Tom Towelling Teaches You To Knit

An hour of alternative stand-up by Tom Towelling, brought to Glasgow after a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, combining comedy, songs and crowdwork in a single show.

Tom Towelling Teaches You To Knit is an hour of alternative stand-up comedy that follows a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe. The show was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and the performer is a winner of the Channel 4 Sean Lock Award.

Stand-up is combined with songs and crowdwork, so the audience takes part alongside the performer. The hour explores the connections that link people to one another, which the performer sets out to explain with humour and a good deal of audience interaction.

Press notices from the Times, the Herald, the Skinny and British Comedy Guide have singled out the performer's crowdwork and the blend of laughter and emotion in the material. The Old Hairdresser's, on Renfield Lane in Glasgow, mainly hosts live music, chiefly pop, rock and indie, as well as some theatre.