ABOUT
Ed Patrick is a comedian, author and NHS anaesthetist. He has performed across the UK, including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Ed hosts the "Comedians' Surgery" podcast where he speaks to guests including Joe Lycett, Rose Matafeo and Reginald D Hunter about their health stories and experiences.
He also created and presented "Infectious Personalities" with Hat Trick Productions, broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with guests Charlie Brooker and Sindhu Vee. Ed has written and performed on BBC Radio 4, for shows such as "Now Wash Your Hands" and "Newsjack", and he has also written for the Guardian about the intersection between medicine and comedy.
“Packed with funny anecdotes”
“Extremely funny”
“Masterful, playfully provocative writing”
Catch your Breath
The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist
Release Date: April 28th
I didn’t expect that being an anaesthetist in a pandemic would leave me outside my front door naked, or indeed that I’d be telling this story to readers. Nevertheless, I am excited to shed more light on this and the mysterious world of drugs and coffee.
– Ed Patrick
Buy your copy today:
“Very funny, very timely, scary in places. Ed writes with wit, insight, surprise and pathos. He is cutting his teeth in anaesthetics, taking people as close to death as you can take them, and then trying to wake them up again. And makes it funny. A joy to read.”
CATCH YOUR BREATH
TOUR 2024
Leicester
The Big Difference
FEBRUARY 11th 2024
NEWCASTLE
The STAND COMEDY CLUB
April 7th 2024
BATH
The Rondo Theatre
April 17th 2024
BrIGHTON
komedia
APRil 20TH 2024
BIRMINGHAM
the glee club
APR 26th 2024
GLASGOW
The STAND COMEDY CLUB
APR 28th 2024
Edinburgh
The STAND COMEDY CLUB
APR 30th 2024
CHELTENHAM
THE EVERYMAN THEATRE
MAY 4th 2024
The Comedy store
London
TBC
Edinburgh Fringe 2024
the stand Comedy Club
August 2nd - 11th 2024
podcasts
Welcome to the Comedians' Surgery. Take your seat, we'll be with you shortly.
Ed Patrick brings a brand new show coming to a waiting room near you: comedians talking health. Expect frank tales, hilarious experiences and stellar guests from the comedy world who had to book an appointment six months ago.
Previous guests include Joe Lycett, Andy Hamilton, Angela Barnes, James Acaster and more.
As well as The Comedians Surgery, Ed also has a mini series that provides insight into working on the NHS front line during covid, Coffee & Covid. He also co-hosts Dandelion, The Witcher and The Wardrobe, a show that dives into Netflix's new, amazing Witcher series.
Press
"Stand-up makes me a better medic, says doctor turned comedian"
Evening Standard
"I’m treating more and more young, unvaccinated people in ICU – get your jab"
Metro
"Anaesthetist Ed Patrick reveals why he's become a stand-up comedian"
Daily Mail
"Six thousands beds won’t count for anything if you don’t have the staff to mind them"
iNews
"Meet Ed Patrick, whose job it is to put you to sleep, make you laugh – and keep you alive"
THE TELEGRAPH
"My dad's heart operation taught me a few things about being a doctor"
THE GUARDIAN
"Ed Patrick is a junior doctor who’s finding the funny side of A&E"
THE GUARDIAN
"I learned the hard way that medicine can be humiliating and incestuous"
THE GUARDIAN
"TALES OF RECTAL EXAMS, BREAKING BAD NEWS AND DEATH COMBINE TO FORM THIS REFRESHINGLY GOOD COMEDY SHOW BY ED PATRICK"
THREEWEEKS, AUGUST 2016
