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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OpinionScottish Comedy Awards: Taking Comedy Seriously?
The first annual Scottish Comedy Awards were held in an unassuming space in the basement of the Blythswood Hotel on Monday 31 March in Glasgow. Who knew? Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Spotlight
Comedy Spotlight: Rachel Fairburn
This month's unflinching glare lands on Rachel Fairburn. A census taker once tried to test her. It didn't end well... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
SpotlightComedy Spotlight: Liam Bolton
Meet a comedian who knows what he hates Read more »| 17 Apr 2014 -
Guide
Sketchole @ The Lowry, 6 Apr
Sketchole sets its stall out pretty early on when Gein’s Family Giftshop’s Ed Easton faced the audience sans clothes in a great sketch about sket... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
GuideRichard Herring: We’re All Going to Die! @ The Lowry, 28 Mar
Running on stage grinning like a mad man and screaming, “We’re all going to die,” Richard Herring announces the title of his new show about... Read more »| 08 Apr 2014 -
Opinion
Opinion: Men Aren't Funny
... said no one. Ever. Read more »| 07 Apr 2014
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OpinionOpinion: In Defence of BBC Three
Comedian Liam Pickford takes a look at the lost legacy of the Beeb's brief dance with the next generation, and dreams of what might have been Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: April 2014 Horoscopes
ARIES In April the BBC commission a pilot of your ultra-realistic soap opera, where all the characters do is talk about all the soap operas they watched on T... Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
Opinion
Ask Fred: Money
Whatever your financial status, Fred Fletch is here to help – unless you haven't seen Roadhouse, in which case, you're officially screwed Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Guide
Brothers and Sisters, It's the Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III
“He’s a wrong ‘un, isn’t he?” a worryingly drunk punter gleefully imparts into my ear as we’re treated to a clunky rendit... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
GuideCarl Donnelly, Now That's What I Carl Donnelly Vol. 5 @ The Lowry, 16 Mar
It’s surprising how much time a man can spend discussing his own bowel movements without sounding crass and puerile, but Carl Donnelly’s show mak... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Interviews
Can We Be Frank? Searching for Frank Sidebottom
As Jon Ronson heads out on the road this month paying tribute to Frank Sidebottom, he and friends of Sidebottom's creator Chris Sievey reflect on the life and times of a performer whose alter-ego took on a life of his own Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
Festivals
Glasgow International Comedy Festival: Hurricane LOLbag
Over the last decade, Glasgow International Comedy Festival has established itself as the host of the single highest concentration of laughs on the west coast per annum. We take a look at what this year's programme has in store Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
Opinion
Ask Fred: Independence
Our resident empathetic heavyweight helps shed some light on some tricky political quandaries Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
Guide
Real Life with Ben Kewin @ Gorilla, Manchester, 6 Mar
Playing the kind of overblown, hyper-confident (all be it severely misplaced) pompous buffoons you would associate with American character comics like Will F... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014