Carl Donnelly

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Carl Donnelly
Carl Donnelly at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe-21 (cropped).jpg
Donnelly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025
Birth nameCarl Donnelly
Born (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 43)
Tooting, London, England [1]
Medium Stand-up, radio, podcast
Years active2004–present
Genres Observational
Website carldonnelly.squarespace.com

Carl Donnelly (born 13 January 1982 in Tooting, south London) is an English stand-up, dancer, comedian, and writer. He has performed 11 solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival, being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards twice - once for best newcomer, and once for best show. He became a vegan in 2013, and has since become an ambassador for Veganuary. [2] He has talked about being vegan extensively in his act.

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Stand-up career

Donnelly has appeared on radio in BBC Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes , LBC's Comedy Cabaret, Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 Live and Tim Shaw's The Asylum on Kerrang! Radio. He has appeared on TV in Mock the Week, Russell Howard's Good News, Stand Up Central, and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. [3]

Podcasts

Donnelly hosted The Carl Donnelly And Chris Martin Comedy Podcast alongside comedian Chris Martin from 2008 to 2018. [4] It was featured in a Guardian list of the top 10 comedy podcasts in 2010. [5] They also hosted a spin-off, Babysitting Trevor, along with Trevor Cook.[ citation needed ]

In 2020, he started hosting The Keith Cheggars Podcast, about his upcoming child with his then pregnant wife, Hannah Norris. [6] He also started a podcast where he drank coffee and had a chat, called A Comedian Called Carl Drinking Coffee. [7]

Carl now co-hosts TVI with Carl Donnelly and Julian Deane.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Carl was previously married in his 20s, writing about his divorce in his act. [8] He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur football club. He has since remarried, with his 2nd wife, Hannah Norris, giving birth to their child in 2020.[ citation needed ]

Awards

Edinburgh Fringe shows

References

  1. ↑ "Carl Donnelly – Different Gravy (Avalon Promotions) | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh". 20 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Carl Donnelly: The big vegan interview". Vegan Food & Living. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Carl Donnelly - Avalon".
  4. ↑ "Home". Carl Donnelly & Chris Martin Comedy Podcast. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Davis, Hazel (23 June 2010). "The Podfathers (and mothers): top 10 comedy podcasts". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "News: Carl Donnelly & Hannah Norris Launch New Podcast Charting Pregnancy". Beyond The Joke. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "A Comedian Called Carl Drinking Coffee".
  8. ↑ "Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Laughing Horse New Act of the Year - Previous Winners and Finalists". Laughing Horse Comedy - Comedy and Festival Specialists. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Carl Donnelly wins Comedy prize". ComedyFestival.co.uk. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
  12. ↑ Premier. "Best Newcomers 1992 - 2022". Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Best Comedy Shows 1981 - 2022". Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Carl Donnelly - Avalon". 4 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Carl Donnelly". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 5 May 2023.


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