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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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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Phil 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 -
FestivalsRhys 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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FestivalsThe 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 -
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Stephen Hill and Jessica Fostekew
As many Fringe stand-up gigs generally range between ill-informed wannabes and undiscovered gems, when Stephen Hill and Jessica Fostekew bound in to deliver ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Simon Munnery's AGM 09
An early joke in Simon Munnery's set ends with the single word punchline, 'hypnosis' – curiously fitting for a comedian who loves to lead his audience ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Lewis Schaffer - Bigger and Blacker
Perhaps opening by listing one’s shortfalls in comparison to more established comedians could have been drily amusing, but then I’m sure Lewis Sc... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Chris Cox: Mind Over Patter
We love Cox. Or so the opportunely named ‘mind reader’ guffaws, along with a sprinkling of double entendres perhaps provided to justify the 18+ r... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009