COMEDY
Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 26, but with Loretta Maine and Jamie Dalgleish. Edinburgh FREE Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 26. Footlights Comedy Edinburgh Footlights, 7 Spittal Street, footlightsbar. edinburgh@facebook.com 7.30–10pm. £3. See Sun 26. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sunday 2, but with Jim Park and Jay Lafferty.
Monday 10 Glasgow Improv Wars The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £4 (£2). See Mon 3.
Edinburgh Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 3, but with Tommy Rowson and host Stu Murphy.
Tuesday 11
Glasgow Barry Humphries: Eat Pray Laugh! King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £15–£76. Come along, possums, and bid a tearful adieu to Dame Edna and co. FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 28. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Sun 4, but with Tommy Rowson. Edinburgh Impro FX’s Improvised Comedy Workshops The Canons’ Gait, 232 Canongate, 556 4481. 7–9pm. £5. See Tue 28. Jo Caulfield Presents . . . The Speakeasy Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 8–10pm. £6. A relaxed evening featuring a diverse bill telling their true stories. Melting Pot The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). Vote for the best of the new sketches and skits from local types.
Wednesday 12 Glasgow Barry Humphries: Eat Pray Laugh! King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £15–£76. See Tue 11. Comedian Rap Battles The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£4). Unmissable combination of rap fantasies and big egos from some top comics. See online review at list.co.uk.
Thursday 13
Glasgow Barry Humphries: Eat Pray Laugh! King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £15–£76. See Tue 11. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Martin Mor welcomes Boothby Graffoe, Steve Day and Charlie Ross for the weekend. Edinburgh Absolute Improv The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 225 3784. 7–8pm. £5 (£3). See Thu 23. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Bruce Devlin’s got the laughs this weekend, with Joe Rooney, Malcolm Head and Scott Gibson.
Friday 14
Glasgow Barry Humphries: Eat Pray Laugh! King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 54 THE LIST 23 Jan–20 Feb 2014
Saturday 15
Glasgow Barry Humphries: Eat Pray Laugh! King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £15–£76. See Tue 11. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 14. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 13 for line-up. Vespbar Comedy Club Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10–11.30pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 24, but with Patrick Rolink, John Purves and Rik Carranza. MC Viv Gee.
Edinburgh ✽Kabaret Limo The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £20–£22. Polish improv comedy from Ewa Błachnio, Szymon Jachimek, Wojciech Tremiszewski and Abelard Giza. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £8. See Fri 24. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 13 for line-up.
Sunday 16 Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. See Sun 9, but with Steve Day.
Edinburgh FREE Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 26. Footlights Comedy Edinburgh Footlights, 7 Spittal Street, footlightsbar. edinburgh@facebook.com 7.30–10pm. £3. See Sun 26. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 2, but with Malcolm Head.
Monday 17 Edinburgh Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 10.
Tuesday 18
Glasgow Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 11.
✽Russell Brand: The Messiah Complex SECC, Finnieston Quay,
0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £27.50. The loverfella looks at the idea of a Messiah Complex and dissects historical and social figures to psychoanalyse them in his loquacious way. FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 28.
Wednesday 19
Edinburgh ✽Joke Thieves The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5. Some
of your fave comedians perform not only their own jokes, but each other’s too. See preview, page 51.
STAND-UP LARRY DEAN The Stand, Edinburgh, Thu 23–Sat 25, Mon 27 Jan; The Stand, Glasgow, Sun 26 Jan
It’s probable that people would have various methods of calculating just how committed someone is in pursuing their chosen career. But no one could have any doubt that Glasgow-born Larry Dean was hell- bent on eventually becoming a stand-up comic given the lengths he went to while a student in Southampton.
‘I was in my second year when I entered the Chortle Student Comedy
Award, but didn’t get through the first round as I died in that gig,’ the 24-year-old recalls. ‘Most of the gigs I was doing at the time were up in Liverpool and Manchester which told me I had possibly chosen the wrong place to live. I was probably spending about 30–40 hours in the car every week, just to do five-minute spots. I was being stubborn and hoping that I’d picked the right career.’ Whether this can be described as stubborn or not, Dean’s plain old
determination has certainly paid off and his victory at last September’s Scottish Comedian of the Year final surely justified his commitment to the cause.
‘In the semi-final, I was third so I got into the final as the wild card. I was just really happy to be in the final. It was in September and I had done loads of gigs during August at the Fringe, sometimes eight in a day: it worked out as 140 in 24 days, so the excessive gigging made me ready. Of all the competitions, that was the one I really wanted to win.’ (Brian Donaldson)
0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £15–£76. See Tue 11. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. With Bryan Lacey, Gary Little, Christian Reilly and Raymond Mearns. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). See Thu 13 for line-up. Vespbar Comedy Club Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060.
10–11.30pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 24, but with Patrick Rolink, John Purves and Mark Allison. Your MC is the splendid Viv Gee. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £8. See Fri 24. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 13 for line-up.
Thursday 20
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Tony Burgess, John Ross and Jonny Pelham. Edinburgh The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Raymond Mearns hosts Des Clarke, John Gillick and Andrew Doyle.