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Brett Vincent for Underbelly Promotions presents

GLENN WOOL – GOODBYE SCARS
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2008
SMIRNOFF UNDERBELLY
10.15pm (Ends 11.15pm)
31st July – 24th AUGUST 2008 (not 12th)

Glenn Wool just keeps going from strength to strength and is returning to Edinburgh with his brand new show Goodbye Scars.

goodbye angel, goodbye star
goodbye feathers, goodbye scars
good buy feeling, good buy wars
good buy sweaters, good buy stores

2008 has been an interesting year for Glenn and he chronicles in this brilliant, funny and touching new show what’s happened to him over the last twelve months in an honest, frank, but always funny account of his most difficult yet at times most exhilarating year.

Glenn began his comedy career in his hometown of Vancouver in 1995. He moved to London in 1998 and quickly became one of the rising stars of the London and international comedy circuit having performed in Australia, New Zealand, The USA, South Africa, Switzerland, France, Croatia and Arabia. Glenn was nominated for Best International Stand Up at The New Zealand Comedy Awards.

Glenn is a regular TV face having made appearances on The World Stands Up for Paramount The BBC Stand Up Show, The Live Floor Show, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes and The Comic side of Seven Days for the BBC.  He continues to be a regular in Comedy Cuts, the comedy show from ITV2. Last year Glenn wrote and starred in What's The Story?' broadcast on Channel 4 as part of the Comedy Lab.

Radio is familiar to Glenn too having recently been in Political Animal and 28 Acts in 28 Minutes for BBC Radio 4 as well as headlining 4 at the Store (R4) and The Late Night Comedy Show for Radio 1. 

“Effortlessly funny with an affability that other comics can only dream of – You have to go and see Glenn Wool. ” The Guardian

“One of the sharpest minds, craftiest turns of phase and most extravagant imaginations on the fringe” The Daily Telegraph

“If Like me, you believe that nobody could be much funnier than a cross between Jack Black and Meat Loaf, then you’ll be pleased to learn that such a man exists”
The Independent on Sunday

“The funniest and most sharply observed comedy at this years festival” Skinny Fest *****

“Why aren't you in a queue somewhere buying a ticket?" The Scotsman

“Seeing Glenn Wool perform should be made compulsory for the melancholy. There’s no way you won’t feel a bit better about the world afterwards.  Lethally funny” ****Metro

LISTINGS INFORMATION – GLENN WOOL – GOODBYE SCARS
SMIRNOFF UNDERBELLY, Cowgate/George IV Bridge