Al Porter ‘Is Yours’ at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Feb 26, 2015
AL PORTER, “Ireland’s ascendant king of camp” according to the Irish Independent, and for David McSavage, “one of the few comedians that actually makes me laugh”, is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Steve Bennet - all Groan Up
Thu, Feb 26, 2015
GALWAY COMIC Steve Bennett will present Groan Up at the Róisín Dubh upstairs bar once a month from February to July, in advance of his 2015 Edinburgh Fringe run.
Read more ...Fred Cooke to play NUIG charity comedy gig
Thu, Feb 26, 2015
IRISH COMIC Fred Cooke, best known from Republic of Telly, The Savage Eye, and The Liffey Laughs, headlines a charity comedy gig at NUI Galway on Monday.
Read more ...Tedfest 2015
Thu, Feb 19, 2015
TEDFEST 2015, the annual celebration of all things Father Ted returns to Galway this month with a table quiz and Toilet Duck Awards taking place in the city’s West End.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny - The Final
Thu, Feb 19, 2015
AFTER SIX hotly contested heats, 54 would-be comedy stars have been whittled down to the last 12 to do battle in the Show Me The Funny grand final.
Read more ...Jimmy Carr announces Galway date
Tue, Feb 17, 2015
JIMMY CARR, the Limerick born British comedian and host of 8 Out Of 10 Cats, has added two west of Ireland dates to his December Funny Business tour.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny
Thu, Feb 12, 2015
THE SIXTH and final heat of Show Me The Funny is on this Monday at The King’s Head, High Street, with the last eight comics battling for a place in the grand final.
Read more ...Gaelgáirí - comedy as Gaeilge
Wed, Feb 11, 2015
TÁ GAELGÁIRÍ, an t-aon chlub grinn Gaeilge sa tír ag teacht go Gaillimh den chéad uair ar Satharn an 7ú Márta mar chuid den fhéile Seachtain na Gaeilge.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny - the penultimate show
Thu, Feb 05, 2015
THE PENULTIMATE Show Me The Funny heat takes place this Monday at 8pm in The King’s Head, with only four grand final places left to fill.
Read more ...Dave McSavage - he’s not giving up
Thu, Jan 29, 2015
DAVID MCSAVAGE, the ‘enfant terrible’ of Irish comedy, makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 6 at 8.30pm as part of his Don’t Give Up tour.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny
Thu, Jan 29, 2015
MOTORMOUTH DUBLIN comic, Andrew Stanley - star of the AIG ads - will perform at the next instalment of Show Me The Funny.
Read more ...Reduced Shakespeare Company’s Complete History of Comedy
Tue, Jan 27, 2015
THEY HAVE taken on the world of Shakespeare, but now the legendary trio are finally tackling the subject they were born to reduce. From the high-brow to the low, The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) covers comedy from Aristophanes to Shakespeare to Charlie Chaplin to Chris Rock.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny
Thu, Jan 22, 2015
ERIC LAWLOR, the Dublin comedian voted Comic of the Year by readers of Entertainment.ie, is the special guest at this week’s Show Me The Funny.
Read more ...The Leg Breakers - comedy improv @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 22, 2015
COMEDY IMPROV group The Leg Breakers play the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Thursday January 29 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Fear’s Ross Browne @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 15, 2015
ROSS BROWNE, one of the stars of RTE’s hit hidden camera show The Fear, is taking his Professional Idiot show on his first national stand up tour and Galway is one of his stops.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny - round two
Thu, Jan 15, 2015
THE SECOND round of this year’s Show Me The Funny, takes place on Monday at The King’s Head Bar, with special guest, the great Karl Spain.
Read more ...Neil Delamere brings new stand-up show to Town Hall
Thu, Jan 08, 2015
NEIL DELAMERE’S annual New Year pilgrimage to Galway is always a welcome start to any January and 2015 finds him with a new show - The Fresh Prince of Delamere.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny returns for 2015
Thu, Jan 08, 2015
SHOW ME The Funny, the comedy competition and gig night to find Ireland’s next comedy star, returns to The Kings Head, High Street, this Monday.
Read more ...Comedy Cocktails @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 08, 2015
THE COMEDY Cocktails Stand-up Showcase returns to the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday January 13 at 9.30pm.
Read more ...Aindrias De Stac - Christmas show of The Man From Mogaga
Wed, Dec 17, 2014
HE IS the rapper and fiddle player on The Rolling Tax Revue’s ‘No Privatisation, Irish Water, Irish Nation!’ song which has gone viral on YouTube. He is also The Man From Mogaga who went Around The World On 80 Quid.
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