It used to be called Sistars, but it has been re-branded as Wicked Wenches, but in essence it is only the name that has changed, the format is the tried and tested one of one compere, and three acts, the only difference is that all are women.

As is usual with the Stand Comedy Club the quality of the acts is second to none, and this certainly was the case for this gig.

Birthday girl Susan Calman was our host. This diminutive Glaswegian was certainly up to the task of warming up the busy club, doing the usual compering job of information gathering together with bits of her own material, before introducing the opening act the ever popular Alison Kennedy. I have seen this Dundee born novelist / standup a couple of times before, but I don’t think I have ever seen her in better form. Ms Kennedy gently took command of her space and had the audience with her almost from the off. Different material from what I had heard before was of an excellent high standard and the set was over all too soon.

Susan again for a brief gingering up of the audience prior to the introduction of if.comedie newcomers award nominee Zoe Lyons.

I had seen Zoe’s show, Fight or Flight, which earned her nomination during the Fringe, and thoroughly enjoyed it, but her set this time was electric! She packed so much really funny and good material into her way too short set the audience where almost exhausted with laughing. I predicted she will become a major force in the near future back in August, and I feel she is already realising that potential judging on the performance she delivered.

A short break and then Susan introduced the headline act, one of my favourites Lucy Porter. We at one4review have been hooked on her and her funny material for years now and never tire of witnessing her perform. She as usual delivered, and with style. Lucy looks like an innocent, but can deliver her material with more than a touch of devil about her. She genuinely seems delighted to perform and I feel it is impossible not to enjoy her set. Okay, maybe belly laughs are less in evidence than with some, but genuinely funny material is there in abundance.

It is unusual for there to be an all female line-up in my experience of comedy nights, but based on the standard of the line-up and performance given by these wicked wenches, then the guys better look to their laurels.

A different bill each month is offered by our favourite comedy club, The Stand, and the listings for this and all other shows they are presenting between now and the end of the year can be found at their website www.thestand.co.uk