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In a world rife with folk trying to stick everyone into
holes more commonly associated with pigeons, the Bard of Luton says pah to all such mindless categorising. He’s a poet and a comic with a nifty sideline in tunesmithery. And he has been known to Morris Dance on stage too. Though this is more likely to be at the expense of his spectacle-wearing audience. There’ll be none of that crazy stuff here, though, as he previews his upcoming Edinburgh Fringe exploits.
Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, Wed 27 Jun.
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to comedyGlist.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Sian Bevan.
Glasgow
The Thursday Show The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £7 (£6—£3 members). Parrot (bit of a legend. stupid name). Keir McAllister (fast-talking ex-Dundee resident). Miles Jupp (posh. beautiful lines. daft hair) and host Bruce Devlin (bitchy. catty but nice eyes) are all on call this evening for some comedy therapy. Part of the West 15an Festival. Brick Wit House The Brick. 207 Bath Street. 248 2123. 9pm. £4 (£2). Viv Gee is back to host another night at Brick. with headliner Michael Redmond. Also on are Alan Anderson. Keir McAllister and character act Tatiana Popalov.
Edinburgh
Out to Lunch - Live! The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1.05—1.55pm. £2.50. Spend lunchtime out of the office. watching some great comedy and stuffing your face. It‘s all designed to fit into your break. and with food from £2.50. it‘s got to be better than a fag and an espresso outside the back door.
Big Word Summer Slam The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Regular Jenny Lindsay hosts this slam poetry contest with special guests William Douglas and Milton Balgoni.
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Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde. 1 l2 Hanover
f Street. 225 2022. 8.30pm. £3. Come to see Rick Molland. the evil Uncle of Scottish
Comedy. as he introduces more comedians in a depraved night of cackling. Evil stuff. The Thursday Show The Stand. 5
York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £7 (£6—£3 members). Hurrah for flowers and kittens
to do but laugh at a selection of comedians. This evening is occupied by David Kay.
Andy Zaltzman. Steven Dick. Rick
Molland and host Susan Calman.
Snatch Social presents Daddy
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Knows Best The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. l 1pm-3am. £5. Bom from the loins of illegitirnacy. the father (Calverto) and son (Harry Ainswonh) comedy combo unite for the best in cabaret meets club night.
Glasgow Watson’s Wind-up Glasgow Film Theatre. 12 Rose Street. 332 8128. 1pm.
Free. Weekly topical comedy fun at the recording of BBC Scotland‘s popular
sketch show. starring Jonathan Watson.
Theatre Found lmprov Brcl. 3943 Ashton Lane. ()845 458 9709. 6pm. Free. A
free event. where the Theatre Found guys
will take audience suggestions to weave an
unpredictable session of comedy fun. British Red Cross Comedy Night
Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267.
7.30pm. £14 (£10). Frankie Boyle and
. guests take part in a one-off comedy spectacular for International Refugee Day. . Impmbabble The Brunswick Hotel.
106-108 Brunswick Street. 552 1552. 8pm.
: £4 (£3). The lrnprobabble players perform
a night of improvised laughter. based around audience suggestions. Whose Line is it Anyway." with more Glasgow. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. UGC Building. Renfrew Street. 08707 870707. 8pm. £10. The weekend‘s line-up at Uncle Jongleurs includes Raymond Meams. Kevin Gildea and Tony Law. There‘s a club open til 3am afterwards so you can party like it‘s 1999.
The Stand The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £9 (£8—£5 members). Bruce Devlin and his bitchy mouth compere this fine June Friday eve. in the esteemed company of Parrot. Miles Jupp and Keir McAllister. three fine fillies if ever 1 saw them.
Edinburgh
Out to Lunch - Live! The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1.05—1.55pm. £2.50. See Thu 21.
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. Omni Centre. Greenside Place. 08707 870707. 8.15pm. £10. A particularly good
2 line-up from Uncle Jongleurs this week. ; with guaranteed laughs from Simon Bligh.
Junior Simpson. Alex Home and Jojo
; Smith. Bravo them and bravo you for
going. The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place. 558
; 7272. 9pm. £9 (£8—£5 members). Stand favourite Susan Morrison presents. Making you chuckle are ever-so-clever Andy
Zaltzman. ever-so-strange David Kay and cver-so-magical Steven Dick.
Glasgow
Theatre Found lmprev Cottier‘s. 93—95 Hyndland Street. ()845 458 9709. 3pm. Free. See Fri 22.
Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. UGC Building. Renfrew Street. 08707
E 870707. 8pm. £13. See Fri 22.
Comedy 0 The State The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 2159. 9pm. £5.
? MC ‘Captain Hairy' Billy Kirkwood
welcomes student comedian Andy Vaughn.
Jay Laffeny. Teddy and headliner Gary Little to the bosom of the State Bar. See Profile. page 37.
The Stand The Stand. 333 Woodlands
' Road. 0870 600 (1)55. 9pm. £12. A night of
fame as Bruce Devlin introduces Frankie
; Boyle and Miles Jupp. two giants of the
comedy circuit. Metaphorical giants.
obviously. Real ones would be scary.
i Edinburgh 3 Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. ()mni Centre. Greenside Place. 08707
870707. 8.15pm. £12. See Fri 22. The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £12. See Fri 22.
Glasgow
Theatre Found lmprev Cottier‘s. 93—95 Hyndland Street. 0845 458 9709. 3pm. Free. See Fri 22.
Charlie Ross Ramshom Theatre. 98
O lngrarn Street. 552 3489. 8pm. £8 (£6).
Charlie Ross asked all his friends to sum
' him up in one word. this show looks at the
results. Deadpan confusion ensues. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. ()870 600
- 6(155. 8.30pm. £5 (£4—£l members). Lord Michael Redmond returns for his weekly
dose of stuff. Frankie Boyle. Keith Faman. Martin McAllister and Jim Park join him.
Edinburgh
Whose Lunch is it Anwa The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. lpm. Free. Avoid a Sunday lunch with the relatives
and head down to the Stand for some free improv comedy from the mighty Stand
Players. There's hot food and a bar. so you and your hangover can have a lovely time. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The
Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4—£l members). Susan Momson ? comperes the end-of-the-week celebrations.
as Andy inltzman rounds off his Stand run. Also on are Niall Browne. Dee Custance.
1 Dave Heffron and Carly Baker.
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT . . .
1 Being born into a devoutly religious family from Atlanta. it was expected that he would simply follow their path into preaching or teaching. His response was to hop on a plane to the UK and gain entry into RADA before stumbling into a life of stand-up comedy. 2 Although he has shown up on TV panel show fodder. he has done some decent telly work writing and starring in Channel 4's Comedy Lab production called Blackout in which he becomes the very human alter ego of a severely repressed middle- class woman played by Katherine Jakeways. 3 He considers himself part of a dozen-strong crew of ‘comedy Jedis’ who refuse to play along with the mainstream and deliberately reject the lucrative success that could so easily come their way. He cites Doug Stanhope and Daniel Kitson as members of that sect. 4 In a frankly silly article last August. 'journalist' Johann Hari dubbed Hunter the ‘black Bernard Manning . . . who belittles rape and attacks Jews“. A dubious argument straight off but especially odd considering that in the same piece Hari revelled in the Fringe comics who variously told pretty mean-spirited jokes about the disabled. schizophrenia and serial killers. 5 No doubt to Hari‘s delight, posters for Hunter's Show Pride 8 Prejudice 8 Niggas were taken down from the London Underground last year just in case anyone took offence. Must be a lot of over-sensitive Jane Austen fans living in the capital these days. (Brian Donaldson)
The Stand, Edinburgh, Thu 28—Sat 30 Jun.
Edinburgh
Out to Lunch - Live! The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1.05—1.55pm. £2.50. See Thu 21.
Red Raw The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. Newer comedians have a go on the Stand stage. with professionals Keith Farnam and Vladimir McTavish ensuring that you get your £2 worth. Go on. you tight git.
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' Glasgow
Bed Raw The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1 members). A galaxy of newer comedians test their skills under the guidance of MC Keith Faman and headliner Tony Carter.