Ryan Cullen

A very dark sense
of humour.

Irish comedian & writer

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THU 17 DEC/Newcastle

The Stand Comedy Club Newcastle · Doors 6.30pm, show 8pm

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From the circuit

“That was the best roast battle I’ve ever seen.”
Tony Hinchcliffe
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“Ryan Cullen is one of my favourite comedians”
Daniel Sloss
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Ticket information

THU

DEC

Newcastle

The Stand Comedy Club Newcastle

The Stand Christmas Special

When: Thursday 17 December 2026Doors 6.30pm, show 8pm
Where: 31 High Bridge, Newcastle NE1 1EW
Billing: With Jo Caulfield, Susan Morrison, Lauren Pattison and PlastiQ
Price: £22, concessions £18, plus a £1 booking fee
Ages: 18 and over
Tickets: On sale

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What they say

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“when he’s this good, no one in the UK can touch him”
One4Review (opens in a new tab), Steve H
Cullen Me Softly, Edinburgh Fringe, August 2026
“his material has the ruthlessness of a young Jimmy Carr”
The Scotsman (opens in a new tab), Kate Copstick
Quoted on the British Comedy Guide's Fringe listing
“tightly crafted pearls of casual cruelty and unrelenting horror”
Chortle (opens in a new tab), Jay Richardson
Cullen in the Name Of!, Edinburgh Fringe, August 2024
“His tight, brutal one liners recall Anthony Jeselnik.”
British Comedy Guide (opens in a new tab), Bobby Carroll
Bobby Carroll's Comedy Diary, Monkey Barrel, October 2026
“Rapid, daredevilish comedy with superb and unexpectedly friendly crowd work.”
The Real Chrisparkle (opens in a new tab)
Cullen in the Name Of!, Edinburgh Fringe, August 2024
“He is like the Ramones of comedy”
One4Review (opens in a new tab), Steve H
Cullen Me Softly, Edinburgh Fringe, August 2026

Featured clips

Watch Ryan

Every clip

Full special
Caveat Emptor: the full special
Filmed live at The Stand in Edinburgh
Roast Battle · Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

On TV
Laughter in the Eyre, Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway
Broadcast on RTÉ2
Galway Comedy Festival · Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Roast battle
Roast Battle Scotland: Ryan Cullen v Jack Traynor
Roast Battle · Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

About

Pitch-black one-liners

More about Ryan

Ryan Cullen is an Irish stand-up comedian and comedy writer from Lifford, County Donegal, now based in Scotland, known for pitch-black one-liners and for roast battle.

He started at an open mic in a Dublin pub, won the Capital Comedy Club Competition in 2013, and in 2016 was runner-up in the first Irish Comedian of the Year. That August he made his Edinburgh Fringe debut with Safe Word, and he has brought a new hour to Edinburgh most years since: Guantanamo Bae, Razor, Caveat Emptor*, Cullen in the Name Of! and, in 2026, Cullen Me Softly at Monkey Barrel.

On stage since: 2012
Irish Comedian of the Year 2016: Runner-up
At the Edinburgh Fringe since 2016: 7 hours

On air

Podcasts

Every podcast

Co-host, with Mark Nelson
Absolute Cuts
A weekly film podcast hosted by the stand-up comedians Ryan Cullen and Mark Nelson, now past episode 140.
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Guest
Dead Men Talking
Ryan joins the comedy podcast for episode 222, Toxic Mega Colon.
Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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