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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InterviewsTen Years of the Glasgow Stand
The Stand in Glasgow is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Co-founder Tommy Sheppard talks fair play and comedic integrity. Read more »| 03 Apr 2010 -
FestivalsHow Do I Get Up There?: Avant Garde
As audience members take to their seats for How Do I Get Up There?'s inaccurately titled Avant Garde show, they are treated to pre-recorded video footage of ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010 -
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John Gavin: A-Z of Parenting
Standing in a sold-out, bustling Glaswegian pub, listening to the parenting alphabet according to tormented father of three John Gavin, it is easy to see why... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
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Dave Gorman's Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up Tour
Unusually for a Dave Gorman show the Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up tour has no particular theme – even the cycling aspect is dispensed with... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
FestivalsDavid Heffron: Don't Think Because I Understand, I Care
‘Random bullshit’ (his own words) proved to be quite an accurate synopsis of David Heffron's Glasgow show. After a late start and disappointing w... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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Bratchy: Fear, Loathing and Lost Wages
Tonight’s offering from Glaswegian Bratchy was a joyous outing for the entire family; well the Bratchpiece family anyway. Introduced by his Dad Mark, a... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010
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Sean Lock: Lockipedia
In 1993 David Baddiel and Rob Newman made history when they became the first comedy act to play Wembley. However, technically, the actual first act to perfor... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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The Tony Law Show
It's immediately apparent from Tony Law's loosely structured hour long set that he's a performer of entirely left-field sensibilities. Though he frequently s... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
FestivalsLaura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup
Solon’s 2010 show Rabbit Faced Story Soup is an exhaustively inventive one-woman play set in a publishing house. She breaks and rebuilds the fourth wal... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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David Kay Gets Dynamic
Self-proclaimed ‘fireball’ David Kay meekly witters on in the conversational style of an old lady for just over an hour. Dynamic it certainly is ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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Pappy's: Pappy's' World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour
Pappy's current tour finds the if.comedy-nominated sketch troupe performing a reconfigured version of last year's Edinburgh Fringe show; the four man Fun Clu... Read more »| 22 Mar 2010 -
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In profile: Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp is a bit of a polymath, with a sizable CV of television and radio appearances as a stand up, an actor and part of sketch team The Lost and Lonely ... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
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Alex Horne: Wordwatching
Having once written to the Oxford English dictionary to remark on the absence of the word 'karmically', I was very much looking forward to Alex Horne's tales... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
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Brendon Burns: 2010 AD
These days, Brendon Burns is known as one of the most established performers on the UK circuit – and he isn't afraid to acknowledge it. Since his Perri... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
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Keir McAllister: Inadequate
Strutting out onto the stage sporting glasses, converse trainers and a casual suit, Keir McAllister could be mistaken for a university lecturer. For his firs... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010