Category Archives: Cat Laughs

This is No Laughing Matter

  By Darren Byrne | June 4, 2009 - 10:05 am | Cat Laughs, Comedy, Events, Featured Post, The Culch
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Let me tell you about someone rather special. His name is Hans Teeuwen (pronounced toy-wen, I think) and he is a comedian (I use the term loosely). He is an off-the-wall act - he’s confrontational, challenging, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before, loud, neurotic and perhaps psychotic. He is all of these things and more. The problem is - he’s not particularly funny. On Saturday evening last, at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival, we went along to Adam and Jason’s Spotlight on…Hans Teeuwen. We weren’t entirely sure what to expect. The rumour was that Hans didn’t exist and that Adam Hills and Jason Byrne had made him up. Sadly, that was not the case. When going to see Hans, I think it important to bring with you your own stock pile of irony. His act, which includes referencing probably non-existent Dutch TV shows, sing-alongs that don’t work, criticising Disney’s overly … There’s more →

Oh! What a Luverly Larf

  By Darren Byrne | May 30, 2009 - 2:43 pm | Cat Laughs, Comedy, Events, The Culch
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Granted, the drinking at Heuston Train Station, the drinking on the train, the drinking in The Left Bank, the drinking in The Playwright, the drinking in The Village Inn and the drinking in The Pumphouse all may have played a part in our collctive hangovers this morning, but it certainly made for an auspicious start to our Kilkenny Cat Laughs weekend. Up in the Village Inn we saw our first gig - Jarlath Regan compered and John Mullhaney and Sarah Millican providing further giggles. Millican, in particular, was hillarious. At breakneck speeds she threw out the jokes. I would love to catch her again at ome stage over the weekend. Tonight, we’ve loads on - at 6.15 we’re in the Ormonde for Tommy Tiernan, Dave Gorman, Shane Mauss and John Colleary (really looking forward to Dave Gorman’s set). We then stay in our seats for Jason Byrne, Adam Hills and, … There’s more →

Cat Laughs 2009 - Here We Go Again

  By Lottie | May 27, 2009 - 2:31 pm | Cat Laughs, Comedy, Events, The Culch
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Darragh and Darren have already regaled you with the highlights of last year’s Festival so I won’t go throught it again. In case I haven’t made it clear yet, I am really really looking forward to the weekend and we’ve really prepared for this year. We’re going to everything. Practically. Last year’s festival was one of my highlights of 2008 and not merely because of the comedy. The atmosphere of the weekend is something I’m really hoping we can recreate and for that reason I am also looking forward to: 1. Great weather We’re Irish so it’s only natural to talk about the weather. The topic has been playing on my mind for some time now - since April actually, the day I bought our 18 tickets for the weekend. Last year the sun shone throughout and I had the blisters to prove it. So having checked out the forecast … There’s more →

Fun Times at the Cat Laughs 2008

  By Darren Byrne | May 26, 2009 - 10:03 pm | Cat Laughs, Comedy, Events, The Culch
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We’re heading down to Kilkenny again this year. Who else is coming down? Let us know. If it was anything like last year, it’ll be mega (especially as I actually like the taste of Carlsberg). Don’t forget we still have FREE TICKETS to giveaway. Click here for more info. The Journey Down After a wedding in Wexford on the Friday of last years’ June Bank Holiday Weekend, we went back to my uncle’s house for the night and by the time we finally got up on Saturday, everyone else had already left. So, we pulled ourselves together, packed the car, switched on the GPS and got on the road……to Dunnes Stores just around the corner. After a surprisingly delicious breakfast (I’ve had some very bad experiences in some Dunnes Stores cafés) we finally embarked upon the Cill Chainnigh trail. We first stopped off in home village of one Mr Darragh … There’s more →

Win tickets to The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival

  By darraghdoyle | May 25, 2009 - 5:57 pm | Cat Laughs, Celebs, Comedy, Competitions, Events, Featured Post, Performance Art, wantsies
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As you may have gathered from the previous post, we’re big fans of The Carlsberg Cat Laughs Comedy Festival. There’s a group of us going down this weekend, and, well, if you’re around for a pint, give us a shout! To help you get there, how about we offer you the chance to win some tickets? Thanks to the WONDERFUL Melanie and Jane in the Cat Laughs Office, seriously cool and lovely people, we have a great ticket give away for you. You could win a pair of tickets to any of the shows below. All you have to do is choose from below the show you want to go to and let us know in the comments. You make your own way there, you have a great time and a laugh with some of the world’s top comedians and then you enjoy Kilkenny. If you would like to tweet … There’s more →

Carlsberg Cat Laughs Comedy Festival - why it’s the best little comedy festival in the world

  By darraghdoyle | May 25, 2009 - 1:34 pm | Cat Laughs, Comedy, Events, Gigs, Performance Art, The Arts, The Culch
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It’s happening this weekend. It’s in the best little city in the world. It’s something we’ve been anticipating greatly for the last year, following our great experience last year. It’s the Carlsberg Cat Laughs Festival and it’s going to be only mega. Or deadly, as they say down that way. There’s a wonderful sense of anticipation of the festival in the city and the festival office at the moment. The build up has been happening for months and the preparation will result in something extraordinary, something funny and something just wonderful. Rated as one of the five best comedy festivals in the world the Carlsberg Cat Laughs Comedy Festival has become an annual diary fixture for both comedy fans and comedians alike. The Festival has consistently showcased world-class comedians and captivated comedy fans for 15 years and it’s been brilliant for Kilkenny. With nearly 70 comedians, 86 shows including nine … There’s more →