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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FestivalsJason Byrne: The Byrne Supremacy
There is a row of seven children, all under ten, sitting in the third row. Byrne clocks them straight away. ‘Too late now!’ he cries. ‘We&r... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Janeane Garofalo
There is, unfortunately for the glib reviewer, no-one to compare Garofalo too. There’s people in there, for sure – possibly one too many for her ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Rhod Gilbert
I want to like Rhod Gilbert. I really do. He seems like, well, a really nice guy. There’s no doubt he’s original, that he throws every ounce of e... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Daniel Sloss - Teenage Kicks Comedy Review
When Daniel Sloss wanders onstage all smooth-faced and lank-haired, it’s hard to envisage the elfin lad having anything of the comic clout needed to im... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
GuideI like my comedy...to be something a bit new: Universal Comedy
Universal Comedy was set up in 2004 to use comedy to help people with health difficulties - both physical and mental. They teach comedy skills at training c... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
FestivalsShappi Khorsandi: The Distracted Activist
Shappi Khorsandi comes out bright and cheery, beaming with joy and immediately begins chatting up the front row. She has an easy, charming stage presence whi... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009
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FestivalsPhil Kay - Oh Edinburgh by Becca Pottinger
Phil Kay loves Edinburgh. A lot. Touting two solo shows at this year’s Fringe; one about Auld Reekie and one about London, it’s a pretty safe ass... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
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Rhys Darby: It's Rhys Darby Night
There’s a palpable air of dismay amongst the audience when Rhys Darby announces the end of his gig, testimony to the joy-inducing powers of the comic&r... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
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I like my comedy...veteran Fringe: Teddy
We wanted to put Teddy in the ‘bitter’ category but somehow couldn’t find anyone else to match up to his levels. He tells us he ‘hate... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The School for Scandal
Comedians: just wind them up and let them go. Give them a restoration comedy and a dress-up box of wigs, bustles and stripy breeches and you’ve got you... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The Oxford Imps
The swathes of spotty students that run up and down the Royal Mile claiming to be this year’s most original improv group really make you wonder if anyo... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Mike Wozniak: Clown Shoes
Józef Wozniak is 60 years of age. Seemingly inconsequential, but in the hands of Portsmouthian comic Mike Wozniak, it appears logical that his sexagen... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The Birds and The Bees
Take a situation everyone has had to face and then squeeze every last drop of brilliantly excruciating awkwardness from it. This is what Mark Butler achieves... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Nick Mohammed in Apollo 21
It’s been forty years since man first walked on the moon, surely the glossiest emblem of human achievement to date. Over that time the journey made by ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Stephen Carlin Blows The Lid Off The Whole Filthy Business
Stephen Carlin's Big Thing is that he is apparently one of Stewart Lee's all-time top ten stand-up comedians, a fact that brings with it the surprising impli... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009