ABOUT
Ed Patrick is a comedian, author and an anaesthetist with TV appearances including Have I Got News For You (BBC One) and Friday Night (Sky News). 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 Phil Wang 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
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
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“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 2025
Lichfield
Lichfield Garrick Theatre
January 24th 2025
London
Artsdepot
January 25th 2025
Glasgow
Giffnock Eastwood Park Theatre
January 31st 2025
Kendal
Kendal Brewery Arts Centre
February 1st 2025
Rotherham
Rotherham Civic theatre
February 2ND 2025
Epsom
Epsom Horton Chapel Arts
February 7TH 2025
Reading
Reading South Arts Centre
February 8TH 2025
Lutterworth
Lutterworth Town Hall
February 12TH 2025
Norwich
The Garage
February 20TH 2025
Bedford
Bedford Quarry Theatre
February 21st 2025
Twickenham
The Exchange
February 28TH 2025
Chorley
Little Theatre
March 6TH 2025
Pershore
Number 8
March 7TH 2025
Beverley
Beverley East Riding Theatre
March 12TH 2025
Farsley
The Old Wollen
March 13TH 2025
Chester
Chester Storyhouse
March 14TH 2025
Buxton
Buxton Pavillion Arts Centre
March 15TH 2025
Dorchester
Dorchester Arts
March 21st 2025
Isle of Wight
Quay Arts
March 22nd 2025
Shoreham by sea
The Ropetackle
March 26TH 2025
Hastings
White Rock Studio
March 27TH 2025
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Guildhall Studio
March 28TH 2025
New Milton
Forest Arts Centre
March 29TH 2025
Eastleigh
The Point
April 4TH 2025
Bridport
Bridport Arts Centre
April 5TH 2025
LONDON
the comedy store lONDON
April 8TH 2025
Ipswich
Ipswich New Wolsey
April 11TH 2025
Selby
Selby Town Hall
May 2nd 2025
Otley
Otley Courthouse
May 3rd 2025
Henley-in-Arden
Henley-in-Arden Memorial Hall
Jul 16th 2025
Hosting and Awards
“A great host! Making a room full of scientists laugh without using empirical peer reviewed evidence is an art form”
David Wells, CEO Institute of Biomedical Science
“The feedback has been fantastic and everyone has said that you were the perfect host! It was great working with you and I hope to work with you again in the near future”
Redactive Events
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.
Press
I was mesmerised by stand-up
Square Mile
Seeing the funny side of anaesthetics
The Lancet
"Stand-up makes me a better medic, says doctor turned comedian"
Evening Standard
"Anaesthetist Ed Patrick reveals why he's become a stand-up comedian"
Daily Mail
"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
There is a dark humour going through all doctors': Anaesthetist Ed Patrick reveals why he's become a stand-up comedian
Daily Mail
