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Edinburgh Best of Scottish The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). A freshly picked selection of comedians linked by coincidence of birth: Susan Morrison, Andy Sir, Phil Differ and Derek Johnston. With host Scott Agnew. By the way. Thursday 30
Glasgow Whose Round is it Anyway? Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7pm. £7 (£5). A new comedy improv show from Glasgow-based Q-Fusion. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Three Scottish legends meet on one bill as Susan Morrison hosts a weekend featuring Bruce Morton and Parrot. With Colm O’Regan and FJ Murray.
Edinburgh ✽✽ Frankie Boyle: I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in
the Face Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. The razor-tongued and ever- so-slightly controversial comedian has sold out. Soz. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). A spanking line-up held together by Scott Agnew and featuring Craig Campbell, Johnny Candon, Rebecca Donohue and Tony Basnett.
Friday 1
Glasgow Jongleurs Tiger Tiger, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 553 4888. 8pm. TBC. Janey Godley returns to Jongleurs, this time with Adam Crow, Daliso Chaponda and Alex Boardman. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. From £12. Glasgow’s own Susan Calman joins some funny gentlemen for a night of laughs: Mike Milligan, Jason John Whitehead and Richard Morton. Free entry to Club-Risa after the show, you lucky punk, you. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 30 for line-up.
Edinburgh ✽✽ Frankie Boyle: I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in
the Face Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thu 30. Friday Fix The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £9. The Friday Fix returns! With comedy turns from Craig Campbell, John Gavin, Matt Winning, Martin Bearne and MC Davey See. Tunes from The Dukes and Horndog Brass Band. highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. From £10. Craig Campbell is joined by Angie McEvoy, Nick Revell and Curtis Walker. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 30 for line-up. The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. 10.30pm. £4.50 (£4; members £3.50). See Fri 24.
Saturday 2 Glasgow Ardal O’Hanlon Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £18. Above Father Ted, O’Hanlon is also a really rather good stand-up. Jongleurs Tiger Tiger, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 553 4888. 8pm. TBC. See Fri 1. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. From £12. See Fri 1. Half Price Comedy Club Uisge
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Not exactly a day of rest for the lord of chav as the man underneath it all, Simon Brodkin, continues to hit paydirt on the Well Good Tour with the person you’d cross many, many streets to avoid ■ The Stand, Glasgow, Sun 3 Oct.
Beatha, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 9pm. £6 (£4). See Sat 25. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £13. See Thu 30 for line-up.
Edinburgh ✽✽ Frankie Boyle: I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in the
Face Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thu 30. highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. From £10. See Fri 1. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £13. See Thu 30 for line-up. Itsy’s Kabarett Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 10.30pm–3am. £5–£6. A second birthday party, with headline acts Missy Malone and Dee Itsy.
Sunday 3
Glasgow Glasgow Kids Comedy Club The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 3pm. £4. No under 5s; all kids must be accompanied. FREE Comedy at the Ivory Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 636 0223. 8pm. See Sun 26. Lee Nelson’s Well Good Tour The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). He’s on BBC3, but it’s totally worth seeing the cheeky chav in the flesh. Legend.
Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch is it Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 26.
✽✽ Frankie Boyle: I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in the
Face Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thu 30. Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £1). Stu Murphy hosts, with local boys Keir McAllister, Barry McDonald, Jim Park and Ben Verth.
Monday 4 Glasgow Benefit in Aid of the Women’s Support Project The Stand, 333
Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£5). A night to raise funds to support work concerning violence against women. Edinburgh Fit O’ The Giggles Absolute Beginners Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 27. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). Beginners starting out, plus more experienced acts. With Keir McAllister and Derek ‘DJ’ Johnston.
Tuesday 5
Glasgow FREE Comedy at the Halt Bar The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. See Tue 28. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). Teddy and Billy Kirkwood help along some comedians starting out.
Edinburgh Joey Page and Barry Castagnola The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 Pleasance, 556 6550. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). A duet of inventive comedians to entertain this evening, with non-studenty types welcome to join in the laughs.
✽✽ Russell Brand: Booky Wook 2 Tour Venue 150 @ EICC, 150
Morrison Street, 0844 847 1639. 7.30pm. £29.50. Big hair. Big ego. See Books listings, page 46.
✽✽ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Regular host Susan Calman introduces controversial comedian Shazia Mirza and the not-very- controversial Maeve Higgins, Jay Lafferty and Caroline Robertson in this celebration of funny females.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow ✽✽ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055.
8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tue 5.
Edinburgh Women Onto Work Benefit The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5). Women Onto Work celebrates 21
✽✽ Nordoff-Robbins Comedy Gala Quite the glittering line-up this, for a night of unabashed charity-giving with Des Clarke, Susan Calman, Greg McHugh, Bruce Morton, Tam Cowan and Janey Godley all doing their bit. The Garage, Glasgow, Wed 29 Sep. ✽✽ Frankie Boyle Stand back as Sir Francis gets set to let rip. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep–Sun 3 Oct. ✽✽ Russell Brand An interview, some readings, a dash of stand-up and more than a bit of thrusty-posturing is ensured as Monsignor Brand drops by for the solo Scottish date of his Booky Wook 2 tour. EICC, Edinburgh, Tue 5 Oct. ✽✽ Wicked Wenches Two excellent nights of wenching here, with the likes of Maeve Higgins, Shazia Mirza and Jay Lafferty getting all wicked and that. The Stand, Edinburgh, Tue 5 Oct; The Stand, Glasgow, Wed 6 Oct. ✽✽ Ross Noble The master of nonsense goes into overload mode. Strangely enough, with a show entitled Nonsensory Overload. See 5 Things. Playhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 7 Oct.
years of getting women into, umm, work with a top night of comedy.
Thursday 7 Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Dave Fulton is here to get your thoughts re- aligned with his no-nonsense comedy. With Shazia Mirza, Bruce Fummey, Davey See and host Billy Kirkwood.
Edinburgh ✽✽ Ross Noble: Nonsensory Overload Playhouse, 18–22
Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £26.50. The quick-witted Geordie nutjob is back on tour with a brand-new show. Hilarious ramblings await you. See 5 Things. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Joe Heenan hosts the weekend, introducing the weird and wonderful Addy Van Der Borgh, improv from Stu & Garry, Maeve Higgins and Ben Verth.
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