Comedy Susan Morrison’s Pick of the Fringe
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe continues to expand, spreading its tentacles further than ever before (hell, they’ve even got a box office at Queen Street Station, for goodness sake), even normally reliable Glasgow venues aren’t safe from the invasion. This week The Stand continues its showcase of the best the big festival in the east has to offer, with acts introduced by the ever-reliable Susan Morrison, she of the diminutive stature and the huge obsession with the Titanic (the ship, not the film). ■ The Stand, Glasgow, Thu 16 Aug.
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to comedy@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Kirstyn Smith. Thursday 16
Glasgow Frankie Boyle: The Last Days of Sodom King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 8pm. £31.25. Frankie tries to heal the country’s fools on a final tour. Susan Morrison’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10 (£8; members £4). Don’t worry about having to struggle through those crowds and all that juggling: let Susan introduce you to a smorgasbord of Fringe acts. See caption.
Friday 17 Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £12–£15 (family ticket £7 per person, Fri only). Comedy hypnotist act. This evening’s show is a Family Fun Night. Frankie Boyle: The Last Days of
Sodom King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 8pm. £31.25. See Thu 16. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. A beautifully varied line-up including Dominic Woodward, Carl Hutchinson, Kai Humphries and Janey Godley. Susan Morrison’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £5). See Thu 16.
Saturday 18 Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £12–£15. See Fri 17. The 7.30pm show is safe for teens; the midnight show is 18+. Frankie Boyle: The Last Days of Sodom King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £31.25. See Thu 16. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8.15pm. £7 (£5). The long-standing home of comedy in Glasgow continues to attract some of Scotland’s best comedians. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs,
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Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to theatre@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor.
GLASGOW
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. Peter Powers Until Sat 1 Sep, Fri 7.30pm and Sat 7.30pm & midnight. £12–£15 (family ticket £7 per person, available Fri only). Hypnotist act from Powers, who has been called ‘the Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Please note the Fri show is a Family Fun Night, Sat early show is Anything Goes (safe for teens) and the Sat Midnight Madness is over 18s only.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. Acari Thu 16 Aug, 7.30pm. £10. Comedy-laced hypnosis stage show which promises to be funny yet never belittling. Ornithology Fri 17 Aug, 7.30pm. £12 (£8–£10). Strange Bird Zirkus presents work in progress, Ornithology, which combines Chinese pole and floor acrobatics and a double-option soundtrack to tell a surrealist story.
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Cats Until Sat 18 Aug, 7.30pm. £11 (£8). Dundee Schools Musical Theatre presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s poetic feline musical. ■ TRAQUAIR HOUSE Innerleithen, 01896 830323. Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister Fri 17 & Sat 18 Aug, 7.30–8pm. £9. A one-woman show from Rebecca Peyton, whose older sister Kate was a BBC journalist who was murdered in Mogadishu in 2005. This is the story of life after Kate’s death, through Rebecca’s personal story of politics, journalism and family. Part of Books, Borders and Bikes.
The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 17. Susan Morrison’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 16.
Sunday 19
Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £7 (£6; members £1). Find out what’s tickling Michael Redmond with the best of the fest action.
Monday 20 Glasgow Mitch Benn: Reduced Circumstances The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Satire and comedy songs as Benn ponders his recent weight loss and life in general.
Tuesday 21
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. Some of the scene’s freshest talent. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. Weekly beginners’ showcase where the bright young things of Scotland’s comedy circuit strut their stuff.
Wednesday 22 Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8–10.30pm. £3. Julia Sutherland hosts a night for comedians to try out their latest gags. Billy Kirkwood’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Luscious-locked Kirkwood is quite literally bringing you the best of the you- know-what. Enjoy.
Thursday 23 Glasgow Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). Bruce does his best to persuade you to see some of Edinburgh’s comedic delights.
Cats
Say what you like about Andrew Lloyd Webber but his musicals certainly have an uncanny staying power. It’s over thirty years since his show based on TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats opened in the West End of London, and its popularity shows no signs of waning. This production, by Dundee Schools Musical Theatre, is doubtless a smaller-scale affair, but no less crowd- pleasing. ■ Dundee Rep, until Sat 18 Aug. 16–23 Aug 2012 THE LIST 109