Leith Festival Fundraiser
By . Published 12 April 2011
With Con-Dem budget cuts starting to bite across the country, many arts ventures have found themselves with a fraction of their normal funding. The Leith Festival, running every June and...
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Helen Keen: It IS Rocket Science
By . Published 15 March 2011Helen Keen tells us about the anti-Wonders of the Universe
He's Just a Small Town Boy
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Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2011
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Previews: Comedians doing theatre
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Ode to Joy
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Previews: Foreign Imports
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Previews: Up and comers
By . Published 15 July 2010Maff Brown Brown started his comedy career as warm-up for ITV's Loose Women; and if he can handle the hordes of frenzied, maniacal housewives then one suspects the Edinburgh Fringe...
Previews: Good, clean fun
By . Published 15 July 2010Jason Manford – Off On Tour We Go For five nights only, Manchester’s favourite son will be taking time out of his national tour to win a few more hearts...
Comedy at the Leith Festival
By . Published 24 May 2010Before the overwhelming kaleidoscopic festival of art, music and everything else hits Edinburgh in August there is the Leith Festival - a smaller, better groomed, more Scottish wee festival
Flight of the Conchords
By . Published 06 May 2010Flight of the Conchords return to British stages for the first time in five years with two nights in the Clyde Auditorium.
In Profile: Sean Lock
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In profile: Miles Jupp
By . Published 18 March 2010Miles Jupp is a bit of a polymath, with a sizable CV of television and radio appearances as a stand up, an actor and part of sketch team The Lost...
In Profile: Sean Collins
By . Published 15 March 2010Sean Collins has a smooth, laidback style of comedy you don't see so much any more. His laconic manner is reminiscent of a time before frenetic and wide-eyed mania seemed...
Barry & Stuart: Powered by Demons
By . Published 15 March 2010Come dare yourself to spend an hour or more with Barry and Stuart, where black and bloody magic comes tinctured with devilish humour. This devious pair of magicians have garnered...
In Profile: Andrew Maxwell
By . Published 12 March 2010He may appear as a small figure on a huge stage, but Andrew Maxwell will fill out the space with his gleeful storytelling. Born on the north side of Dublin,...
In Profile: Shappi Khorsandi
By . Published 12 March 2010Coming from a family of comedians – she has previously supported her father in the US as well as performed with her brother in How to be Iranian – Shappi...
The Skinny @ Sloans
By . Published 02 March 2010Fresh from the success of The Dullest Show at The Stand Edinburgh, The Skinny is staking its comedy claim on the west coast at the Magner’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Enjoy the Last Laugh at The Dullest Show
By . Published 04 January 2010However bad life might seem, there are always a host of comics out there more bitter, twisted and broke than you could ever imagine and this dull January, The Skinny...
Clowning Around
By . Published 27 October 2009Double strength comedy abounds as top acts get together to celebrate the tenth birthday of the Clowndoctors.
