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The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2. See Mon 6. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. With Ray Bradshaw.
Tuesday 21
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 7. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 7. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2. See Mon 6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5. See Wed 8.
Wednesday 22
Glasgow ✽✽ Frankie Boyle: Work in Progress The Stand, 333
Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm. £10. See Mon 6. FREE Gong Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 07909 822841. 8.30pm. See Wed 8.
Edinburgh Beatnik Comedy The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8.30pm. £3 (students £2). See Wed 8. Henning Wehn: No Surrender The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Germany’s Comedy Ambassador dispels the myth that his countryfolk have no sense of humour.
Thursday 23
Glasgow ✽✽ The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335
8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Ex- Klang man Steve Hall appears with Bernard O’Shea, Sean Grant and Lynn Ruth Miller. Hosted by Scott Agnew.
Edinburgh The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Laconic Roger Monkhouse joins Eddy Brimson, Jeff O’Boyle and host Stu Murphy. Comedy Academy The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 9.30pm. £3. See Thu 2.
St Andrews ✽✽ Chris Ramsey: Offermation University of St Andrews Students
Association, St Mary’s Place, 01334 462 700. 8pm. £5. See Fri 3.
Friday 24
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £11–£14 (family £24). See Fri 3.
✽✽ The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879.
8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 23 for line-up.
Edinburgh Friday Night Live The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 8pm. £8. See Fri 3. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £5. See Fri 3. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Lava Ignite, 3 West Tollcross, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. Will-E Robo is on this weekend with Dominic Woodward, Stuart Mitchell and Mike Newall. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 23 for line-up. The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. 10.30pm. £5.50 (students £5). See Fri 3.
REVIEW TV LATE’N’LIVE GUIDE TO COMEDY BBC1, Mon, 11.05pm ●●●●●
‘The performing equivalent of self-harm’ is how Johnny Vegas describes the bearpit hell of the notorious Late’n’Live. Brainchild of the Gilded Balloon’s head honcho Karen Koren (pictured above with Stephen K Amos), this Edinburgh Fringe staple has been sending chills down the spines of hardened comedians since 1986. In an eye- watering four-part tribute to the 1–5am August onslaught on the senses, it seems that the idea of switching a secret camera onto proceedings took off in 2001 (before that date, only the hirsute mania of a mid-90s Bill Bailey-led Beergut 100 proto-punk gig is shown here). No doubt some epic moments of bad behaviour would have exploded
before 2001, but that year was made legendary for the situationist antics of Russell Brand. His appearance took crowd-baiting to new levels and resulted in the next act, Fiona O’Loughlin, picking bits of a thrown pint glass out of her leg. The series features some extraordinary footage including the
aforementioned ceramics king of St Helens running way over his allotted 20 minutes and being ‘enticed’ offstage by a combination of Daniel Kitson, Ross Noble, Adam Hills and a bottle of Baileys. Or you might enjoy seeing an orphan surf-cycle David O’Doherty’s bike out of the room. And who could fail to be moved by the sight of Scott Capurro being egged on to urinate upon an abandoned jumper? It’s a place where PR spin goes to die and where comics are forced to
ditch their material to take on a crowd baying for blood in a way that simply wouldn’t be tolerated during a carefully-crafted Edinburgh hour. While the doors of Late’n’Live remain open, the spirit of the Fringe will remain alive. (Brian Donaldson)
Saturday 25
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £11–£14. See Thu 4.
✽✽ The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879.
9pm. £15. See Thu 23 for line-up.
1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 24. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 23 for line-up. Jekyll and Hyde Comedy Club The Jekyll & Hyde, 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. 9.30pm. £8 (£6). See Sat 4. Sunday 26
Edinburgh Saturday Night Live The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 8pm. £10. See Sat 4. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £7. See Fri 3. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, Lava Ignite, 3 West Tollcross, 0870 011
Glasgow ✽✽ Kevin Bridges & Friends The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844
335 8879. 5pm. £10. See Sun 5. FREE Wasasa Comedy Night The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8pm. Original comedians steering clear of racism/sexism/homophobia.
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FREE Fresh Meat The Butterfly and the Pig, 153 Bath Street, 221 7711. 8.30pm. See Sun 5. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Redmond hosts Bernard O’Shea, Sean Grant and Darren Connell. Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 5. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Evangelical preacher gone bad, Rev Obadiah III, alongside Chris Kent, Peter Wood and host Rob Kane.
Monday 27
Glasgow Scottish Fair Trade Benefit The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £5. Performers include Susan Calman, Phil Differ and Eleanor Morton. Edinburgh Comedy Variety Show City Café, 19 Blair Street, 220 0125. 8pm. £3 (£2; £1 if booked in advance through lastminute.com). See Mon 6. The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2. See Mon 6. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. With Chris Kent and Rick Molland.
Tuesday 28
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 7. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2. See Mon 6. Simon Munnery: Hats Off to the 101ers and Other Material The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). One-man punk musical about the R101 airship disaster of 1930 (apparently).
Wednesday 29
Glasgow Best of Irish Comedy The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). With Kevin Gildea, Chris Kent and Ryan McDonnell. FREE Gong Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 07909 822841. 8.30pm. See Wed 8. Edinburgh Beatnik Comedy The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8.30pm. £3 (students £2). See Wed 8. Best of Scottish Comedy The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). A monthly showcase of the finest comedy talent from north of the border.
Thursday 1
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). With Jack O’Kane, Sandy Nelson, Ryan McDonnell and host Bruce Devlin. Edinburgh The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Stu & Gary show off their improv talents alongside Kevin Gildea, Phil Differ, Gordon Smith and host Raymond Mearns. Comedy Academy The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 9.30pm. £3. See Thu 2.
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