Kevin Bridges

Jonathan Ross upsets Tom Hardy

TV Gossip

3 Feb 2012

Jonathan Ross upset chat show guest Tom Hardy with some archive footage. The presenter reportedly left the actor feeling uncomfortable when he screened footage of the 'Inception' actor winning a modelling contest on Channel 4's 'Big Breakfast Show…

Comedy DVDs round up - The best and worst

The verdict on DVDs from Richard Herring, Greg Giraldo, Tommy Tiernan and Kevin Bridges

23 Dec 2010

The former Popworld and Never Mind the Buzzcocks host proves that behind the barbed sarcasm, he’s a vulnerable little soul. Over the course of 80 minutes, he chats about his inability to find a good man and his oddball family. A tortured Jewish lad…

The Hot 100 2010 - Mark Millar, Kevin Bridges and Alasdair Gray take top 3 spots

Our annual chart of the people from Scotland being interesting, successful and creative

16 Dec 2010

The Hot 100 is a list of Scots who’ve made a sizeable creative splash in 2010. It includes musicians, artists, writers, actors, fashion designers, technological innovators, shop owners, festival directors, record label heads and one mad cyclist.

The Hot 100 2010 - No. 2: Kevin Bridges

The Scottish comedian's profile skyrocketed this year - interview

16 Dec 2010

The overnight sensation tells Brian Donaldson about Shetland audiences, the real difference between Scottish and Spanish football, and being Tony Soprano for a dayI

5 Comedy Shows Worth Watching On Telly

7 Sep 2010

Him and Her Ex-Cowards chap Stefan Golaszewski brings us his own ‘anti-romantic comedy’ about a young couple who are madly in love but with little appetite for the outside world. So the outside world decides to come to them. Russell Tovey, Sarah…

Kevin Bridges

Rising star effortlessly wins over the home crowd

9 Aug 2010

Kevin Bridges’ rapid rise to superstardom appears to have surprised no one as much as Bridges himself. As he ambles onstage to excited chants of ‘Kevin! Kevin!’ there’s an air of bemusement to the youthful funnyman, as though he can’t quite believe that…

Five Comedy Shows Worth Watching On Telly

5 Jul 2010

Important Things with Demetri Martin The former quirksome Perrier winner continues his series, which is part stream-of-consciousness sketch show, part stand-up comedy affair, mixed with animation and music. In this one, he turns his attention to the…

Kevin Bridges, Derrick May and Green Velvet on Rock Ness 2010 bill

10 Jun 2010

Rock Ness has more to offer than just great DJs and lashings of live music, as Henry Northmore finds out

Kevin Bridges

SECC, Glasgow, 28 May 2010

3 Jun 2010

Kevin Bridges is Glasgow banter personified. Going to see his live act is akin to getting excellent chat from a local at a wee old man’s pub. The type of pub you can get a whisky and mixer for £1.20. The unusual thing about tonight is that he’s not at a…

Five things you might not know about: Kevin Bridges

20 May 2010

1: Having served his apprenticeship as the class clown, Kevin Bridges was inspired by Frank Skinner’s autobiography to take the plunge and booked his first open spot by emailing The Stand at 2am during a restless night. A month later, he got the call…

5 things to see at: Merchant City Festival

3 Sep 2009

Kevin Bridges, Scott Agnew, Mark Nelson, Raymond Mearns, Scottish Comedian of the Year

Hitlist: Comedy

3 Sep 2009

Billy Connolly The legend that is the Big Yin drops by to do a sold-out tour taking in several dates in the capital before doing his thing in Glasgow come October. He once did a joke about jojoba sounding a bit like October. Brilliant, it was. Usher…

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations

Who's up for the Fringe's top prize?

27 Aug 2009

The name may be up for debate, but what isn't in doubt is the prestige of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and the impact it can have on a comic's career. Known in its most memorable form as the Perrier Award from 1981 to 2005, followed by a brief stint…

Kevin Bridges

Scotland’s rising star strikes on his Fringe debut

18 Aug 2009

Clydebank’s finest (unless you’re a fan of Duncan Bannatyne or Wet Wet Wet) makes his Fringe debut here with An Hour to Sing for Your Soul. Extra dates were ratcheted onto his schedule after his appearance on that Michael McIntyre vehicle led to a flood…

An Hour to Sing fo Your Soul - Kevin Bridges' stand-up show

23 Jul 2009

When comics make their Fringe debuts, many of them are hell-bent on working up the biggest theme their minds and mouths can maintain over the course of an hour. Not such manufactured tosh for a guy like Kevin Bridges, the latest in a long line of great…

Edinburgh Festival comedy highlights for a fiver

15 Jul 2009

Ooh, a Fringe in a credit crunch. It’ll be interesting times for all this year, but if you get in quick you can catch some of the best acts in exchange for a mere fiver. We’ve selected fifty of the finest shows you can see for the price of a…