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Polly fella: Parrot plays The Stand, Edinburgh
his Velvet Underpants. isjoined by Reg Anderson. Dave Williams and Jason Pillay. Viv Gee comperes. For tnore Reg Anderson. see The Laughing Bag.
The Stand 5 York Place. 558 7272.
9—1 lpm. £4 (£3). Mancunian character comedian Mark Attwood is Sergeant Foxwell. Support from The Man In Pants. John Gordon and Douglas Dunlop make their Stand debuts and there is one open spot.
FRIDAY 24 . Glasgow
Iron Horse Comedy Club 115 West Nile Street. 332 2215. £3. Bill Dewar. John Flint and John McGinnis beg permission to tickle yer funny hits at this newish night. Raymond Mearns comperes.
Edinburgh
Parrot The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm—1 lptn (doors open 8pm). £6 (£4). Straight outta Greenock and straight into your frontal lobes. Parrot brings you comedy on the edge in the first of two nights at The Stand. Support from Mark Attwood and The Man In Pants. Susan Morrison comperes and there's one open spot.
SATURDAY 25 Glasgow
Joke BOX Mister P‘s Bar/Diner. 42 Welltneadow Street. Paisley. 561 71 17. 10.30pm. Free. Fortnightly. Regular Belhaven supported comedy night. Gordon Brunton and David Kilby crack the gags. Janey Godley MCs.
Edinburgh
Parrot The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm—l lpm (doors open 8pm). £6 (£4). See above. Fri Apr 24. Jane Mackay comperes and there‘s one open spot.
Viv 8. Gill's Cabaret Club Gilded Balloon Studio. 233 Cowgate. 2266550. 8.30pm (doors open 8pm). £5 (£4). Weekly cabaret antics frotn Viv Gee and Jill Peacock. This week's theme: Gangsters. Tonight‘s Scarfaces are Hipopera. Mark Bratchpiece and The lmproverts.
SUNDAY 26
Glasgow The Comic Club Blackfriar's Underground. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924.
9pm (doors open 8.30pm). £5 (£3.50). Jimmy Mooney headlines with support from Paddy Burns and David Kilbet. Ashley Storrie. who is only I 1 years old. takes the open spot.
Edinburgh
Christie's Comedy Cellar WJ. (‘hristie & Son. 277—31 West Port. Tickets: 228 3765. 9.30pm (doors open 8.30pm). £3. The impro—crazed Comedy Off The Cuff night. The lmproverts make it up on the spot and Rayond Mearns is the MC.
Pint Sized Comedy The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 8—10pm. £1. See Allan Miller and eight to ten other comics for the price of a pint. He may be cheap. but he‘s funny too.
Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1—3pm. Free. Improvised entertaimnent with Jack W*atherall and Paul Graham.
WEDNESDAY 29
Edinburgh
Roy Chubby Brown Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.30pm. £13.50—£14. The Helmet returns. God help us all.
World Of Comedy Quiz Show The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9—10.30pm. £1 to play. free to spectators. Bill Dewar hosts the new pub quiz dealing with anything to do with comedy. from Vic ‘n‘ Bob to searing satire. There are prizes tip for grabs.
Stirling
Hello! We're The Nualas Tolbooth Theatre. 01786 473 544. 8pm. £6 (£4). The world‘s only all-girl Irish cult comedy singing trio raise the roof with songs about finding love in a taxi queue. fast food. Donald Sutherland and God only knows what else. Get a ticket or regret it.
THURSDAY 30
Glasgow
Cheshire Cat Comedy Club Waxy's. 20 Candleriggs. 552 8717. 9pm. Free. Silky. Gordon Brunton and others will cheerfully split your sides for gratis. Raymond Mearns mops up the mess.
Edinburgh Roy Chubby Brown Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.30pm.
listings COMEDY
The Laughing Bag
They make you lauyi; we make them squeal. This fortnight: Reg ‘libodoo'
Anderson.
Square sausage or round? Definitely square. I'm a Taurean so I like things solid and substantial. Who inspires you?
Dennis the Menace because he's a cheeky, mischevious lad - atop role model for any middle aged man.
What gets you going?
My wife Pamela Anderson.
What makes you laugh?
Fruit and poultry 7 comedians find infinite things to do with them. Funniest gag courtesy of Tony Blair and his Cabinet?
Their faces.
What gets your goat?
I haven't got one.
Should cannabls be legalised?
It certainly should 'cos it makes you feel cooool, and makes your shite jokes seem really funny.
You are exiled on a desert island. What CD, companion and luxury item do you take?
Phil Collins's Greatest Hits, my electric toothbrush and my pussy Finlay. Endless fun.
Your epitaph?
Thank God l don't work at Standard Life.
(Claire Prentice)
fl Reg Anderson is at Christie’s Comedy Cellar, Edinburgh, Thu 23 Apr.
£13.50—£l4. The Helmet returns. God help us all.
Christie’s Comedy Cellar WJ. Christie 8; Son. 27—31 West Port. Tickets: 226 6550. 9.30pm (doors open 9pm). £4 (£3). Douggy Dunlop makes his Christie's debut. Kevin Spence and Viv Gee keep the gags coming. and Suzanne Fraser is the compete.
The Stand 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9—11pm.£4(£3). Rising Mancunian star Lucy Porter headlines. Alan McQueen
and Neil Shackleton support. Joon Broon comperes and there are two open spots.
East Kilbride
Hello! We’re The Nualas liast Kilbride Arts Centre. 01355 261000. 8pm. £6 (£3). The world‘s only all-girl Irish cult comedy singing trio raise the roof with songs about finding love in a taxi queue. fast food. Donald Sutherland and God only knows what else. Get a ticket or regret it.
Survival of the fattest: Roy Chubby Brown plays the Playhouse Theatre. Edinburgh
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