Carl Donnelly

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.

Carl Donnelly
Donnelly at Latitude, 2009
Birth name	Carl Donnelly
Born	(1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 43) Tooting, London, England[1]
Medium	Stand-up, radio, podcast
Years active	2004–present
Genres	Observational
Website	carldonnelly.squarespace.com

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

• Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2006^[9]
• Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2007^[10]
• Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007^[11]
• Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee 2009^[12]
• Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show Nominee 2013^[13]
• Chortle Awards Best Club Comedian 2017^[14]

Edinburgh Fringe shows

• Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly! (2009)
• How Do You Solve A Problem Like Carl Donnelly? (2010)
• Carl Donnelly 3: Carl Donnelier! (2011)
• Carl Donnelly: Different Gravy (2012)
• Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V (2013)
• Now That's What I Carl Donnelly Vol. 6 (2014)
• Carl Donnelly: Jive Ass Honky (2015)
• Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings (2016)
• Carl Donnelly: The Nutter on the Bus (2017)
• Strictly Carl Donnelly! (2018)
• Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves? (2019)^[15]
• Carl Donnelly: The Dead Dad Show (2023)
• Carl Donnelly: Boosegumps (2024)