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Glenn Wooll: No Lands Man

Glenn Wool: No Lands Man

Hobo comic’s killer dispatches

(4 stars)8 Aug 2011

Gruff Canadian Glenn Wool hasn’t been at the Fringe for a couple of years, instead travelling the world, performing and gathering material inspired by his en route adventures. The hobo comic’s set opens with an account of the time he was strip-searched…

Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedy shows to look out for in 2011

Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedy shows to look out for in 2011

Margaret Cho, Todd Barry and Imran Yusuf among 2011 ones to watch

9 Jun 2011

Down List way, we’ve just about recovered from the devastating news that there will be no sign this year of Bo Burnham, Jonny Sweet, Tommy Tiernan or Pappys. But if you think that kind of comedic void can be filled by this year’s galaxy of acts, then…

Glenn Wool

Glenn Wool

Has never been funnier or more lustily discombobulated

(4 stars)18 Aug 2009

This disreputable Canadian soapboxer is truly in the ascendant. A perfectly realised tragicomic stage persona (or maybe Glenn is just being Glenn), great lines, heartfelt rage and a skewed but intimate audience rapport make for a rousing, boisterous…

Glenn Wool

(3 stars)14 Aug 2008

Following on from his shaggy-dog surrealist wanderings of last year, Canada's loudest man gives us a bit more of a structure and pumps us with a little more laughing gas as he considers the repercussions of his divorce and an incident from his teen…

Glenn Wool

Glenn Wool

(2 stars)23 Aug 2007

If ever a comic had an appropriate surname, then it’s this surrealistic Canadian. You could knit a jumper with the majority of this set, but while it may be overflowing with material, give one of its many loose ends a tug and all the threads would come…

Glenn Wool

1 Aug 2007

Having missed Glenn Wool in Ireland on a day that he played three gigs and one football match, I eventually track him down to Amsterdam, where he’s spent two days balancing stand-up with the sit-down distractions of beer and ogling Dutch women.

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