THERE is apparently a powerful connection between medicine and comedy – look at the number of doctors and other medics who have combined stand-up with their work, or moved over entirely from the operating theatre to the performing theatre. Take Georgie Carroll, a nurse who has been playing to sell-out audiences for some years. Her latest show, Infectious, finishes its south west run at Weston-super-Mare Playhouse on 18th November and Southampton on 19th

Nurse Georgie worked in healthcare for 20 years, but is now retired, drawing on her decades on the wards to create knock-out shows – her best-known sketch is the “Three stages of nursing” – the terms dolphin, penguin and orca used in the clip are now ingrained in international nursing vernacular!

She now follows her smash hit award winning show Sista Flo 2.0, which she toured for three years of sold out seasons in the UK, New Zealand and Australia, with Infectious – if you are a bit under the weather in these troubled times, Nurse Georgie may be just the tonic you need.