It is the end of November dark and cold where best to go to be cheered up and have a great laugh. Where else but the Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh. On this Thursday evening we had the pleasure of Keir McAllister, Sian Bevan, Tara Flynn, Miles Jupp and our host for the evening Bruce Devlin.

Bruce is a great host he is able to asses the audience quickly and normally able to verbally squash any potential troublemakers in the audience. I just can’t put my finger on why Bruce is such a great compere, but do love it when he is on. Even having seen him several times each one is totally different.

Our first act was Keir McAllister. I’m sure Keir has multiple personalities dependent on his facial hair. When he is clean-shaven he is the cute funny guy next door that every girl would love to go out with, as the stubble grows he develops in to a really naughty bad boy with the evil twinkle in his eye and a wicked sense of humour. My problem is I adore all of these aspects. On this particular evening he was mid way between both and hilarious with it.

During the second section of the show we were presented with two very talented young ladies. Firstly Sian Bevan whose approach to comedy is along the vein of children’s TV presenter utilising her teaching sessions as part of the material for her set. She has a great finishing section and during this time she is definitely the most pretty.

Followed by Irish bombshell Tara Flynn whose Celtic crack rivals all her male compatriots, just going to prove what Geoff and I have said for years, there are brilliant talented female comedians out there. My advice to everyone out there is to see Tara if you can for a master class in humour.

Our final act is the phenomenon that is Miles Jupp, having just recently become a dad himself Miles has a whole new twist to his set. He is still utilising his accent and playing the ‘posh’ card, which is what he is best known for, but the new material adds an extra depth and maturity to his already superb set.

Once again the Stand Comedy Club has outdone itself. At the time of publication the website for the Stand has been experiencing problems, with the great festive programme during December this will be a great loss but line-ups and tickets can be found out and booked by telephone 0131 558 7272 or in person at The Stand Comedy Club, 5 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3EB.