Bobby Carroll
- Stand-up comedian, crew member and journalist
Bobby Carroll features
Grubby Little Mitts / Smutty Letters / Mekkin Roff / Richard Brown - Bobby Carroll's Glasgow Festival Diary
Friday 29th March 2024
Bobby explores some of the alternative spaces performers are making their own in Glasgow: a dilapidated music hall, an intimate cabaret venue and a bar with heart and soul.
Caroline Rhea / Casey Patmore / George Anderson / Eddie French - Bobby Carroll's Glasgow Festival Diary
Wednesday 27th March 2024
"Glasgow you took me by surprise." Rain? Who knew? Bobby watches a blast from the past damp and drenched, enjoys some promising up-and-comers and explores being an outsider with Eddie French.
Garth Marenghi / Jessica Fostekew / Josh Pugh - Bobby Carroll's Live Comedy Diary
Tuesday 19th March 2024
Bobby has one helluva month seeing a cult favourite spoof it up, an old favourite on rare form and a new favourite step things up a gear.
Olga Koch / Gareth Mutch / Marc Jennings - Bobby Carroll's Live Comedy Diary
Saturday 17th February 2024
This month Bobby watches three tour shows in their final iterations and ponders whether structure should ever trump jokes?
Susie McCabe / Fred MacAulay / Martin Urbano - Bobby Carroll's Live Comedy Diary
Tuesday 16th January 2024
This month Bobby sees the bells in with the cream of Scottish comedy playing an awkward ballroom and then gets down and dirty with a satire of a disgraced comedian.
Shane Todd / Amy Gledhill / Eleanor Morton - Bobby Carroll's Live Comedy Diary
Thursday 7th December 2023
This month Bobby takes in Northern Ireland's own Mr Worldwide, Shane Todd, at the Queen's Hall and then gets to catch up with two incredible acts who were just starting out back in his old days as a promoter.
Esther Manito, Simon Wozniak, Jamie Hutchinson - Bobby Carroll's Comedy Diary
Wednesday 8th November 2023
This month Esther Manito makes Bobby's date night while Simon Wozniak and Jamie Hutchinson really excel at The Stand in Edinburgh.
Colin Geddis / Leith Comedy Festival / Joe McTernan - Bobby Carroll's Comedy Diary
Wednesday 11th October 2023
Bobby Carroll checked out some of the shows at Leith Comedy Festival, and checked out Colin Geddis at Monkey Barrel.
Lindsey Santoro / Gareth Waugh / Josh Jones / Leila Navabi - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Sunday 27th August 2023
Bobby finishes up the fringe in a maelstrom of masculinity, identity politics and genitals. Pretty much like every day of August 2023 then.
Darren Harriott / Sikisa / Nick Doody - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Bobby reenergises into the last stretch of the Fringe with a highly recommended show from Darren Harriott and noteworthy work from Nick Doody and Sikisa.
Paul McDaniel / Cheekykita / Rob Auton - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
"There's a place where the strange ones go, where nobody here could know..." Bobby delves into some of weirder outliers on the Fringe this year.
Ahir Shah / Fiona Ridgewell / Chris Thorburn / Urooj Ashfaq - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Friday 18th August 2023
From immigrant stories to star making showcases - the Fringe has room for hour with very different intentions and aims. Bobby is mightily impressed by Ahir Shah's heartfelt latest and Chris Thorburn's movie loopy debut...
Simon Evans / Stuart Laws / Paul Foot - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Thursday 17th August 2023
Bobby Carroll watches three acts with long established and heightened comedic voices (Simon Evans, Stuart Laws, Paul Foot) and questions whether sticking to what works should ever trump honesty and growth?
Frank Skinner / Mary O'Connell / Sigmund The Viking / Avital Ash - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Sunday 13th August 2023
The Fringe attracts some strange audiences and can lob some freaky set-ups that performers just have to muddle through; Bobby watches Frank Skinner, Mary O'Connell, Sigmund The Viking and Avital Ash battling against their spaces.
Monkey Barrel All Dayer - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Saturday 12th August 2023
Bobby spends all day in Monkey Barrel 2 testing the oft quoted Fringe theory that "you can spend a whole day in the same room in Monkey Barrel and see nothing but bangers". No spoilers but Laura Davis and Liam Withnail both stand out.
Louise Young / Jodie Mitchell / Micky Overman / Don Biswas - Bobby Carroll's Fringe Diary
Thursday 10th August 2023
Bobby gets distracted by some new laminates, witnesses two strong debuts with complex but potent identity politics and catches up on two more established acts who are pushing their comedic boundaries.
Sammy Dobson / Ray Bradshaw / Fringe Cringe - Bobby Carroll's Comedy Diary
Monday 31st July 2023
Bobby squeezes in a night of circuit comedy where MC Sammy Dobson wows and softly spoken Ray Bradshaw generates some big noise.
John Kearns / Stuart McPherson / Judi Love - Bobby Carroll's Comedy Diary
Tuesday 13th June 2023
This month Bobby writes a love letter to John Kearns, has his appetite whetted for Stuart McPherson's new Fringe hour and has a blast with TV personality Judi Love.
Ardal O'Hanlon / Liam Farrelly / Kai Humphries - Bobby Carroll's Glasgow Comedy Festival Diary
Tuesday 28th March 2023
Bobby is wowed by the gentle charm of Ardal O'Hanlon, catches Liam Farrelly's accidentally controversial debut hour and witnesses Kai Humphries achieve a level of laughter that only the very best stand-ups can.
Alvin Liu / Ruth Hunter / Ania Magliano - Bobby Carroll's Glasgow Comedy Festival Diary
Tuesday 21st March 2023
Bobby heads over to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival to see two new acts fresh off the boat from Shanghai, the cosmic dread of Ruth Hunter and Ania Magliano's well received debut hour.