list.co.uk/comedy HITLIST THE BEST COMEDY EVENTS
Carey Marx The sometimes rather rude Mr Marx warms up the weekend masses with his biting wit. Jongleurs, Glasgow, Fri 24 & Sat 25 Jun.
Danny Bhoy Australia’s gain has turned out to be Moffat’s loss but the Scottish lad heads here for a sort-of homecoming. See 5 Things. King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 26 Jun. Impenetrable Click A night of genuine surrealism and proper oddities is promised with poetry, music and comedy. The 13th Note, Glasgow, Mon 27 Jun.
Tom Stade Frankie Boyle’s mucker delivers his increasingly loved humour ahead of a no-doubt barnstorming August. Highlight, Glasgow, Fri 1 & Sat 2 Jul. Paul Sinha Political wit and social satire in Mr Sinha’s brain. See My Comedy Hero, page 57. The Stand, Edinburgh, Thu 23–Sat 25 Jun; The Stand, Glasgow, Thu 7–Sat 9 Jul.
Card Ninja As part of Edinburgh’s beanfeast of magic- based derring-do, New Zealand's Javier Jarquin wields some sleight-of- hand wizardry and ‘scaling’ (throwing cards about). The Stand, Edinburgh, Sat 2 & Sun 3 Jul.
Tom Deacon Radio 1’s bundle of extreme enthusiasm (catch him after the Sunday chart show pop pickers) returns to his stand-up comedy roots with boyish charm aplenty. Highlight, Glasgow, Fri 15 & Sat 16 Jul.
Hannah Gadsby Slowing it all down to a barely audible hush, this Tasmanian non-devil actually has a lot to shout about. See preview. The Stand, Edinburgh, Tue 5 Jul; The Stand, Glasgow, Wed 6–Sat 9 Jul.
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to comedy@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Kirstyn Smith. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 23
Glasgow Comedy Pub Crawl DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 7.15pm. £10 (£8). Take a trip round some of Glasgow’s finest drinking establishments in the company of Alan Anderson and a different comedian in each pub. Part of the West End Festival. Endemic Comedy Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £5. Sketches, stand-up and the odd musical number from Raymond Mearns, David and Neil Bratchpiece and loads more. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Start the weekend early with Anvil Springstien, John Ross, Paul F Taylor, Michael Downey and host Susan Morrison. Part of the West End Festival.
Edinburgh ✽✽ The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8
(£7; members £4). Gliding on to the Stage of Joy are Paul Sinha, Ro Campbell, Daniel Webster, Ben Verth and lovely host Scott Agnew. See My Comedy Hero for Sinha.
Friday 24
Glasgow British Red Cross Refugee Week Comedy Night Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8pm. £12 (£10). Susan Calman hosts an evening of first class stand-up. Part of Refugee Week Scotland. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12–£15. June’s shows at highlight are crammed full of sparkling acts. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 23 for line-up. Part of the West End Festival.
✽✽ Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20
Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. The brilliantly crazy Carey Marx delights with Adam Crow and Brendan Dempsey.
Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £4–£7. Ben Verth presents a weekend packed full of top local and visiting comedians to tickle your funny bone in an entirely appropriate way. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 9pm. £10–£13. Weekends are jacked full of comedy, with hot food available before and dancing afterwards.
✽✽ The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9;
members £5). Line-up as Thu 23 except Ben Verth replaced by Katie Mulgrew. Saturday 25
Glasgow Alan Anderson’s Gallus Glasgow Comedy Walk DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 5pm. £7 (£6). Seventy minutes of banter and patter as Mr Alan Anderson, comedian and architectural historian, guides you round Glasgow. Part of the West End Festival. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12–£15. See Fri 24. Ha Ha Comedy DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 8.30pm. £7
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5 THINGS
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT . . . DANNY BHOY 1 The b(h)oy from Moffat is a fully- fledged Aussie now, though he had a nervous wait to find out if the immigration panel would give his application for permanent residency the thumbs-up after they requested tickets to see his show in Canberra. Despite ploughing on with some ‘risky’ material about the Australian parliament, his application was heartily approved. 2 Starting his comedy career in 1998, he won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award a year later, beating off competition from the likes of Alex Zane, Karen Taylor and Adrian Poynton.
3 During the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe, he was on the shortlist for the inaugural (and only) Richard Pryor Award for Ethnic Comedy alongside Matt Blaize and Stephen K Amos, who all lost out to US- Egyptian comic Ahmed Ahmed. Bhoy is an Indian-Scot, born Danni Chaudhry.
4 Before he was allowed to perform his first gigs in India, serious vetting took place on his set. Once all his political references, bits about women, material on cattle and general swearing were removed, he didn’t have a whole lot to fall back on. 5 He once described his parents as ‘the most humourless couple you will ever meet’, but another pair of ‘fans’ inspired one of his worst gigs ever. Two drunk women at a small London venue disrupted the show to the point where they had to be given their money back (plus a bit more) to agree to leave. Only for them to then phone in a bomb scare. (Brian Donaldson) ■ King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 26 Jun.
(£6). Comedic stylings from a few different acts each time who are all hoping to have you rolling in the aisles. Part of the West End Festival.
✽✽ Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20
Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 24. 23 Jun–21 Jul 2011 THE LIST 55