Iain Anderson.
Best Special at the 2025 MICF Awards, for Traumedy: A Guide To Being A Fabulous Homeless Addict.
The show
Traumedy.
Traumedy is Iain Anderson’s debut solo show, and it is a true story. It runs from the Glasgow gay scene to homelessness on the streets of Barcelona, a stay in a psychiatric ward and, in the end, recovery. It is tragic and very funny at the same time.
Iain is a Scottish comedian based in Barcelona. The show won Barcelona Best Solo Show 2025 and has toured widely across the UK and Europe.
- When: Saturday 18 October 2025, 21:45
- Where: Aleatorio Bar, Calle de Ruiz 7
- Language: English
The award
Pain, turned into craft.
Plenty of comics tell sad stories. Very few build an hour where the darkest moments get the biggest laughs and the audience still walks out feeling better. Traumedy does, and it became the first Best Special in the festival’s history.
Iain came back in 2026 with Traumedy at Freeway and ran Blueprint, a workshop on turning painful stories into strong material.
Thank you, Iain, for trusting a first-year festival with your show, and for coming back. Congratulations.