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The Guardian // World // Europe

Standup Susie McCabe looks back: ‘I knew very early on that I was different from other girls. Everyone else did, too’’

Sunday 20th July 2025, 1:00PM

The Glaswegian comic on her close bond with her nana, coming out in a conservative, Catholic society, and how a friend’s choice comment kickstarted her careerBorn in Glasgow in 1980, Susie McCabe began her career in standup comedy in the early 2010s, quickly gaining recognition on the Scottish comedy circuit. The 2024 winner of the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow award, McCabe has supported Kevin Bridges and John Bishop on tour and, along with Frankie Boyle and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, hosts the podcast Here Comes the Guillotine. Her show, Femme Fatality, is on iPlayer now. She performs her new show Best Behaviour at Edinburgh fringe from 30 July to 24 August.I’m three years old and in my late nana’s ground-floor tenement Glasgow flat. She would have knitted that tank top, and the toy in my hand was a little monkey that my mum bought me as a present. Apparently I used to be obsessed with putting its feet in its mouth – I’m sure a therapist could have a field day with that. Continue reading...

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