COMEDY blossoming line-up full of Fringe treats that have been tickling him so far this year.
Edinburgh ✽ Sean Lock Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871
3014. 8pm. £25.90. See Sun 28.
Monday 5
Edinburgh ✽ Sean Lock Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871
3014. 8pm. £25.90. See Sun 28.
Tuesday 6
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 11. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 23. Wednesday 7
Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 10. Tom Stade Totally Rocks! The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £15. The charmingly vicious, laid-back Canadian presents his latest solo show as he aims to prove that he’s more than just a pal of Frankie Boyle. We know he’s more than that, but some ignorant people might still need convincing.
Thursday 8 Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 11. Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). Don’t fret about braving the crowds and all that juggling, settle back with the terribly trustworthy host as he introduces a handpicked selection of top Fringe acts. See My Comedy Hero on page 62 for a bit of fully deserved Bruce Morton- worshipping.
Friday 9
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £12.50–£16 (family £7.50 per person Fri only). Hypnotist act from Powers, who has been called ‘the Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Please note the Fri show is a ‘Family Fun Night’, Sat 7.30pm show is ‘Anything Goes’ (safe for teens) and the Sat ‘Midnight Madness’ is over 18s only. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £10–£12. Sally- Anne Hayward, Scott Agnew and some guests step up to some comedy plates and do their thing. Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). See Thu 8. The 10 O’Clock Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10–11.30pm. £8 (£6). See Sat 20.
Saturday 10 Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £12.50–£16 (family £7.50 per person Fri only). See Fri 9.
✽ Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395
4000. 8pm. £25. The sharp-tongued controversy-laden stand-up chap delivers
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Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). Don’t worry about having to struggle through those crowds and all that juggling and flyering and flame-throwing (are they still allowed to do that?), just stay right where you are and let Susan Morrison introduce a sweet smorgasbord of funny Fringe acts that you really ought to know about.
Friday 16
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £12.50–£16 (family £7.50 per person Fri only). See Fri 9. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £10–£12. Keith Farnan is happily at it again with his high-end, deeply intelligent bland of Irish craicery. Susan Morrison’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). See Thu 15. The 10 O’Clock Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10–11.30pm. £8 (£6). See Sat 20.
Saturday 17 Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £12.50–£16 (family £7.50 per person Fri only). See Fri 9. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £10–£12. Mr Keith Farnan is joined by Mr Des Clarke. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9pm. £7 (£5). See Sat 13. Susan Morrison’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). See Thu 15. The 10 O’Clock Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10–11.30pm. £8 (£6). See Sat 20.
Sunday 18
Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £7 (£6; members £1). See Sun 4.
Tuesday 20
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 11. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 23.
Wednesday 21 Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 10. Billy Kirkwood’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Wed 14.
Thursday 22
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 11. Bruce Devlin’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). Bubbly Bruce Devlin had made it his mission to get you lot excited about the Edinburgh Fringe without actually having to venture all the way over to the east coast. See the acts everyone is banging on about right on your doorstep, you lazy sod.
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STAND-UP JANEY GODLEY Ingram Street, Glasgow, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Jul; Behind The Wall, Falkirk, Sat 27 Jul
Eighteen years a stand-up, Janey Godley is only now releasing her debut album. Recorded at the Comedy Cafe Theatre in London last month, Janey Godley is Ungagged will appear on CD and audio download, a mixture of new material and greatest hits. The Glaswegian never writes her routines down, preferring to dip in and out of an anecdote trove as the mood takes her on stage. Such is her online following now, though, that fans have begun requesting specific stories. ‘And I’ve noticed that some are starting to videotape gigs,’ she explains. ‘I’ve asked them to stop but one said, “well, we don’t really get to see you do all your recent material”. So if I don’t put this out there, somebody else will.’ Before returning to the Edinburgh Fringe next month, she is
recording a series of eight comic monologues for BBC Radio Scotland with her daughter and fellow stand-up Ashley Storrie. Godley’s are presented from the perspective of a pensioner and reflect her belief that ‘you rarely get to hear an older woman’s voice. And don’t try to tell me that Glaswegian pensioners aren’t funny. My dad is hilarious!’ An ‘unconscious comedian’ whose forthright opinions she shares
on Twitter at every opportunity, she’s nevertheless miffed that Godley Snr is prouder of his relatively inexperienced granddaughter’s career than hers. With comedy very much the family business now, if traces of Godley’s style and mannerisms are discernible in Storrie’s approach, she acknowledges that it was her privately-educated child who polished up the erstwhile publican-mum, telling her ‘how to speak’. ‘My vocabulary and diction were terrible when I left The Calton [bar]. At 14, she’d sit at the side of the stage and tell me to slow down, speak clearer and that my grammar was awful!’ (Jay Richardson)
more of his caustic goods. Folk who go to charity gigs might not like the cut of his comedic gib, but the masses will be out to witness their messiah at work. See preview, page 60. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £10–£12. See Fri 9. Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). See Thu 8. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9pm. £7 (£5). See Sat 13. The 10 O’Clock Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10–11.30pm. £8 (£6). See Sat 20.
Sunday 11 Glasgow Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £10–£15 (£8–£15; members £4–£15). See Thu 8. Michael Redmond’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £7 (£6; members £1). See Sun 4.
Tuesday 13
Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 11. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 23. Wednesday 14
Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 10. Billy Kirkwood’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Can’t be bothered schlepping east to see what’s going down there? Why would you, when luscious-locked and charmingly-tattooed Sir William of Kirkwood is quite literally bringing the best of the you-know-what to you.
Thursday 15 Glasgow FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Thu 11. Susan Morrison’s Pick of the