--- title: "Elaine Malcolmson: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Elaine Malcolmson is a stand-up comedian based in Glasgow, born and raised in Northern Ireland. Next shows, screen credits and sources on D.O.C." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-elaine-malcolmson.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian · Glasgow, Scotland # Elaine Malcolmson ## Who Elaine Malcolmson is Elaine Malcolmson is a stand-up comedian based in Glasgow, born and raised in Northern Ireland. She has played the Edinburgh Fringe, the [Glasgow International Comedy Festival](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/glasgow-international-comedy-festival.html), the Big Tickle Comedy Festival in Derry and the Merchant City Festival, and made her international debut at the [New York Comedy Festival](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/new-york-comedy-festival.html) in 2012. Her shows include Arrangements at the Glasgow Comedy Festival in 2015 and Joik at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024. She won Best Writer at the Scottish Comedy Awards in 2019 and has been a Scottish Variety Award nominee. Her broadcast credits include BBC One Northern Ireland's Soft Border Patrol and BBC Radio Scotland's Breaking the News. ## Follow their dates Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **Based in** Glasgow, Scotland **From** Northern Ireland **On screen** Soft Border Patrol and What Women Want ## Is Elaine Malcolmson on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Are they coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. 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[Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### On screen - **Soft Border Patrol** BBC One Northern Ireland - **What Women Want** BBC Two ## Comedians like Elaine Malcolmson Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Neil Delamere](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-neil-delamere.html) also in Soft Border Patrol [Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html) [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Elaine Malcolmson performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What TV shows and films are they in? Soft Border Patrol (BBC One Northern Ireland) and What Women Want (BBC Two). ### Where are they from? Born and raised in Northern Ireland. ### Where are they based? Glasgow, Scotland, as their record gives it. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Neil Delamere](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-neil-delamere.html) (also in Soft Border Patrol). ## Is this you? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/elaine-malcolmson** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-elaine-malcolmson.html) ### Sources - [The Talent Manager ↗](https://www.thetalentmanager.com/talent/100895/elaine-malcolmson) Glasgow base; born and raised in Northern Ireland; festivals played; New York Comedy Festival debut 2012; Scottish Comedy Awards 2019 Best Writer; Scottish… - [The List - Joik comedy review ↗](https://list.co.uk/news/45514/elaine-malcolmson-joik-comedy-review-moving-meditation-on-loss) Her 2024 Edinburgh Fringe show Joik - [Chortle - Arrangements, Glasgow Comedy Festival review ↗](https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2015/03/31/29875/elaine_malcolmson%3A_arrangements) Her 2015 show Arrangements at the Glasgow Comedy Festival Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026