With more and more female stand-ups coming to the fore, it seems only right that the Stand Comedy Club, both in Edinburgh and Glasgow, are continuing to showcase their undoubted talents on a ‘girls only’ night monthly, and it is usually a night well worth attending with this latest offering no exception to the norm.

Compere Susan Calman as usual got the show of to a fine start. Over the last two years the diminutive Glaswegian has really come on leaps and bounds in our opinion. She has a wicked line in patter and no matter how often we have seen her, the material is always different. As all-good comperes do she warmed up the predominately female audience well, and setting the tone for the rest to follow.

The first act was newcomer to us anyway Sonja Kelly. After the first couple of minutes when she seemed a little nervous, Ms Kelly soon settled into her surroundings and it wasn’t long before she had her audience with her. The rapidly delivered material was good, the Irish brogue appealing and she has wonderful comic timing. Her set was over all too soon for most, and I really look forward to seeing her again before too long.

Stand stalwart and award-winning author Alison Kennedy was the second act. We have seen her numerous times over the last couple of years and never fail to be amazed that each time she has a different set. As usual she flows through her time with ease delivering her funny material in her own often self-deprecating style and caused convulsions of laughter as she went.

Top of the bill was Tanyalee Davis. What she lacks in inches, she is only 3ft 6 inches tall, this lady makes up for in comedy talent. Described as the Ferrari of comedy as she is low to the ground and racy, this Canadian born Las Vegas living dynamo of energy captivated her audience from the onset. She goes places with her humour that only she could, and it was no surprise to me that she got rave reviews for her first one-woman show during the Edinburgh Fringe 2007 if this was an example of what was on offer then. It was a pleasure to witness her performance and I look forward to her return to these shores, hopefully in the near future.

There we have it another excellent night at the Stand, and judging by what’s on offer on their programme just one of many. You can check out the line-ups on their website www.thestand.co.uk both for Edinburgh and Glasgow and given that The Magners Glasgow Comedy Festival is in March the acts on the bill are even more stellar than normal, certainly well worth checking out.