Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedian, actress and writer. Her rise to fame came when she appeared on television on the BBC series Chewin’ the Fat, and was subsequently given her own show by the channel, The Karen Dunbar Show.
Karen became one of main stars of Chewin’ the Fat, which included a array of hilarious off beat characters. Chewin’ the Fat first started as a radio series on BBC Radio Scotland. The later television show, which ran for four series, was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland, but series three and four, as well as highlights from the first two series, were later broadcast nationally across the United Kingdom which turned Karen into a household name.
Although the last series ended in February 2002, a Hogmanay special was broadcast each New Year’s Eve between 2000 and 2005. Chewin’ the Fat gave rise to the successful, and cult spin-off show Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two elderly friends, Jack and Victor.
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READ MOREScottish Comedy Award winner Gary Meikle will bring his Neurospicy tour to East Kilbride Village Theatre on Monday 7th February!
READ MOREDon’t miss out on this unforgettable celebration of Scottish music and tradition when Artie's Singing Kettle returns to East Kilbride Village Theatre on Saturday 8th February!
READ MOREScottish pantomime & variety stars Liam Dolan & Johnny Mac are back with a brand-new show, don't miss Francie & Josie: It's A Stoater at East Kilbride Village Theatre on Saturday 15th February!
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READ MOREDon't miss an evening of pure Rock n Roll featuring the music of Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison courtesy of We Three Kings at East Kilbride Village Theatre!
READ MOREEROS Musical Society bring their production of Sunshine on Leith, a jubilant, heartfelt musical about the power of home, the hearth, family and love, to East Kilbride Village Theatre in March!
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READ MOREThe Provy Wummin is a gritty musical comedy, with a soundtrack to the 70s, don't miss it at East Kilbride Village Theatre on Wednesday 19th March!
READ MOREBased on Paula Hawkins' novel – an international phenomenon selling over twenty million copies worldwide – The Girl on the Train will keep you guessing until the final moment!
READ MOREThe UK's no.1 country music tribute show, The Legends of American Country, returns to East Kilbride Village Theatre on Thursday 10th April for another fantastic night of toe tapping Country classics!
READ MOREStepping Out is a warm and very funny play about the lives, laughs and loves of a group of women (and one man) attending a weekly tap-dance class in a dingy North London church hall.
READ MOREWhen We Were Young at East Kilbride Village Theatre is both a hilarious and nostalgic look back to 1990s Glasgow as well as a heartbreaking story of stolen youth.
READ MOREFive-time Scottish Comedy Award winner Billy Kirkwood is joined by top Scottish comedians Mick Murphy, Scott Forbes and Rob Kane for a night of comedy at Cumbernauld Theatre on Friday 10th January!
READ MOREDes Dillon's smash hit comedy, Singing I'm No A Billy He's A Tim, comes to Airdrie Town Hall as part of it's 20th Anniversary tour!
READ MORE4.0 is Gary Faulds fifth UK tour, come and join him for a night of interactive stand-up madness at Lanark Memorial Hall on Friday 7th February!
READ MOREScottish Comedy Award winner Gary Meikle will bring his Neurospicy tour to East Kilbride Village Theatre on Monday 7th February!
READ MOREDes Dillon's smash hit comedy, Singing I'm No A Billy He's A Tim, comes to The Town House Hamilton as part of it's 20th Anniversary tour!
READ MOREAfter a sell-out run during the 2024 Glasgow International Comedy Festival Ali Park In The Company of Women (and a few men too) brings her show to Cumbernauld Theatre!
READ MOREScottish pantomime & variety stars Liam Dolan & Johnny Mac are back with a brand-new show, don't miss Francie & Josie: It's A Stoater at East Kilbride Village Theatre on Saturday 15th February!
READ MOREThe Provvy Wummin is a gritty musical comedy, with a soundtrack to the 70s, don't miss it when it comes to Lanark Memorial Hall on Friday 21st February!
READ MOREJulia Sutherland brings confessional, no-holds-barred stand-up from a Gen-Xer with ADHD, on HRT, trying to relate to Gen Z to Cumbernauld Theatre on Saturday 22nd February!
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