Stand-up poet, comedian and broadcaster, armchair revolutionary and walking shortbread tin, Elvis McGonagall resides at The Graceland Caravan Park somewhere in the back of beyond where he scribbles satirical verse whilst drinking malt whisky and listening to Johnny Cash.

Two series of his sitcom “Elvis McGonagall Takes A Look On The Bright Side” have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 where he appears regularly, most recently on “Stand-Up Specials: Full Tartan Jacket” which was the featured Radio 4 “Comedy of the Week” podcast and the documentary “My Name Is Elvis” which featured on Radio 4’s “Pick of the Week’. Elvis also pops up occasionally on the telly.

Elvis is the 2006 World Slam Champion, the compere of the Blue Suede Sporran Club and performs at comedy, literary and music festivals, arts centres, cabaret clubs, pubs and dodgy dives up and down the country and abroad.

In 2015 Elvis made the “Hot 100” – The List magazine’s annual run-down of Scotland’s “hottest cultural contributors” – thanks to a combination of dazzling Weltschmerz, anarchic wit and his tailor, Mr Poon Kee of Hong Kong, who does a fine line in tartan dinner jackets.
A deftly witty wordsmith, sharp and subversive but not afraid to be plain daft, Elvis has been spitting his scurrilous diatribes against the powers that be since 2003. And look at the state of the world now. So that’s eighteen years of futile ranting.

Elvis McGonagall’s meteoric rise to glittering showbiz obscurity continues apace – destined perhaps to remain a complete and utter cult but huge in North Korea.

“Righteous ire, directed at very deserving targets… McGonagall’s verses are shot through with a moral umbrage and rhetorical power” – Brian Logan, The Guardian

“Funny, angry and tightly written….McGonagall combines anger, polish and carefully crafted verse in a way which recalls John Cooper Clarke….If the word ‘poetry’ is putting you off, get over it” – Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman

“Where Manchester has John Cooper Clarke, Dundee has Elvis McGonagall. Wonderful writing, tack-sharp humour and uncompromising politics. Hilarious” – Marissa Burgess, The List

“Brilliantly anarchic, verbally agile, always a treat” – Joan Bakewell

“Rampaging through the vicissitudes of modern life with stanzas like Panzers” – Phill Jupitus

“The world would be a dimmer place without Elvis McGonagall!” – Lemn Sissay

“Elvis tears a hole in the backside of today” – Mik Artistik

“Elvis McGonagall does not wear specs or a monagall but he looks good and stands up well on stage.” – John Hegley