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Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog »

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For those only able to identify Greg Davies as "that bloke from The Inbetweeners", or perhaps "the really tall one who's sometimes on Mock the Week", the likely expectation for his solo show at The Stand tonight would be something along the lines of ca...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Hannah Clark | Read more »

Robin Ince's Bad Book Club »

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The Bad Book Club epitomises smart and sophisticated humor. In his show celebrating wonderfully predictable literature and poorly written prose, Robin Ince demonstrates a comedic style that is effective without resorting to crude stereotypes or shock t...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Katie Chapman | Read more »

Wicked Wenches »

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Female stand-ups commonly fall prey to two great received wisdoms: the first is that they are naturally less funny than their male counterparts; the second is that all men subscribe to this line of thought. Neither is true, and yet both clichés ...

Tue 14 Sep 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Lucy Porter: Fool's Gold »

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Now on her second stint touring Fool's Gold, her 2009 Fringe show, Lucy Porter is certainly at ease with her material. So at ease, in fact, that she has dispensed entirely with support acts in favour of a two-part show; in effect, warming up her audien...

Thu 13 May 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Underbelly takes over McEwan Hall »

Underbelly, E4's comedy road tour, is set to take to the grand stage of McEwan Hall for the Edinburgh Festival 2010. The thousand-seat venue is best known year-round as a concert hall and home to graduation ceremonies for Edinburgh University. Ticket...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Al Innes | Read more »

Robin Ince »

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You can tell a great deal about a comedian from how they dispatch hecklers. Tonight’s host, the abrasive Bruce Devlin, favours the barrage-of-abuse technique for dealing with lairy audience members. Unfortunately, the Scottish comic’s entir...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

The big kids are alright »

“What I do is a tiny bit weird", claims cult audience-trailing David O' Doherty. "Not everyone’s going to be into it but then hopefully people who are into it, they tell their friends." Critics’ tongues have been wagging since O'Doher...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Rebecca Gordon | Read more »

The Saturday Show »

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Stand-up is as much about the venue as it is the personality. It’s about the potential for failure as well as the opportunity to shine. It’s about sitting as far away from the stage as possible to avoid getting picked on, and then getting...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Adam Knight | Read more »

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