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Liam is also a regular guest on BBC Radio Scotland’s Breaking the News and has also been heard on The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected, seen on Socially Distant with Susan Calman and has written on Scot Squad.

His 2025 show Big Strong Boy was a critical success at this years Edinburgh Fringe, and soldout it’s entire run, along with scooping a gong at the inaugural Skinny Awards this year.

His 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show Chronic Boom was a sellout success and received widespread critical acclaim, racking up sixteen 4 and 5 star reviews including from The Independent and The Times, making it one of the best reviewed comedy shows of 2023. The show detailed the emotional story of facing up to a chronic illness and reckoning his new reality during a hospital stay. Liam will be taking the show on his debut UK tour in Spring 2024.

Liam’s previous Edinburgh Fringe shows have racked up a myriad of rave reviews with his 2019 show ‘Homecoming’ (available on Spotify) winning the Amused Moose Award for Outstanding Show. He has performed at comedy clubs and festivals all over the UK and in Canada, Japan, Iceland and Australia.

"Astonishing... The crowd can't get enough" ★★★★★ - The Independent

"An unexpected fringe delight" ★★★★ - The Times

"One of the finest comic storytellers in the business” ★★★★ - The Scotsman