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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Opinion25 Years of Reeves and Mortimer: an appreciation
As comedy titans Reeves and Mortimer head out on their 25th anniversary tour, our Comedy editor considers Vic and Bob's inestimable influence on those who came after them, how Shooting Stars shook up TV and why this nostalgia trip is one we should take Read more »| 21 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
Joe Gardner on Glasgow's new Teenage Comedy Night
Class Clown winner Joe Gardner talks about a new Glasgow comedy night he's starting with Donna Campbell, founder of Cafe GRO. Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
Isy Suttie on The Actual One
Ahead of the release of her book, and an appearance at Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Isy Suttie chats about trying to live in the moment when the moment is quickly passing by. Read more »| 18 Jan 2016 -
OpinionCrystal Baws: January 2016 Horoscopes
ARIESFor weeks you’ve complained to your partner of feelings of love, involuntary singing, clapping and speaking in tongues. In your hysteria you even ... Read more »| 14 Jan 2016 -
Guide
Glasgow Comedy Festival unveils 2016 programme
Comedy will take over Scotland's largest city for the 14th annual Glasgow International Comedy Festival this March, and the full programme has now been annou... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Opinion
Comedy and spoken word: Clowns at the poetry slam
There's an increasing overlap between comedy and spoken word nights – we speak to some of the scene's key players across the Northwest to help us investigate Read more »| 12 Jan 2016
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InterviewsNew Year, New Comedians
We talk to Alex Boardman, one of Manchester's finest promoters, and the man responsible for giving pretty much every comedian in our Spotlight section their break Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
Spotlight
Pedro Leandro: Comedy Spotlight
As Master of Ceremonies at Grassroots Comedy, Pedro Leandro oversees the latest Edinburgh comedians coming through the ranks. Naturally, we spoke about drunk calling, bank heists and the comedian he fears the most. Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
The Sound of Satire: Andy Zaltzman interview
For a man who takes on the world via a podcast called The Bugle, Andy Zaltzman is surprisingly modest about tooting his own horn. Read more »| 06 Jan 2016 -
Guide
Altitude Festival: Stand-up snowballs in Austria
With the Altitude Festival turning 10, co-founder Andrew Maxwell tells us of its secret Edinburgh origins, how the ski slopes call for the same mindset that's needed onstage, and the kind of audiences that know how to come in from the cold. Read more »| 05 Jan 2016 -
Opinion
Christmas Comedy Gift Guide: Stocking filler ideas
Short on stocking filler ideas? Why not heed the advice of our Comedy team, who have trawled the depths of the web to bring you Christmas gift suggestions for the booze hounds, fragrance lovers and pheromonally challenged in your life Read more »| 16 Dec 2015 -
Guide
A Very Murray Christmas
Though there is much festive warmth about A Very Murray Christmas, it adds up to less than the sum of its parts. Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
SpotlightTayo Cousins: Comedy Spotlight
The bright new standup talent explains the importance of warming up a crowd before dropping some swears. Conversely, a Morgan Freeman impression always goes down well Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Guide
Christmas Lectures return to The Stand
Andrew Learmonth talks to The Skinny ahead of The Christmas Lectures comedy gigs taking place at The Stand. Read more »| 03 Dec 2015 -
Opinion
Danny Sutcliffe's Advent(ure) Calendar
Last Christmas we asked some of our favourite comedians to submit festive gags. Danny Sutcliffe submitted approximately 1000 jokes and proved himself the most Christmassy standup out there. Here's his stab at an advent calendar. We have no idea either. Read more »| 02 Dec 2015