STAND‘UP SIMON DAY The Stand, Edinburgh, Sun 2 Nov; The Stand, Glasgow Mon 3 Nov;
Dundee Rep, Wed 12 Nov
From white rapper to alcoholic car salesman, Simon Day has taken on a wide and varied range of comedy personas over the years — most famously getting us giggling with his hilarious skits on successful sketch show The Fast Show. But he’s tired of only playing other people, as the funnyman reveals to The List during a rare break; Day has taken fifteen minutes out of his busy schedule of filming and warm-up gigs to talk us through forthcoming, first ever solo stand-up tour What A Fool Believes.
‘I’m going to be doing lots of different things,’ he explains, ‘chatting about identity, why people want to be famous, a bit of observational comedy, and stuff about me growing up and my family. I guess it’s my sideways look at the world,’ he chortles, ‘and I’m hoping to give audiences something really quite different.’
Having taken on a wealth of weird and wonderful roles in the entertainment world over the years, it shouldn’t be hard for Day to come up with some pretty off-kilter material. He started out in the early nineties with legendary music hall character Tommy Cockles (which won him a Time Out new act of the year award), then hooked up with Wc Reeves and Bob Mortimer for a run of live and television work, and has since then appeared on such shows as Grass, Eastenders, Heartbeat, Jonathan Creek, Driving School and Swiss Toni, even going on to make big screen appearances in
Run Fatboy Run and as a Thames ferryman in Shakespeare In Love.
Day has no trouble deciding which of these many characters he has enjoyed playing most over the years - the gangsters are firm favourites - But he’s quick to point out that he has no plans to resurrect any of these old faces for his up and coming solo performances. ‘l’m doing this stand- up completely as myself. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do but never had the courage. I mean, I started out really up for saying something interesting, got in with We Reeves and then wound up doing adverts and getting paid a hell of a lot of money to say the same thing over and over again — which is the exact opposite of what I set out to do. I suppose this a return to those initial ideas. Yes, it’s scary, but it’s also exciting and I think
it’s about time I did it.’ (Camilla Pia)
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Glasgow Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs. l'(i(' Building. 1 l Renfrew Street. 0844
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844 0044. 8pm. £8. A Thursday night treat from Steve (iribhin and Mark Walker. to break up your week with jokes and stuff. There's dancing afterwards. even though it‘s a school night.
The Thursday Show The Stand. 333 Wotxllands Road, 0870600 6055. 8.30pm. £7 (£6; members £3). Wee Susan Calman hosts this early start to the weekend. with a selection of line circuit acts from near and far: Ian (.‘oppinger. Mark Bratchpicce. Keir McAllister and (Ear Murran.
Edinburgh
Fit 0' The Giggles O The Arver The Argyle Bar. 15—17 Argyle Place.
. 221 9759. 9pm. £3 (£2). Keara Murphy hosts an evening of quality comedy in
the shape of the grown-up version of her popular Absolute Beginners night. With a magical joke competition to win a bottle of tiny plonk.
Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde. 112 Hanover Street. 225 2022. 9pm. £3. More vile comedy from Rick Molland‘s
; marvellous cesspool of wickedness. Not l for the easily offended.
The Thu ' York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £7 (£6;
Show The Stand. 5
members £3). The terribly Scottish
Vladimir McTavish comperes this evening, which is filled with creamy
comedy goodness from Paul Tonkinson, Teddy. Simon O‘Keeffe and the up-and- coming Daniel Sloss.
Glasgow DAM Fine Comedy Gramafon. 7 King Street. 552 7177. 8pm. £5. A return for
this comedy night. with a professional headliner and bargainous volumes of
new talent. hosted by Jon Stanley. Jongleure Comedy Club Jongleurs. UGC Building. 1 I Renfrew Street. 0844 844 ()()44. 8pm. £12. Let the light of comedy lead you through these spooky times, with Phil Butler. Keith Farnan. Steve Gribbin and
Mark Walker all ready to perform. Your
ticket will gain you entry to the hallowed world of ‘Club Risa‘ afterwards for some tunes.
The Stand The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £9 (£8; members £5). See Thu 30.
Edinburgh
Jongleure Comedy Club Jongleurs. ()mni Centre, Greenside Place. 0844 844 0044 . 7.45pm. £1 1. Rabble-rousing comedy from Raymond Meams. Mark Maier and Rob Rouse to cheer up your weekend. There’s the normal deal with the bar and the food and the dancing and the people to talk to.
The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place.
558 7272. 9pm. £9 (£8; members £5). See Thu 30.
Glasgow Jongleure Comedy Club Jongleurs. UGC Building. 1 1 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. £15. See Fri 31.
The Stand The Stand. 333 Woodlands
Road. 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £12. See Thu 30.
Edinburgh
Jongleun Comedy Club Jongleurs, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044 . 7.30pm. £14. See Fri 31.
1 The Stand The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £12. See Thu 30.
Glasgow Tina C Oran Mor, 731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. £12 (£10). Hold on to your holster as Miss C is back with her fabulousness to entertain the troops with songs from her latest album. lick My Box. Support arrives
' from Edinburgh‘s LGBT choir Loud &
Proud. See 5 Things.
Ha He flew Comedy Ivory Hotel. Langside Avenue. Shawlands, 8.30pm. A beautiful night of new comedy talent. headed up by a
professional headliner and MC, tucked in the heart of the Shaw Land. The line-
ups change weekly. but always get there early for a seat.
Mlchael Redmond'e Sunday Service The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £1). The crowds flock once more to The Stand for their weekly dose
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Despite appearances to the contrary, Tina C is not a genteel C&W dame from Tennessee but is in fact a strapping gentleman by the name of Christopher Green, a bloke from Derbyshire. To be more map- specific. Green hails from Matlock, a true hotbed of comedy talent what with lsy Suttie also being born there.
His favourite shop in Derbyshire is called Mike Hunt Carpets. I'm sure you can work that one out.
Green is also Ida Barr (‘the world’s first music hall singer turned R&B rap superstar') and Jedd O'Sullivan (a culture critic who presented a performance at the Barbican entitled art/slash/porn. Which is nice.
Tina has been hellbent on entering the presidential fray this year, if only to “put the racy into democracy’. Tick My Box was her campaign message as she tried to get some white trash into the White House. When she takes to the Oran Mor stage. there will be a mere 48 hours till the vote gets counted and the hanging chads get ignored. Chances are she may have to try again in 2012.
This Tina C shouldn't be confused with the TINA-C which stands for the Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture Consonium, which was an attempt by certain movers and shakers in the tel-com world to define. design and generally make happen a software architecture for the telecommunication infrastructure. Phew. Think I'll be off to play my Complete and Utter Country CD now. (Brian Donaldson)
Oran Mor, Glasgow, Sun 2 Nov.
of Redmond philosophy. This week the shaggy one presents Simon O’Keeffe.
: Dee Custance and Michael Manley.
Edinburgh Whose Lunch Is It Anyway?
The Stand, 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1pm. ' Stu and Garry cure hangovers and
broken hearts with their brand of improvised comedy fun. There‘s food there. and it‘s bloomin‘ nice. so cheer up andlaugh.
Slmon Day The Stand, 5 York
Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £10. Legend of The Fast Show, Simon Day takes to the stage for a confessional set about the trials and tribulations of being at once a clown. hero. genius. loser and true artist. See preview. left.