Bright Club Dundee

Stand-Up Comedy Club

Postponed – Bright Club #33

Our Bright Club Dundee #33 event has been postponed. We will be in touch in due course with a new date. If you have bought tickets already, we will in touch very soon to refund your ticket costs. Thank you…

Postponed – Bright Club Dundee #33

**This event has been postponed** Enough of the training, now it’s time to get this show on the road! Bright Club Dundee is back on Tuesday 31 March 2020, and we have another fantastically wonderful line-up awaiting you! Our professional…

Bright Club Training – 20th January 2020

Calling all budding comedians! Are you interested in having a go at stand-up? We offer training courses to all staff and students at the University of Dundee as a new way of engaging your research with the public.   If…

Laughter Lounge – Bright Club Dundee #32

If you missed the last show, or just want to re-live the hilarity of Bright Club Dundee #32, then don’t worry! We’ve captured it all on video. Invite your friends over, sit back, crack open the drinks and enjoy another…

Bright Club Comedy Training workshop

Calling all budding comedians! If you work or study at the University of Dundee, and you want to try your hand at a new way of public engagement, then come along to this comedy training, and develop your skills in…

Bright Club Dundee #31 – Laughter Lounge

Bright Club Dundee #31 was another cracking success! With five performers making their debut appearances at Dundee, it was a fantastic night which had the crowd in so much laughter! If you missed out on tickets, or if you want…

Bright Club Dundee #31 – Line-ups and tickets

Join us on Tuesday 24 April 2018 in Duke’s Corner for another fantastic night of comedy featuring academic talent from Dundee and beyond! The charming and witty Jay Lafferty will introduce you to our fabulous line-up for the evening: Sam…

Bright Club Dundee #30 – Line-ups and tickets

We are back with another cracking night of comedy in Dundee! Join us on Tuesday 26th September 2017 and meet some of the funniest people from the University of Dundee, as they make their debut on stage, joined by the…

Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas 2017: Start Skipping the Dentist

Prof Jan Clarkson from the University of Dundee is heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as part of the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas 2017 programme on Tuesday 8th August 2017, 1.50pm. Join Jan and comedian Susan Morrison as they debate, discuss, and discourse whether visiting the dentist…

Bright Club Dundee #29 Line up announced!

We are pleased to announce that we now have our line-up for 21st February 2017 at Braes, Dundee ! The wonderfully warm and witty Jojo Sutherland will return as our compere and she will bring to you a fantastic line up…

Bright Club Dundee #28

Join us again on Tuesday 27th September 2016 in Braes basement Bar for another fantastic night of comedy featuring academic talent from Dundee and beyond! Scottish Comedian of the Year, Daisy Earl will introduce you to our fabulous line-up for the evening:…

Dundee’s Laughter Lounge #27

With tickets selling out super-fast this time, we know many of you were unable to come to the show! But no worries, we captured all the fun and hilarity on camera just for you and all the audience to watch…

Bright Club Dundee #25 – Comedy Club

If you missed the last show, or just want to re-live the hilarity, then don’t worry! We’ve captured it all on video. First up, we had University of Dundee’s very own Lauren Dunlop making her debut on the Bright Club stage with…

Bright Club Dundee #25 tickets are out!

We are very excited to confirm our line-up and compere for Bright Club Dundee #25, taking place on Tuesday 10th November, at Braes Basement Bar on Perth Road. Featuring Susan Morrison as our mischievous and funny compere for the evening,…

Bright Club Dundee #24: Line up announced

We are very excited to tell you that our line-up and compere have now all been confirmed for Bright Club #24, taking place on FRIDAY 25th September, at Braes Basement Bar on Perth Road. Featuring Gus Lymburn as our hilariously funny compere…

Bright Club #23: Line Up Announced

Tonight’s show is now SOLD OUT. Returns and no-shows may be available on the door from 8pm at braes basement. Bright Club Dundee is back for a night of fun, laughter and cracking performers from local Universities telling you their finest…

Bright Club #22: Line Up Announced

We are pleased to announced that Bright Club Dundee #22 welcomes back the hilariously funny compere Sian Bevan for the evening to bring to you a fantastic line up, promising to fill you with laughter and fun: David Pritchard –…

Bright Club #18 Videos

The Dundee Science Festival Bright Club #18 was a massive hit with yet another sell-out show. Our hiliarious acts had the audience rolling about in laughter with their comedy, but don’t worry if you missed out as you can catch the…

Dundee's Laughter Library

There was plenty to laugh about at the Literary Festival themed Bright Club Dundee event on Wednesday 22nd October, when six of our performers each came onto our stage. Tim Baker made his debut at Dundee that had the audience in…

Bright Club #16 Line Up Announced

Bright Club Dundee is here to bring you a night of funny performers from local Universities telling you their finest jokes! Our cheeky and vivacious compere, Bruce Fummey will bring to you our line-up for the evening featuring: Ioan Fazey –…

Bright Club #15 videos

If you missed Bright Club #15, or just want to re-live the hilarity of the night, then don’t worry! We’ve caught it all on camera! Here is Edgar Huitema making his debut performance with a cracking set based on his…

Bright Club Dundee #14 Videos

If you couldn’t get a ticket for Bright Club #14, we don’t want you to miss out! Here we have Alex Russell – not just a mathematician, not just a physicist, not just an astronomar, but a fusion of all…

Bright Club #13 Videos

If you missed our last show, or want another opportunity to see the acts, here you go! The videos from our Bright Club Dundee #13  gig on Tuesday 18th March are up and ready. Here is our very own Karen…

Bright Club Dundee #12 Line Ups

Bright Club Dundee is back with another night of fun, laughter and cracking performers from Scotland’s leading Universities telling you their finest jokes! Join us on Tuesday 18th February 2014, at Braes basement for over two hours of laughs! Doors open…

Sell Out Show!

Our Indy Ref Special gig is completely sold out for tomorrow. We are looking forward to seeing all the ticket holders there! If you did not manage to bag your tickets, but still want to come along, then you can…

Indy Ref Special: Line Up

Bright Club is back for the first gig of 2014, with a one-off special event! In 2014, the people of Scotland will be voting on whether we should remain a part of the UK or become an independent country. The…

Unveiling Tomorrow’s Line-Up

Bright Club Dundee is back tomorrow with a spectacular collision of comedians and funny people lined up who work at Scotland’s leading Universities. We are really looking forward to seeing all the tickets holders at this exciting event. Doors 7.30pm Show…

New acts for 18th June show

We’ve just added Marouan Zarrouk, who will be performing his Living with Killers set at our June 18th show. It’s also a pleasure to announce that Susan Morrison will return as our vivacious compere for the evening.

Our next show! Tuesday 26th February

We’re really excited about our next show later this month on Tuesday 26th February. So come along to Braes on the Perth Road for 7:30pm with a great compere and six fresh stand-ups. It’s a delight to announce the first…

British Science Festival Show!

Bright Club Dundee is off to Aberdeen for this year’s British Science Festival for a special one-off show. We will be hosting a show from 8-10pm in the Spiegeltent on King’s Lawn at the University of Aberdeen on Wednesday 5th…

More videos from Bright Club #1

Here are more videos from the 8th November 2011 Bright Club Dundee #1 show. First class footage and sound! The irrepressible Amrit Bhachu who opened the gig with such success. Contains strong swearing. Here is a video of Chris Jefferson’s…

What a blast! Bright Club Dundee #1

Wow! We had a great night at the first ever Bright Club Dundee. Thanks to our wonderful compere, Helen Keen, who made us all laugh with her battle cry of ‘Bring on the Boffins’! And all six performers had the…

Line-up announced

We’re pleased to announce the first acts for our Bright Club – Uploaded event on 8th November are: Zara Gladman – zoo-lol-ogist Fiona Lethbridge – beetle juicer Karen Petrie – lesser-spotted programmer Chris Jefferson – gaming historian Helen Keen (compere)…