Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival Alan Anderson’s Callus Glasgow Comedy Walk Maggie May 's. 50 'l‘rongate. Merchant ('tty. 548 1351). 5.30pm. £7 (£5). Sec liri 20. Alan Anderson‘s Comedy Coach Tour ('ity Chambers. (ieorge Square. 334 1051. 2.30pm. £8 (£7). An open-top bus tour with local comedian and architectural historian Anderson. Lemoncustard Comedy Brel. 39 43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3pm. £3. Ilosts I)cc ('tistance and Stan Bevan head back to the conservatory for stand-up. sweets and games aplenty. David Kay The Statid. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 7.30pm. £81£7). Beautiful ramblings through the gentle pastures of Kay 's bewildering mind. Arnold Brown Tron Theatre. 63 'l'rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £12 (£10). The legendary comedian seeks out the brighter side of lilc with guest star laii Mticplicrsot). Best of Ha Ha Raw Comedy

Ivory Hotel. Langside Avenue. Shaw lands. 8pm. Alan Anderson (he's a htisy boy ) and Scott Agnew (who‘s not exactly frittering away his time neither) present some of the finest new talent for absolutely n'owt. Lucy Porter ()ran Mor. 731 735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. £12 (£10). Pint-si/ed Porter returns will) The Bare .\'t'(’r'\\tlt('s.

Ross Noble Theatre Royal. 282

Hope Street, 0870 (160 6647. 8pm. £20 (£18). See Hi 20. Sinful Sundays (’osniopol. 16.5 Hope Street. 221 9130. 8pm. £3. Iivil comedy at its best. with the wickedly l'tinny' Mark Nelson at the helm. Alan Anderson Maggie May's. 50 'l'rongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 8.15pm. £8 (£6). AA gives its his own show. (THU/WIT mu/ ('ontrust. Four Quid Comedy Cabaret PJ Champs. 17 Byres Road. 8.30pm. £4. Save your pennies. you poor impoverished thing. and get a compere and three comedians for four quid. Phil Differ Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Differ takes you by the Iiaiid in a guide to growing older with had grace. Zoe Lyons Tron 'I'heatre. 6.3 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). The razor sharp Lyons brings back her show .lltltt‘g'lt'tl .iltmtl'tt tililltt' Alt’ur’rl-(lp .lloili'rn .llinil. Ah Shit, It’s Mick Sergeant Brel. 39 43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 9pm. £6 (£4). (‘onie and meet Mick. the recently separated cx-shipbuilding (ieordie. to find otit why there's a shipbuilder in all of tis. Stewart Francis The Stand. 33.3 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 9.30pm. £8 (£7). If you haven't heard of this guy. then go and educate yourself.

Edinburgh Whose Lunch is it Anyway?

The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 1pm. Spend your afternoon in the safety of The Stand. where improvisational gags aplenty w ill he provided by your favourite comedy uncles Stu and Garry.

Russell Kane The Stand. 5 York

Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £10 (£8; members £5). See Sat 21.

Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Lunchtime Let“ It Lattea Sloan's. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. lpm. £8 (£7). See Thu 19.

The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwoite Ill The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. ()870 600 6055. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). Controversy-creating. God-bothering. foul mouthed. evil- blooded comedy from everyone’s favourite preacher.

Ed Byrne King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 0870 060 6648. 8pm. £17.50

42 THE LIST 19 Mar-2 Apr 2009

(£15). See Sat 21.

Terry Saunders The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 08706006055. 9.30pm. £7 (£6). I'tL’tlI'i’ 8 is Satinders' latest show which promises comedy. tales of celebrities and the death of Elliott Smith.

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Fit 0’ The Giggles Absolute Beginners Beehive lnri. (irassmarket. 225 7171. 8pm. £2. An evening of new comedy. whether from newer acts or more experienced dudes cracking out some new lines. Willi an experienced headliner and MC to make it even more special.

Red Raw The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). Forget the credit cninch and war and stuff. and go and watch a jam-packed line-up of new acts trying their ltick for barely any cash. With Scott Agnew and Teddy.

Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Lunchtime Lam & Lattes Sloan's. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. Ipiii. £8 (£7). See Thu 19.

John Bishop The Stand. 333 Wixxllands Road. 0870 600 6055. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). Iiveryone's favourite wandering Scotise comic charms us to the hilt.

Ed Byrne King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 08700606648. 8pm. £17.50 (£15). See Sat 21.

The Plot Thickens The Universal.

57 - 59 Sauchiehall Lane. 332 8899. 8.30pm. £6 (£4). An improvised comedy murder mystery where anything could happen.

Daniel Rigby Brel. 39—43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 9pm. £6 (£4). The intriguingly titled Mothii-o/r/iintustir‘ is an evening of sketches. stand-up and musical comedy. David Longley The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 08706006055. 9.30pm. £7 (£6). Longley delivers perhaps

the tiiost important message of the whole

Festival: A Joke is Just a Joke.

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Micky Flanagan The Stand. 5 York

Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £8 (£7). Acclaimed comedy from Flanagan in What ( 'lium't' Change.

Magners Glasgow international Comedy Festival

Lunchtime Lafls & Lattes Sloan‘s. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 1pm. £8 (£7). See Thu 19.

Micky Flanagan The Stand. 33.3 mellands Road. 0870 600 6055. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). See Tue 24.

Retro Sketch Ramshom Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 548 3444. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Des Clarke. Scott Agnew. Charlie Ross. Jay I.affet1y and Iain Stirling take a fresh look at classic comedy sketches.

Ardal O’l'lanlon King‘s Theatre. 297

Bath Street. 08700606648. 8pm. £17.50. See 5 Things. Bruce Morton Tron Theatre. 63

Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £9 (£8). A

veteran of the comedy scene. Morton is getting married seven weeks after the show. so go and laugh and then wish him

congratulations.

Jojo Sutherland The Universal. 57—59 Sauchiehall Lane. 332 8899. 8.30pm. £6 (£4). A look at the turbulent life of the

charismatic comedian in Jojo Sutherland Stand Up for Herself.

Smokes and Jokes Bread & Butter. 23 Royal Exchange Square. 8.30pm. £6.30. Audience members and comedians alike can light up in the only comedy club in the country where it's legal to enjoy a

ciggie.

Niall Browne and Elaine Malcolmson Brel. 39-43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 9pm. £6 (£4). Browne and Malcolmson take you gently by the

anorak to N‘Ireland in All Kinds of

E very-thing.

Simon Munnery The Stand. 33.3 \N'oodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 9.30pm. £8 (£7 ). The pioneering comic whips out a brand new show. ‘Pt‘ctacularly entitled The Cure for [xv/nonisni.

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Best of Scottish Comedy The Stand. 5 York P1ace.558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Enjoy the finest home- grown talents. including Keir McAllister and Antony Murray. alongside host Bruce Devlin.

Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival Lunchtime Lafls l Lattes Sloan's. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. Ipiii. £8 (£7). See Thu 19. Retro Sketch Ramshom Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 548 3444. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). See Wed 25. Chris Addison The ()ld Fruitinarket. Candleriggs. 353 8000.

, 8pm. £14 (£12). You might know this

Perrier nominee from The Thick of It. or you might know him from his intelligent stand-up and shows. Iiithcr way. he's blooming good. Clive James in the Evening King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 0870060 6648. 8pm. £17.50 (£16). A chance to pitch your questions to the writer. broadcaster. presenter and all round legend.

lsy Suttie The Stand. 333

Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 8pm. £8 (£7). You might know her as Dohby in Peep Show hut iii The Suttie

Show. find out why she‘s also an

acclaimed all-singing. all-charactering comic. Jon Richardson Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £8 (£6).

The distinctive comedian. and 6 Music

star. presents his second solo show

, Dogmutic.

The Penny Dreadfuls (iilmorehill

(312. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. 8pm. £9 (£6). A new show from the

scrumptious sketch-troupe.

} Phil Kay ()ran Mor. 731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. £12 (£10).

Circuit veteran Kay performs in an entirely unpredictable nature for an evening ofjoy.

Ding Dong Comedy Club McPhahbs.

23 Sandyford Place. 221 0770. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). See Thu 19. Gary Little Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street.

552 5924. 8.30pm £7 (£5) Bizarre liliCS ‘2 from the life of Little.

Michael Manley The Universal. 57—59 Sauchiehall Lane. 332 8899. 8.30pm. £6

(£4). Feral tales and hoppity comedy from

Manley in A Squirrel '3' Life.

Wll Hodgson Brel. 39—43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 9pm. £6 (£4). More heartfelt tales of being a doll-loving punk from a small-town world.

Magners Festival Club The Stand.

333 Woodlands Road. ()870 600 6055. 10pm. £8 (£7). See Thu 19.

Naked Comedy Show Maggie May's. 50 Trongate. Merchant City. 548 I350. 10.30pm. £8 (£7). A night of comedians

performing naked with nude customers

getting in free. those in underwear get in

half price.

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Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde. l 12 Hanover

Street. 225 2022. 9pm. £3. See Thu 19. The Thursday Show The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members

£4). Joe Heenan cheers up the whole

world (well. The Stand basement) by

introducing acts such as Ro Campbell. Chris Neill. The Wee Man and Simon

Munnery.

Ma ners Glasgow International Co edy Festival

Lunctime Lafls It Lattes Sloan's. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. lpm. £8 (£7). See Thu 19.

The Ellis 8 Clarke Show BBC Scotland. 40 Pacific Quay. 422 "000 7pm & 8 15pm See i‘TI 20.

Charlie Ross Ramshom Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 548 3444. 7 30pm & 9.30pm. £8 (£5). A look at the wonderful life the (ilaswegian comedian has 11\ ed through his TV.

Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongletirs. I'CiC Building. 1 l Renfrew Street. 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. From £12. Miles Crawford. Day e Johns. Stisan Murray .iiid ('arey Marx get down and dirty with the comedy (Iiiiig.

Robin Cairns Britannia Panopticon Music Hall. 1 l3 1 l7 Trongate. 553 0840 7.30pm. Ticketed. Find otit why Num/itii'y .Vc'c'il lx'l'r' loo. Universal Comedy: The Clinic (iilmorehill(312.91’niversity Avenue. 330 5522. 7.30pm. £5. A night to find out why comedy really can be the best medicine from the l'nisersal ('onicdy team pltis special guests.

Andy White The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 2159. 8pm. £5 (£4) I Think 'I'liere/ore [Joke is the latest show from Mr White.

Best Of Red Raw 2009 Classic (irand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 8pm. £7115). See lift 20.

Half Price Comedy Club l'isge Beatha. 232 246 Woodlands Road. 332 1622. 8pm & 10.40pm. £6 (£4). See 1'Tl 20.

Jimmy Carr S1i('(': (’lyde Auditorium. I-‘inniesion Qtiay. 08700404000. 8pm. £20. ('arr performs his electrify iiig Joke Technician.

Kevin Bridges ()ran Mor. 731 735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. £10 (£9). The (ilasgow comedian we've watched accelerate through the ranks since his debut aged 17. now takes you to A lli’r’lx't'lttl tn the Wild West.

Scott Capurro Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £12 (£10).

Scott ('(i/iurro (Ioev Deeper probes those

iiiggliiig issues we all ignore.

Tom Stade The Stand. 33.3 Woodlands Road. ()870 6006055. 8pm. £10. The biting Canadian retunis with ()h Fin-k. Do We Need (I lit/1’ Jim."

Jerry Sadowltz King's Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 0870060 6648. 8pm. £22.50

(£19.50). Strictly brave adults only to

confront Jerry's Comer/tun. illogical". Psy't‘lioputlt II.

Comedy @ Alea Casino Alea Casino. Springfield Quay. Paisley Road. 8.30pm. £12. Jojo Sutherland and Gary I.ittlc entertain the gamblers and visitors to the swanky casino auditorium. with three special guests.

D.A.M. Fine Comedy Cafe (iramofon. 7 King Street. 552 7177. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). See Fri 20.

Funny Women Live Blaclx'friars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). The Funny Women brand return with another showcase.

Paul Plrle The Buff Club. 142 Bath Lane. 248 1777. 8.30pm. £6. Manic genius from Pirie in the best show title of the Festival: Lettuce Piru'.

Comedy Out WEST WEST. Templeton

Building. Glasgow Green. 550 0135. 9pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 20.

Triple Scotch Sloan's. Argyle Arcade.

357 5387. 9pm. £8 (£6). See Fri 20.

Adam Bloom Maggie May’s. 50 Trongate. Merchant City. 548 1350. 9.15pm. £10(£7). The smiley. wondering Bloom shows why he's now In the Premier League of Comedy.

Austin Low The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 2159. 9.30pm. £5 (£4). Being (in Adult Sucks Tonnes of Pole . . . So sayeth the juvenile comedian. and who are we to disagree?

Magners Festival Club The Stand. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 600 6055. 10.30pm. £10 (£8). See Thu 19. Late’n’Loud Sloan‘s. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. 10.45pm. £7 (£6). See Fri 20.

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The Friday Show The Stand. 5 York Place. 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 27.