Comedy @ Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

THERE WILL be plenty to laugh about at the Galway Fringe Festival with a comedy line-up that includes Galway favourites Bob Hennigan and Connor McDonough-Flynn, and the Best of Irish Comedy Awards.

Wingin' It - comedy improv @ The Loft

Wed, Jul 08, 2015

COMEDY AND theatre created on the spot and off the top of the head of the performer's head will be the stuff of Winging' It, a new monthly improv comedy and theatre night at The Loft @ Seven, hosted by The Sky Babies.

Oliver Callan announces Galway show for November

Tue, Jul 07, 2015

OLIVER CALLAN, the political humourist and satirist and the man behind RTÉ Radio 1's Callan's Kicks, is bringing his stage show to Galway later this year as part of his Irish tour.

Bernard O'Shea is expecting...at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

WHAT IS pregnancy like for fathers? What can happen to them and what can they expect when they are not the ones giving birth? Irish comedian Bernard O'Shea just may have the answers.

Rackhouse Pilfer @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

RACKHOUSE PILFER, the stompin’ alt country, bluegrass band from Sligo, who have impressed American roots audiences as much as Irish music fans, return to Monroe's Live at midnight Friday July 17.

Stewart Lee and Patrick Kielty for Vodafone Comedy Carnival, Galway

Tue, Jun 30, 2015

STEWART LEE will bring his new show, A Room With A Stew to the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway in October, while Northern Irish comedian Patrick Kielty will also stage his show during the festival.

A song, a laugh, and some beards

Tue, Jun 30, 2015

THE GINGERBEARD FAMILY, the Galway musical and comedy collective, featuring Stephen Sharpe and others, take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 10 at 9pm.

Panti Bliss - High Heels in Low Places

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

PANTI BLISS, activist, entertainer, drag queen, personality, and bona fide National Treasure, is bringing her show High Heels In Low Places to the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday July 4 at 8pm.

Johnny Graham - Headcase With A Suitcase

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GALWAY COMEDIAN Johnny Graham will present his new show, Headcase With A Suitcase, throughout July at Ireland’s Smallest Comedy Club upstairs at The Dew Drop Inn.

Tommy Tiernan to play charity event at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 18, 2015

TOMMY TIERNAN, My Fellow Sponges, and Little John Nee will be among the performers at a fundraising cabaret for the charity Clowns Without Borders.

Jason Byrne returns to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

JASON BYRNE makes a welcome return to Galway on Friday June 19 at 8.30pm when he brings his new show There's A Grand Stretch In The Evenings to the Róisín Dubh.

Sofie Hagen - Danish funnywoman for Róisín Dubh

Wed, May 13, 2015

DENMARK IS not a country associated in the public mind with stand-up comedy, but one women is set to turn that notion completely on its head when she takes to the stage of the Róisín Dubh next week.

When Harry Met Satan - Flirt FM to premier new radio drama

Wed, May 13, 2015

THE MOST unlikely place to meet Lucifer is in an Irish pub. Old Nick could be expected to show up at the crossroads, on a night of torment and temptation, or in the pits of Hell itself, but not down your local! Then again, alcohol is sometimes called 'the demon drink' - so maybe he is always lurking at the bottom of the pint glass.

Bill Bailey adds Galway to Limboland Irish tour

Mon, May 11, 2015

BILL BAILEY, one of the greatest of modern British comedians, has announced he is coming to Galway on Wednesday September 30, when he performs his new show Limboland, in The Black Box Theatre.

Two shows from The Leg Breakers

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

GALWAY COMEDY Improv troupe The Leg Breakers perform two shows in Galway this week, one of which is part of the Galway Theatre Festival.

Comedian Terry Alderton to play Róisín Dubh

Wed, Apr 29, 2015

TERRY ALDERTON, the astonishingly original British comedian with seemingly multiple personalities, and an off-beat brain that unleashed lets loose comedy gold every time, is coming back to Galway.

Two nights with David O’Doherty

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

ONE OF Ireland’s greatest comedians David O’Doherty, makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh next month, with his new show David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything.

Tommy Tiernan - back on the islands

Mon, Apr 13, 2015

TOMMY TIERNAN is bringing his show Out Of The Whirlwind of a tour of the islands along the west coast this July, and Galway’s islands are included.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? back at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

WHOSE LINE Is It Anyway?, featuring the talents of Stephen Frost, Andy Smart, Steve Steen, and Ireland’s Ian Coppinger, make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh.