Susan Calman
“Glasgow-born comic Calman is a dead-cert-one-to-watch; she’s got an infectious bubbly manner but a caustic edge too, and both can yield comedy gold”.
Feisty Glaswegian Susan Calman gave up a lucrative career in corporate law to become a comedian. Thankfully, appearances on intelligent radio programmes like “the News Quiz”, “the Unbelievable Truth” and “Now Show” have shown that 7 years at University were not entirely wasted.
Recently seen on Jason Manford’s “Comedy Rocks” (ITV1), Susan has also appeared in Rab C Nesbitt (BBC2), How Not To Live Your Life (BBC 3) and Taggart(STV) when she was 17. A Scottish Bafta winner for Channel 4 Comedy Lab “Blowout” Susan has also twice been nominated for Chortle Awards. Firstly for sketch group “Ugly Kid” and then for “Best MC”. She didn’t win either but is totally fine about it. Because it’s the taking part that counts.
Resident MC at Scotland’s famous Stand Comedy Clubs, Susan is also the host of ‘Funny Friends’ (BBC Radio Scotland) in which she interviews notable comedians on their lives and careers. She is also often heard sitting in for Fred MacAulay on his BBC Radio Scotland breakfast show.
“Feisty Scot Calman is one of the best female comics to ever come out of the land of bagpipes and haggis. She’ll make you chuckle your pants off” - Time Out 2009
“Calman fizzed manic energy, alternating between confessional tales and playing with facts she teased out of the audience…a perfect start to a fun-filled evening’ - Edinburgh Evening News
“Rarely have I observed an audience uniformly laugh so much… Not only is absolutely every person laughing, but they are falling about. And they don‟t stop for the entire hour.” - Scotsgay
“Who better to be locked away with at the end of the world than The Calminator?...Fabulous” - One4Review.com
“Calman can wring humour out of an Asda chicken and bacon bake… Sharp, warm and massively entertaining, Calman’s show is not one to miss if you take your pleasures seriously” - Chortle