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Stephen Carlin: Pandas vs Penguins
3 Aug 2012
Impish Scottish comic talks animals
Stephen Carlin has a theory that humanity can be neatly divided into two types: those who exhibit the social and psychological characteristics of Chinese bears, and those whose behaviour mirrors the Antarctic bird. That the Scottish stand-up disproves…
Great Scots: Home-grown comedy talent at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe
11 Jul 2012
Let's not forget home-grown talent this Edinburgh Fringe
Scott Agnew. With Tales of the Sauna, we can be guaranteed some bawdy material, blistering repartee and belly-altering laughs as the former Scottish Comedian of the Year reveals just about everything about the world of gay saunas.
Stephen Carlin: Guilty Bystander
16 Aug 2011
Unsettlingly funny with flashes of greatness
Performing in front of a photofit of his own Yorkshire Ripperish face, Stephen ‘not obsessed with snooker’ Carlin’s Guilty Bystander is unsettlingly funny. Best when he’s being bitter – railing against cheating women or family Christmases – or riffing…
Stephen Carlin - The Podium of Unconditional Surrender
10 Aug 2010
Airdrie wag refuses to get tough
Stephen Carlin doesn’t really have a thing, in that way that comedians do: no identifying features. In his comedy, not facially. Facially he’s easy to spot: good-looking, with the sort of dastardly moustache that you rather suspect is going to turn out…
'Pedantic overlord' Stephen Carlin draws out the details of his show
7 Aug 2010
Board Meeting: Stephen Carlin
Stephen Carlin took 25 minutes to draw his whiteboard. It's not a criticism, but symptomatic of a show born from the brain of (and we're quoting) "a pedantic overlord" which has won him high favour on the comedy circuit with its invention and picked…
Stephen Carlin
19 Aug 2009
A fierce invention at play
While his show title insists that he’s blowing the lid off the whole filthy business, the London-based Scottish comic’s ambitions are more low-key. There is certainly a fierce invention at play with his often surreal material about whisky, shatterproof…
Stephen Carlin Blows the Lid Off the Whole Filthy Business
28 Jul 2009
David Pollock chats to Stephen Carlin, a Scottish comic praised by the higher echelons of UK’s stand-up fraternity. So, why is he more worried about shatterproof rulers? With a title like Stephen Carlin Blows the Lid off the Whole Filthy Business, the…
Stephen Carlin
16 Aug 2007
Examining and dissecting popular culture is a hurdle that has felled many a stand-up, but the very dapper Carlin has some aces up his sleeve with a seemingly laid-back delivery revealing extremely shrewd and highly amusing observations. Technical…
