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Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). A blended mix of comedy and storytelling. Wednesday 9
Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 19. The Fun Junkies The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). See Wed 19. Edinburgh Melting Pot The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). See Wed 19.
Thursday 10
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Martin Mor’s hosting Ian Coppinger, Lloyd Langford, Roisin Conaty and Jim Park. Edinburgh The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Wee Susan Calman’s joined by Ben Norris, Nathan Caton, Bruce Fummey and Jamie Dalgleish.
Friday 11
Glasgow The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 10 for line-up. Edinburgh The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 10 for line-up.
Saturday 12
Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. Featuring Phil Differ, the Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III and Scott Agnew. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 10 for line-up. Edinburgh The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 10 for line-up.
Sunday 13
Glasgow FREE Wasasa Comedy Night The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8pm. See Sun 30. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 16, but with Nathan Caton and Dogshit Johnston. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 16.
Monday 14 Edinburgh Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 17, but with Stuart Mitchell.
Tuesday 15 Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 18. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 18, but with Stuart Mitchell.
LIVE DVDS
The live comedy DVD shelves are a veritable league of nations at the moment, even if (as has been noted on these pages before) the Democratic Republic of Women is sorely under-represented. For Outstanding in His Field (●●●●●), the Canadian one-line merchant Stewart Francis delivers another stream of clever jokes and juicy puns with more physicality and special effects than before. Observational comedy might be as antithetical to Francis as shaggy dog stories but this doesn’t stop him doing a neat gag about it here.
As does Englishman Stewart Lee in Carpet Remnant World (●●●●●). His routine, as you’d expect, is an elongated section in which he simply runs around the stage for no reason whatsoever, other than to throw more muck at his roadshow-driving nemesis. All the Lee ingredients are chucked in the pan for this one, which you will either love or hate, depending on your Guardianista levels.
Whether it’s social media, Loose Women or international cuisine,
the material of UK-Indian comic Paul Chowdhry (pictured) in What’s Happening White People (●●●●●) tends to veer towards the weak, while the ‘twist’ in the opening segment might remind some of Tim Minchin’s Albert Hall DVD. And as for the burqa/black ghost gag: haven’t we been exactly here before? Local hero Kevin Bridges unravels another chapter as The Story Continues (●●●●●) with a show that is solid, dependable and just downright funny as he picks apart various financial crises (Rangers, the world) and imagines having his own chat show.
Apparently, Rhod Gilbert is a more mellow individual these days having let go of the petty irritances that regularly set him off into various stages of conniption. You could be fooled while watching The Man With the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo (●●●●●) as he vents fury after rage, in particular when discussing an expensive toothbrush he once received as a gift. Next to the boiling Welshman, Dara O’Briain is calmness personified. So warm and cuddly is the Mock the Week host, that Craic Dealer (●●●●●) is perhaps the only DVD you could comfortably watch in front of your more sensitive relatives despite its propensity for over-fecking the sweary pudding. (Brian Donaldson)
8.30pm. £5. Jo Caulfield hosts stand-up, sketches and even a rogue game show.
Wednesday 16 Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 19.
Thursday 17
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Susan Morrison with Ron Vaudry, Dave Ward, Danny Angelo and Chris Conway.
members £4). Tonight’s laugh-givers are Scott Agnew, Ian Coppinger, Chris Martin, Stuart Mitchell and Eleanor Morton. Friday 18
Glasgow The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 17 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15–£16. Your weekend is made ever funnier by John Scott, Kai Humphries, Simon Bligh and Ryan McDonnell.
Edinburgh Jo Caulfield’s Comedy Collective The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. Edinburgh The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7;
Edinburgh ✽ Craig Hill: Jock’s Trap Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way,
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Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50). Another slice of candid camp action. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 17.
Saturday 19
Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15–£16. See Fri 18. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 17. Edinburgh The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 17.
Sunday 20
Glasgow FREE Wasasa Comedy Night The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8pm. See Sun 30. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 16, but with Ron Vaudry. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 16. Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 16, but with Scott Agnew, Richard Melvin and Stuart Mitchell.
Monday 21
Edinburgh Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 17, but with Owen McGuire and Ron Vaudry.
Tuesday 22
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 18. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 18, but with Ron Vaudry.
Edinburgh ✽ Jo Caulfield Presents . . . The Speakeasy Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 8pm. £5. Featuring magician Kevin McMahon and comedian Gareth Waugh.
✽ Andrew Lawrence is Coming to Get You The Stand, 5 York
Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £13 (£11). See preview, page 84.
Wednesday 23 Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 19.
✽ Andrew Lawrence is Coming to Get You The Stand, 333
Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £13 (£11). See Tue 22.
Thursday 24
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Billy Kirkwood hosts Vladimir McTavish, Chris Forbes, Susie McCabe and Dan Petherbridge. Edinburgh The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Susan Morrison, Graeme Thomas and Bruce Morton are going to make you laugh.
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