As part of his world tour, Craig Ferguson brings his latest stand-up show to London and Glasgow in June 2025.
Born in Springburn, Craig’s family moved to Cumbernauld where he went to school before returning to Glasgow to kickstart his entertainment career as a drummer for punk bands, actor, writer and stand-up comedian in the late 80s. After a successful turn at the Edinburgh Festival and shows at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre - he credits Sir Michael Boyd, the artistic director of The Tron as the person who persuaded him to take to the stage - he moved to the United States in 1994, going on to star in The Drew Carey Show, writing and appearing in movies before securing his role as the host of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2005.
The show ran for eleven seasons featuring interviews with celebrities including Betty White, Jon Hamm, Steve Carrell, Rashida Jones and Mila Kunis.
A multiple Grammy nominated, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and comedian with a diverse career that encompasses film, television and the stage, Ferguson is a New York Times bestselling author and has recorded numerous standup specials for Netflix, Epix, Comedy Central and Amazon.
Born in Springburn, Craig’s family moved to Cumbernauld where he went to school before returning to Glasgow to kickstart his entertainment career as a drummer for punk bands, actor, writer and stand-up comedian in the late 80s. After a successful turn at the Edinburgh Festival and shows at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre - he credits Sir Michael Boyd, the artistic director of The Tron as the person who persuaded him to take to the stage - he moved to the United States in 1994, going on to star in The Drew Carey Show, writing and appearing in movies before securing his role as the host of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2005.
The show ran for eleven seasons featuring interviews with celebrities including Betty White, Jon Hamm, Steve Carrell, Rashida Jones and Mila Kunis.
A multiple Grammy nominated, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and comedian with a diverse career that encompasses film, television and the stage, Ferguson is a New York Times bestselling author and has recorded numerous standup specials for Netflix, Epix, Comedy Central and Amazon.
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00:00so you're about to head back out
00:03on the road
00:04I was wondering
00:05at this stage of your career
00:08all the things that you've done
00:10all the things that you could do
00:11getting back on the road
00:13going out, standing in front of an audience
00:14telling your tales
00:15why is stand-up still appealing to you right now
00:19at this moment in time?
00:21I think it's because it's your original
00:22thing
00:24it's like your original instrument
00:26if you're a guitar player
00:27if you do well you'll play in a band
00:30and maybe do something with an orchestra
00:31and do a concept album
00:34about Knights of the Round Table
00:35and have a 50 piece thing and all that
00:38but really what you do is you play the guitar
00:40so you go back out and play the guitar
00:41and I feel like that's what stand-up is for me
00:45it's what I did at the beginning
00:46I've done it all the way through
00:48I stopped for a bit
00:51I think in the 90s
00:53I stopped because I was doing those
00:54independent films
00:56and I was working on the Drew Carey show
00:58and there wasn't really any time
00:59but other than that
01:00when I started in late night
01:02in America
01:03I went back doing stand-up
01:05because I felt the two things
01:07complemented each other
01:08and it was
01:10it's just something I've always done
01:12and I like doing it
01:12I feel
01:13I feel it's kind of my
01:14there's a weird thing
01:16I would probably only say this
01:17to someone from Scotland
01:18but it's my job
01:18do you know what I mean?
01:19It's my job
01:20it's what I do
01:20so I'm going to do it
01:23and this particular show
01:26that you're bringing over
01:26to the UK
01:27what's the overarching message
01:30or themes
01:31or where did this start
01:32in terms of the writing process?
01:35I don't know
01:35I don't know if there's a huge
01:37overarching message of it
01:38I mean
01:38what it is
01:39it's anecdotal
01:40in the sense that
01:41it's stories
01:42and it's personal stuff
01:43and it's personal observations
01:45the only rule I give myself
01:48about stand-up
01:49that I started
01:51right about 2016
01:52is that I gave myself
01:55a stylistic choice
01:57that I would no longer discuss
02:00any kind of politics at all
02:02I'm not going to do it
02:03because particularly
02:04I mean look
02:05it's a long time
02:06since I've done stand-up
02:07in the UK
02:07so I don't know
02:09if it's the same kind of
02:10temperature
02:12but in America certainly
02:13you know
02:14everybody's doing it
02:15it's such a hot button
02:16it's kind of an interesting
02:18way to go
02:20for me
02:22to avoid it
02:23and also
02:24I felt like
02:26as an audience member
02:27I thought that
02:28you know
02:29what I would like
02:30is a break
02:31look I'm sick of the people
02:33that I agree with
02:34never mind the people
02:35I don't
02:35you know
02:36I'm just sick of hearing it
02:37so for an hour and a half
02:39or however long
02:40I'm on stage
02:41there'll be no politics
02:43and all the stuff
02:44that you're angry at
02:45will still be there
02:46when you get out
02:46so nobody's going to lose
02:49everything will be
02:49where you left it
02:50everything will be
02:51exactly where you left it
02:52yeah