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Barry Murphy's Comedy Circus
(Sun 18th)
Barry Murphy's Comedy Circus
Barry Murphy's Comedy Circus was one of the most exciting and talked about developments in Irish comedy when it first pitched its tent in Vicar Street last year, going on to play to thousands of people at the venue and at the Lisdoonvarna Festival in Dublin's RDS last summer. Fronted by Aprés Match star and co-founder of the legendary Comedy Cellar at the International Bar, Barry Murphy, The Comedy Circus brings together an all star cast of powerful comedic and musical talent to present a wonderfully free-form show with sketches, musical ditties, parodies and stand-up. A refreshing shake up of the traditional mc-standup-mc format. Featuring very special guests including artists and performers from Festival 2004.
Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topDavid O'Doherty, plus special guests
Perrier Best Newcomer Nominee and winner of Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny Award, Dubliner David O'Doherty is one of the most talked-about comedians to have emerged in recent years. A curious mix of songs and stories and half-songs and half-stories, his stand-up style draws as much in spirit from comedy as it does from jazz music.
Venue: Comedy Club at Cuba* For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topDermot Carmody; Electric Gazette
Dermot Carmody’s Electric Gazette is a groundbreaking new comedy cabaret show, featuring music, stand-up and computer animation. Carmody has assembled a remarkable new hi-tech vaudeville sideshow for a new generation of comedy fans. Lush backing tracks and innovative computer animations add a new dimension to the established lyrical hilarity of this top class comical word wizard.
Venue:Radisson SAS Hotel, Backstage Bar. For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topDes Bishop, plus support
Winner of the 2002 Tap Water Award at the Edinburgh Festival, native New Yorker Des Bishop has become one of Ireland's most outspoken and exciting comedians. Well known to viewers in Ireland for his appearances in X-it File, as team captain on Don't Feed The Gondolas and most recently his own show Des Bishop's Work Experience - a savagely comic series about the minimum wage experience in Ireland. Unquestionably one of the most gifted comedians to emerge in recent years
Venue:Comedy Club at Cuba* For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topEddie Bannon, Ian Coppinger & Brendan Dempsey are SML MED LRG
In the beginning was the word, and the word was comedy. The people came to see the comedy, they sat and laughed, and they saw that it was good. Amongst those watching were three young men of varying stature who saw that the comedy was indeed good. And lo they decided that they could do better, and so they did. SML MED LRG is Eddie Bannon, Ian Coppinger and Brendan Dempsey in a blinding mix of stand-up and sketches that will leave the audience in a happy state of generous bonhomie – which, if distilled and drunk, would bring everlasting peace and happiness. SML MED LRG - because size matters!
Venue: Comedy Club at Cuba* For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topFlight of the Conchords, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement
Currently the hottest ticket in comedy, Flight of the Conchords are by their own admission New Zealand?s ?fourth most popular folk parody duo? yet these talented Kiwis have managed to capture the attention of the comedy industry worldwide with soldout seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, their native New Zealand and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Their unique brand of comedy is grounded in original tunes that showcase their incredible vocal and instrumental talents. Their fresh understated delivery belies a depth to their comedy that resulted in a Perrier nomination in 2003. "Brilliantly underplayed, the wit is so aridly dry and yet so brilliantly stupid. These two immensely gifted comics have created a splendid environment in which to quietly savage an impressively wide range of topics? simply unmissable." Chortle, Melbourne
Venue: Cuba For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topGerry Mallon's Laughter Loft
Best known as Tommy Tiernan’s support act, Gerry Mallon hosts and introduces a different line up each day of the best in Irish stand-up comedy. Amongst those performing in this unique venue which is the original home of lunchtime comedy in Galway will be David McSavage, Reuben, Karl Spain, Kevin Gildea, Neil Delamere and a whole host surprise special guests. One thing is guaranteed you will start your day with a broad smile on your face.
Venue: Kings Head Theatre Bar For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topKevin McAleer Chalk & Cheese
Chalk & Cheese is an everyday tale of paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, psychosis and pure gibberish. McAleer’s latest comic creation lives in a world of his own; ordinary events such as a visit to the supermarket, a letter from the postman, a phone call, can be the starting point for strange space voyages into the back of his own head. It’s insanity Jim, but not as we know it. "Dizzying rocket trips of the imagination" Evening Herald "McAleer has rarely been so inventive" The Irish Times
Venue:Radisson SAS Hotel Entertainment Centre For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to top |
