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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GuideMrs Barbara Nice at The Railway Inn, Didsbury, 8 Dec
Upon entering The Railway Inn in Didsbury you could be forgiven for wondering where on earth the comedy is about to take place. Ushered toward the back of th... Read more »| 15 Dec 2014 -
Spotlight
The Skinny's Christmas Crackers
We’ve got industrial-strength puns, rock-solid punchlines and grincredible (watch out) jokes for when your supermarket crackers fail Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
SpotlightSpotlight: Will Setchell
Presenting: the first of our Spotlighters to take on a gibbon Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: November 2014 Horoscopes
ARIESIn November you are accepted as an astronaut on Mars One, a privately-underfunded one-way suicide mission to slam the first three ghosts into the surfac... Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Opinion
No LOLs Barred: Wrestlers Can Be Funny Too!
From their larger-than-life personas to ridiculous stunts, wrestlers make surprisingly good comedians. As William Regal tours his standup show, host Chris Brooker picks his three fave funny fighters Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Spotlight
Spotlight: Jamali Maddix
Just because you've been booed offstage at a gig with your mum in the audience doesn't mean you can't win this year's Student Comedy Award Read more »| 07 Nov 2014
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InterviewsNoel Fielding on his stand-up return
It's ten years since Noel Fielding's androgynous elf Vince Noir first baffled our screens in cult TV hitThe Mighty Boosh. He speaks to us about getting back to stand-up, and why he's quite happy to be the eccentric old guy kids point at in the street Read more »| 05 Nov 2014 -
Interviews
Chris Morris retrospective set for BBC Radio 4 Extra
The BBC are to broadcast a three-hour tribute programme devoted to the radio work of satirist and director Chris Morris. 'Raw Meat Radio' will look back at ... Read more »| 13 Oct 2014 -
Spotlight
Spotlight: Danny Sutcliffe
Follow the yellow brick road with this Twitter-quipping, elephant-fighting comic Read more »| 06 Oct 2014 -
InterviewsDon't Talk to Me About... The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society
To be found infrequently in the back rooms of pubs, The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society’s boundary-pushing variety act pays homage to a time gone by - but updates it with an indefinable weirdness Read more »| 02 Oct 2014 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: October 2014 Horoscopes
ARIESWith a sense of inevitable resignation you realise you’ve been using your flatmate’s bumhole toothbrush for the past week. Still, if you wil... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Videos
Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 9
Episode 9 of Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade is a special dedicated to cherub-faced comic Daniel Sloss. As well as Daniel, co-host Damo Clark and be... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Spotlight
Spotlight: Adam Rowe
This plucky young Liverpool comedian (of the year! In 2011) is happiest when playing to a crowd of baying hyenas and friendly ghosts Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
The Wit Parade: Liverpool Comedy Festival
Do you like to laugh out of your face? This year's Liverpool Comedy Festival presents up-and-coming names fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe alongside established stars on a bill with something for everyone, but particularly those keen to spot new talent Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: September 2014 Horoscopes
ARIESAfter tasting your sperm the witch doctor concedes that you probably have a low sperm count. His prescription is to sleep with a decorative pejazzle of ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014