Comedy

Dance, Monkey Boy, Dance The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £4. Raymond Mearns, Allen Chalmers and Paul Pirie present more stand-up, sketches and improvised fun. Edinburgh Fit O’ The Giggles Absolute Beginners The Mercat, 28 West Maitland Street, 225 3861. 8.30pm. £2. Open up your advent calendar then pop down to the Mercat, where Keara Murphy will be ushering a concoction of new talent on stage before the fabulous Billy Kirkwood swishes on to headline. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. Start the month with the sparkle of a cheap comedy night filled with a combination of delusion and talent. The professionals on hand this week are JoJo Sutherland and Gus Tawse.

Tuesday 2

Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Mon 1. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1 members). Scott Agnew and Chris Forbes are the captains on tonight’s ship of dreams, packed to the gunnels with new comedy talent ready to sail into the dangerous waters of stand-up comedy. Showcase Gig Maggie May’s, Argyll Street. 8pm. £3. A fabulous showcase event of the latest talent to emerge from the University of Strathclyde course, with MC JoJo Sutherland. Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. Al Pitcher, Tommy Campbell, Dave Williams and Junior Simpson entertain office parties aplenty in this week-long extravaganza of fine comedy talent. Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Host Susan Calman steps up once more as the face of The Stand’s celebration of comedy ladies. This month features the delightful Lucy Porter, AL Kennedy, Elaine Malcolmson and Katie Craig.

Wednesday 3

Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Mon 1.

✽✽ Steve Coogan SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 7.30pm. £30. The Hollywood guy drops in with a show self- deprecatingly titled Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tue 2.

Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. Form £8. See Tue 2.

✽✽ John Shuttleworth: The Minor Tour (And Other

Mythological Creatures) Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £13–£16. Sheffield’s most versatile singer-organist offers his observational songs and a sneak preview of his new feature film, Southern Softies. The Stand Improv The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50

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members). Stuart Murphy and Garry Dobson let their minds and imaginations roam across the fields of comedy, to the improvisational gold at the foot of the rainbow of mirth. Thursday 4

Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Mon 1.

✽✽ Steve Coogan SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0870

040 4000. 7.30pm. £30. See Wed 3. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £7 (£6; members £3). Tom Stade, Graeme Thomas, Liam Mullone, Michael Manley and MC Sandy Nelson all bring some sparkle to your Thursday. Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Tue 2. Fit O’ The Giggles @ The Argyle The Argyle Bar, 15–17 Argyle Place, 221 9759. 9pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 27. Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. 9pm. £3. See Thu 27. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £7 (£6; members £3). A midweek chance to see the weekend’s line-up, which features Lucy Porter as compere alongside Kevin Gildea, Steve Day, Lazyhand and Barry McDonald.

Friday 5

Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Mon 1. DAM Fine Comedy Gramafon, 7 King Street, 552 7177. 8pm. £5. See Fri 28. The Stand The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £9 (£8; members £5). See Thu 4. Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Tue 2. The Stand The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £9 (£8; members £5). See Thu 4.

Saturday 6

Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Mon 1. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9pm. £5. See Sat 29. The Stand The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £12. See Thu 4.

✽✽ Woodlands Bumper Value Comedy Club Uisge Beatha,

232–246 Woodlands Road, 564 1596. 9pm. £6 (£4). See Sat 29. Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Tue 2. The Stand The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12. See Thu 4.

Sunday 7 Glasgow FREE Ha Ha Raw Comedy Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 8.30pm. See Sun 30. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £1). Michael Redmond brings forth comedy gold this Sunday in the mildly terrifying form of the Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III, who’s joined by Liam Mullone, Jeremy Miedzinski, Bratchy and Nick Morrow.

Improbabble The Liquid Ship, 171–175 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 9pm. £4 (£3). See Sun 30. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch is it Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1pm. See Sun 30.

Monday 8

Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. Adam Crow, Wil, Stu Who? and Steve Harris will be here all week, along with hot food and dancing. Though not at the same time. Dance, Monkey Boy, Dance The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £4. See Mon 1. Edinburgh Fit O’ The Giggles Absolute Beginners The Mercat, 28 West Maitland Street, 225 3861. 8.30pm. £2. Teddy headlines this top notch night of new acts, led by Dame Keara Murphy, in a pretty wee basement in the West End. Watch out for more experienced acts coming down to test out new material. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. Stu Murphy and Sean Grant lead the way this evening, as The Stand once more proves its promise to provide a home for new comedy talent in Scotland.

Tuesday 9 Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Mon 8. Roy Chubby Brown SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 7.30pm. £21. The one and only goggle-wearing, hugely controversial Mr Vasey. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1 members). Another legion of hopeful comedians descend upon The Stand in this fast-paced introduction to the world of stand-up, headed up by professionals JoJo Sutherland and Gus Tawse.

Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. Yay, it’s nearly Christmas! Do the traditional thing and go and listen to some dirty jokes, courtesy of Brendan Riley, Joe Heenan, Smug Roberts and Sinck.

✽✽ David O’Doherty The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £10

(£8). What’s the time? It’s David O’Doherty Time. If you didn’t get a chance to catch this year’s if.comedy award winner, this is your opportunity to learn the joy of very low energy musical whimsy. Wednesday 10

Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Mon 8. Roy Chubby Brown SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 7.30pm. £21. See Tue 9.

✽✽ David O’Doherty The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055.

8.30pm. £10 (£8). See Tue 9. Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Tue 9. Melting Pot The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). Another batch of sketches is thrown into the Melting Pot, ready for your judgement and appraisal.

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5 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT . . .

STEVE COOGAN 1 In 1992 Steve Coogan won the Perrier as Alan Partridge alongside his buddy John Thomson. That gong didn’t stop him speaking out in later times against the award’s parent company Nestlé for the whole baby milk scandal.

2 In 1999 Coogan formed TV production company Baby Cow with Henry Normal. The first show they had aired was Human Remains starring Julia Davis and Rob Brydon. 3 When David Beckham once sported one of his dafter haircuts, opposing fans shouted at him: ‘are you Paul Calf in disguise?’ Chances are it wasn’t Barca supporters during his time at Real Madrid. Coogan was especially proud of that chant because it came three years after Calf had made his last appearance on the telly.

4 Having played the late Manchester music impresario Anthony H Wilson in 24 Hour Party People, Coogan recently appeared in the BBC’s Sunshine as Bing Crosby. Not the becardiganed crooner mind, but a fictional compulsive gambler whose addiction turns his family life upside down. A rather touching comedy- drama would best describe it.

5 His Hollywood career has ballooned in recent times with a role as a shrink in Curb Your Enthusiasm, a doomed director in Tropic Thunder while his deluded school teacher in Hamlet 2 is set for cinemas and he has talked seriously about a movie of the life of inept yet iconic British ski-jumper Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards. (Brian Donaldson) SECC, Glasgow, Wed 3 & Thu 4 Dec.

UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Mon 8. Edinburgh Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £8. See Tue 9. Fit O’ The Giggles @ The Argyle The Argyle Bar, 15–17 Argyle Place, 221 9759. 9pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 27. Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. 9pm. £3. See Thu 27. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £7 (£6; members £3). The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III hosts this evening in his unique, yet holy, way. With Rob Deering, John Ross, Chris Ramsey and Dee Custance.