Georgie Carroll is best known as the UK born, Australia based Nurse turned comedian as she grafted 20 years on the healthcare front line before swapping the pen torch for the spotlight. She has now retired from nursing but has taken with her an unparalleled comedy voice and a staunch online medical following that have made her viral, in the best way, many times over. The most viewed of her viral clips is the "3 stages of nursing". The terms dolphin, penguin, and Orca used in the clip are now ingrained in international nursing vernacular. Nurse Georgie Caroll has now announced a headline Cyprus Avenue, Cork show for this October.
Nurse Georgie is an undeniable live comedy powerhouse. Sista Flo 2.0 is her most successful stand-up show having sold in excess of 75,000 tickets, selling out her debut Edinburgh Fringe Festival, toured four countries, and won the Best Comedy Award at the Adelaide Fringe. A versatile and dynamic performer – Georgie has been unstoppable in live spaces moving swiftly from operating theatres to the London Palladium, the Sydney Opera house, and the Hammersmith Apollo.
Not shy of the camera – Georgie has released two comedy specials on Australian television and is a regular on the tele, having been seen on: The Project, Would I Lie to You? Have you Been Paying Attention? Just for Laughs and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Allstar and Oxfam Galas. She recently stormed her UK TV debut by reaching the live semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent she was adored by audiences and judges alike.
Georgie also has a podcast because who doesn’t? Her hit podcast, The Swab, is now in its 3rd Season with over 125,000 listens and a nomination for Best Comedy podcast under it’s belt."…the podcast didn’t set out to be funny, it was just me chatting to everyday nurses, staff room banter style. Turns out that this format is never not funny" Georgie.
Georgie is also an acclaimed and best-selling author. Nurse Georgie wrote the best-selling nursing “bible” “Off the Charts”, (Pan Macmillan) which was nominated for the Russel Prize for humour writing.
Everything Georgie does is a genuine, hilarious, riotous celebration of the big hearted, no bullshit nurses that sooner or later play a part in all our lives.