the year at 🙌

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01/01/2025

Comedy show + 2 course meal £24🍜🎟🤣

SUSIE McCABE, SCOTT AGNEW and CHRIS SCOTT return to Okomedy - Clarkston Comedy on Sunday 26th January at Okome Clarkston

Susie McCabe who you may have seen supporting Kevin Bridges at the Hydro, her own sold out solo shows at the Kings Theatre or more recently on BBC's Live at the Apollo 🎤

Susie’s rise through the ranks of stand-up has been nothing short of meteoric. Her brilliant storytelling, acute observations and killer punchlines have made her one of the most sought-after performers in the UK. She has supported the likes of Ardal O’Hanlon, John Bishop and Jason Manford on their national tours.

Susie is a regular on BBC’s topical telly and radio, appearing on Have I Got News for You, Breaking The News, News Quiz and Times Radio as well as making several appearances on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order. She can also hold her own on the sports coverage, appearing regularly on Off the Ball and Six Nations Breakfast Show.

"A natural storyteller and a genuine stand up. Highly recommended." Kevin Bridges

"Susie is up there with the best" Fred MacAuley

"Susie McCabe is damn funny." Stewart Francis

“McCabe is hilariously down to earth and has a fantastically positive outlook. About as far down the opposite end of the spectrum from disappointing as you could get.”
Broadway Baby

“The ever-reliable Susie McCabe delivers plenty of chuckles.” Scotsman

Opening the show, SCOTT AGNEW is considered one of the best storytellers in the business who this year released his debut Radio 4 series Dead Man Talking.

‘Rudely, hysterically funny and brutally, touchingly honest. This is autobiographical, explicit comedy at its pinnacle.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chortle.

‘A comedic thrill ride, searingly honest, exploding with humanity and laugh-out-loud funny from beginning to end.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐Scotsman

“Likening him to Billy Connolly would seem trite if it weren’t accurate. Always hilarious.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐FringeGuru

‘Depraved and hilarious.’ Skinny

CHRIS SCOTT returns to compere. Bringing unflinching punchlines and a bit of devilment to the stage, Chris has performed at clubs across Scotland, been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Scottish Comedy Awards and opened solo shows for Susie McCabe and Alex Edelman (Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer Winner as seen on BBC4, Conan).

with support from one of the Scottish scene’s best new acts in CHRIS RUTTER

Comedy show + Main + Side £24

Food served from 6.30pm-7.30pm

Show starts 8.15pm

Stand up comedy with Scotland's top professional comedians and up and coming acts. Food served 6.30pm-7.30pm / Show 8.15pm

09/09/2024

headlines next Sunday with your host Chris Scott🔥

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09/09/2024

Comedy show + 2 course meal £24🍜🎟🤣

Thanks a lot to everyone who came along to our last month's show at Okomedy - Clarkston Comedy 🙌

Headlining Sunday 22nd September, we have multi-award winning stand-up comedian, TV & Radio presenter, event host and actor DES McLEAN

Based in Glasgow, Des is in demand both throughout the UK and across the world. He has toured America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and has even performed at the iconic Riviera in Las Vegas.

For TV, Des has presented on programmes for both BBC & STV. For radio, Des co-hosted the Clyde 1 Breakfast Show for 6 years, winning three prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards.

“A virtuoso performance” Chortle

“Right out the top drawer, hilarious, hysterical” Herald

“Devastatingly accurate” The Scotsman

“As comedy goes McLean is pure gold” The Times

"Unmissable, a master storyteller" The List

CHRIS SCOTT returns to compere. Bringing unflinching punchlines and a bit of devilment to the stage, Chris has performed at clubs across Scotland, been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Scottish Comedy Awards and opened solo shows for Susie McCabe and Alex Edelman (Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer Winner as seen on BBC4, Conan).

More acts TBA

Comedy show + Main + Side £24

Food served from 6.30pm-7.30pm

Show starts 8.15pm

Stand up comedy with Scotland's top professional comedians and up and coming acts. Food served 6.30pm-7.30pm / Show 8.15pm

12/08/2024

Two of the best in Scottish comedy and more at next Sunday🍜🎟😂

12/08/2024

Comedy show + 2 course meal £24🍜🎟🤣
Okome Clarkston

Thanks a lot to everyone who came along to our last sold out show at Okomedy- Clarkston Comedy🙌

Headlining on 25th August, we have one of the best comedians in the game in RAYMOND MEARNS:

"A Genuine Improvisational Genius"
Frankie Boyle

"A man who knows how to swear properly"
Billy Connolly

"Exceptionally Funny and Cathartic"
The Scotsman

“I loved watching him”
Kevin Bridges

“Every line that issues from this man is funny”
Chortle

As seen/heard on Limmy's Show, Rab C Nesbitt, Off the Ball, Breaking the News, Live Floor Floor Show, the Glesga Da podcast and comedy stages all over the world, Raymond is not one to miss.

Also performing, we have a SPECIAL GUEST who you may have seen on BBC or Comedy Central

Hosting the show, we have comedian, actor, painter, poet, rapper and everything in between TARYAM BOYD who you may have seen or heard on BBC's River City, The Comedy Underground, Breaking the News, Bad Influencer, Short Stuff, The Social and up and down the country with Bingo Loco.

More acts TBA

Comedy show + Main + Side £24

Food served from 6.30pm-7.30pm

Show starts 8.15pm

Stand up comedy with Scotland's top professional comedians and up and coming acts. Food served 6.30pm-7.30pm / Show 8.15pm