Comedy

Barry Murphy

Barry Murphy gathers together some of today's funniest and most original comics for an unmissable evening of fun and games...

With John Maloney, Kevin Gildea, Ian Coppinger, Dylan Moran and Barry Murphy

Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel
Date: Wednesday 13 July
Price: 18 euro / 16 euro conc.
Time: 8pm

Dylan Moran

Co-writer and star of three series of BAFTA winning Black Books (Channel 4) and of How Do You Want Me? (BBC2) and films including Notting Hill and The Actors, Dylan Moran is one of the most inventive, intelligent and original artists working in comedy today.

Beginning his stand up career at Dublin's Comedy Cellar in 1992, going on to win Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny award a year later and becoming the youngest ever performer to win the Perrier Award in 1996, Dylan has since performed to huge acclaim all over the world and now makes his Galway Arts Festival debut.

Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel
Date: Tuesday 12 July
Price: 20 euro / 18 euro conc.
Time: 8pm

Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft

Featuring the return of compere Gerry Mallon and the finest Irish & international stand-up comedians, up close & personal in this pocket-sized venue. Expect the unexpected, but you're guaranteed to leave this intimate lunchtime gig with a broad smile on your face.

Venue: Ruby Room, Kings Head
Date: Monday 11 ? Sat 23 July. No show Sunday 17 July
Price: 8 euro on the door
Time: 1pm

Jon Kenny

Jon Kenny, well known as one half of D'Unbelievables, returns to the stage with his new one man show which presents an intimate and personal view of the hilarious and colourful characters that surround him. From jockeys to poets, nuns to barbers and bewildered sportsmen - all combining to bring you on a roller-coaster, side-splitting journey of pure entertainment. This is comic theatre at its best.

Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel Entertainment Centre
Date: Thursday 21 July
Price: 15 euro
Time: 8pm

Tommy Tiernan

Following a record breaking number of shows at Dublin's Vicar Street, where he performed before a cumulative audience of 100,000 people, Tommy goes intimate for Galway Arts Festival, performing Loose in Cuba.

Venue: Cuba
Date: Wednesday 13,Thursday 14 & Friday 15 July
Price: 20 euro (Except for early show 7pm on Wednesday 13 tickets 25 euro - all proceeds from this performance go to Galway Educate Together National School)
Time: 7pm, 9.30pm

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