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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OpinionWatch Cassetteboy's hilarious Theresa May takedown
Editing genius Cassetteboy publishes a new video titled Cassetteboy vs Theresa May just ahead of the general election, and it’s brutal and brilliant Read more »| 06 Jun 2017 -
FestivalsHow Comedy Captured the Edinburgh Fringe: Part 2
Our first instalment of this series covered over three decades, when the Edinburgh Fringe was almost without comedians at all. Now in Part Two, we find one year alone – 1981 – influences comedy more than all the previous Fringes put together Read more »| 06 Jun 2017 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe: What to see at the Big Four
With the release of Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance and Underbelly's joint brochure for Edinburgh Fringe, here are our top four picks from the 'big four' Read more »| 01 Jun 2017 -
OpinionCrystal Baws: June 2017 Horoscopes
Mystic Mark gazes into his baws to reveal this month's horoscopes Read more »| 01 Jun 2017 -
InterviewsTom Green interview: "You know Trump fired me, right?"
As Tom Green's European tour rides into Glasgow, our super-journo Fred Fletch renounces his retirement to ask a set of questions as unique as Green's comedy and screen career Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
SpotlightThe Not So Late Show: Comedy Spotlight
Hosts of Leeds' premier live comedy chat show, Ross and Josh tell us about their biscuits, beefs and search for the perfect bowl of ramen Read more »| 26 May 2017
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Spotlight
SCRAM: Comedy Spotlight
Ahead of their show at The Stand, The Skinny infliltrated SCRAM's general meeting to discover the comedy collective's influences, writing techniques and periodic use of an exclamation mark Read more »| 23 May 2017 -
Interviews
Adam Kay on comedy, medicine and memoirs
Ahead of his appearance at Leeds Comedy Festival, doctor turned comedian Adam Kay talks about the government's treatment of junior doctors and the upcoming publication of his medical diary Read more »| 22 May 2017 -
Opinion
The Stand's Kenny O'Brien on St Andrew Square
The Stand's St Andrew Square events made the area a Festival hub, but are now thwarted by the square's corporate owners. For our comedy and ethics column, The Stand's director Kenny O'Brien considers the implications this has for the Fringe Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Interviews
Jonny & the Baptists on Eat The Poor
As musical comedy act Jonny & the Baptists tour their hit show Eat the Poor, the satirical duo's Paddy Gervers tells us about deliberately taking a polit... Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Interviews
Following a Star: Katy Brand interview
Katy Brand chats about religion and space travel as she tours her hit Fringe show, while also writing her next one Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Guide
Victoria Wood to be celebrated with Bury statue
The late, great comedian will be honoured with a statue in her hometown of Bury Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Opinion
How Comedy Captured the Edinburgh Fringe: Part 1
In the first of a series of articles to celebrate the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's 70th anniversary, we look back at the remarkable rise of stand-up comedy and how it came to dominate the once theatre-heavy programme Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Film
Julian Barratt's spoof song as his Mindhorn character
A deliriously sexy piece of 80s "erotic power-rock" from Mindhorn's Richard Thorncroft, titled You Can't Handcuff The Wind, has been unearthed ahead of the film's release Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: May 2017 Horoscopes
Sleepworking, sausages and get-rich-quick schemes feature in Mystic Mark's premonitions of the month ahead Read more »| 02 May 2017