Marjolein Robertson is a Scottish stand-up comedian and actress from the Shetland Islands.

Early and personal life

Her father is Scottish and her mother is Dutch.[1] Brought up on the Shetland Islands and from a Christian background, Robertson attended university in Edinburgh. She has a diagnosis of ADHD.[2] In 2019 she moved to Glasgow but returned to Shetland when she could no longer perform during the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst the country was in lockdown she performed comedy online and worked in care.[3]

Career

Robertson lived briefly in Amsterdam performing improvisational comedy where she was encouraged to try stand-up comedy.[4] She made her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut after only a handful of gigs and would write and practise her act on the Shetland Islands on her own to an empty room.[5]

In 2022, Robertson received funding to write an almanac in the Shetland dialect.[6] At the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Robertson performed a one-woman show at The Stand comedy club entitled Thank God Fish Don’t Have Hands.[7][8] In September 2022, she won in the Scots Speaker of the Year category at the Scots Leid Awards.[9] The following month she reached the final of the BBC New Comedy Awards after winning the regional Scottish heat.[10] In 2022 she was awarded second place in the final of the Funny Women awards.[11]

At the 2023 Edinburgh Festival, Robertson performed an eponymous one-woman stand-up show Marj. The show was nominated for best show at the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 alongside acts such as Ed Byrne, Luke Kempner and Paul Foot.[12] At the 2023 Fringe she also appeared in the historical play Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots).[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Scots Language Awards 2022: Marjolein Robertson". Handsupfortrad.scot. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Bennett, Steve (20 August 2022). "Marjolein Robertson: Thank God Fish Don't Have Hands". Chortle. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Richardson, Jay (17 August 2020). "The Scotsman Sessions #20: Marjolein Robertson". The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Baird, Rebecca (27 October 2023). "'I'm oblivious to red flags': Marjolein Robertson on dating, Daniel Sloss and David Cameron ahead of Dundee gig". The Courier. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "How I spaffed away my Edinburgh Fringe debut". Chortle. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "George Orwell's Animal Farm to be translated into Scots". BBC News. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Traynor, Sian (11 August 2022). "Edinburgh Fringe comedian hits back after man makes 'creepy comment' to her". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Comic shares her disgust at sexist heckle". Chortle. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Robertson picks up Scots award". Shetland Times. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Cope, Chris (22 October 2022). "Marjolein makes it through to final of BBC New Comedy Awards". Shetnews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "MEET 2022 STAGE AWARD RUNNER UP MARJOLEIN ROBERTSON!!". Funnywomen.com. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "(ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 shortlist". Comedy.co.uk. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Marjolein Robertson". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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