Reviews & features: Carl Donnelly
- Filtered by:
- Carl Donnelly
Carl Donnelly 3: Carl Donnelier!
12 Aug 2011
Meandering tales that finally pay off
It’s easy to see why critics and award judges have heaped plaudits on Carl Donnelly. But on this occasion, his easy style of stand-up is muddied somewhat by his inability to stay on topic. In the initial few minutes he becomes preoccupied chatting to…
Edinburgh Festival Fringe podcasts
10 Aug 2011
Shows at 2011 Edinburgh Festival available as podcasts
Richard 'King of Edinburgh' Herring celebrates his 20th Edinburgh Fringe with RHEFP a daily podcast of comedy and chat. His guests include well-known names from Dan Antopolski to Andy Zaltzman as well as up-and-coming comedy…
Comedy picks for the Edinburgh Fringe 2011
20 Jul 2011
David O’Doherty Two shows this year from the beloved man of lo-fi musical comedy with the high-laugh quotient. His usual brilliant sit-down/stand-up fare, David O’Doherty is Looking Up, is augmented by his debut on the one-man comic play scene. Rory…
Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist a strong gathering led by Bo Burnham and Josie Long
26 Aug 2010
2010 awards puts two women on shortlist for first time
According to Nica Burns, producer of the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, 2010 is ‘a vintage year for comedy,’ and the shortlist for the main award ‘reflects the enormous changes in the comedy landscape’. Of course, this might just be the kind of…
Carl Donnelly
16 Aug 2010
Getting his stand-up craft down to a fine art
Being famous is not on Carl Donnelly’s wishlist. Besides, the press now have some pictures of him looking a bit daft filed in their archive, ready to be plucked out at the moment when he attains true celebrityhood and does something shameful. For now…
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations
27 Aug 2009
Who's up for the Fringe's top prize?
The name may be up for debate, but what isn't in doubt is the prestige of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and the impact it can have on a comic's career. Known in its most memorable form as the Perrier Award from 1981 to 2005, followed by a brief stint…
Carl Donnelly
18 Aug 2009
A natural gift for spontaneity
Donnelly hates being labelled ‘laidback’ and on this evidence he’s right to quibble. Responding with aplomb to a delightfully feisty audience, he tells his ‘little true stories’ with a very likeable charm. Some of the best moments happen when he gamely…
Carl Donnelly & John Robins
21 Aug 2008
Two chaps with bright futures amble along amiably with their separate stand-up sections, linked by an amusing satisfied drinking sound, fashioning out little urban observations and memories of childhood. Clearly, this has no bearing on the star rating…
