SATURDAY 2
Glasgow
Cosy Comedy Cafe State Bar (downstairs). Holland Street. Charing Cross. 332 215‘). 9.30pm (doors open 8.30pm). £4. Fortnightly. Subterranean shenanigans at this regular laid-back club. with James Donlan. The Unlikely Lads and Gary Hagen. Billy Bonkers comperes and there are open spots.
Edinburgh
The Stand 5 York Place. 558 7272.
9-] lpm (doors open 8pm). £6 (£4). Kevin (jildea. Lucy Porter and John Hint are your laugh-attendants for the evening. Jane Mackay comperes attd there is one open spot.
Viv 8: Jill’s Cabaret Club Gilded Balloon Studio. 233 Cowgate. 226 6550. 8.30pm (doors open 8pm). £5 (£4). Weekly cabaret antics from Viv Gee and Jill Peacock. This week's theme: May Madness - A Festival Of Life. Tonight's spring lambs are Reg Anderson. Gordon Brunton and Kevin Spence.
Glasgow
The Comic Club Blackfriars Underground. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm (doors open 8.30pm). £5 (£3.50). Gorge yourself on laughter beneath Glasgow’s rain-swept streets. Janey (iodley headlines. witlt support from Billy Bonkers attd Silky.
The Nualas Tron Theatre. 263 'I‘rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Thu 30.
Edinburgh
Christie's Comedy Cellar WJ. Christie & Sort. 27~-3l West Port. Tickets: 228 3765. 9.30pm (doors open 9pm). £3. Comedy Off The Cuff. a spontaneous stand-up night offers a loose. experimental feel with lots of audience participation. Coliti Ramone attd Lianne Ellis make it tip on the spot. Raymond Mearns comperes.
The Stand 5 York Place. 558 7272.
9—l lptn. £6 (£4). Kevin Ciildea. Lucy Porter. Reg Anderson. John Gillick and one open spot.
Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. l-3pm. Free. lmpro frotn Jack Weatherall and Paul Graham. which you can enjoy over a drink or a meal. A good way to banish those hangover blues.
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Pint Sized Comedy The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 8-10pm. £2 (£l ). Raise a glass to Allan Miller and loads of really new acts for the price of one measly pint. Who could resist such a bargain?
' WEDNESDAYG' '
Edinburgh
World Of Comedy Quiz Show The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9—10.30pm. £l 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.
THURSDAY 7 i Q.
Glasgow
Cheshire Cat Comedy Club wasy‘s. 2t) Candleriggs. 552 8717. 9pm. Free. Weekly club iii this newish Merchant City pub. Spill your foattting llagon laughing for no money at all at Parrot. Suzanne Fraser and Gary Hagen. Raymond Mearns comperes.
Edinburgh
Christie’s Comedy Cellar \VJ. Christie & Son. 27——3l West Port. Tickets: 228 3765. 9.30pm (doors open 9pm). £4 (£3). Well-established local club at the heart of the comedy
The Stand 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9—] 1pm. £4 (£3). Liverpudlian punchline poet Richard Allen headlines. with support from Bill Dewar and Lee Ness - who dubs himself the gay Bernard Manning. Joort Broon comperes and there are two open spots.
FRIDAY 8 - Edinburgh
SCOtt Capurro Gilded Balloon Studio. 233 Cowgate. 2266550. 8pm. £8 (£6). Bitchy San Francisco comic Scott Capurro terrorises both the gay and straight members of his audience through a daredevil mix of impro and observation. Dare to go and you‘ll have a great time. See preview.
The Stand 5 York Place. 558 7272.
Gurn to be wild: Viv and Jill's Cabaret Club, Gilded Balloon. Edin urgh
‘)~-l lptn (doors open 8pm). £5 (£4 t. Featuring .‘viancunian 'l‘ony Burgess. Richard Allen and Mark Bratchpiece. Susan Morrison competes and there's one open spot.
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Cosy Comedy Cafe State Bar (downstairs). Holland Street. (‘liartng Cross. 332 215‘). 9.30pm (doors open
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8.30pm). £4. Weekly. Subterranean shenanigans at the regular laid-back club which has just gone weekly. The lmproverts. Jack Weatherall. Paul Graham and David Kay will have you veritany vomiting with vigorous laughter. Billy Bonkers comperes.
Edinburgh
Scott Capurro (iilded Balloon Studio. 233 Cowgate. 2266550. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 8.
The Stand 5 York Place. 558 7272.
‘i -l 1pm (doors open 8pm). £6 (£4). Tony Burgess. Richard Allen and Allan Miller. Jane Mackay cotnperes attd there‘s one open spot.
Viv & Gill's Cabaret Club Gilded Balloon Studio. 233 Cowgate. 226 6550. 8.30pm (doors open 8pm). £5 (£4). Weekly cabaret antics from Viv (ice and Jill Peacock. This week's theme: (;I'(’(l.\'(’.
SUNDAY 10
Glasgow
The Comic Club Blackfriars Umlerground. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm (doors open 8.30pm). £5 (£3.50). Martin Davies. the tnan behind London‘s Soho Ho Ho club. chances his arm north of the border. Support from Jo Mckenlie. Colin Ramone and David Kav.
Edinburgh
Christie’s Comedy Cellar WJ. Christie & Son. 27--3l West Port. Tickets: 228 3765. 9.30pm (doors open 8.30pm). £3. Well-established club at the heart of the local comedy
Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award Edinburgh University Students‘ Association. Pleasance Societies Centre. Pleasance. 650 2349. 8.30pm (doors 7.30pm). £2.50. Semi-finals of the l‘)‘)8 awards. with Lee Ness. Brian
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