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Roberts plus Club-Risa entry until 2am. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 25. Perth Pam Ayres Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, 0845 612 6324. 7.30pm. £17.50. See 5 Things.
Saturday 27
Glasgow International Comedy Festival Big Lunchtime Comedy Chat Show Sloan’s, 62 Argyle Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, 0844 395 4005. 1pm. £3 (£8 (inc lunch)). See Sat 20. Pam Ayres King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 395 4005. 3pm. £16.50 (£15). See 5 Things. Severe Malcolm: Byres Road Hard Man Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113–117 Trongate, 0844 395 4005. 4pm. £3. Robin Cairns as hard man Malcolm. Alan Anderson’s Gallus Glasgow Comedy Walk Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 5pm. £7 (£6). See Fri 19.
✽✽ Lee Mack King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 6pm &
8.30pm. £18.50. See Wed 24. How Do I Get Up There? Gilmorehill G12, 29 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, 330 5522. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Sketch comedy from this trio.
✽✽ America Stands Up The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 395 4005.
7.45pm. £10. Scott Capurro introduces Yanks Brian Scott McFadden, Rachel Feinstein and Hannibal Buress. 7 Different Shades of Wrong Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £6. Badness and comedy from Rick Molland and Billy Kirkwood. Bumper Value Comedy Southside The Shed, 26 Langside Avenue, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 19. Famous for Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. From £12. See Fri 26. Half Price Comedy Club Uisge Beatha, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £7 (£6). See Fri 19. Jimmy Carr SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £22.50. See Fri 26. Rich Hall and Otis Lee Crenshaw The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £15. See Fri 26. Susan Calman Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £12 (£10). The Susan Calman Show. Ten Steps to Funny: The Graduation RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £8 (£7). Royal College student showcase with headliner Hannibal Buress. The Penny Dreadfuls 2010 The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £8 (£7). See Fri 26. £5 Festival Funnies Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £5. See Fri 19. Bumper Value Comedy: World Series Challenges Arta, 62 Albion Street, 0844 395 4005. 8.15pm. £9 (£7). See Fri 19. John Ross The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). He’s Just Daft! is this hour’s title. The Pros from Dover II Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. £9 (£7). Sketch comedy from Richard Glover, Paul Litchfield and Phil Whelans. The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek The Universal, 57–59 Sauchiehall Lane, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. £7 (£6). See Fri 26. Comedy Out WEST West Brewery Bar and Restaurant, 4 Binnie Place, 0844 395 4005. 9pm. £8 (£6). See Thu 18. Saturday Night at the State Bar The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 0844 395 4005. 9pm. £6 (£4). See Sat 20. Magners Festival Club The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 395 4005. 10.30pm. £13 (£10). See Thu 18. The Stockholm Syndrome Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0844 395 4005. 10.30pm. £6. See Sat 20.
STAND-UP SEAN LOCK King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 23 Mar
You may recently have been amused by the utterances of comic Sean Lock on Twitter where he’s been testing out his latest surrealist one-liners onto the digital public. But maybe you shouldn’t have been. ‘It’s not me,’ he counters, almost appalled at the notion. ‘We did an 8 Out of 10 Cats special based around digital stuff and Jimmy Carr read out some of the jokes. I said it was material that would be binned, not up to my standard, and they were saying, “No, it is Sean, it’s pretty good”. My agents, the powerful Off the Kerb, asked if I wanted it stopped, in a sinister Mafia-type way, but I suppose where’s the harm? If he started saying, “I went out last night and scored some crack” then maybe that would be a problem.’ Now that the real Sean Lock has stood up, what can we expect from
Lockipedia (his Glasgow appearance will be added to with a week-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe and more Scottish dates in the autumn)? ‘At the end of the first and second half, I play audience battleships. I go “D16” or something and whoever is in that seat gives me a word beginning with D and I go to my Lockipedia book that’s got loads of jokes, ideas and half baked-nonsense and I see what I’ve got. You’ll get smart arses in who for X would say “Xerxes the Great, the Persian Emperor of 400 AD”. Obviously I don’t have a lot on him, but it just gets people involved in the show.’
And despite not being a tweeter, does the title of Lock’s set suggest an appetite for knowledge via technology? ‘I’m of an age that the internet is not the first thing I think of when I want to find something out. People in their 20s find stuff out a lot quicker than me but I’m not trained in that way to use it. Lockipedia sort of rhymed a bit . . . let’s put it this way, if Wikipedia come to the show, I don’t think they’ll be suing.’ (Brian Donaldson)
Half Price Comedy Club Late ‘n’ Loud Uisge Beatha, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 0844 395 4005. 10.40pm. £7 (£6). See Fri 19. Edinburgh Famous for Comedy Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 6.30pm & 10pm. From £10. See Fri 26. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £13. See Thu 25.
Sunday 28 Glasgow International Comedy Festival Big Lunchtime Comedy Chat Show Sloan’s, 62 Argyle Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, 0844 395 4005. 1pm. £3 (£8 inc lunch). See Sat 20.
Alan Anderson’s Comedy Coach Tour Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, 2.30pm. £9 (£6). Comedic open- top bus trip around Glasgow. Severe Malcolm: Byres Road Hard Man Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113–117 Trongate, 0844 395 4005. 4pm. £3. See Sat 27. Mark Nelson The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 395 4005. 7.30pm. £7 (£6). Offending the Senses. Jimmy Carr SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £22.50. See Fri 26. Jo Caulfield Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £12 (£10). Sharp-witted telly pro. The Wee Man The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 0844 395 4005. 8pm. £7 (£5). Ned glory in Sex, Droogs and Sausage Rolls.
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FREE Ha Ha Raw Comedy Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. See Sun 21. Jojo Sutherland The Universal, 57–59 Sauchiehall Lane, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. £6 (£5). Jojo Sutherland Goes for the Jocular and unleashes her hidden gripes. McPhabb-ulous Comedy McPhabbs, 23 Sandyford Place, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. £5. See Thu 18. Noel James Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Hurt. Stand Up @ Sloan’s Sloan’s, 62 Argyle Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, 0844 395 4005. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). See Thu 18. Comedy Out WEST West Brewery Bar and Restaurant, 4 Binnie Place, 0844 395 4005. 9pm. £8 (£6). See Thu 18. Neil Innes The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 395 4005. 9.30pm. £12. A People’s Guide to World Domination. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch is it Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1pm. See Sun 21. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £1). Rebecca Donohue with Joe Heenan and Daniel Webster.
Monday 29 Edinburgh Fit O’ The Giggles Absolute Beginners Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2 (£1). Newer acts plus professional compere and headliner. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). New acts try out.
Tuesday 30
Glasgow Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). Jojo Sutherland aids this batch of newbies. Edinburgh Midweek Comedy Cabaret The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £4 (£2). Stuart Murphy introduces Rebecca Donohue, Garry Dobson and Jeff O’Boyle.
Perth Frankie Boyle Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621 031. 8pm. £20. See Thu 18.
Wednesday 31
Glasgow Best of Irish The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £7 (£6; members £4). Gearold Farrelly, Robbie Bonham and Karl Spain are representing. Edinburgh Best of Scottish The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). With Bruce Morton, Bruce Fummey, Teddy and MC Raymond Mearns. Fit O’ The Giggles Out with The Old Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). See Wed 24.
Thursday 1 Glasgow Slumdog Stand Up Slumdog Bar & Kitchen, 410 Sauchiehall Street, 7.30pm. £19.95 (inc meal). See Thu 18. FREE Bratchy and the Wee Man’s Comedy Pub Quiz The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 8pm. See Thu 25. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Susan Morrison introduces funny boys Karl Spain, John Ross and Gearold Farrelly.
Edinburgh Electric Tales: April Fools’ Day Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). See Wed 24. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). A weekend of fun, with Sean Kent, Derek Johnston and Robbie Bonham. 18 Mar–1 Apr 2010 THE LIST 59