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Glasgow Stand Up Comedy Night Manhattan’s Bar and Diner, 235 St Andrews Road, 429 4657. 7–10.30pm. £6. A different set of three comics each month.
✽ The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 27 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. Susan Murray and Tony Hendriks are among those entertaining the weekend fun-hunters.
Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £7. See Fri 14. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 27 for line-up.
Saturday 29 Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 28. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9pm. £7 (£5). See Sat 15.
Edinburgh Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). A selection of fresh- faced ladies shaking their comedy tail feathers: Susan Calman, Jan Maree and Susie McCabe.
Wednesday 3
Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 19. Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Tue 2. Edinburgh The Broken Windows Policy The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £4 (£2). Skits and characters featuring Larah Bross and Ben Verth.
Thursday 4 Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 13. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Your comedy needs are met by Raymond Mearns, Colin Murphy, Howard Read, Debra-Jane Appelby and Gareth Mutch.
Edinburgh Sit Down Stand Up Comedy Club Counting House, West Nicolson Street, 07896 628288. 7.30pm. £3. A handful of comedians preview their Fringe shows. Thursday Notebook Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £3. See Thu 13. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Making your weekend just that bit sweeter are Seymour Mace, Jan Maree and host Susan Calman.
Friday 5
Glasgow The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 4 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. With Janey Godley, John Gavin, Allyson Smith and John Scott. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £7. See Fri 14. The Colour Ham The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8.30pm. £12. Magical comedy sketch group making good use of absurdity, magic and mentalism.
✽ The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335
8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 27 for line-up.
Edinburgh Absolute Improv The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 225 3784. 8–10pm. £5 (£4). See Fri 14. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £7. See Fri 14. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 27 for line-up. Sunday 30
Glasgow Stand Up & Geez It! The SPACE, 34 Argyll Arcade Chambers, Buchanan Street, 222 2333. 7pm. £3. A new music and comedy cabaret night featuring fresh local acts. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 23; acts tba. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 16. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 16, but with Susie McCabe, Jeff Innocent and Davey Strong.
Monday 1
Glasgow Roy Chubby Brown King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £22. Blue comedy from man branded ‘too rude for television’. Never mind the comedy, that patchwork jacket is hardly fit for public consumption. Edinburgh Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 17, but with Joey Page.
Tuesday 2 Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 13. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 1.
RADIO LUCY BEAUMONT: TO HULL AND BACK Radio 4, Tue 18 Jun, 11pm ●●●●●
How wonderfully convenient that this half-hour comedy should kick off with a line from the Housemartins’ ‘Caravan of Love’: ‘Every woman, every man / Join the caravan of love / Stand up, stand up, stand up.’ For fellow Hull-born entertainer Lucy Beaumont, her journey into the higher echelons of British stand-up has been speeded up by scooping last year’s BBC Radio New Comedy Award. And now, she gets further exposure with an oddball late-night one-off. Although not billed as any way fictional, it starts with a minor drama as Beaumont hides away from comedy club owner Johnny Vegas with her caving in to stage fright. Vegas coaxes her out with his typical charm, but of course, there’s little to worry about. Although the club she is appearing at, the New Walton Street Club, is described as ‘infamous’, this lot seem intent on laughing at absolutely anything.
On her home patch, Beaumont has a winning naivety and
unreconstructed earthiness that means she can get away with fairly mild stuff about the youth of today, social media and the north/south divide.
More astute are her observations about rubbish names for food, her alternative poetry and a particular circle of hell she finds herself in with the postal system. While Vegas ushers Beaumont onto the stage with a wisdom-laden ‘remember, you can’t hear a smile’, there are no fears at this gig with a crowd which practically grins itself to death. (Brian Donaldson)
COMEDY
The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 4 for line-up. Saturday 6
Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 5. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9pm. £7 (£5). See Sat 15. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 4 for line-up. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £7. See Fri 14. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 4 for line-up.
Sunday 7 Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 16, but with Howard Read.
Monday 8
Edinburgh ✽ The Alternative Comedy Experience The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9.15pm & 6.45pm. £8 (£7). Comedy Central takes over The Stand, chucking some of curator Stewart Lee’s fave comedians right in your direction. See preview, page 56 and David O’Doherty 5 Things, page 57.
Tuesday 9 Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 13. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 17; acts tba.
Edinburgh ✽ The Alternative Comedy Experience The Stand, 5 York
Place, 558 7272. 9.15pm & 6.45pm. £8 (£7). See Mon 8.
Wednesday 10 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). Magic, sketches, musical breaks and weirdness.
Edinburgh ✽ The Alternative Comedy Experience The Stand, 5 York
Place, 558 7272. 9.15pm & 6.45pm. £8 (£7). See Mon 8.
Thursday 11 Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 13. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). The weekend sees Martin Mor (see My Comedy hero, page 57) hosting Steve Gribbin, Tiffany Stevenson and Neil McFarlane.
Edinburgh ✽ The Alternative Comedy Experience The Stand, 5 York
Place, 558 7272. 9.15pm & 6.45pm. £8 (£7). See Mon 8. Thursday Notebook Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £3. See Thu 13.
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