Events: It’s Capital’s Comedy Club’s birthday!

Jan 22nd marks the 7th birthday of Capital Comedy Club. From its humble beginnings on the January 23rd 2005, it has gone from strength to strength, establishing itself on the Irish comedy circuit attracting both Irish and visiting tourist comedy goers. It has attracted comedians such as Des Bishop, Tommy Tiernan, and Jason Byrne to name but a few. To help celebrate this prestigious birthday, Capital have a stellar line up which includes the hyper yet lovable Fred Cooke. Fred’s unique style of comedy is sometimes indescribable, and the only words that come to mind are manic and insane… he is well worth going to see. Also on the line is Robbie Bonham. Robbie has established himself as a hard hitter on the Irish comedy scene. He is immensely funny and you would be mad to miss this opportunity to see him. I am also reliably informed there is a … There’s more

The Comedy Interview: Niamh Marron

As some of you may remember I was overjoyed to come across the wonderful Niamh Marron recently at a gig in Whelan’s. So much so that I stalked her on Facebook and begged her to let me interview her. She of course said yes. I sat down to chat to her about life as a comedian and the bits in between! How did you get into comedy? When I was in college I always had an interest in comedy, I was starting to lose interest in my course so I decided to mix my photography and my love of comedy together and did an end of year presentation so I got Dave McSavage, Robbie Bonham, Eleanor Tiernan and Fred Cooke in a photo in mundane poses and then contrasting that with their onstage stuff. That was the start of it. Then I started working for a photography studio but that … There’s more