Late night events, Comedy, Stand-up

The granddaddy of Glasgow comedy venues continues to attract some of Scotland's best comedians to its wee basement of joy. Clever granddaddy.

The cult Australian comedian, not for the faint of heart, brings another show brimming in foul-mouthed rants and questionable taste to the Fringe.

Original sketches and stand-up as the comedy troupe performs new writing.

Moran plays up to the stereotype of the bumbling, drunken Irishman, but his comedy is much more intelligent than mere cliché-mongering: on stage he is uniquely charismatic, a foul-mouthed mixture of lovable and misanthropic, and always very, very funny.

Observational humour from the Dublin-stand-up and actor about reaching middle age.

Cheeky chappy Mark Dolan road-tests his one-man show You're Awesome!, which celebrates the audience's unsung achievements. Proceeds from the night go to the charity Trekstock.com.

Topical humour and improvisations based on recent news stories.

Saturday nights à la Stand are normally a sold out affair so it's worth booking in advance and getting in early for the edibles. (Food. Not ladies.)

Often the sexiest stories are the ones you don't quite finish. Join the sometimes-sweet, mostly-naughty girls of Sugar & Vice for late night songs and laughter. Courtney's saving herself until marriage and knows that you find that weird. Brydie spent herself some time ago and has been living on sexual credit ever…

Hold onto your funny bones – Comedy Central is taking over The Stand, chucking some of series curator Stewart Lee's fave comedians in your direction for a full week of fun. There are two shows each day, but these are probably fated to sell out, so get in quick!

A host of comedians who provide something more anarchic than your typical comedy evening, busting out their best comedy moves, with a line-up that change each time.

Award-winning comedian and Paramount Comedy Best New Act finalist Amadeus Martin is here with farce-paced storytelling and observations. Amadeus also brings his badly drawn pictures and presents not-to-scale graphs and charts for those finicky analysts i.e. ‘Spannalysts’ who prefer reasoning rather than relying on…

Sharp storytelling and intelligent observations.

Surreal humour from the Mexican wrestling mask-draped-with-bacon-wearing cult 1980s Canadian comedian.

Energetic humour and surreal improvisations as Canadian stand-up Phil Nichol presents his brand of mischievous rantings. Also featuring Ian Stone, Ian Cognito and Ian Moore.

Energetic humour and surreal improvisations as Canadian stand-up Phil Nichol presents his brand of mischievous rantings. Also featuring Ian Stone, Ian Cognito and Dana Alexander.

Social commentary and political observations from Dublin-born stand-up, star of BBC3's Conspiracy Roadtrip and 2011 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee for Best Comedy Show, Andrew Maxwell. Also featuring Pete Johansson and Luke Toulson.

Sardonic and supercilious humour from Radio 4 regular and writer of seven series of news satire show The Way It Is, Simon Evans. Also featuring Alistair Barrie and John Lynn.

Playful, upbeat humour and razor-sharp wit from former contestant on ITV's Show Me The Funny contestant, Rudi Lickwood. Also featuring Steve Gribbin and Tom Allen.

Surreal and energetic humour from inventive Canadian stand-up and 2012 Chortle Best Breakthrough Act award-winner, Tony Law. Also featuring Andrew Bird, Gordon Southern and Colin Owens.

Dark and mischievous humour from New Zealand Comedy Festival's Best International Show award-winner in both 2009 and 2011, Carey Marx. Also featuring Curtis Walker, Christian Reilly and Loretta Maine.

Comedians take world events into their own hands and get debating. Funniest gets your vote. It's that simple.

Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble and James Acaster share stories of their friendship and perform stand-up sets.