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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GuideWil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham, 9 Mar, Brel
There is a fine line between comedy and therapy. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuideStewart Francis: 148 People Can't Be Wrong - 7 Mar, Blackfriars Basement
Francis cuts a laid back figure on stage and his amiable Canadian drawl only accentuates the tongue digging into his cheek. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Simon Munnery - 19 Mar, The Stand
Munnery is a pleasure to watch in any guise Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuideRichard Herring: Oh Fuck I'm 40 - 9 Mar, Tron Theatre
He's now middle aged and this gives him license to be as grumpy as possible. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuidePhil Nichol: Hiro Worship - Wed 12 Mar, The Glasgow Stand
With a voice like sandpaper and a crazed, frenetic, stage-pacing energy, Nichols has the crowd all wired up. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Lemoncustard Comedy Club - 16-23 Mar, Brel
Lemoncustard is a demented child's miscellany of comedy fun, and a good time for it. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Kevin Bridges Chews Life - Wednesday 19 March, The Stand
His conversational style only serves to make his increasingly controversial punch lines more devastating. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Keara Murphy: Little Love Affairs: Behind Bars! - 13 Mar, Brel
This character comedy about love and life is more maudlin than mirthful. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Johnson and Boswell: Late but Live - Wednesday 19 March, Tron Theatre
The two deliver the terrifically odd and hilariously unhinged script like a pair of quarrelling old biddies Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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John Shuttleworth: With My Condiments - 13 March, Tron Theatre
We don't like to use the expression 'living legend' lightly but it seems fitting to apply it to this Yamaha-brandishing Northerner Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Janey Godley: Tell it Like it is - 6 Mar, The Garage
When a comedian is introduced to the audience by John Smeaton, you know she's going to kick comedy's balls. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Fat Tongue - 10 March, The Glasgow Stand
A mouthful of farcical and funny sketches with an array of inventive characters. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuideDes Clark: Final Destiny - 9 March, The Garage
Always a crowd pleaser. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Jason John Whitehead - March 20, The Universal
Whitehead's informal, almost friendly delivery masks the subtlety and thoughtfulness of his material. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Opinion
Stars - April 2008
AriesThis is your time to shine my Aryan brother. Throw the baby out with the bathwater and the bird out of the bush and the jobbie into the van and drive. A... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008