37227
Liam Withnail is an Edinburgh-based stand-up comedian, Scottish Comedy Award winner, and resident MC at the Monkey Barrel.
Liam has over 100,000 social media followers, and over 10 million TikTok and Instagram views.
He hosts the popular podcast Enjoy an Album alongside Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, and is a regular guest on BBC Radio Scotland’s Breaking the News.
Liam’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows have racked up a myriad of rave reviews, and he has performed at comedy clubs and festivals all over the UK and in Canada, Australia, Iceland, and Japan.
Liam Withnail’s 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival show ‘Chronic Boom’ was a runaway success, receiving widespread critical acclaim from The Independent, The Times, and Chortle. The show detailed the emotional story of facing up to a chronic illness (Ulcerative Colitis) and reckoning his new reality during a hospital stay.

His 2025 show ‘Big Strong Boy’ was just as successful, selling out its entire Edinburgh Fringe Festival run, along with scooping an award at the inaugural Skinny Awards.
Liam has been heard on The Good, The Bad, and the Unexpected, been seen on Socially Distant with fellow comedian Susan Calman, and has written for Scot Squad.
He co-hosts the podcast Enjoy an Album with fellow comedian Christopher Macarthur-Boyd. Together, they listen to the greatest albums of all time to compile a playlist of the best music ever recorded.

Liam was amazing! The audience loved him – he hit the exact right chord with them. He was funny and informative and gave them a true personal perspective on UC. The feedback has been all positive.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Event, Lisbon
Liam’s reputation as a great MC was well-founded when he hosted our event. He deftly balanced an acerbic tone with an appreciation for the acts he was introducing, and was never less than very funny throughout. Onstage and off, he was great to work with. It was a pleasure to watch him perform.
The List Hot 100 Party
Astonishing… The crowd can’t get enough.
The Independent
Liam was so professional! As an event organiser you have to put a lot of trust in your speakers. Liam took the time to establish our needs, audience make up and ‘appetite for risk’. His performance was engaging, funny and even made safe fun of the sector our audience worked in. He delivered well and flexed his language and approach based on the response from our delegates, ultimately he got referenced three times in our event feedback. Would highly recommend Liam.
David Monkhouse, Director of Active-Net
We asked Liam to compère our AGM and honestly it could not have gone better. He brought the perfect mix of humour, engaging questions and pace which kept our guests and shareholders entertained and informed. I was particularly impressed with the quality of prep work Liam did – he really understood the company and was therefore able to ask the sorts of questions our guests wanted to hear answers to. We wouldn’t hesitate to ask Liam to compère for us again.
Dougal Sharp, Founder of Innis & Gunn
As always Liam smashed it! The client and the delegates thoroughly enjoyed Liam’s set! Safe to say he has a longstanding audience over at Pfizer!
Pfizer Summer Event