Tommy Sheppard

Stand Comedy Club's Tommy Sheppard to stand in election

Stand comedy club boss Tommy Sheppard has been announced as the SNP candidate for Edinburgh East at the upcoming Westminster General Election.

The Stand boss Tommy Sheppard bids to be SNP MP

Comedy boss Tommy Sheppard is bidding to become the SNP candidate in what is seen as the party's most winnable seat in the Capital at next year's general election.

The Stand celebrates 15 years of giving us good laughs

Tommy Sheppard - founder of The Stand - is on a mission to showcase the stars of the future.

10 years of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Joan Rivers, Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Sarah Millican among the highlights of the last decade.

Why Stewart Lee is wrong about the death of the Fringe

Charlie Wood from Underbelly: Stewart Lee and Tommy Sheppard's criticisms of my venue and the fringe only damage the artists they say they want to help - and make them sound like a pair of grumpy old men.

Stand's Sheppard beats Underbelly's Wood to board

Tommy Sheppard, director of the Stand Comedy Club, has retained his seat on the board of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, ousting fellow sitting member Charlie Wood of the Underbelly and beating PBH Free Fringe candidate Nicola Bolsover.

Comedian Ava Vidal looks at how devolution has changed the way we laugh at our politicians. Now that power has moved from Westminster to Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, she explores whether comedy has followed it and whether politicians are viewed in any way differently in each place. And as Westminster adapts to a new government, is the content of political comedy there due for a change too? Is there such a thing as national political satire anymore? Including contributions from political comedian Jeremy Hardy, producer Bill Dare and comedy club manager Tommy Sheppard.