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TOM STADE A Canadian comic still on the up
L ast year Daniel Sloss told us all about his comedy heroes. In his top two is the Edinburgh-based Canadian comic Tom Stade, who Sloss believed had helped make him a much better writer. For Stade’s part, he reckons that being around the Fifer has helped inject a fresh and youthful enthusiasm into his own work.
Looking back on the kind of reviews Stade has received down the years (certainly from this organ), his recent work has been the most lauded – we described his 2012 Fringe show as ‘lavishly furnished’ and the comic himself as ‘a natural performer, licensed with a flair for storytelling and a villainous sense of humour’. That villainy has driven him to create some hard-edged comedy about marriage (he’s had
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almost 20 years of that), sex (we couldn’t speculate on how long he’s been involved in that pursuit) and many of the world’s ills. That kind of material presumably attracted him to Frankie Boyle, with whom he made sweet horror together with a writing collaboration on Tramadol Nights, the series that pretty much ended the Scottish comedian’s working relationship with Channel 4. Stade’s career, though, looks like it has some way still to go and after a brief run at the Fringe this August, he’ll show us that Tom Stade Totally Rocks! in Glasgow before striding towards his next set of comedy goals. (Brian Donaldson)
The Stand, Glasgow, Mon 16 Sep.
HITLIST THE BEST COMEDY EVENTS
✽ Robin Ince & Josie Long Two of the most bookish types in the stand-up
game get all literate on our comedy asses with intelligent, thought-provoking stuff. The Stand, Glasgow, Mon 2 Sep.
✽ The 10 O’Clock Show A timely
Glasgow night, mainly at the weekends but also on the odd midweek evening, features a selection of top comics including Mark Nelson, Viv Gee, Chris Forbes and Gary Little (pictured). Vespbar, Glasgow, various dates.
✽ Antihoot Open Stage Edinburgh-based New Yorker and anti-folk hero Lach helps some wannabes do their thing in an open mic night for all the entertainment genres. Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Mon 2, 9, 16 Sep.
✽ The Broken Windows Policy Sketch silliness from the team which includes Larah
Bross, Dave MacGregor and Ben Verth who is straight outta the Fringe. The Stand, Edinburgh, Wed 4 Sep.
✽ Owen O’Neill A veteran of stand-up,
storytelling and theatre, the genial Irishman cuts us some craic. The Stand, Glasgow, Thu 12–Sat 14 Sep.
Glasgow, Mon 16 Sep.
✽ Tom Stade See preview, left. The Stand, ✽ Jason Manford Want to have your First World
Problems soothed? The popular northern comic should make you feel better (or worse) about yourself. See preview, page 51. EICC, Edinburgh, until Sun 25 Aug; Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 30 & Sat 31 Aug.