" Northern soul Paul Tonkinson
Opens Thu 24 Jul
Once upon a time there was a hardy band of comedians who didn‘t ‘do‘ Jongleurs. It was beneath their artistic sensibility to play a venue where tried- and-tested material triumphed over the alternative and innovative. But the reputation of the Glasgow branch, which opened in January 2001, has gone some way towards chipping away that tired association. Receptive audiences in growing numbers — aided by a strong contingent of
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local comedians (step forward Stu Who?, Craig Hill, Frankie Boyle and Reverend Obadiah) - have made the venue not half bad. It attracts an entirely different audience to the Stand. so there can be no worries over the new Jongleurs’ proximity to the heart of Scottish comedy at York Place.
The opening weekend of the Edinburgh site is a good indicator of things to come: there's the hyperactive nonsensity of Adam Bloom, the gurning Yorkshire mirth of Paul Tonkinson and the wicked charm of Stephen K Amos. With 100 and 300 seater venues. Jongleurs has a full-to-bursting festival programme. It includes Keith Carter’s Scouse character ‘Nige’. Steve Furst (aka Lenny Beige) and the streetwise bite of Rudi Lickwood. Late night laughs have become a festival mainstay and headliners for the 10pm slot will be of the Adam Hills. Andy Parsons and Gina Yashere breed.
Air-conditioned and boasting swankier surrounds than those oft found in comedy circles. Jongleurs is ripe to make its mark in Edinburgh. No sweat.
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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to comedy©list.co.uk, by post or by fax on 0131 557 8500. Listings are compiled by Maureen Ellis.
Glasgow
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Edinburgh
The Stand 'l‘lic Sldiid. 5 York Place. 55.\‘ "3'3. ‘lpin. t5 iiJi. "I‘lic .il\\.i}\-;iiiii.ililt' .loc llt‘t‘lltlll In} x on ilic t‘illlllt‘ charm. \\ itli .i liltlc liclp l'roin l.in \lncl’hcrxon. llic man of limit) \oiccx Sdi. .iiid liml |)onn.i Kincliun.
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Glasgow
The WhY Front (il;i\g_-o\\ l‘iliii ‘l'lictitrc. 12 Row Sli'cct. 332 SIN. (ipiii. l'l‘t't‘. l‘tll llt‘kt‘lt‘tl. BBC Radio St‘tlllillltl.\ coincd} ol' \L‘\ll;ll [)Ullllt‘\ l'L'llll'll\ \\ Illl Jttlic (‘ooinliu lilgiiiic Mt‘Kt‘ii/ic lilli~ illltl Siiiioii (“.trl} lo.
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Edinburgh
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Tuesday 22
Edinburgh
Geordie Giggle lllt' blind. i \oik l’|.it't'. 55K "3‘: ‘lpiii :5 it ii \ \.lllt'l_\ ol t'oiiicdidiix lioiii llit' iinilt'd \l.ilc ol (it'oidit'ldnd gut-xi .it llll\ iioilli ol l ll;‘l.lllil \pt‘t'idl .loiii Hill‘lt) l)lk'\\t'l. \lt'\k' l)i'.i)ltiii .iiid \\.iiit-ii \pccd loi litpt-idt’tiw
Wednesday 23
Glasgow
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Thursday 24
Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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fortune read by a policeman.
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Fortune smiles from the long paw of the law
nd0ubledly, without a shadow of a doubt in my mind. it is a great stOry to leap off the Barrowland stage at the Queens of the Stone Age gig and have the crowd open up like a mini mad Moses moment and to land on the floor with such force that the guy doing the lighting at the back heard me. And sure enough. having a tandem that was leaning on a van I was sitting in whispered away by two pre-teens, then found again from a note in a
bike shop saying: 'Tandem Abandoned is funny too . . . but the story I really want to tell you about was getting my
At the airpon on the way back from Glastonbury Fair at Pilton. I have an extra hour to kill and maim and decide to let the customs guys find the pipe and wee bits of vegetable matter. They do and the police are called and a lovely man who is retiring next year takes my prints and says he will try to process my caution quickly so that I do not miss my flight. He takes fingerprints and then a full palm print and then I am looking at it and he looks too and starts to give me a reading. Now the police often control y0ur immediate future so I laugh. loving this. Then he tells me i will have a life threatening illness when i am 60 . . . and i will get through it. I ride the tandem with bruised ribs and am given a new pipe by billy@'$moking-papers', so all's well that is well. Next fortnight: handouffed in Dublin with the son of the minister of justice . . .