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HAGGIS MCSPORRAN IS ‘OUT OF HIS BOX’
Before the referendum he was everywhere, after the referendum - zilch. Self-styled ‘world’s funniest Scotsman’ and former psychiatric secure unit escapee, Haggis McSporran, returns to the stage to explain his unexpected hiatus and run through a few classic routines.
‘Harry Lauder on Acid’- Gurdaian.
‘Bring spare pants’ - Inversneckie Advertiser.
‘Really Unfair on me, I thought’ - Adele.
‘Utter shite’ - Tony Blair.
‘Know your place’, that’s my motto, and my place is up on stage, ripping the pish out of my friends, family and homeland in return for unlimited drugs, sex and ten minutes on telly every Friday night. I’m not rocking that boat, Castro!
As a young man Haggis McSporran dreamed of being the funniest Scotsman alive. Unfortunately he was being detained in Craigdunain Psychiatric hospital at the time, at the behest of his mum, who wanted to rent out his room to lodgers. Twenty years later it seemed he’d gotten his wish.
With referendum fever sweeping the country Haggis’ face was on every TV. Then something happened. Scotland said ‘No’, and Haggis was never heard from again, sparking several conspiracy theories as well as several more apathetic shrugs.
This August sees the return of the ginger step-kid, as Haggis McSporran, self-styled ‘world’s funniest Scotsman’ and ‘Teuchter Lunatic Extraordinaire’ takes to the stage again, to re-live his celebrity glory and explain what really happened the night Scotland said ‘No’ and Haggis McSporran said ‘Ouch!’.
Haggis McSporran is a fictional character, created by playwright Henry Adam and brought to life by actor Adam Robertson.
‘Haggis McSporran is ‘Out of his Box’ takes the form of a stand-up comedy performance, which although always striving to be funny, also aims to explore Scottish history, character and aspirations - from the coming of the missionaries to the coming of the X-Factor - through the eyes of an outsider clown, and to look at the recent referendum and the wave of hope it produced in certain sections of society, and the disappointment waiting on the other side of the vote.
It’s a Scotland you’ve never seen before, but it exists, as surely as Haggis McSporran does, out there on the margins, in the Jacobite country in the north.
‘Harry Lauder on Acid’- Gurdaian.
‘Bring spare pants’ - Inversneckie Advertiser.
‘Really Unfair on me, I thought’ - Adele.
‘Utter shite’ - Tony Blair.
‘Know your place’, that’s my motto, and my place is up on stage, ripping the pish out of my friends, family and homeland in return for unlimited drugs, sex and ten minutes on telly every Friday night. I’m not rocking that boat, Castro!
As a young man Haggis McSporran dreamed of being the funniest Scotsman alive. Unfortunately he was being detained in Craigdunain Psychiatric hospital at the time, at the behest of his mum, who wanted to rent out his room to lodgers. Twenty years later it seemed he’d gotten his wish.
With referendum fever sweeping the country Haggis’ face was on every TV. Then something happened. Scotland said ‘No’, and Haggis was never heard from again, sparking several conspiracy theories as well as several more apathetic shrugs.
This August sees the return of the ginger step-kid, as Haggis McSporran, self-styled ‘world’s funniest Scotsman’ and ‘Teuchter Lunatic Extraordinaire’ takes to the stage again, to re-live his celebrity glory and explain what really happened the night Scotland said ‘No’ and Haggis McSporran said ‘Ouch!’.
Haggis McSporran is a fictional character, created by playwright Henry Adam and brought to life by actor Adam Robertson.
‘Haggis McSporran is ‘Out of his Box’ takes the form of a stand-up comedy performance, which although always striving to be funny, also aims to explore Scottish history, character and aspirations - from the coming of the missionaries to the coming of the X-Factor - through the eyes of an outsider clown, and to look at the recent referendum and the wave of hope it produced in certain sections of society, and the disappointment waiting on the other side of the vote.
It’s a Scotland you’ve never seen before, but it exists, as surely as Haggis McSporran does, out there on the margins, in the Jacobite country in the north.
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Edinburgh EH1 2EX |
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