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The Best in Stand Up (Jason Cook, Steve Shanyaski, Terry Alderton, Jo Caulfield, Markus Birdman)
19:00 – 21:00, £20 (£10)The Comedy Store, Arches 3 and 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street West, Manchester, M1 5LHRegular night of stand up with five world-class comedians.
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Barrel of Laughs (Danny McLoughlin, Scott Agnew)
19:00 – 02:00, £17 (£10)The Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, 102 Oldham St, Manchester, M4 1LJThree top-notch comics, a sprinkling of Frog compere funnies and a late night disco courtesy of the resident DJ.
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Absolute Improv
20:00 – 22:00, £5 (£4)The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1QWMonthly improv-styled comedy show in the vein of Whose Line Is It Anyway.
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Rob Rouse (Neil Fitzmaurice, Tom Stade, Rob Rouse)
20:00 – 23:00, £17.50The Slaughter House, 13-15 Fenwick Street, Liverpool, L2 7LSTriple headline show with a delightfully hilarious line-up of circuit funny-folk.
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Daliso Chaponda (Chris Cairns, Tom Stade, Rob Rouse)
20:00 – 23:00, £18The Slug and Lettuce, The Watson Prickard Building, North John Street, Liverpool, L2 4SHMalawian comic, with a career spanning Canada, South Africa and more recently, the UK.
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The Beehive Comedy Club
20:30 – 22:30, £7Beehive Inn, 18-20 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JURegular weekend comedy showcase featuring a selection of up-and-coming acts from Scotland and beyond, topped with a guest headliner. Check their Facebook page on the day for line-ups.
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The Saturday Show (Jeff Innocent, Kevin Hayes)
21:00 – 23:00, £15The Stand, 5 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EBPacked Saturday evening bill of stand-up headliners and resident comperes to jolly along your weekend.
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The Saturday Show (Neil Delamere, Neil Hickey)
21:00 – 23:00, £15The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NGPacked Saturday evening bill of stand-up headliners and resident comperes to jolly along your weekend.
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Four Candles (Barry Dodds, Sean Percival, Sam Avery)
21:00 – 23:00, £15House, 25 Bold Street, Liverpool, L1 4HRWeekly showcase of funny folk – they tell the jokes, you do the laughing.
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The Best in Stand Up II (Jason Cook, Steve Shanyaski, Terry Alderton, Jo Caulfield, Markus Birdman)
21:30 – 23:00, £20 (£10)The Comedy Store, Arches 3 and 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street West, Manchester, M1 5LHLeg 2 of The Best in Stand Up – starting at a later time, so if you missed out on tickets to the earlier show, fear not!
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Whose Lunch Is It Anyway?
13:30 – 15:30, FreeThe Stand, 5 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EBImprovised lunchtime comedy favourite with resident cheeky chappies Stu & Garry.
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Laughing Cows (Dana Alexander, Lynne Ruth Miller, Kerry Leigh)
19:00 – 23:00, £7 (adv) £9 (otd)The Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, 102 Oldham St, Manchester, M4 1LJAll-female line-up of comics from the Laughing Cow bunch – a group that has helped the likes of Sarah Milllican and Jo Brand launch their careers.
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Rock and Roll Ping Pong
19:00 – 23:00, FreeThe Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JXThe It's Funtime jokers present a free, fun, table tennis evening, with dancing discs from DJ Ding Dong (ahem).
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New Stuff
19:30 – 21:30, £3The Comedy Store, Arches 3 and 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street West, Manchester, M1 5LHA chance for those on the circuit to test out some new, never before heard or seen material, with MC Toby Hadoke.
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The Sunday Night Laugh-In
20:30 – 22:30, £6 (£5/£1 members)The Stand, 5 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EBChilled comedy showcase to cure your Sunday evening back-to-work blues.
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Michael Redmond's Sunday Service
20:30 – 22:30, £6 (£5/£1 members)The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NGChilled Sunday comedy showcase with resident Irish funnyman Michael Redmond and guests.
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Pandamonium!
20:00 – 22:30, £4Cabaret Voltaire, 36-38 Blair Street, Old Town, Edinburgh, EH1 1QRMonthly stand up comedy night for big names and newbies alike, with occasional unannounced famous headliners trying out new material for the festival.
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Red Raw
20:30 – 22:30, £2The Stand, 5 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EBOpen-mic style beginners showcase, plus some old hands dropping by to roadtest new material.
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Peacock & Gamble (Andy Watson + Tob Coleman + Matthew Ellis)
19:00 – 23:00, £5 (£3 members)Jabez Clegg, 2 Portsmouth Street, Manchester, M13 9GBComedy nice boys Ray and Ed bring the idiocy and handsomeness (so say they) to Manchester.
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The Worst Comedy Night in Salford
20:00 – 22:00, FreeThe King's Arms, 11 Bloom Street, Salford, Manchester, M3 6ANKeeping expectations low with this open mic night of stand up, all are welcome to give it a bash.
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