Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to comedy@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Sian Bevan.

Glasgow

Rhymes with Purple Tron Theatre. ()3 'l‘rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £8. A tundraising show for a prtxluction company. Rhymes with Purple. so the poor lambs can ptit on their show about the Marx Brothers. Starring a bevvy of comedians all performing for the love of the arts.

The Thursday Show The Stand. 333 \Voodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £7 (£6 £3 members). Raymond Mearns comperes (not compares. that would be judgemental and rude) David Kay. Seytnour Mace and Billy Kirkwood. A nice. surreal and high quality line-up.

Edinburgh

Out to Lunch - Live! The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1.05 l.55pm. £2.50. Nip down to The Stand to enjoy entertaintnent designed for your lunchtime. With a homecooked tnenu that changes daily (see website for details) all you have to do is stuff your face and enjoy comedy from the Stand Players. Heresy The Jekyll & llyde. l l2 Hanover Street. 225 2022. 8.30pm. £3. A dark and depraved night of comedy that endeavours to live up to its natne. all hidden away in the basetnent of Jekyll and Hyde. If you're easily offended. there's a fair

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Stewart Lee The 41 st funniest stand-up is at the top of his game. See Profile. The Stand. Glasgow. 30 July.

Comedy Club 4 Kids Will the grown-ups manage to not swear? How will they cope being shown up by the kids? It could get messy. The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 27 July

Fred MacAulay Fred brings his charm and some comedians over to Glasgow. so no-one feels left out over the Fringe. The Stand, Glasgow, 2 Aug.

Comedy @ The State An increasingly formidable line-up at this cosy Glasgow night. attracting acts such as AL Kennedy and Allan Miller. State Bar, Glasgow, Saturdays.

Out to Lunch You‘ll miss it once the Fringe gets here. so enjoy the last days of lunchtime improv before the summer break. The Stand, Edinburgh, Weekdays.

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The Thursday Show The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £7 t£(>--£3 metnbers). Joe lleenan introduces tonight's line-up. which includes Chris McCausland. Derek Johnston and Jamie Anderson. Jamie did a 30 minute gig butt naked about a month ago. I mean. I'm not making promises but . . .

Glasgow

Impmbabble The Brunswick llotel. l0(> 108 Brunswick Street. 552 I552. 8pm. £4 (£3). The lmprobabble players perform a night of improvised laughter. based around audience suggestions. Whose Line is it Anyway." with more (ilasgow.

Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. C(iC Building. 1 l Rentrew Street. 0870 787 0707. 8pm. £12. Another night of Jongleurs larks. with Sean Percival. Colin Cole. Jason-John Whitehead and Daliso Chaponda. Price includes entry to the alter-show cltib. Yeah for dancing and drunken snogs!

The Stand The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 (>055. 8.30pm. £9 (£8~£5 members). Weekend fun with David Kay. Seymour Mace. Billy Kirkwood and Mick Sergeant. Hosted by Raytnond Mearns; just don‘t look any of them in the eye. It angers them.

Edinburgh

Out to Lunch - Live! The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1.05- l.55pm. £2.50. See Thu 1‘).

Chris McCausland and Karen Bayley Laughing llorse (03 Linsays. 15 Brunswick Street. ()131 556 897-1. 7.30pm. Free. A double bill from two of the stars of the Free Festival. Chris opens with his show I’lmtes‘ 'I'runis um] Shame/it! ()rrleuls while Karen explains why The More You l’ee. the less You Cry. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. ()mni Centre. (ireenside Place 0870 787 0707. 8pm. £1 1. (iet in early for a decent seat to see Brendan Riley. Richard Morton. Trevor Crook and the lovely James Dowdeswell. You don't want to be stuck next to someone stnelly. do you'.’ The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £9 t£8~£5 members). Celebrate the weekend and all that it entails with your congenial host. Dame Susan Morrison. She greets another tine selection of comedians: Rob Deering. Chris McCausland. Derek Johnston and Sean Moran.

Glasgow

Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre. 121 Rentield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £1 1 —£13. Hypnotist act from Powers. who has been called ‘the .-\li (i of stage hypnosis‘. The midnight show is strictly adults only.

Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. C(lC Building. 1 l Rentrew Street. 0870 7870707. 8pm. £14. See Fri 20. Comedy @ The State The State Bar. 148 llolland Street. 332 2l5‘). 9pm. £5. [lead down to the State Bar basement and enjoy another night of bargain comedy. this titne with .MC Chris Broomtield. lle introduces Dee Custance. Quentin Reynolds. Teddy and the lovely Keir McAllister.

The Stand The Stand. 33.3 Woodlands Road. 0870 (>00 (3055. 9pm. £12. See Fri 20.

Edinburgh

The Comedy Club 4 Kids The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 llolyrood Road. 0870 ()(i00l00. 3.30~5.3()ptn. £6. Top comedians playing to the toughest crowd: kids. Just to make it harder. young comedians are performing on the same hill. just to show thetn tip. For ages 6+. Chris McCausland and Karen Bayley Laughing Horse (0' 1.insays. 15 Brunswick Street. (1! 3| 556 8974.

STAND—UP STEWART LEE

Love him or hate him - and everyone from fundamentalist Christians to Ben Elton’s mum must have a voodoo doll with a sagging quiff lying about their house - Stewart Lee is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. It might be premature to call him the Godfather of British comedy but that’s a title he seems destined to attain. Or perhaps more accurately, Lee is an ambassador for stand-ups everywhere, whether they be forgotten cults (he appeared with old mucker Richard Herring at Tedstock to raise awareness of and funds for a Ted Chippington Cod release) or aspiring young comics (his pioneering of Josie Long for all those years seems to be paying off). And while his writing is continuing apace (he has a story in the Fall- related collection, Perverted by Language, and joined up with Johnny Vegas for the site-specific stage show Interiors), he is truly at his best in the realm of stand-up. This night is a taster of his Edinburgh Fringe show, 41st Best Stand-Up Ever, named after his placing in Channel 4’s recent poll. Whether this will be an hour of ranting about why the likes of Andrew Dice Clay, Jim Davidson and, oh yes, Ben Elton merited higher places than him, is unknown and probably unlikely. What can be expected with some certainty from this show is an intelligent, bruising heavyweight stand-up performance from one of Britain’s true comic craftsmen. (Brian Donaldson)

I The Stand. Glasgow, Mon 30 Jul.

7.30pm. Free. See Fri 20.

Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. ()mni Centre. (ireenside Place 0870 787 0707. 8pm. £15. See Fri 20.

Cry

Saturday Circus Red. 73 Cowgate. 225 1757. 9pm 3am. I’ree. (iarth Cruikshank (Snatch) will be ringmaster at this new comic take on Saturday clubbing.

The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £12. See Fri 20.

Glasgow

Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. (1870 ()00 6055. 8.30pm. £5 (£4 L'l members). The congenial Michael Redmond returns to his Sunday spot. this week greeting Seymour Mace. Billy

Kirkwood and Scotty Domhnallach on to his comedy pulpit.

Edinburgh

Whose Lunch is it Anyway? The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1pm. l-‘ree. Sunday altemoons are made bearable thanks to this ever-popular weekly offering from The Stand. linjoy two hours of improv. courtesy of (iarry Dobson and Stuart Murphy. with the option of hot food. There's a bar too. it you’re feeling brave . . .

The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4— £1 members). Young Kevin Bridges shows off his cotnpering skills this Sunday evening. with Vladimir .‘ylc'lavish. Antony Murray. Ross Baillie. Martin McAllister and Al. Kennedy. ller name‘s Alison. but Al. sounds cooler.

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