Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to comedyGlistcomk. Listings are compiled by Rachael Street.
Thursday 18
Glasgow
The Big Bluu Comedy Gong Show Bluu. 50 Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 8.30pm. Free. Scott Agnew comperes this audience-led show in which a £100 cash prize is given to the favourite performer. Frankie's Pick of the Fringe The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £7 (£6). Londoner Kerry Godliman and Josh Howie escape the Fringe to join the ever- perceptive Mr Boyle.
Glasgow
Watson’s Wind-up Glasgow Film Theatre. 12 Rose Street. 332 8128. lprn. Free but ticketed. Topical comedy fun at the recording of BBC Scotland‘s popular sketch show starting Jonathan Watson.
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. UGC Building. Renfrew Street. 08707 870707. 8pm. £12. Raymond Meams joins comedy forces with Karl Spain. cheeky chap David Hadingham and smooth mover Tony Woods.
Frankie’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £9 (£8). Frankie Boyle welcomes red hot comic Jo Caulfreld. Greg McHugh and David Baddiel lookalike John Oliver.
Saturday 20 Tuesday 23
Glasgow
Biacktriars Comedy Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8pm. £6 (£5). Charlie Ross joins three guests from the Fringe for more laughs at the hands of MC Alan Anderson.
Jongleurs Comedy Club .Iongleurs. UGC Building. Renfrew Street. 08707 870707. 8pm. £13. See Fri 19.
Comedy Cafe The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 2159. 9pm. £5 (£4). Gerry Grant headlines at this weekend laughter spot. aided and abetted by Chris Broomfleld and the Improbable Comedy Players. ()pen spots also available. Frankie’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. ()870 600 6055. 9pm. £10 (£8). Daniel Packard teams up with comedy pedant Will Smith and surrealist Andy Zaltzman for more
Fringe laughs with Mr Boyle.
Glasgow Michael Bedmond’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road.
08706006055. 9pm. £5 (£I—£4). Michael
Redmond invites some select Fringe pickings to the stage. including the statuesque Reginald D Hunter. cutting comic Natalie Haynes and Andrew Stanley.
Sunday ComedyGLinen 1908 Linen
1906. I l 10 Pollokshaws Road. 649 0007.
1 9pm. £5. High flyer Parrot joins comedy ; forces with Kirsty Moss. magical Stephen Dick and MC Raymond Meams.
; Glasgow
Fringe Special: The Road to
Boothby Grafloe The Stand. 333 i Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £7 . (£6). Whimsical. musical funny man
brings his Fringe offerings to the west
coast.
Glasgow Red Raw The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. ()870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1 ).
Chris Henry introduces more fresh comedy faces with support from Die
C Iatterschenkentietermaus.
3 Wednesday 24
3 Glasgow
The Why Front CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 7pm. Free. BBC Radio Scotland‘s sketch show retums for more live recordings. with its regular cast of two girls — plus a couple of token blokes — taking you on a rollercoaster of sexual politics.
The Best of Celtic Comedy The
Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. ()870 600 6055. 9pm. £6. Jane Mackay welcomes a
bevy of clowning Celtic types. including nifty Irishman ()wen ()‘Neill. motormouth Des Clarke and [Eddie Bannon.
Glasgow
The Big Bluu Comedy Gong Show Bluu. 50 Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 8.30pm. Free. See Thu 18. Frankie’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £7 (£6). West country lad
' James Dowdeswell and big man
Brendan Dempsey stand up in the company of accomplished host Frankie Boyle.
Theatre
Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Listings are compiled by Rachael Street.
I KING’S THEATRE
297 Bath Street. 240 II I 1. III. WC. “Al The 39 Steps L'ntil Sat 20 Aug. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £10—£19. John Buchan’s classic whodunnit is performed using only four actors to portray the story of Richard Hannay. on the run from the police after a young woman is murdered in his home.
I PAVILION THEATRE
121 ReaneId Street. 332 1846. III. WC. WA]
Bender in Benidorm l’ntil Sat 27 Aug. Wed Sat 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £10—£14. A bawdy comedy by Russel Lane about two (ilasgow factory girls who head to Spain in search of sun. sea. and plenty of sangria.
I THEATRE ROYAL
282 Hope Street. 332 9000. III. WC. \VAI
Jungle Book Tue 23 Sat 27 Aug. See Kids listings.
I TRON THEATRE
63 Trongate. 552 4267.
I’m a Fool to Want You Tue 23 Thu 25 Aug. 8pm (Wed Thu mat 1pm). £4—£9 (£5). Told by an Idiot return with their sell-out play based on the life of French cult novelist Boris Vian. bounding through the themes of deception. revenge and living for the moment.
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