Aberdeen Comedy Festival has been hailed as a huge success as it made its comeback to the Granite City .

The revived festival came to a close on Sunday, October 5, having sold more than 16,000 tickets to 40 gigs across the event, run by Aberdeen Performing Arts with support from Aberdeen Inspired , over the past fortnight.

Two of Scotland’s comedy giants, Rory Bremner and Fred MacAulay closed off the festival when they sat in conversation at His Majesty’s Theatre for Rory Bremner’s Making an Impression.

Remarking on the success of this year’s festival , Aberdeen Performing Arts Chief Executive Sharon Burgess said: “It has been an incredible two weeks, with the Comedy Festival venues filled with laughter and sold out shows, we’ve loved every minute.

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