Comedy
The Skinny guide to the stand-up comedy shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across Scotland. Exclusive previews and interviews with some of the country's best new comedians, plus stand-up comedy reviews, comedy features, and extensive coverage of comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Guide
Ricky Gervais: Fame, Festival Theatre, 17 Jan
Gervais uses the moniker of 'Fame' as mere distraction while he danders around the more familiar terrain of political correctness gone apeshit Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Opinion
STARS - February 2007
Aries:Your job getting you down? Leave! Now is the time for you to take somerisks. Nothing is set in stone. Apart from the fact you will die. Oneday. But for... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Interviews
Out to Lunch (anyone who can come up with a better title is welcome - I'm trying to think of one)
Calling all team-building tearaways and workforce wasters: establishedEdinburgh venue, the Stand, is set to be the place to liven up your lunchhour. Starting... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Guide
Health is no laughing matter - or is it?
Despite ill health there is always room for some laughs, some learning and some creative expression. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Guide
Glenn Wool - The Stand, Glasgow, 24 Nov
Wool begins by gauging the supposed intellectual capacity of the audience Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Opinion
STARS
AriesJupiter is in Mars' orbit which makes this the year that New Year's resolutions will be stuck to. New Year's resolution - to give a Piscean a present ev... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007
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Guide
The Thursday Show, The Stand, Glasgow, Oc 26
His Scottish routine was as good as I've seen from an Englishman Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Interviews
John Hegley
It's about location, location, location. Even if you are from London, you are still localised. It's a load of local places, with its churches, its little schools and foibles. I can't say that Luton is less than crucial for me: I was brought up there. But I write about other places: Dunstable, Tring - don't cast your net too wide! Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Opinion
STARS
Gemini (the eclectic)On first glance Thursday will appear bad. Return the favour by being bad to the day - mock friends and push grannies. Power word: bosh.T... Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Opinion
Drink
I remember thinking I must be some sort of booze-resistant superhero Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Guide
Two2Much Cabaret Spectacular
loud, lewd, and a lot of fun - this is a bang up to date brand of variety Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Interviews
Bohemian Like Few
People only get angry about little things when something big is really wrong in their life Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Guide
Rob Heeney - 'I'm Better than my Dad' @ Smirnoff Underbelly, Sat 26th August
A charming and honest performance Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Guide
Me, My Mum and I, Jen Brister
Brister reveals that growing up with her mother was not all cosy nights in, manic shopping sprees and girlie bonding. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Interviews
Taking the mic...
Year-round, under their usual monikers, and at more affordable rates, the Student Unions continue to play host to a generous round of comedy events Read more »| 13 Sep 2006