Daily Archives: February 9, 2012

The Comedy Interview: Fred Cooke

  By Amanda | February 9, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Comedy
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Fred Cooke. What can I say about Fred Cooke? He is a high octane, ball of energy and is always a joy to watch on stage. He’s back this year with a brand new show to entertain and amaze with and I caught up with him recently to discuss the gig and all things comedy-related. So Fred, how did you wind up in comedy? College. I was the auditor of the Comedy Society in college and when I left, Simon O’Keeffe took over, it only had 63 cent in the account! I ran it into the ground. I’m surprised it’s still running to be honest. He took it on and started a magazine and got sponsorship and everything. But that’s where it started from. I remember seeing David O’Doherty in the student bar and not being able to get my head around the fact that it was happening, I knew … There’s more →

Culch Valentine’s: 5 Video Games For Single Players

  By Lisa McInerney | February 9, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Random Whimsy, The Culch
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Hi there gorgeous, So, Valentine’s Day. Starry-eyed loser, star-crossed lover or cross-eyed malcontent, you’re bound to have an opinion on it, yes? Be it a memory, a barely-concealed urge to vomit, a poem for your other half that makes the rest of us vomit, a scribbled note on what a perfect valentine’s would be for you, a history lesson on the relics of St Valentine, an angry swipe at Hallmark, a cry for help because you don’t know your partner much better than you know your postman and you’re deathly scared of trying to shop for them or anything in between, we share those feelings and each day in the run up to the 14th one of Culch’s writers will bring you their own personal Valentine’s thoughts. With love and last-minute garage chocolates, Culch If there’s one thing that pop culture has taught me about Valentine’s Day, it’s that it’s offensive and … There’s more →

Events: Foil, Arms and Hog @ Whelan’s April 20th

  By Sinead Keogh | February 9, 2012 - 9:00 am | Comedy, Events
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We caught comedy sketch gang FAH in Whelan’s last year, at which time our Andy pronounced them ‘a perfect balance between the surreal and observational, with sketches going from a disgruntled visit to the Samaritans to – possibly my favorite of the night – a twenty-second sketch in slow motion about a Dublin dance floor’. Since then, our Amanda has interviewed them and perhaps entirely unrelated to our eager coverage, their upward trajectory has continued unabated. All you really need to know is that they’re one of the finest sketch groups at work in Ireland today (with the possible exception of that active retirement group who meet up and draw the Stephen’s Green bandstand in charcoals every Thursday) and they’re celebrating their birthday in Whelan’s on April 20th with lashings of snappy sketch goodness. We highly recommend that you make your way there. Whelan’s is an interesting comedy venue with a … There’s more →