The Stand Comedy Club Podcast · The Stand

Stuart McPherson

November 2, 2025·1 hr 15 min·5 clips
Stuart's Fringe show title 'Crisps and a Lie Down' came to him while on magic mushrooms in Vietnam.
Scottish comedian Stuart McPherson joins The Stand Comedy Club Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about his comedy career, from his first gig at Red Raw to creating his Fringe show 'Crisps and a Lie Down'. They discuss the challenges of social media promotion, the origins of his podcast 'Some Laugh', and share hilarious stories about costume ideas and industry insights.

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A cramped backstage hangout that keeps turning detours into the joke.

Stuart McPherson lands in a cramped new green room at a new venue, and the squeeze shapes the mood from the first beat. The charm is in how unpolished it feels: half-finished sentences, quick course corrections, and an easy laugh about the backstage mess, including the previous…

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A cozy, cramped green-room hang with Stuart McPherson, a lot of pre-podding laughter, and a Fringe chat that keeps finding side roads.

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