Comedic Career
O'Doherty worked in telemarketing and temping before he made his first stage appearance at Dublin's Comedy Cellar in 1998. His first full show was The Story of the Boy Who Saved Comedy which received a nomination for Perrier Best Newcomer when it was performed at Edinburgh Fringe. In 2006, he was nominated for an if.comedy award for his Edinburgh show, David O'Doherty Is My Name. O'Doherty has performed at festivals across the world in locations that include Melbourne, Montreal, New York and Wellington. He has toured Ireland with Tommy Tiernan, the United Kingdom with Rich Hall and the United States with Demetri Martin. His CD, Giggle Me Timbers (Jokes Ahoy!), was released in 2006. He performs an annual show at UCD's Freshers Week.
In August 2008, O'Doherty won the If.comedy award at the Edinburgh Fringe for his show Let's Comedy, which featured "a relationship in text messages, tunes played on a 3ft keyboard, and a badger attack". He was presented with the 2008 Intelligent Finance Comedy Award and a cheque for £8,000 (€10,000) by the previous winner Brendon Burns and the Australian author and television presenter Clive James. After his win O'Doherty returned to Ireland to perform at Electric Picnic 2008 and an October show at Vicar Street. In October and November 2008, O'Doherty toured Canada as part of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour.
In May 2010, O'Doherty supported Flight of the Conchords for their sold out shows in the Olympia Theatre, Dublin.
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