Jason Byrne - he has three brains you know

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

JASON BYRNE has three brains which kick into action when he hits the stage. His left brain scans the audience, looking for improv moments. His right brain collates stand-up material and stunts, while his centre brain wants to push him to the limit.

Second wave of acts announced for Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway

Mon, Jul 31, 2017

FOIL ARMS & Hog, Ardal O’Hanlon, Rich Hall, Francesca Martinez, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience have been added to the already impressive bill of acts coming west to play the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017 from Tuesday October 24 to Monday 30.

Jarlath Regan - stand-up show and live podcast

Wed, Jul 26, 2017

JARLATH REGAN has come a long way since his days of doing ice-cream ads on the TV. These days he runs the award-winning An Irishman Abroad podcast and recently supported Jack Whitehall on his arena tour.

Tom O'Mahony - firing Buckshot in the Róisín

Tue, Jul 18, 2017

SINCE STARRING in the hit TV comedy series Damo & Ivor as the intolerable toff Tarquin, Tom OMahony has become one of the busiest acts in Ireland. Now he brings his new stand-up show Buckshot, to Galway.

Gearoid Farrelly @ Róísín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jul 13, 2017

HIS COMEDY career began when he entered the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? competition, and took off when he reached the finals. Today he is one of Irish comedy’s most popular acts.

Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft is back

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

GERRY MALLON'S Laughter Loft, the annual lunchtime comedy shows in the Ruby Room of The King's Head, is a Galway International Arts Festival institution, and returns for another run this month.

Paul Currie - Belfast wildman for Róísín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Wed, Jul 05, 2017

WHAT WOULD it be like to live inside the head of Northern Irish comedian Paul Currie? It would be quite the trip considering his surrealist, wild, imagination has produced some of the most startling and original comedy of recent years.

Damian Clark @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

MANY YEARS ago, Australian comedian Damian Clark came to Ireland, and he's never really been let leave since. This rambunctious and uplifting stand-up is back again, playing the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow.

Patrick McDonnell @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

HE WAS Eoin McLove in Father Ted. He was one of the prime movers in Naked Camera. He is a regular at the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh, one who makes a welcome return tomorrow night.

Geoff Whiting to play Cellar comedy club

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

BRITISH COMEDIAN Geoff Whiting - the man who gave Jimmy Carr his start - is coming to Galway to perform at The Cellar Comedy Club, which is marking its first birthday this month.

First wave of acts announced for Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

JON RICHARDSON, Al Porter, Katy Brand, and Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Patton Oswalt - on their own that would be an impressive array of headline comedy acts, but they are only the first wave of performers announced for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017.

Three people walk into a Comedy Clubh...

Thu, Jun 15, 2017

"A NIGERIAN, a Corkonian, and a Human Woman walk into a bar..." This is not the start of a joke. It is a partial description of who is playing the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow.

'Ah sure lookit!' - Dermot and Dave are coming to Galway

Mon, Jun 12, 2017

TODAY FM’s Dermot & Dave have announced a nationwide comedy tour, hitting venues across the country this October, and as part of that, they play the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Republic of Telly's Kevin McGahern @ Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

KEVIN MCGAHERN has been called a "gas bastard" by The Rubberbandits and Charlie Brooker said he "made me laugh out loud", and Galway will see why when he plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh.

Danny O'Brien for Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

DANNY O'BRIEN is “genuinely, uproariously funny, with a huge stage presence and wicked timing” according to The Sunday Independent, while The Examiner called him "a serious young talent in the making".

Rubberbandits at the Róisín this weekend

Thu, May 25, 2017

THEY'RE BACK! The Rubberbandits - the plastic bag masks clad duo of Blindboy Boat Club and Mr Chrome - will bring their inspired, highly intelligent, and as sharp as it is funny hip-hop comedy to the Róisín Dubh.

Karl Spain returns to the Comedy Clubh

Thu, May 25, 2017

KARL SPAIN is so much craic on his regular visits to Galway, that the Galway City Council named the Spanish Arch after him. This is a little known fact you should not Google because of fake news.

Reginald D Hunter - back in Galway in 2017

Tue, May 23, 2017

HE HAS often been controversial, he has often been provocative, he is always challenging. He is Reginald D Hunter, the comedian who, according to The Times, is always "going for broke, flying in the face of received opinion in a way that is simply exhilarating".

Tom Green’s European Road Trip hits Galway

Thu, May 18, 2017

TOM GREEN'S European Road Trip 2017 is heading to Ireland, and one of his stop offs in the country will be Galway, where the Canadian comic can be expected to share his wonderfully cracked view of the world.

Three Norn Iron comedians walk into a bar...

Thu, May 18, 2017

THREE TOP Northern Irish comedians - Micky Bartlett, Shane Todd, and Colin Geddis - will take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow night for a first rate taste of Ulster comedy.

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