The Stand comedy club in Glasgow announces move to new venue after 25 years

The Stand comedy club in Glasgow has announced it is moving to a new venue for the first time in 25 years.

The celebrated stand up club, which is well known for its development of household Scottish stars such as Frankie Boyle and Kevin Bridges, has announced it will be making the move from Woodlands Road.

In a statement on Thursday, the venue announced it will soon be based at The Lansdowne Church – formally known as Webster’s bar – after signing a new 25-year lease.

The new venue will be around 100 yards away from its former home, and can be found directly across from Kelvinbridge Subway station in the “heart of the west end”.

With the grand opening scheduled for after the summer, visitors can expect a higher audience capacity, full disabled access and a separate bar to the club itself.

The Stand’s director, Mike Jones, called it the “right time” for the famous club to make the move.

He said: “After 25 fantastic years in our current venue, it’s the right time for The Stand to make a new move that will allow us to grow into the future.

“We’re very excited to be moving to The Lansdowne Church which is such an iconic building in the city and will enable us to meet our future ambition, expand our programme into new areas and become a greater community hub in the west end of Glasgow.”

Venue manager Fraser Milroy said The Stand will bring “all the emotional and nostalgic history” of Woodlands Road with it into the new venue.

He said: “There is undoubtedly a lot of love for this room – there’s is a lot of history here and comics and our audiences alike will tell you it has a reputation of being one of the best rooms to perform comedy – not just in Scotland and the UK but around the world.

“What makes it great is not the bricks and mortar but the alchemy of the staff, the acts and the audiences. We will be taking all that history, love and expertise into the new venue with us.

“The people of Glasgow have a strong connection with this club – we want them to have that same ownership and pride when we move.”