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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GuideTop 5 Female Funnies
I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it Read more »| 04 Jul 2008 -
GuidePortrait of a serial kidder: Jason Rouse
A snap judgement of the comedy sadist. Read more »| 20 May 2008 -
Interviews
Fred MacAulay's getting on
As Fred MacAulay takes his show on the road, Emma Lennox finds he is in a nostalgic mood for his old school days Read more »| 20 May 2008 -
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The World Stands Up Opening Gala - 6 Mar, The Stand
A cowboy, an African American, a German and a Glaswegian walk into a bar... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
GuideWil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham, 9 Mar, Brel
There is a fine line between comedy and therapy. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Stewart 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 -
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Richard 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 -
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Phil 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