David O'Doherty

if.com-eddies Award Nominee, Edinburgh 2006

“A beautiful mix of acute observation and startling invention”
– The Irish Times

Having scaled the heights of telemarketing and temping, David O’Doherty first stepped on stage at Dublin’s Comedy Cellar in 1998. In 1999 he won the Channel 4’s ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ award for new comedians and was runner up in the BBC New Comedy Awards.

His first full show ‘The Story of the Boy Who Saved Comedy’ was performed at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2000 and received a nomination for Perrier Best Newcomer. He has returned to the festival five more times, his most recent show ‘David O’Doherty is my name’ receiving a nomination for best show.

“He’s funny, wretched and clever enough to spawn
an army of imitators.” – The Age, Melbourne

He has performed around the world at festivals in Melbourne, Montreal, New York and Wellington. He has toured around Ireland with Tommy Tiernan, around Britain with Rich Hall and recently around America with Demetri Martin.

“A delightfully soft focus from a mild superhero”
– The Evening Standard, London

In 2006 he recorded his first CD “Giggle Me Timbers (or ‘Jokes Ahoy!’)” at home in his flat in front of 35 people. His first television series ‘The Modest Adventures of David O’Doherty’ will be transmitted on RTE in Ireland in 2007.

He has written widely for newspapers and magazines, published a book for children (‘Ronan Long Gets it Wrong’ Mammoth), written a play (‘Saddled’) with Bryan Quinn – the world’s first theatrical production to feature live repair of audience members’ bicycles), and a radio series about bee detectives with his brother Mark (‘The Bees of Manulla’ RTE). He is currently writing a book about pandas.

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