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Thursday 18
Glasgow
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. l'(i(' Building. ll Renlrew Street. 0370 787 0707, 8pm. £8. Jojo Smith. James Dowdesw ell. Mark Walker and Johnny ('attdon take to the stage and hray e the hraying erowds.
The Thursday Show The Stand. 3 3 3 Woodlands Road. 08706006055. 8.30pm. £7 (£6 £3 tttetiihersl. Well done. you brave little sausage. you've almost tnade it to liriday Reward yoursell with a night of comedy eourtesy of Dave Johns. Ben Hurley. Bruee l'iiiiiittt'} and M(' Bruee Devlin.
Tight Arse Thursdays (‘apitoL 468 Sauehiehall Street. 33l I040. 9pm. £4 (£2). The weekly night from Ha Ha Comedy. with M(' Seotl Agnew leading the Tight Arse brigade tti all senses ol‘ the phrase. Keir MeAllister. Martin MeAllister ltio relation) and Teddy join in the tun.
Jim Tavare When can a bald guy with a double bass ever be funny? When he's Jim Tavare. that's when. The Stand, Edinburgh, Tue 23 Oct; the Stand, Glasgow, Wed 24 Oct.
Brendon Burns This year's if.comeddie victor laps it up with a sort-of. though not-really greatest hits tour. See preview. Maggie May's. Glasgow, Fri’ 79 Oct.
Jim Jeflries This issue‘s other bombastic Aussie returns after a tremendous Fringe run in which no one got on stage to try and take a swing. Jong/eurs. Edinburgh, Fri 79 <3 Sat 20 Oct.
Russell Howard The housewives favourite drops our way as part of his Adventures tour with more quickfire tomfoolery. See feature. page 12. The Stand. Glasgow, Mon 29 Oct.
Martha McBrier Another Fringe favourite swings by with more comic tales which may or may not discuss heckling. Depending on how many she gets. suppose. The Stand. Glasgow, Thu 7 Nov.
Edinburgh
lmprobabble The ()ttlhottse. l2a Broughton Street Lane. 55" 6668. 8pm. £4 i£3 i. The lmprohahhle erew deseend upon its with their H'Iiuw /.Hl(' anttes Heresy 'lhe Jekyll A; Hyde. 1 l2 Hanover Street. 225 2022. 8.30pm. £3. Mark Nelson performs at one of. the few nights that weleomes his siekest material and screams out for more.
The Thursday Show The Stand. 5 York l’laee. 558 7272. “pm. £7 i£o £3 ttieitihersi. Mr Joe lleenan is your esteemed M(’ for the evening. with a huneh ol terribly tunny ehaps' l’aul Sinha. Teddy attd Mall Hollitts.
Glasgow
Brendon Burns Maggie May ‘s. 50 Trongate. Merehant ('it). 548 I350. 8pm. 10pm. £ H). The lliitSIL‘rllll Burns. still deservedly surfing the honour of the illeotttttiedie award. pops by (ilasgow as Part of his I'm/er lat/muted tour for two shows. See panel. Ha Ha Castlemilk New ()tlsls. 4| Dougrie Drive. (‘astlemilk. 8pm. £5. Stu Who" and Mark Nelson are the ‘iesters in the court ol' M(‘ Alan .»\nderson. lmprobabble The Brunswiek Hotel. l06 108 Brunswiek Street. 552 I552. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Thu l8. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jonglettt's. l'(i(‘ Building. 1 l Reitlrew Street. 0870 7870707. 8pm. £12. See Thtt 18. The Stand The Stand. 33.3 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £9 t£8 £5 members). M(‘ Brttee Devlin introduces Dave Johns. Ben Hurley and Bruce l5ummey in this lovely weekend hill.
Edinburgh
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. ()mni ('entre. (ireenside Place. 08707 870707. 8.l5pm. £1 1. Jim Jet't'ries comes to Jongleurs: he's worth the entry fee alone. but you also get Ronnie lidwards. Josh Howie and Harvey ()liver. The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £3) i£8 £5 members). M(‘ Joe lleenan gallantly eontrols things as Paul Sinha. Teddy and Matt Hollins do their best to make you laugh. (iet there early and sample some delicious homemade food.
Saturday 20
Glasgow
Bumper Value Comedy Maggie May‘s. 50 Trongate. Merchant (‘ity. 548 1350. 8pm. £8 t£6). M(' Alan Anderson is driving the eomedy along this evening. with Scott Agnew. Mark Nelson and the masterful Stu Who'.’
Jongleurs Comedy Club .longleurs. UGC‘ Building. l l Rent'rew Street. 0870 787 0707. 8pm. £l5. See Thu l8.
The Stand The Stand. 333 \Voodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £l2. See l‘ri It).
Edinburgh The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £l2. The same line-up as yesterday but with Sttsan Morrison as the eompere.
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. ()mni ('entre. (ireenstde Place. 08707 870707. 8.l5pm. £l-l. See Fri 19.
Glas ow Tina The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road.
0870 600 6055. 7.30pm. £l0. The fabulous Tina (‘ parodies the eountry music of the Deep South in [Him (an 'I [.T\‘(’ Hit/tout .llt’. ll'lty lli’rt'n 't You Dead ll'ltt'n Tim Me! My."
STAND-UP BRENDON BURNS Maggie May’s, Glasgow, Fri 19 Oct
When Brendon Burns was nine years old, he decided that a career in stand-up comedy was the road he wanted to travel down. While in Texas with his family, he was snuck into a comedy club through its kitchen and watched as one Flip Wilson arrived on stage. ‘He was a black American comic, a very heavy influence on Richard Pryor,’ recalls Burns breathlessly. ‘80, black guy, Texas, 1980, with white guys in Stetsons everywhere. Flip’s opening line to the bandleader was: “if your daddy knew that you worked for a nigger, it’d kill him.” And the whole place was stunned silent because they didn’t know who was the target. They finally realised that the butt of the joke was their prejudice and they then laughed so hard. I remember just being caught in that hang time and thinking that I wanted to do that with my life.’
This August, Australia-born, London-based comic Burns provided Fringe audiences with their Flip Wilson moment during his if.comeddie winning show, So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now? It’s a moment that needs to be kept as much under wraps as possible with Burns continuing to perform his award-winning set over the next year, but for now he’s popping this way for two shows in one night as part of his Under Educated European tour.
Having ploughed away as one of the country’s most consistently brash, edgy and thought-provoking stand-ups with shows such as All My Love, All My Rage and Not for Everyone, Burns reaped the rewards of all his toil, with a collective thumbs-up from the Eddies judges. This, though, brings its own pressures. ‘I feel it but in a good way,’ he concedes. ‘If you’re someone who believes that everything in life happens for a reason, I would certainly feel that now. In the past I thought I was owed so much and was embittered about it and I could have turned into a complete arsehole and possibly destroyed myself. But now I’m in the right state of mind, and generally across the board in the industry, people seem genuinely happy for me.’ (Brian Donaldson)
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