Comedy
The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 2 for line-up. Part of the West End Festival. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 27. Edinburgh Red Hot Comedy The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 6.30pm. £7. Dark laughs in the spookiest venue in town. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £4–£7. See Fri 27. Foster’s Comedy Live @ Highlight Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 9pm. £10–£13. See Fri 27. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 2 for line-up.
Saturday 4
Glasgow Ken Dodd Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7pm. £21 (£19). Mr Dodd celebrates over 50 years in showbiz. Ha Ha Comedy DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 8pm. £7 (students £5). Line-up tba. Foster’s Comedy Live @ Highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12–£15. See Fri 27. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 27. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 2 for line-up. WEF. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £4–£7. See Fri 27. Foster’s Comedy Live @ Highlight Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 9pm. £10–£13. See Fri 27. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 2. Jekyll and Hyde Comedy Club The Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. 9.30pm. £8 (£6). See Sat 28.
Sunday 5
Glasgow Ken Dodd Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7pm. £21 (£19). See Sat 4. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Joining Mike are Del Strain, Saj, James Kirk, Matt Winning and Stephen Halkett. WEF. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 29. Funny’s Funny Female Comedian of the Year City Café, 19 Blair Street, 220 0125. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Regional heat. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). A relaxed night of laughs.
Monday 6
Glasgow ✽✽ John Cleese’s Alimony Tour Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844
871 7647. 7.30pm. £33–£36. Cleese pays his divorce settlement. See feature, page 78. Benefit in Aid of Everyman The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £15. Antony Murray, Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III and Gary Tank Commander. WEF.
Edinburgh Fit o’ the Giggles Out with the Old City Café, 19 Blair Street, 220 0125. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). See Mon 30. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. With Julia Sutherland. The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 30.
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Stirling Al Murray Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 8pm. £25.50. Mr Murray brings a pint and some laughs.
Alan Scott and host Joe Heenan. WEF. Alan Anderson: Whisky Fir Dummies DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 10pm. £6 (£5). An education. WEF. 0844 844 0044. 9pm. £10–£13. See Fri 27. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 9 for line-up.
Tuesday 7
Glasgow ✽✽ John Cleese’s Alimony Tour Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844
871 7647. 7.30pm. £33–£36. See Mon 6. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. With Sian Bevan. WEF.
Edinburgh Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). With JoJo Sutherland, Francesca Martinez, Diane Morgan and Keara Murphy.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow ✽✽ John Cleese’s Alimony Tour Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844
871 7647. 7.30pm. £33–£36. See Mon 6. Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tue 7.
Edinburgh The Broken Windows Policy The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £4 (£2). Sian Bevan, Larah Bross, Dave MacGregor and more. Thursday 9
Thursday 9
Glasgow ✽✽ Ro Campbell DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 8pm. £6
(£5). In latest show Alibi. WEF. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Daniel Sloss, Tanyalee Davis, Diane Morgan,
Edinburgh ✽✽ John Cleese’s Alimony Tour Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £20–£32.50. See Mon 6. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Francesca Martinez, Sean Grant and Richard Melvin join host Raymond Mearns.
Friday 10
Glasgow Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12–£15. See Fri 27. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 9 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 27.
Edinburgh Red Hot Comedy The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 6.30pm. £7. See Fri 3.
✽✽ John Cleese’s Alimony Tour Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £20–£32.50. See Mon 6. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £4–£7. See Fri 27. Fit o’ the Giggles Finest Constitution Bar, 48 Constitution Street, Leith, 538 9374. 9pm. £5. Fit o’ the Giggles ‘best of new talent’ night. Part of Leith Festival. Foster’s Comedy Live @ Highlight Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place,
MY COMEDY HERO ANDI OSHO The Stand, Glasgow, Mon 30 May; The Stand, Edinburgh, Tue 31 May
My comedy heroes are always changing. I remember Jackie Mason being big in this country for a while and other influences have been Jack Dee and Victoria Wood. And Russell Brand was for a spell, but now that he’s moved off into a different sphere of celebrity, I’m not as inspired by his work anymore.
But the biggest influences for me would have been people like Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy. I saw Chris Rock when he was here last time, though I’m not a fan of arena gigs – the perfect environment for comedy is a smaller venue, maybe up to a thousand seats. But when it gets up to 10,000 it takes something away because you’re losing facial expressions and everything has to be that much bigger or the audience are watching it on a screen, in which case you’d be as well watching it on DVD.
My earliest comedy hero would have been Eddie Murphy. Even though he was American, culturally what he was talking about was very familiar to a lot of us at that age. I remember his show, Delirious, when I was at school, probably nine or ten, and people were reciting bits from it, though I probably didn’t see it until I got to secondary school. He’s a brilliant mimic and mime and clown, he engages a lot of different skills when he does his stand-up. Even at a young age, I loved what he was doing. (Interview by Brian Donaldson)
Saturday 11
Glasgow Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12–£15. See Fri 27. Ha Ha Comedy DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 8.30pm. £7 (£6). See Sat 4. WEF. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. Susan Murray, John Gavin, Chris McCausland and Wayne Deakin. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 9. WEF. Edinburgh John Cleese’s Alimony Tour Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £20–£32.50. See Mon 6. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £4–£7. See Fri 27. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 9pm. £10–£13. See Fri 27. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 9 for line-up. Jekyll and Hyde Comedy Club The Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. 9.30pm. £8 (£6). See Sat 28.
Sunday 12
Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Daniel Sloss, Sean Grant, Alan Sharp and Graham Mackie. WEF.
Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 29.
✽✽ John Hegley: The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet The Stand,
5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Poetry and wit with Mr Hegley.
Monday 13
Glasgow Improv Wars The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Garry Dobson, Stu Murphy and Billy Kirkwood. WEF. Edinburgh Fit o’ the Giggles Out with the Old City Café, 19 Blair Street, 220 0125. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). See Mon 30. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. With Rebecca Donohue and Barry McDonald. The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 30.
Tuesday 14
Glasgow Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 31. WEF. Edinburgh Electric Tales The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Comedy and storytelling with Fiona Herbert, Las Zorras, Liz Ely and Ryan Van Winkle.
Wednesday 15 Glasgow The Fun Junkies The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 7.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). New show from the How Do I Get Up There boys, with Des