COMEDY
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Thursday 10
Glasgow Vespbar Virgins Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £2. Graham Barrie hosts some up-and-comers. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Billy Kirkwood MCs, with Gavin Webster, Felicity Ward and Keiron Nicholson. Just Comedy Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge, 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 9pm. £5 (£10 with a sharing plate and drink). Weekly special guests and MC Janey Godley at this new comedy night. Edinburgh The Comedy Club 4 Kids Workshop The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, 558 8844. 2.30–5pm. £20. A special workshop for kids to hone their comedy skills before testing them in front of an audience. Ages 7–11 from 10am; ages 12–15 from 2.30pm. Comedy Night Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £3. Six of the city’s top comedians road-test new funnies. Men With Coconuts The Canons’ Gait, 232 Canongate, 556 4481. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Improv comedy from Fringe alteregos Impro FX. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With impro-a-go-gos Stu & Garry, plus Ro Campbell.
Friday 11
Glasgow Laughter Eight Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £8. Patrick Rolink headlines with support from Ross Leslie, Daisy Earl and Brendan Breslin. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 10 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. With Brendan Riley, Larry Dean, Phil Walker and David Hadingham. The 10 O’Clock Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10pm. £10. Patrick Rolink headlines with support from Ross Leslie, Daisy Earl, Rob Crosbie and MC Viv Gee.
Edinburgh ✽ Caitlin Moran Festival Theatre, Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £20. Want to know how to build a girl? Our Caitlin shows / tells you how. See feature, page 44. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. Ben Verth presents top local and visiting comedians. FREE Second Friday of the Month Improv Show The Kilderkin, 67 Canongate, 556 2101. 8.30pm. The A to Z Players make up comedy right in front of your very eyes. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 10 for line-up.
Saturday 12
Glasgow Laughter Eight Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £8. See Fri 11, but with Paul McDaniel and Chris Thorburn standing in for Daisy Earl and Brendan Breslin. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 11. 70 THE LIST 10 Jul–21 Aug 2014
7272. 8.30pm. £2. Weekly beginners’ showcase, this week featuring Iain Stirling and Stuart Murphy. Tuesday 15
Glasgow ✽ Derren Brown: Infamous King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871
7648. 7.30pm. £25–£45. See Mon 14. FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. Chris Henry hosts some of the Scottish comedy scene’s freshest talent. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. Weekly beginners’ showcase. With Iain Stirling.
Edinburgh Work in Progress: Des Clarke, Kai Humphries, Susie McCabe, Keir McAllister and Vladimir McTavish The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £7. The five comedians test-drive their new shows. Wednesday 16
Glasgow New Material Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. Julia Sutherland hosts a night for comedians to try out their latest gags. Benefit for Quarriers The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8. Gary Little, Scott Agnew, Ashley Storrie and Raymond Mearns band together to raise cash for Quarriers.
Thursday 17
Glasgow ✽ Derren Brown: Infamous King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871
7648. 7.30pm. £25–£45. See Mon 14. Vespbar Virgins Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £2. See Thu 10. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Bruce Morton, Andrew Bird, Mat Ewins and host Raymond Mearns. See 5 Things, page 71. Just Comedy Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge, 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 9pm. £5 (£10 with a sharing plate and drink). See Thu 10.
Edinburgh Comedy Night Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £3. See Thu 10.
✽ The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Jojo Sutherland is joined by Stewart Francis, Foil, Arms & Hogg and Davey Connor.
Friday 18
Glasgow ✽ Derren Brown: Infamous King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £27.50–£45. See Mon 14. Laughter Eight Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £8. See Fri 11, but with Chris Forbes, That Funny Blind Guy, Ally Houston and Jeannie Bottle-Jones. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 17 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. With Bruce Devlin, Vladimir McTavish, Ray Bradshaw and Gary Little. The 10 O’Clock Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10pm. £10. See Fri 11, but with Chris Forbes, That Funny Blind Guy, Ally Houston and Paul McDougall.
Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 11.
LIVE REVIEW ADAM BUXTON PRESENTS BUG O2 ABC, Glasgow, Thu 26 Jun ●●●●●
Paying homage to the XL Recordings label, this fond tribute inhibited the nerdily enthusiastic Adam Buxton from showcasing any terrible music videos. But they weren’t missed. Instead, between groundbreaking promos for the likes of the Prodigy, Radiohead and the White Stripes, Dr Buckles indulged his appetite for digital mischief with a brutally hilarious re-dub of the Beach Boys and wicked Rolf Harris visual gag.
Dusting off some vintage Baaad Dad commentary on the Prodigy
from The Adam and Joe Show and giving his kids’ (manipulated) take on the Essex pyros, the only seriously duff sequence came from his po-faced singer / songwriter character Tim Fuckit at the XL offices in the noughties. It was a stilted, mirth-free exchange that ought never to have seen the light of day.
Regardless, the affection Buxton is still held in was reflected by the patience this audience extended his sporadic technical cock-ups, and by the tipsy guy who unexpectedly accepted the invitation for someone to charge the stage. As ever, Buxton quipped with semi- joking envy about his sometime comedy partner Joe Cornish’s film success, and spoke with a curator’s knowledge on his favoured artists like Tyler, the Creator.
Of course, the show reiterated the brilliant invention of video directors such as Hammer & Tongs and Michel Gondry, even if they can’t hope to compete with the YouTube comments beneath their films for entertainment value. Just what it is about the misanthropy, stupidity and renegade spelling of these posts that always makes me weep with laughter, I’m not sure. But Buxton has a connoisseur’s eye and inhabits them with impish wit and glee, capturing the internet as a shouty bellend’s festival of ignorance and self-entitled opinion. (Jay Richardson)
Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9pm. £9 (£6). Bruce Fummey and Chris Broomfield are among the acts playing the basement of joy tonight. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 10 for line-up. The 10 O’Clock Show Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 10pm. £10. See Fri 11, but Paul McDaniel and Christopher MacArthur-Boyd replace Daisy Earl and Rob Crosbie. Edinburgh The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 11. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 11 for line-up.
Sunday 13
Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Lo-fi comedy from resident Redmond. Edinburgh FREE Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. More improv from Stuart Murphy and Garry Dobson.
✽ Frankie Boyle: Work in Progress The Stand, 5 York Place,
558 7272. 5pm. £7. A pretty special chance to catch The Boyle in a new work in progress show. FREE Capital Comedy Club Moriarty, 161 Lothian Road, 228 5558. 6pm. A night of established and new stand-up comedians. Footlights Comedy Edinburgh Footlights, 7 Spittal Street, 229 6466. 7.30pm. £3. New and experienced comedians for a Sunday night. The Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Generally relaxed comedy, this week with Ray Bradshaw.
Monday 14
Glasgow ✽ Derren Brown: Infamous King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £25–£45. The master of mentalism takes his newest show on the road. See My Comedy Hero, page 71. The Colour Ham The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). Magical-comedy sketch group, comprising Colin McLeod, Gavin Oattes and Kevin McMahon, mix absurdity, magic and mentalism. See preview, page 72.
Edinburgh Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558