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8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Some rather marvellous acts this weekend, with Susan Calman introducing Dan Nightingale and Carey Marx. More to be announced. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Host Wendy Wason is joined by the irrepressible Dan Nightingale and Mark Davies.
Monday 14
Glasgow ✽✽ John Bishop SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 8pm. £25.
Stand-up from the genial and witty Liverpudlian. He’s as watchable as ever, but now with added megafame. Raise the Roof for Rab’s Fund! The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £20. Well, this looks exciting. A night raising funds for Robert Pulley, who suffers from Motor Neurone Disease. With, and we’re quoting, a ‘Very Special’ headliner and compere, alongside The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III, Raymond Mearns, Gary Little, Antony Murray, Mikey Adams and Matt Winning. Get tickets early.
Edinburgh Fit O’ The Giggles Out With the Old Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 7. Red Raw Valentine’s Day Special The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. Who wants a romantic meal and chocolates in the bath when there’s new comedy talent and swearing to be seen? Not us, especially with host Wendy Wason involved.
Tuesday 15
Glasgow ✽✽ John Bishop SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 8pm. £25. See
Mon 14. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. Danny Lobell and Wendy Wason are in attendance with the newbies.
Edinburgh FREE Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. 9pm. See Thu 3.
✽✽ The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272.
9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Simon Munnery is joined by Wendy Wason, Danny Lobell, Ray Bradshaw and MC Jo Caulfield. See 5 Things on Munnery.
Friday 11
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £11–£14. Comedy hypnotist act. Please note that tonight’s show is a ‘Family Fun Night’, Saturday 7.30pm is safe for teens and the midnight Saturday show is over 18s only. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. £12. Chris Henry and Mark Walker join the rant-addled Michael Legge. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 10 for line-up.
Edinburgh highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £13. Brendan Riley, Benjamin Crellin and Phil Butler.
✽✽ The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10
(£9; members £5). See Thu 10 for line- up. Upstairs @ The Beehive Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 9pm. £5. See Sat 5. The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. 10.30pm. £4.50 (£4). See Fri 4.
Saturday 12
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £11–£14. See Fri 11. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. £12. See Fri 11. Lost in Digression Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £5. An eclectic night of music, comedy, poetry and storytelling. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 10 for line-up. Saturday @ The Dram Dram, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 9pm. £7 (£5). This week’s Drammers include Graham Mackie and host Ray Bradshaw.
Edinburgh highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £13. See Fri 11.
✽✽ The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272.
9pm. £15. See Thu 10 for line-up. Upstairs @ The Beehive Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 9pm. £5. See Sat 5.
Sunday 13
Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). An evening with Danny Lobell, Ben Verth and James Kirk. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 6.
5 THINGS
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT . . . SIMON MUNNERY 1 Munnery was vice-prez of Cambridge Footlights in the academic year 1987/88 and performed in a show entitled Sheep Go Bare alongside Mel Giedroyc and Tom Hollander, and directed by future author/playwright Jonathan Myerson.
2 After a series of successful Edinburgh Fringes as Alan Parker: Urban Warrior and The League Against Tedium, Munnery was somehow allowed on the tellybox with Attention Scum!. Co-created and directed by his ole buddy Stewart Lee, the shortlived BBC2 series also featured Johnny Vegas, Catherine Tate and Kevin Eldon. Sketches included operatic intermissions, men duelling over hats and stand-up performed on top of transit vans. 3 In an extract for FHM, Munnery wrote about the glory of the hangover, bylining himself as ‘an alcoholic comic and chronic melancholic with only one bollock’.
4 One of his showbiz mates is elusive graffiti artist Banksy who was desperate to block American journos from trying to unveil his mysterious mug. His ‘lawyer’, a well-oiled Munnery, unleashed a 30-minute rant which appeared to dissuade LA Times newshounds from probing any further.
5 Munnery once wrote a poem for his comedy hero, Malcolm Hardee. We reprint it here: ‘There’s only one Malcolm Hardee’. (Brian Donaldson) ■ The Stand, Edinburgh, Thu 10–Sat 12 Feb.
Melting Pot The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). Local writers come up with fresh comedy nuggets every month, which are then performed by a troupe of actors. We Happy Few Presents . . . The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 558 8209. 8.30pm. £3. Eclectic sketches and stand-up from Ben Verth, Mickey Anderson, Mitch Hanrahan, Adam Mitchell and Who is Jean?. Three Sisters Comedy The Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 9.30pm. £3 (£2). A new night for the centre of Edinburgh, held together by resident compere Jojo Comedy Mum Sutherland. Tonight’s show kicks off with the antics of Des Clarke, Ray Bradshaw, Matthew Winning and Elaine Devlin.
Thursday 10 Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879.
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Edinburgh Gareth Richards The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 Pleasance, 556 6550. 7.30pm. £5 (students £4). The ever-so quirky Gareth Richards, creator of YouTube hit ‘Dave the Fridge’ entertains students and people- who-wish-they-were-still-a-student. Tom Stade Live The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8pm. £10. Stade takes on his first national tour after building a solid TV foundation. Sharp but laid-back, like a hippy lemon.
Wednesday 16
Glasgow Benefit in Aid of Amnesty International The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Starring Susan Calman, with the rest to be announced. Edinburgh Benefit in Aid of First Step Community Project The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Raising funds for the Musselburgh-based community project, helping families with services such as childcare.
Thursday 17
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Ian Cognito, Gus Tawse, Danny Lobell and Susan Morrison. Edinburgh FREE Heresy The Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. 9pm. See Thu 3. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Bruce Devlin is here for the weekend to introduce Brendan Dempsey, Sam Gore and guests.
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