Comedy
Melting Pot The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). Vote for the best of the new sketches and skits from local comedy types and revel in the fact that you’ve probably cheered up a writer’s night. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £5–£7. See Sat 1. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Fri 14 for line-up.
Dundee ✽ Frankie Boyle: The Last Days of Sodom Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 8pm. £25. See Fri 14.
Thursday 13
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Storytelling maestro Scott Agnew is on top form tonight, alongside Dave Fulton and John Scott. Edinburgh Gong Show The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 8–10pm. £3. See Thu 6.
Sunday 16
Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Michael and John Scott ease your weekend with some relaxed humour.
Edinburgh ✽ Indian Takeaway with Hardeep Singh Kohli Brunton Theatre,
✽ Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues . . . Edinburgh
Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 8pm. £26. The biggest name in Scottish stand-up with another show packed with astute observations and deathly funny gags. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Miss Barbara Nice makes an appearance, so be on your best behaviour. She’s joined by Sully O’Sullivan, Susie McCabe and host Stu Murphy.
Friday 14
Glasgow The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 13 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. With Jojo Sutherland, Chris Henry, Matt Reed and Junior Simpson. Edinburgh Friday Night Live The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 8–10pm. £8. See Sat 1. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £5–£7. See Sat 1. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 13 for line-up, plus Markus Birdman.
Dundee ✽ Frankie Boyle: The Last Days of Sodom Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 8pm. £25. Controversial, shocking and in poor taste? Perhaps, but bloomin’ funny with it. Frankie once again tries to heal the country’s fools on a final tour (apparently). No doubt he’ll have saved all his most terrifying material ‘til now.
Saturday 15 Glasgow Danny Bhoy: Dear Epson Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £15. Danny’s the man responsible for the return of roast beef Monster Munch, thanks to his letter- writing skills. Settle down for more tales of penmanship borne of frustration and designed to get results. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 14. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9pm. £7 (£5). See Sat 1. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 13 for line-up.
Edinburgh ✽ Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues . . . Edinburgh
Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 8pm. £26. See Thu 13. Saturday Night Live The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 8–10pm. £10. See Sat 1.
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TV DVD FILTHY, RICH & CATFLAP (Acorn Media) ●●●●●
‘I’m sorry, but did I just detect an effort at humour brilliantly disguised as offensive, mindless drivel?’ Within three minutes of Filthy, Rich & Catflap’s opening episode in 1987, Rik Mayall expressed the standard that was set for the duration of his working career alongside Adrian Edmondson from the Dangerous Brothers to Guest House Paradiso. If their epoch-defining cultish hit The Young Ones proved that there could be more to the British sitcom than some less than crazy doings of the landed gentry, dodgy landlords and weak politicians, its follow- up showed that sometimes crude old-fashioned daftness could still hit the spot. Subtlety was a complete stranger to the Ben Elton-scripted affair, which played perfectly to the puerile strengths of Mayall (as the permanently unemployed luvvie, Richie Rich), Adrian Edmondson (his constantly beered-up minder, Eddie Catflap) and Nigel Planer (the droll agent and sometime pornographer).
Within seven minutes, the series’ first brutal slaying had taken place with Arthur Smith’s milkman bludgeoned to death after being falsely accused of working undercover as a tabloid journalist. The final episode featured a public execution going awry. Now, 25 years on, it seems fairly unlikely that a brand new generation will be turned on to such immature anarchy, but for those who can’t get enough of endless cartoon violence and a stream of knob gags, and whose VHS- recorded episodes of Filthy, Rich & Catflap have long since been lost or destroyed, this will be a nostalgic blast of wayward genius. (Brian Donaldson)
Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14.25 (£12.25). Hardeep mixes food, chat and comedy in a delicious show, during which he orders a curry live on stage, then races against time to cook his own before it arrives. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Scott Agnew is joined by Sully O’Sullivan for some end-of-the- week laughs.
Monday 17
Glasgow Bright Club: Glasgow The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £5. Bright Club features its usual intoxicating blend of comedy and academia as lecturers from the city’s universities turn their studies into entertaining stories. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2. See Mon 3. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 3.
Tuesday 18
Glasgow ✽ Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues . . . SECC, Finnieston
Quay, 0844 395 4000. 8pm. £30. See Thu 13. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 4.
Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Newbees Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2. See Mon 3. Jo Caulfield’s Comedy Collective The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Jo Caulfield hosts an evening of experimental stand-up, sketches and characters. Wednesday 19
Glasgow ✽ Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues . . . SECC, Finnieston
Quay, 0844 395 4000. 8pm. £30. See Thu 13. New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8–10.30pm. £3. See Wed 29. Scottish Cuba Solidarity Benefit The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £7 (£6). A night to raise funds for the charity which promotes relations between Scotland and Cuba, with Scott Agnew, Asim Ali, Jim Park, Viv Gee and host Ray Bradshaw.
Edinburgh Beatnik Comedy The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 225 3784. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). See Wed 5. Benefit for VSO Edinburgh The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). Graeme Thomas, Jay Lafferty, Jamie Andrew and host Joe Heenan make you laugh and raise funds for VSO Edinburgh, a charity that sends volunteers to work with communities in the developing world. Thursday 20
Glasgow ✽ Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues . . . SECC, Finnieston
Quay, 0844 395 4000. 8pm. £30. See Thu 13. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). A bumper line-up including Rob Deering, Keir McAllister, Kevin Lockard and host Mrs Barbara Nice.
Edinburgh Gong Show The Shack, 119 Rose Street, 226 4311. 8–10pm. £3. See Thu 6. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Joe Heenan hosts good humoured Dan Nightingale and observational Brendan