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Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Top Five: Stand Up Guys
Stand Up Guys
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| John Gordillo |
Some gentlemen comedians who have
honed their craft.
A real “comedian’s
comedian”, with an examination of how love, marketing and showbusiness all
start to feel like the same thing.
Classic
routines and new material from the ‘Newsquiz’ and Radio Scotland regular as he
celebrates 25 years in stand up.
Enjoy
beautifully crafted stand up from a craftsman of language.
The
relentless host of Channel 4’s ‘Stand Up For The Week’, tackles hard hitting
subjects like why people find political correctness offensive.
A show about
what parents are really thinking.
Top Five: Cinematic Comedy
Top Five: Cinematic Comedy
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| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Join Ted
Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) and Bill S. Preston (Alex Winter), members of the
totally bodacious local band The Wyld Stallyns, as they travel through time –
and attempt to pass their history exam -
at the behest of a messenger from the future (George Carlin).
A comedy
panel show with a movie theme hosted by Craig Meighan - with team captains
comedians Rick Molland and Gareth Waugh and special guests.
Stanley
Kubrick’s classic black comedy featuring Peter Sellers in multiple roles – as
relevant today as when it was made 50 years ago.
Two
programmes of silent films (Charlie Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy) with live
music and sound effects, novelty instruments and music hall songs, presented in
the unique surroundings of Scotland’s oldest Music Hall.
Named one of
the ten funniest movies of all time, this disaster spoof is enduringly
hilarious. An airplane crew takes ill. Surely
the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But
don't call him Shirley.
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Top Five: Stand And Deliver
Top Five: Stand and
Deliver
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| Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly At Odds With The Universe |
The pick of
the bunch at Glasgow’s finest stand up comedy club.
His wife’s parents have moved in. Permanently. Not so much a show as a
person getting out of the house.
Take a
chance on a comedian who will use cynicism and desperation about the absurdity
of life to improve your world view.
A loveable Teessider who likes hugging and eating cake
(but not simultaneously!) is renowned for his superb anecdotes, his unique
charm and his unmistakeable brand of humour.
Tom takes an emotional journey exploring his profound relationship with
his granddad, and comes to fully understand the influence he has had on his
life.
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Top Five: Surrealists
Top Five: Surrealists
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| Joey Page: Golden Peacock Hour |
Comics who really let their
imaginations run wild.
Technicoloured
imagery and bizarre flights of fancy with a comic who rejoices in the
alternative.
Inside the
mind of a man-child...
Award
winning comic with a wig, some false teeth and a lot of ideas.
Join Arch-Surrealist Boothby Graffoe for
a typically skewed looked at the weird little world of the UK lottery scratch
card.
An hour of atmospheric,
dark, sharp, hypnotic, inventive, angry and heart-broken comedy from the
enigmatic new stand up.
Friday, 7 March 2014
Top Five: Sketch Shows
Sketch Shows
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| WitTank Presents: The School |
It’s not all one man one mic...
Established sketch
groups (Endemic, How Do I Get Up There? The Colour Ham, Mouth Comfort) join
stars of Scottish TV comedy and new talent from the Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland for an evening of live comedy turns.
The Stand’s
resident sketch troupe with a riotous array of cabaret and sketch comedy,
featuring Larah Bross, Dave MacGregor, Wayne Mazazda and Jeff Gawler. Directed
By Keir McAllister.
Eminently
silly sketch outfit WitTank invite you into the charmingly warped world of The
School; a deranged and archaic institution with a dizzying array of loveable
eccentrics, diabolical lunatics and malevolent buffoons.
You choose
the story – 3 lives, 12 endings, you choose what happens to the characters in a
series of sketches. Brought to you by writers Gerry McLaughlin (Burniston) and
Raymond Friel (Calcium Kid, Botched).
These stars of stage, screen & Youtube bring
you a new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence on topics far and wide.
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Susie McCabe Answers Our 'Firsts and Lasts' Questions
Susie McCabe is a fast rising star on the national comedy circuit. She may be small and look like Jockey Wilson’s stunt double, but she is hard to ignore as this is one little lady with a big mouth. See her show Susie McCabe: Tourist Misinformation at the Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow on April 2 at 7:30pm, but before that here's how Susie responded to our 'first and Last' questions:
First record you bought?
The
Cranberries Linger
Last film you watched?
I can’t
remember the name it was awful but Jodie foster was in it
(These first two answers make me
such a cliché)
First thing you do when you wake
up in the morning?
Have a drink of water
Last lie you told?
This is not a
face that can tell lies
First Crush?
Jodie Foster and a teacher it was a confusing time
(This is not helping with the Cliché
problem)
Last meal you cooked yourself?
Porridge this morning
First great piece of advice you
were given?
Everyday is a school day
Last book you read?
Alex Ferguson's
biog (Again its that Cliché popping up)
First thing you would do if you
knew the world was going to end?
Have a nice dram and a ciggie.
Last thing you do before doing a
show?
Be on my own and try pace up and down
First thing you do after a show?
Have a drink
Last time you were star struck?
Never because I have yet to meet Jodie Foster
First thing you’d do if you ran
the country?
Scrap that awful Bedroom Tax and introduce 3 day weekends
(Populist I know but Mon-Fri is just to
long a working week)
Last meal on earth – what would
it be?
Chicken , chips and gravy
First song you’d sing at Karaoke?
Sex on Fire
Last funny thing you saw online?
A PUPPY TRYING TO WALK UPSTAIRS
First comedian you ever so live?
Paul Merton
Last thing you were doing before
starting these questions?
My Day Job
First time you lived on your own?
18
Last time you won something?
NEVER , EVER ,EVER, NEVER NOT EVEN A RAFFLE
First Holiday you ever went on?
With the school to spain
Last time you made a fool of
yourself?
Now !!!! Filling This Nonsense in !!!
First job you ever had?
Doing
Alterations in a Jeans shop (I know!! , who knew Susie the seamstress)
Last Comedian you saw you that
you thought was great?
Angela Barnes
First thing you would
do/recommend when you arrive in Glasgow?
Go in to the oldest looking wee pub
you can find and just sit and listen to the chat . It will make no sense, but
will make you laugh
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