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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InterviewsCassetteboy: Last Night a VJ Saved My Life
Viral mash-up pranksters Cassetteboy explain how they pull off the difficult concept of a 'comedy disco' when they're not watching endless footage of Jamie Oliver Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
GuideThe Colour Ham @ The Stand, Glasgow
As The Colour Ham embark on the first night of their prestigious residency at The Stand, Glasgow, we send Cat Cochrane to investigate... Read more »| 27 Jan 2014 -
Guide
Mike Wozniak: Take the Hit @ The Lowry, Salford, 19 Jan
Balancing on the age-old comedy trope of ‘take my mother-in-law’, Mike Wozniak’s Take the Hit is borne of his wife’s parents mov... Read more »| 21 Jan 2014 -
GuideTrevor Noah: The Racist @ The Lowry, Salford, 11 January
In another person’s hands the story of a mixed-race child growing up in apartheid-era South Africa could have been a tear-jerking, maudlin sl... Read more »| 20 Jan 2014 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: January 2014 Horoscopes
ARIES This month you invent an ingenious solar powered bulldozer for decimating the Amazon rainforest in a carbon-neutral manner. TAURUS Though you can some... Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
George Cottier: The Best Comedian
Through poking fun and provocation, Birkenhead's George Cottier insists that there's a difference between 'comedy' and 'funny' Read more »| 07 Jan 2014
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Spotlight
Spotlight: 2014, a Comedy Odyssey
Comedians and promoters in Liverpool and Manchester reveal their hopes for the regional scene in the New Year Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
The Skinny 100: Look Back in Laughter
We visit three of Scotland's comedy greats, to see how far they've come since issue 1 Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
InterviewsThe Colour Ham: Seriously Silly
The Colour Ham tell us about reinventing the sketch show, and their new residency at The Stand Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
Guide
Jason Manford: First World Problems @ Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, 6 Dec
Naming a show after a hashtag is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it can make you seem ‘on trend’ and ‘down with the kids’; on t... Read more »| 09 Dec 2013 -
OpinionTimecop: The Nativity
Time Cop Spurt Maximum fondly reminisces about travelling back to 0 A.D. to save the baby Jesus and punch Joseph in the balls Read more »| 09 Dec 2013 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: December 2013 Horoscopes
ARIES With your guts heaving you scour the streets this Christmas for somewhere to use the loo only to be told there is “no room at the inn” time... Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
Opinion
Esoteric Christmas Gift Guide 2013
I’m joined by my colleague Dr. Darren Icke for the return of our Esoteric Xmas Product Guide, this year brought to you by our colossal friends at OMNICORP®, who are about to release a new anti-ageing cream we’ve been literally wetting the bed about Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
Spotlight
Spotlight: Jayne Edwards
Stand-up and bodybuilder Jayne Edwards talks to us about performing in spite of anxiety, and enjoying a good cry-hug with strangers during other comics’ shows Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
Interviews
What Offends Frankie Boyle?
The cantankerous old bastard on retiring, satanic sex murders and James Arthur Read more »| 04 Dec 2013