RHLSTP 594 - Carl Donnelly
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
British Comedy Guide
4.7 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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RHLSTP #594 - Taekwondo in Droitwich - Richard has returned to the Bewdley Festival where he has found possibly the longest and most insignificant local news story ever. His guest is veteran comedian Carl Donnelly. They chat about how they spent the morning after the Brexit vote together, their plans for a comedian ambassador calendar, the tingling effects of Original Source shower gel, the surprising consequences of taking ayahuasca, a probable mental breakdown in Edinburgh which means Carl remembers nothing about the show that got him a Comedy Prize nomination, the complex personality of excess and sensitivity that makes Carl such a unique and brilliant stand up, why so little of his material has been filmed, taking his dead dad on stage with him every night and the difficulty of transporting ashes on planes and why it’s tough for comedians to appear on bills with musicians and why actors are better at acting auditions that comedians (it’s because they’re actors).
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| 0:00.0 | It's 2026. Hello, my fine friends. Welcome to my podcast feed. I hope you're having a great new year so far. |
| 0:10.0 | It's great. You admit it. You thought I wouldn't live this long. Here I am. 26 still to go. I'm not making any |
| 0:16.3 | predictions for my health at the end of this year, but I've got this far and that's delightful. Look, there's a few things going on. There's some live Rahaluskimos coming up, as you probably know. I'm in Leicester on the 8th of February with Fatsy El-Gori is one of my guests. She is fantastic. Don't miss that. We're up against Stephen Fry, but he's sold out out so hopefully you'll be forced to come and see us now |
| 0:38.3 | 18th of february i'm in chelmsford with victoria angeloni and someone else and then there's |
| 0:44.6 | gigs in the 23rd of february in less square theatre 16th of marked at the square |
| 0:49.1 | theatre with david mitchell 20th of april hitler's birthday we be celebrating. Lester Square Theater. Do come along |
| 0:56.6 | if you can. Richard Herring.com slash Rahalesterpur for all those things. And do remember, |
| 1:01.3 | write bollocks. Autobiography, 5,000 words long, is available to pre-order at go fasterstripe.com. |
| 1:09.0 | All the money from that will go to make more podcasts as well. |
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| 1:17.4 | add free podcasts and get to know the guests earlier than everyone else and so on. |
| 1:22.3 | You know the drill by now. |
| 1:23.6 | Anyway, thanks for your time. |
| 1:25.7 | Thanks for your effort. |
| 1:26.9 | Now listen to a podcast. |
| 1:32.0 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:33.2 | Welcome to St. George's Hall, Boodley. |
| 1:35.7 | Please welcome a man who's been trying to find |
| 1:38.1 | topless photos of Mary Whitehouse on the internet. |
| 1:41.5 | It's Richard Harris. |
| 1:50.4 | Thank you. on the internet. It's Richard Herring. Thank very much. |
| 1:51.7 | Thank you. |
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