- Valentine treat for solo polar bear
- Fishing quotas talks set to resume
- Panda cake treat for zoo keepers
- Homelessness 'down by a fifth'
- Marchers want same-sex marriage law
- Two arrested after house drugs raid
- Rail signal staff on 24-hour strike
- Third man held in ear attack probe
- Sheridan in legal bid over damages
- Rangers FC appoints administrator
- Rangers to go into administration
- First-time buyers seize duty bonus
- Police name death crash teenager
- Restaurant stand-off: man in court
- Man faces 'siege' murder bid charge
- Grimason backs arms trade treaty
- 'Progress' made in referendum talks
- Edinburgh 'best city of the future'
- Children targeted in exercise drive
- Passenger numbers down at airports
Sponsored by
Comedy
Karen Koren: Big Yin shrinks from hecklers
IT’S ironic that during the run of my TV series, Late ’n’ Live Guide To Comedy on BBC Scotland, the stand-up scene should explode due to the most talented stand-up in the world cutting short his shows because of hecklers.
Review: Danny Bhoy, Festival Theatre
Danny Bhoy returns to the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh as something of a local Bhoy made good.
**
Interview: Danny Bhoy, comedian
SOME comedians want it all: fame, fortune and five-star reviews in the Evening News. Some even want to behave like rock stars and paint the town red after a show with their groupies (or ‘gag hags’) in tow. Danny Bhoy is forced to settle for a hot mug of Ovaltine.
Karek Koren: It’s never too Late to learn
IMAGINE having your own TV series on BBC One on your birthday... well that’s what happened to me this week.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Stand HHH
The great thing about The Stand’s six-week run of shows, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Jo Caulfield and the Edinburgh Comedy Collective, is that they will be released as a podcast.
***
Karen Koren: The late guide to comedy
NEXT Monday, BBC One Scotland will air my first television series - Late ’n’ Live Guide To Comedy.
Review: Andrew O’Neill, The Stand
With flowing locks and tight short skirt, Andrew O’Neill quickly establishes the credentials for the title of his show: Alternative.
**
Comedy review: Mark Thomas, The Stand
AGITATING comedian Mark Thomas first began developing his crowdsourced show The Manifesto in 2009, spawning a book and, more recently, an iPhone application.
TV revisits city’s legendary Late ’n’ Live comedy club
A BEAR pit. That’s the phrase most commonly used to describe Late ’n’ Live, the Gilded Balloon’s legendary comedy club that staggers to life just as other Fringe venues are calling it a day. Every August, this is where comedians come to die.
- Broken Rangers: Club signals intention to go into administration
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Rangers blame HMRC for driving club to brink of administration
- Six Nations: Steadman given notice as ruthless Robinson seeks to strengthen team
- Six Nations: Wales 27-13 Scotland: Second-half scoring blitz stuns Scots
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Scottish independence: No breakthrough in talks between Alex Salmond and Michael Moore
- The Rumour Mill: Monday’s football news and gossip
- Alex Salmond claims Scottish independence would be good for English regions
- The Rumour Mill: Tuesday’s football news and gossip
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 5 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 6 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: West
