Craig Hill wondered if he'd ever get back to stand-up comedy because of pandemic
dailyrecord.co.ukScotland 's "kilty pleasure" Craig Hill admits he was worried he'd never get back to work giving us a laugh. But the stand-up has announced the first dates of 2022 of his Craig Hill – Pumped!
tour and a date at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Restrictions meant he only did nine gigs rather than his usual 24 at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe and since then he’s only had a handful of live performances.
But the national treasure is only looking forwards...How excited are you to be back on tour?You get to the point where you wonder if it’s ever going to happen so knowing the dates are in the diary is exciting.There’s nothing like touring live in different cities, not knowing all the fun, spontaneous, unpredictable moments that are about to happen with the audiences.That’s why I do this.
It’s an absolute joy. I think we’re all ready to get back to that.You must be glad that theatres and live venues are opening at full capacity again?I always thought that theatres and music venues would be the very last thing to open because you can’t really socially distance easily so it’s a relief to see them open again and how enthusiastic people are to get out again.How have you been masked and kilted?Thankfully I’m getting back to being kilted and on stage again.
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