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GuideKevin Bridges Chews Life - Wednesday 19 March, The Stand
His conversational style only serves to make his increasingly controversial punch lines more devastating. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Lemoncustard Comedy Club - 16-23 Mar, Brel
Lemoncustard is a demented child's miscellany of comedy fun, and a good time for it. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuidePhil Nichol: Hiro Worship - Wed 12 Mar, The Glasgow Stand
With a voice like sandpaper and a crazed, frenetic, stage-pacing energy, Nichols has the crowd all wired up. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuideRichard Herring: Oh Fuck I'm 40 - 9 Mar, Tron Theatre
He's now middle aged and this gives him license to be as grumpy as possible. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Simon Munnery - 19 Mar, The Stand
Munnery is a pleasure to watch in any guise Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuideStewart Francis: 148 People Can't Be Wrong - 7 Mar, Blackfriars Basement
Francis cuts a laid back figure on stage and his amiable Canadian drawl only accentuates the tongue digging into his cheek. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham, 9 Mar, Brel
There is a fine line between comedy and therapy. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Laugh space: A guide to alternate venues
This year's eighteen-day crossing of comedy leylines has grown to incorporate some unconventional spaces Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Lemoncustard's Braw or Naw
Dee Custance and Sian Bevan cast their critical eye over wha's braw and wha's naw braw about Magners' Glasgow Comedy Festival Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Mark Watson @ The Stand, Glasgow, 9 Nov
With nervous energy Watson babbles out his material in enthusiastic bursts Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Scottish Comedian of the Year 2007 final
A theme of the night, quite rightly, was critic-baiting. The large audience would periodically boo the X Factor-style judging panel. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Profile of a serial kidder - Maeve Higgins
She doesn't so much have gems of jokes in her stand-up, as a string of comedy pearls. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
GuideNick Wilty
Taking the 'man in the pub' approach, Wilty talks in gravely tones about his career in the army, his naivety and the struggles of the war, often relying on 'barracks' type humour. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Stephen K Amos - More of Me
With effortless charm Amos weaves together personal stories with political asides, cultural references and audience participation in a neatly constructed hour. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Breaking the law
There is cleverness to the zaniness because Law understands the comedy conventions and rules: what he enjoys is subverting them. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007