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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FestivalsJames Loveridge and Other Losers
Tucked away downstairs in Jekyll and Hyde's, away from the flyer-saturated Old Town, it is easy to miss what may be two of the funniest young comedians I've ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
FestivalsApocalypse Later?
The ten-man strong Apocalypse Later looks a lot like what your lads-on-tour might look like if they forgot about the trip to Xante one summer and formed... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
FestivalsThom Tuck: Straight To DVD
He's posh, he prances, he's got a floppy fringe. There's a horrible moment when you think you have accidentally wandered into a McIntyre gig. Relax though, t... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Stephen Carlin – Guilty Bystander
Most of us at some point like to romanticise the rebel who breaks through the shackles of society. Stephen Carlin is known primarily, according to the introd... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
FestivalsRandy Is Sober
Heath McIvor's greatest creation works because he's so simple. A muppet-like puppet with a normal voice, Randy allows McIvor to talk openly to the audience w... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Phil Nichol – The Simple Hour
In a recent Skinny feature, Phil Nichol spoke of a need to go back to the simple elements of comedy following Edinburgh shows steeped in complexity and provo... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011
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Robin Ince & Michael Legge – Pointless Anger Righteous Ire 2
Surely I can't be listening to the anodyne pollution of the Lighthouse Family's Lifted on repeat as I take my seat near the front of Stand 5? The fine, phil... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Lloyd Langford: The Cold Hard Facts of Life
One pressing challenge for straight-forward observational comics when major news events filter into the venue is the increased audience expectation of sharp... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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John-Luke Roberts & Nadia Kamil: The Behemoth
Why isn't this show working? It sounds great on paper: the commanding presence of John-Luke Roberts, the effortless clowning of Nadia Kamil, both throwing th... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Josh Howie: I Am A Dick
Howie's vaguely troubled, effortlessly urbane, intensely cerebral stage persona lends itself perfectly to this evening's meditations upon whether or not he i... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Hannibal Buress: The Hannibal Montanabal Experience
30 Rock fans expecting rapid-fire gags might be disappointed by Buress, a laidback, softly-spoken guy whose style is a bit like listening to Stewart Lee free... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Dan Hoy's Stag Do
Dan Hoy's act consists of him delivering an uninterrupted series of convoluted puns and one-liners, leering forward to bask in however many laughs each one e... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Applied Optimism
Alex Marion has a positive take on everything. A big-hearted ex-raver who now teaches disadvantaged teenagers, he offers a refreshing tonic in today’s ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Joanna Neary – Youth Club
Joanna Neary plays every character in this clean-cut account of adolescent life. Set in a 1980s Cornish town, the set provides a solid platform for her quirk... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011 -
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Francesca Martinez – What the **** is Normal?
This perceptive show has serious points to make about the assumptions generated by the media and society concerning 'normality', yet it is never po-faced. It... Read more »| 13 Aug 2011