Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.

Hip hop comedy from Abandoman

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

HIP HOP comedy duo Abandoman do not turn up to a show with prepared songs. They create songs based solely on audience suggestions.

Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

THE WEEKLY Stand Up Open Mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.

Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

THE WEEKLY Stand Up Open Mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm and will also be raising funds for the Galway Volunteer Centre.

Comedy open mic @ Garvey’s

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

GARVEY’S HOTEL and Bar in Eyre Square is hosting a new weekly stand up comedy open mic night which takes place every Thursday.

Craic Attack - New All-Ireland comedy talent search

Thu, Mar 24, 2011

CRAIC ATTACK, the new All-Ireland comedy talent search is coming to Galway and will take place in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Tuesday April 5 at 8pm.

Kudos - Galway’s new comedy club

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

TOMORROW NIGHT sees the opening of County Galway’s newest comedy club - Kudos nightclub, at Keanes bar and restaurant, in Oranmore.

Comedian Tim FitzHigham @ NUIG

Thu, Feb 03, 2011

COMEDIAN TIM FitzHigham will perform his hit Edinburgh Fringe show Gentleman Adventurer in the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI, Galway on Tuesday at 9.30pm.

FitzHigham is like an amalgamation of Monty Python and represents a lost idea of the classic British eccentric. He has conquered rivers in boats made of paper, rowed to France in a bathtub, run across deserts in suits of armour, and nearly died taking inflatable rubber things down Olympic ski slopes. In Gentleman Adventurer he will regale audiences with tales of his latest feats of endurance.

Do you think you are a comedian?

Thu, Feb 03, 2011

HAVE YOU ever been to a comedy gig and thought ‘I could do that’? Well, now is your chance with a new competition from The King’s Head in association with Bulmers.

Rising comedy star Jack Whitehall to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 27, 2011

HE IS only in his early twenties but English comedian Jack Whitehall has already made a remarkable impact upon the comedy world.

Scotland’s rising comedy start to play Galway this month

Thu, Dec 09, 2010

KEVIN BRIDGES, the Scottish comedian who is one of the star’s of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and BBC One’s Live at the Apollo series is coming to Galway.

Rising comedy star Roisin Conaty to play Laughter Lounge

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

ROISIN CONATY, the pulchritudinous Co Kerry born, London based comic, described by Time Out as “a seriously talented young lady” is coming to Galway.

A weekend of laughs at the Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

THE GALWAY Comedy Festival is on and the city is set for a weekend of laughs with comics like David O’Doherty, Dead Cat Bounce, Andrew Maxwell, and Phill Jupitus.

The best of English @ Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

IF YOU are ever asked ‘What have the English ever done for the world?’ you can resist the temptation to mention such vile things as imperialism and X-Factor, and reply instead: comedy.

Maeve Higgins @ Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

MAEVE HIGGINS, one of the best and most popular comedians on the Irish circuit will play two shows at next month’s Galway Comedy Festival.

Launch of new on-line comedy series in Galway

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

LIFE COACH, the new on-line comedy series from local comedians Giles Brody and Bob Hennigan, will be launched tonight.

Hilarious black comedy Kick-Ass takes the superhero genre into uncharted waters

Thu, Aug 19, 2010

KICK-ASS has just been released on DVD and the controversial comic book film packs a powerful punch with fast paced action scenes, a thoroughly entertaining script, and lots of laugh out loud moments.

FIRST FRIDAY COMEDY CLUB AT THE CO-OP

Thu, May 27, 2010

FOLLOWING THE spectacular launch in early May, the monthly 'First Friday' Comedy Club at the CO-OP Moycullen continues on the Bank Holiday weekend with another strong line-up on Friday June 4. Stand-up comic,voice over artist,writer and actor Joe Rooney has many strings to his huge and acomplished bow.

As barfly Timmy from Kilnascully he has become one of Ireland’s most popular luadars’ and the butt of many of Dan Clancy’s jokes. In Fr Ted he played the unforgettable rebel priest Fr Damo who uttered the memorable line "Who do you prefer Blur or Oasis?" However it is as a stand-up that his star truly shines.

Michael Mee headlining a new night of comedy

Thu, May 27, 2010

On Saturday May 29 John Donnellan and Danny Dowling will showcase a night of new jokes, spoofs, and sketches at the Comedy Comedy gig in the Róisín Dubh. Headlining will be Michael Mee who has been described by Time Out New York as ‘Woody Allen with a Cork brogue’. The Irish Times described his performance as simply ‘hilarious’.

A charity comedy showdown

Thu, May 13, 2010

A COMEDY showdown, in aid of the Irish Cancer Society, featuring 16 comedians, will take place in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Sunday at 8.30pm.

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