Bernard Casey headlines Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

BERNARD CASEY has been called "a wonderfully well-crafted performer with a great old school style of storytelling”, by no less a comedian than the great Tommy Tiernan.

Steve Bennett - laughing through the disaster

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

CLIMATE CHANGE, Trump, Bolsonaro, the Alt.Right, the Manosphere, Brexit, the coronavirus - the world is in bad shape. No wonder comedian Steve Bennett has called his new show Everything is F*@$!d.

Show Me The Funny - penultimate heat

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

THE PENULTIMATE heat of Show Me The Funny, Ireland's longest running and most wide reaching comedy competition, takes place this Monday [February 10] at The King's Head.

The 2 Johnnies - a spring break to Galway

Mon, Feb 03, 2020

THE 2 JOHNNIES, the Tipperary comedy podcasting, musical, and live show phenomenon, are coming back to Galway in April as part of their Spring Break Easter Tour.

Colin Geddis headlines new Friday night comedy at the Róisín

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

COLIN GEDDIS, who began 2020 with a sold-out show at the SSE Arena in Belfast, will tomorrow headline the Róisín Dubh's new monthly night of comedy - the Friday Night KARLnival.

Tom O'Mahony headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

HE FIRST came to attention as Tarquin the toff on Damo & Ivor, and later as oddball neighbour Paddy d'Pervert in Bridget & Eamon, while the late, great, Rik Mayall called him a "psychotically funny bastard".

Father Ted star for Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

PATRICK MCDONNELL, best known for his role as Eoin McLove on Father Ted and for his role in The Savage Eye, is the special guest at the third heat of Show Me The Funny.

Laughter in the Eyre - Comedy Carnival on RTÉ 2

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE VODAFONE Comedy Carnival Galway - Ireland’s biggest comedy festival - brings hundred of comedians and thousands of comedy fans to the city every October, and next week sees a chance to relive a bit of that hilarity.

Shane Todd - Down's funniest for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

SHANE TODD, described by the Belfast Telegraph as "a modern-day king of comedy”, and a true gem of the Northern Irish comedy scene, headlines the Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday.

Show Me The Funny - Heat 2

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

FOLLOWING A great opening night, the second heat of Show Me The Funny takes place this Monday at The King's Head, where eight more comedy hopefuls will battle it out for a place in the grand final on February 24.

Single Mingle Bingo with Bennett and Sharpe

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE TWO Steves, the bearded wonders, one armed with a ukulele, the other with a guitar, both weapons of choice set to maximum fun and sheer craic - is there any better duo in Galway?

Danny O’Brien - Reformer at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

WHAT HAPPENS when a touring stand-up comedian can no longer stand up? This is the central question in Reformer, the new show from the award winning Irish comedian, Danny O'Brien.

Totally Wired headline the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

TOTALLY WIRED, the musical comedy duo, self-described as Ireland’s "oldest and least successful boy band", headline the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Show Me The Funny comedy competition returns for 2020

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

THE YEAR has barely begin and already Donald Trump and Iran's activities are bringing World War III closer, Australia burns, climate change rolls on...we really need good reasons to laugh right now.

All aboard Joanne McNally's Prosecco Express

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

THE WORLD is a confusing place for comedian Joanne McNally. Her friends are getting married, having children, or buying domestic appliances, while her mother is still trying to convince her to give up comedy and study nursing.

Enya Martin headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

SHE IS a schoolteacher, she co-runs the PaddyShack Comedy Club in Galway, and this week she is the guest MC at the Comedy KARLnival in the Róisín Dubh.

Blindboy announces Galway show for February

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

BLINDBOY BOATCLUB'S live podcast show at the Town Hall Theatre on January 22 is sold out, but the Limerick satirist, comedian, writer, and commentator will return in February.

Give the gift of laughter this Christmas

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

IT HAS been one hell of a great year for comedy in Galway, with the team at Róisín Dubh Comedy delivering the weekly Tuesday Comedy KARLnival, featuring established and emerging joke-slingers, hosted by Karl Spain.

Wild Atlantic Cabaret returns

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

STAND-UP comedian Breda Larkin, from east Galway, and Limerick born burlesque performer Laura Lavelle, join forces for the Wild Atlantic Cabaret.

Steve Hughes - back from the abyss

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

IT HAS been six years since Steve Hughes last brought his hard hitting, take no prisoners, stand up to Ireland, but he is finally coming back, and with Galway in his sights.

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