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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Guide
John Hegley @ The Stand, 12 Jun
What is John Hegley? Poet? Comedian? Rock star? Read more »| 09 Jun 2011 -
Interviews
In Profile: Michael Redmond
He was once described as the "possessor of comedy’s most mournful moustache" and Stewart Lee affectionately called him an "anonymous weirdo", but most people will know Michael Redmond as Father Ted's Father Stone, the most boring priest in the world Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
Interviews
New Comic of the Month: James Kirk
Last year's So You Think You're Funny winner James Kirk tells us where it all started Read more »| 03 Jun 2011 -
Interviews
Funny's Funny - That's What She Said
Comedy takes back its women Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: June Horoscopes
ARIES In June jam jar-spectacled physicists at the LHC discover the elusive graviton and its anti-particle. Don’t shell out for those Nike Airs. In 6 ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Guide
Richard Herring: Christ on a Bike
Christ On A Bike is a resurrection of the show that started Herring’s career as a solo comedian in 2001, and the original run passed off without major ... Read more »| 06 May 2011
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Interviews
Starter for Eleven: Andi Osho
Stand Up For The Week star Andi Osho is coming to Scotland at the end of the month, with gigs at The Stand in Edinburgh and Glasgow. We want to know how much Andi knows about women in comedy over the past 30 years. Our guest quizmaster had forgotten about the regular haggis supper prize and tried to instead entice her with a free pen. It didn’t go well. Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
Interviews
New Act of the Month: Richard Gadd
Richard Gadd tells us about being an anti-comedian Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: May Horoscopes
ARIES It's not you that's a bad loser, it's that everyone else is a bad winner. Will you ever win in the sexual marketplace? The charts say no. The charts a... Read more »| 02 May 2011 -
Interviews
Funny Women: Money Women?
Funny Women instate ‘pay-to-play’ policy, causing outrage in the comedy community Read more »| 21 Apr 2011 -
Guide
Tim Minchin and His Orchestra @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 17 April
Tim Minchin’s opening number is spectacular. There are flashing lights, there’s a full orchestra blasting, and Minchin is singing. But it’s... Read more »| 18 Apr 2011 -
Interviews
Sean Hughes: "Comedy should be emotional"
Around about the time Sean Hughes become the youngest winner of the Perrier award, people started referring to comedy as ‘The new rock’n’roll’. Comedy was bright and snappy and the only artform left with any real integrity Read more »| 15 Apr 2011 -
Festivals
Leith Festival Fundraiser
With Con-Dem budget cuts starting to bite across the country, many arts ventures have found themselves with a fraction of their normal funding. The Leith Fes... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
Guide
Pappy's: All Business @ The Stand, 6 April
Value for money is important in these tough economic times, so it’s kind of Pappy’s to treat us to two shows for the price of one tonight. The fi... Read more »| 08 Apr 2011 -
Interviews
Tim Minchin: Storm in a Trumpet
His debut musical has got a West End transfer, a film of one of his songs is out right now now, and he’s coming to Scotland next week with his epic show Tim Minchin and His Orchestra Tim Minchin’s come a long way for a wee lad from Perth (the other one) Read more »| 08 Apr 2011