Shows at The Stand Comedy Club

Hey everyblobby! Come along and see what hastily cobbled together pile of shite I’ve managed to pull out my arse this year! There’ll be a start, some stuff in the middle and anothe…

Mark Thomas: Black and White

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
4th - 28th Aug 2022

Hi-de-hi darlings – welcome back.

Gareth Waugh: Doozy

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
4th - 29th Aug 2022

Dogs on Instagram and more excruciatingly hilarious revelations from one of Scotland’s fastest-rising stars who’s stormed New York’s Off-Broadway and opened for Daniel Sloss,…

Simon Munnery: Trials and Tribulations

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
4th - 28th Aug 2022

‘I’ve been mugged three times and arrested once.

Seann Walsh: Is Dead. Happy Now?

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 28th Aug 2022

Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Netflix’s Flinch, Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Tonight at The London Palladium (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Play To The Whistle (ITV),…

Stewart Lee: Basic Lee (Work in Progress)

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 28th Aug 2022

In this work-in-progress show, Lee enters the post-pandemic era in streamlined stand-up mode.

Tom Houghton ‘Honour Tour’

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UK Regional & Tours
Multiple Venues
1st - 27th Mar 2022

“The Honourable” Tom Houghton has announced his first ever UK tour, the comedian and Tik Tok star will be fresh from supporting Milton Jones when he starts on his own string of…

Josie Long: Work in Progress

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
29th Aug 2021

Oh, you like Josie Long? Political and personal in one sentence, angry but tender, did a brilliant and much-lauded Fringe show when we last had civilization.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Football, Data & Bilingualism

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
27th Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Fake News, Alexa & Networking

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
27th Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Superhumans, Wild Child & Sharks

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
26th Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Depression, Assholes & Hippies

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
26th Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Marginal Gains & A Hacked Toothbrush

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
22nd Aug 2021

Two top academics, two dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Dementia, Quantum Particles & AI Creativity

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
22nd Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
18th - 21st Aug 2021

So far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Dancers, Algorithms & Speech

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
17th Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Fifty Shades of Fiction & Stroke Survival

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
17th Aug 2021

Two top academics, two dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

Jo Caulfield – Four Night Only

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
12th - 15th Aug 2021

Award-winning comedian.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Torture On Trial, #Selfloathe & Hope

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
11th Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host, comedian Susan Morrison.

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Caring Robot, Talking-Money & Toilet Graffiti

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
11th Aug 2021

Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host comedian, Susan Morrison.

The Best of Scottish Comedy

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
5th - 29th Aug 2021

Talk about doing what it says on the tin! The Stand’s flagship contemporary Scottish comedy show returns! A Fringe institution but this time with four acts, seating, table service …

Kai Humphries: Knitter-Boxer-Glory

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
5th - 31st Aug 2020

If life was a simulation would you only follow the narrative or have fun doing all the side quests? Extracting joy and betterment from life’s every diversion and challenge, multi…

Gareth Waugh: Doozy

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
5th - 31st Aug 2020

Dog Instagram, embarrassing massages, other Gareth Waughs in the world.

Josie Long: Tender

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★★★★
Charlie Ralph
Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand’s New Town Theatre
23rd Aug, 2019

Josie Long has spent twenty years being a beacon of hope amongst the cynical cruelty of stand-up comedy.

Mark Watson: I Appreciate You Coming to This and Let's Hope for the Best (Work in Progress)

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand’s New Town Theatre
13th - 25th Aug 2019

Watson presents a show that’s no more than 50% ready for public consumption and hopes for the festival’s legendary supportive vibe to carry him through.

Political Animal

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
13th - 22nd Aug 2019

Legendary late-night political stand-up showcase returns to butter the 2019 world’s infinite supply of stroppy hot potatoes.

In Conversation with Standard Issue

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
11th - 12th Aug 2019

Standard Issue, the podcast founded by Sarah Millican, returns to Edinburgh for a fourth year.

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – Late-Night Edition

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
4th - 12th Aug 2019

This is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.

Shappi Khorsandi: Skittish Warrior... Confessions of a Club Comic

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
4th - 10th Aug 2019

Comedian, author and, most recently, idiot who agreed to be tortured on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!, Shappi is a woman of many parts.

Funny for a Girl

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
2nd - 25th Aug 2019

We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe and brought them together for an evening of comedy you’ll never forget! ‘An amazing evening of the most hilariou…

Carl Hutchinson: I Know I Shouldn’t Behave Like This...

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
2nd - 24th Aug 2019

As seen on Comedy Central’s Stand Up Central and The Chris Ramsey Show.

An Evening with Savvy B

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand Comedy Club 2
2nd - 19th Aug 2019

Hannah Walker and her alter ego, Savvy B, take a comic look at who we become when we drink and what it takes to sparkle.

The Stand Late Club

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
2nd - 24th Aug 2019

‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.

Michael Legge: The Idiot

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
1st - 26th Aug 2019

‘The angriest man in UK comedy is back at the Fringe for another hour of spleen-venting, more misanthropic, bitter and agitated than ever’ **** (Chortle.

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
1st - 25th Aug 2019

Thus far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.

Simon Munnery: Alan Parker Urban Warrior Farewell Tour

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
1st - 26th Aug 2019

Once the most radical, now the only radical.

Eleanor Conway's Walk of Shame - Part 2 (Reality Bites)

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UK Regional & Tours
Multiple Venues
29th Mar - 9th Jun 2019

Ferocious clubber Eleanor Conway has always been a woman of extremes; she partied around the world as a music journo, made porn, Tinder’d her way through most of London.

The Best of Northern

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
25th Aug 2018

North East comedians on one exclusive line-up! Hot on the heels of our popular compilation showcases, we felt it only right to bring you some of finest who regularly reside at The …

Dylan Moran: Dr Cosmos

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Edinburgh Fringe
Multiple Venues
14th - 26th Aug 2018

BAFTA and Perrier award-winning comedian Dylan Moran brings his brand-new show, Dr Cosmos to the Edinburgh Fringe before embarking on his 49-date UK tour.

Tony Slattery's Crimes Against Improv

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
20th - 26th Aug 2018

Whose Line is it Anyway? star and inaugural Perrier Comedy Awards winner Tony Slattery returns to where his comedic heart truly lies; with his brand-new, headlining, all-star impro…

Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win (Work in Progress)

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
14th - 23rd Aug 2018

Last year, Mark Watson – a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Gryll…

Simon Munnery: The Wreath

On any given afternoon in the Fringe, you’re likely to find Simon Munnery gracing the stage of The Stand comedy club.

In Conversation With Standard Issue

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
12th - 13th Aug 2018

Join Standard Issue Podcast – the smart and witty women’s magazine for your ears – as it hosts a panel of brilliant women from the world of comedy and media in conversation abo…

Daniel Kitson: Good for Glue

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
6th - 27th Aug 2018

Because he’s an idiot, in thrall to his own imagined past, Daniel Kitson (41) has decided to perform an unfinished show that starts at midnight in a room that gets debilitatingly h…

Stu and Garry's Fringe Improv Show

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 11th Aug 2018

Our long-running improvised comedy show will have you in stitches.

Fred MacAulay and John Moloney

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 26th Aug 2018

With a friendship that has endured numerous governments, several economic downturns and expanding waist sizes, these two stand-ups join together to bring you a one-hour show which …

The Stand Late Club

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 25th Aug 2018

‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.

David Kay

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 12th Aug 2018

David Kay, one of the hidden gems of the Scottish comedy circuit, quirky, surreal, surprising and awesome.

Alun Cochrane: You. Me. Now.

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 26th Aug 2018

Come on then! (To my show.

Jim Smith: Back to the Teuchter!

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand Comedy Club 2
1st - 27th Aug 2018

After an absence of two years, the Perthshire farmer returns to Edinburgh with another trailer load of tales of rural life and how country people view the outside world.

Paul Sinha: The Two Ages of Man

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
1st - 26th Aug 2018

After last year’s sell-out run, Paul returns to Edinburgh with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray.

Fern Brady: Suffer, Fools!

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
19th Aug 2017

Following two shows that sold out through word of mouth alone, Scottish comedian Fern is back for another Scottish hour.

Martin Mor: Adventure Comedian

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
18th Aug 2017

Martin is one of the world’s most travelled and adventurous comedians.

Political Animal

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
15th - 24th Aug 2017

The Fringe’s only, and possibly best, long-running political stand-up gig returns to The Stand to bark at the planet’s hottest potatoes.

Bona Fide

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
14th Aug 2017

Bona Fide asks the cream of Edinburgh Fringe 2017’s comics to prove their worth by performing material specifically written for the theme of the night.

Viva La Shambles

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
14th Aug 2017

Join anarchic makers of madness Viva La Shambles as they bring their popular monthly night of chaotic live comedy to the Fringe.

In Conversation With Standard Issue

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
13th - 14th Aug 2017

In Conversation with Standard Issue: the sharp and witty women’s magazine hosts a killer line-up of funny women, including Sarah Millican*, talking about comedy, women, feminism …

Andrew Doyle: Thought Crimes

Andrew Doyle has, allegedly, lost quite a few friends this last year.

Gary Dunn Presents Monkey Magic

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
4th - 10th Aug 2017

Gary Dunn is back! Monkey Magic, is his second show at the Edinburgh Fringe and it’s bigger, badder, and even more bananas than the first! With his trusty sidekick Chico the Monk…

Simon Munnery: Renegade Plumber

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 28th Aug 2017

‘One of the most tirelessly silly stalwarts of the Fringe’ (Time Out) provides tales of plumbing woes and his attempts at under-tent heating, and ridicules the insanity of capitali…

Tony Law: Absurdity for the Common People

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 27th Aug 2017

Multi award-winning power wizard of comedy Tony Law is heading back to the top.

Shappi Khorsandi: Oh My Country! From Morris Dancing to Morrissey

In a very personal set, Shappi talks growing up in Britain as the child of refugee parents and being English.

Bridget Christie: Mortal

Bridget Christie is one of the funniest comedians I’ve ever seen.

Josie Long: Work In Progress

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
16th - 28th Aug 2016

The triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, BBC Radio 4 star and cult optimist Josie Long returns to The Stand with an hour of new material and knockabout fun, as she works towards …

Jay Lafferty: Jaywalking

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
15th - 16th Aug 2016

Jay returns to this year’s Fringe for two nights only.

Julia Sutherland: The 40-Year-Old Version

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
15th Aug 2016

Delighted to turn 40, Julia is having a breakthrough, not a breakdown! Typically a time to reflect, re-assess.

spiked at the Stand: Free!

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
15th Aug 2016

spiked, the radical magazine that fights for your right to offend, returns to the Stand for a night of no-holds-barred comedy.

WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s 2x4 Tour One-Man Comedy Show

Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney has been touring all over the UK for months.

Political Animal

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
9th - 25th Aug 2016

The Fringe’s only and possibly best long-running political stand-up gig returns to The Stand to bark at the planet’s hottest potatoes.

Craig Campbell's 'Easy Tiger'

The whole fish-out-of water shtick is a difficult one to pull off – the performer has to be au fait with local idiosyncrasies while at the same time be looking in at them from th…

Stu and Garry’s Improv Show

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
5th - 29th Aug 2016

Award-winning Stu Murphy and Garry Dobson perform brilliant improvised comedy all year round as Stand Comedy Club residents.

Stewart Lee: Content Provider

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
5th - 29th Aug 2016

After four years writing and performing twelve half hours of stand up for his TV show, this is work in progress towards Stewart’s first brand new full-length live show since the aw…

The Stand Late Club

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
5th - 27th Aug 2016

‘This is late night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.

Simon Munnery: Standing Still

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
4th - 29th Aug 2016

Simon Munnery performs for his 30th year at the Fringe.

Des Clarke 3D

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
3rd - 28th Aug 2016

Des Clarke is a much loved performer in Edinburgh.

Mark Watson: Work in Progress

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
21st - 30th Aug 2015

His show Flaws was probably the most acclaimed show of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Paul Sinha: Postcards From the Z List

British Asian, Paul Sinha, makes a very welcome return to the Stand Comedy Club during the Fringe after a four-year absence.

Gary Little: Just Trying to Be Friendly

“The Facebook,” Little moans, is a hub of narcissism and platform for vapid boasts.

Alun Cochrane: A Show with a Man in It

Okay, he doesn’t promise much - the title was his son’s butchering of the ‘one-man show’ term.

Bridget Christie: A Book For Her

It’s 11 am – for some, the time for a late, leisurely breakfast.

Julia Sutherland is World's Best Dad

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
17th Aug 2015

There’s a lot to live up to as a 21st century woman – having it all isn’t quite working out.

Jay Lafferty: Mockingjay

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
17th Aug 2015

Definition mocking: treat with ridicule or contempt, to imitate in fun or derision.

An Irishman Abroad (Live) Jarlath Regan Interviews Jason Byrne

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
17th Aug 2015

A live recording of the global hit podcast where each week comedian Jarlath Regan meets a person of Irish heritage for a conversation about life, their work and of course, the infl…

Jo Caulfield: Awkward Conversations

Jo Caulifield is sardonic, cutting and fantastically witty.

Richard Melvin Presents… Live at The Stand Podcast

Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte…

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand Comedy Club
9th - 30th Aug 2015

What if someone else wrote a set list of outrageous and original topics for the world’s best stand-up comedians, and they had to perform from it with literally zero seconds to pr…