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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FestivalsPappy's: All Business
The credit crunch has hit Pappy’s hard. They’ve lost one member, they’ve shed the “Fun Club” part of their name and even their ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2011 -
FestivalsThe Collective @ Halt Bar, 23 March
“The Collective” is a sketch show group of aspiring Scottish-based comedians. Sketche include everything from a leprechaun at a job centre t... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
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Magners Festival Club / The Big Lunchtime Comedy Chat Show
There’s so much going on at the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival that it can be difficult to know where to go. With only one performance o... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
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John Robertson: Dragon Punch @ The Griffin
Australian John Robertson’s Glasgow Comedy Festival show gets off to an uncertain start when an elderly ned begins to heckle him by bellowing, a situat... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
Opinion
Simon Munnery: "This show has formed like sedimentary rock, through immense periods of time and pressure"
Simon Munnery tell us about the loop of alternativism Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
Festivals
The Stockholm Syndrome @ Capitol, 19 March
I love watching comedy in Glasgow. Where else can you see a genial looking old man in the front row grab the comedian’s testicles? Read more »| 23 Mar 2011
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Festivals
Activism at Glasgow Comedy Festival
With the launch of the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival today, we take a look at some of the acts who bring an element of activism to their work. Read more »| 16 Mar 2011 -
Guide
Helen Keen: It IS Rocket Science
Helen Keen tells us about the anti-Wonders of the Universe Read more »| 15 Mar 2011 -
Festivals
Mark Thomas – Rambling Man
Mark Thomas tells us about his experiences in the West Bank Read more »| 11 Mar 2011 -
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Imran Yusuf: "My dream is to be bigger than Chris Rock"
Imran Yusuf talks to us about identity and the futility of box-ticking Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
FestivalsCaroline Rhea: "Doing stand-up comedy is like doing therapy"
Comedian Caroline Rhea caught up with The Skinny ahead of her Glasgow Comedy Festival appearance to remind us that there's more to her act than being Sabrina's aunt Read more »| 08 Mar 2011 -
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Aren't you off the telly?
Most stand-up comedians dream of one day starring in a hit sitcom, but what happens to their stand-up careers once they’ve hit the big time? We talked to some of them to find out Read more »| 07 Mar 2011 -
Festivals
George Monbiot: Pull No Punches
George Monbiot talks to The Skinny about stirring up political debate ahead of his appearance at the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival Read more »| 07 Mar 2011 -
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Cross-Examined: Keith Farnan
Keith Farnan tells us why he isn't a man with a plan Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: March Horoscopes
ARIES Despite the energetic kneecap-breaking efforts of your secret police in early Spring, the rising prices of food drive the lumpen proletariat into furi... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011