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Comedy and a Free Turkey: A Very Merry Death of Comedy @ The Workman’s Club

  By Sinead Keogh | December 18, 2011 - 5:48 pm | Comedy, Events, Food
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We’ve given a few nods to The Death of Comedy series at The Workman’s Club this year. It always makes for a funny night of affordable laughs with its €5 pricetag and it’s a great venue for comedy. Easily our favourite place for a pint of 2011, featuring easily one of our favourite up-and-comer comedians in the form of Conor O’Toole, we highly recommend getting down there tomorrow night for their Christmas show - A Very Merry Death of Comedy. The headliner for the night is Jarlath Regan and you can get in for free if you sign up as a Death of Comedy member here (it’s less about actually being a full-blown member of a comedy troupe with a mere scribble of your signature and more about joining a mailing list - don’t know about you but we’re grand with selling our souls for a fiver all the same and … There’s more →

CLOSED: Competition: Jarlath Regan @Whelan’s December 3rd

  By Amanda | November 28, 2011 - 9:42 am | Comedy, Competitions
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The Gala Final Night of Jarlath Regan’s Backroad Comedy Show takes place at Whelan’s of Wexford Street on Saturday December 3rd. Featuring Jarlath Regan and some of his best comedy friends, you can expect a one-off night of high quality comedy, surprises and music from the man behind the best-selling book ‘How To Break Bad News’. Tickets are available from Whelan’s or from Ticketmaster. However, being the lovely guy that Jarlath is, he has given us 2 sets of VIP passes to give away to you lovely people! To be in with a chance of winning them, just make us laugh. You can post your favourite joke or put a link to your favourite YouTube clip in the comments below, whatever takes your fancy. We’ll pick winners on Friday December 2nd. Good luck!

Comedy Review: The Quiet Pint Comedy Club

  By Amanda | November 8, 2011 - 10:26 am | Comedy, The Culch
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Have you ever walked in to a comedy gig and known straight off that it was going to be a good night? I got that feeling as soon as I walked into 4 Dame Lane last Thursday night. It is most definitely the nicest venue I have seen for comedy (I realise I said this about The Comedy Cavern in Lucan last week but I must admit 4 Dame Lane beats Lucan!) The room is full of very comfortable sofas and as Kevin Lockard described “mood lighting” It actually felt like I was sitting in my front room having a private comedy show with the comedians. I especially like the backdrop of the stone wall at the back of the stage, which according to the MC Hugh O’Connor gave it the old school feel which I must admit I totally agree with. The MC Hugh O’Connor was one of the … There’s more →

Events: The Quiet Pint Comedy Club

  By Amanda | November 2, 2011 - 9:10 am | Comedy
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The Quiet Pint comedy club return to 4 Dame Lane on Novemeber 3rd for another round of laughs and giggles! In their own words ‘Come to one of Dublin’s coolest venues, 4 Dame Lane, to see some of Dublin’s coolest comedy. This month’s special guests are the amazing Foil, Arms and Hog and Jarlath Regan! Don’t miss it!’ This is going to be a great night, I’ll be there! Make sure you are too! More details: http://www.facebook.com/jigser#!/event.php?eid=150392131726619 Where: 4 Dame Lane, Dublin 2 When: November 3rd Time: 8.30pm

Events: Tonight - The Quiet Pint Comedy Club

  By Sinead Keogh | October 13, 2011 - 11:16 am | Comedy, Events
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As David O’Doherty would say, ‘do you enjoy enjoyment?’ Are you looking for something to do tonight? Are you suggestible? Read on. Certain members of Team Culch were lucky enough to go to college with some funny people who went on to become The Quiet Pint Comedy Club. A solid couple of hours of laughter and wit, the club has evolved from amateur stand-up to an ever more polished offering which regularly attracts some big name guests from the field of Irish comedy. It just so happens that their next show is this evening, and we recommend it massively. In their own words: “October’s edition of the Quiet Pint Comedy Club has arrived. Come to one of Dublin’s coolest venues, 4 Dame Lane, to see some of Dublin’s coolest comedy. Previous acts have included Dead Cat Bounce; Jarlath Regan, Damo Clarke, A Betrayal of Penguins and Andrew Stanley. Don’t miss … There’s more →

Events: The Workman’s Club’s 1st Birthday

  By Culch.ie | August 8, 2011 - 10:11 am | Comedy, Events, Featured Post, Gigs, Music, Random Whimsy, The Arts
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For those of you who frequent the place, it might be bloody hard to believe it’s turning the big 1 already, we know we were shocked, but stick it in your diary - the Workman’s Club are having a birthday party. What night, you ask? Pfft. It’s a full week of celebrations from September 5th - 11th so you’ve no excuse for missing it. If you’re not acquainted, The Workman’s Club on Wellington Quay used to be just that - The Dublin Workingmen’s Club. It opened it’s doors back in 1888 and closed them in 2003 and since the place got it’s new lease of life last year you can hear history singing in the walls. History, or whatever band is playing The Venue. Split across a few nubs and hubs of activity from The Venue and The Venue Bar on the ground floor where we’ve caught many a fine … There’s more →

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Preview

  By ekilko | July 26, 2010 - 10:11 am | Featured Post, The Culch
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Last year I did some posts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and this year in an aim to get ahead of myself this is the list of shows I am looking forward to seeing this August. I’ve inserted links to the show details where possible. The Vaudevillians, The Sun Also Rises, Assembly 30th Anniversary, Jimmy Carr, Divine Comedy, Adam Hills, Andrew Maxwell, Andy Zaltmen, Axis of Awesome, BBC Comedy, Betrayal of Penguins, Bo Burham, David O’Dotherty, Dead Cat Bounce, Des Bishop, Foil Arms and Hog, GB 25th, Jarlath Regan, Jason Byrne, Maxwell Fullmooners, Newsrevue, Paul Merton, Penny Dreadfuls, Political Animal, Stand Up for Freedom, Two Episodes of Mash, Wittank, Duke Special, Eels, Magnets, Modest Mouse, Fame, Hairspray, Spring Awaking, The Author, Flesh and Blood, Freefall, Girl Yellow Dress, Breakfast @Traverse, Daniel Kitson, Ladder and Moon, La Locandiera, My Romantic Histrory, Newsrome, The Not So Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, While … There’s more →

Laugh Out Loud for Temple Street Hospital

  By Niamh | June 15, 2010 - 2:55 pm | Comedy, Events, Featured Post, The Culch
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Could you do with a big LOL? A big belly laugh? A giggle, a guffaw, a titter, a chuckle, a chortle, cracking up, bursting yourself, peeing your pants, dying laughing, snickering, in stitches? Well on Saturday 26th June at 7.30pm there is an unrivalled night of comedy and laughter planned for Vicar Street. The line up is phenomenal - Dara O’Briain, Hector Ó hEochagáin, Maeve Higgins, David O’Doherty, Jarlath Regan, Dermot Whelan, Eric Lalor and Eleanor Tiernan and there are still some more names to be announced. Tickets are just €28 and all proceeds will go to Temple Street Children’s Hospital. €28 to see all of the comedians above is an amazing price, you could pay that just to see one or two of them at a gig normally. You can buy tickets here and if you want any more information, you can call Angi in Temple Street on 01 … There’s more →

Edinburgh Fringe Week 1 Reviews Part 1

  By ekilko | August 11, 2009 - 3:05 pm | Comedy, The Culch, Theatre
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Culch.ie’s Edinburgh representatives uses his time off to see Dead Cat Bounce, Matinee, Shane Lagan, Jarlath Regan and Newsrevue before getting back to work. The fringe doesn’t start in my opinion until someone hands you a flyer walking down the royal mile and says come see my show. Therefore as of today it has started! Flyering is the most popular and often only means of advertising for shows. With something like 2500 performances a day and an average audience of 7 means that a lot of shows go without viewers at some point. From working on a show here I know how hard it is to stand in the elements and try convince people you are worthy of their money when there are so many other options. So try to be nice to those that make the effort. The fringe did indeed start today as I was lucky enough to … There’s more →

The Puffin Cat Cometh

  By Lottie | August 4, 2009 - 9:05 am | Comedy, Performance Art, The Culch
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**EDITED: CHANGE TO LINE-UP** Just a head up for a cheap & fun comedy gig. The Puffincat Club returns this Wednesday 19th August in Shebeen Chic on George’s Street, Dublin 2 at 8pm. “Its Diet of Worms in comedy club form. Following the simply fantastic comeback night last month, The Puffincat Club is starting to stretch its legs and break into a quick jog. Why not come along and cheer it into a sprint and across the finishing line.” The Diet of Worms crew will be joined by Maeve Higgins, Eric Lalor, Kevin Gildea, Bernard O’Shea and Alan Bennet.

Shane Langan and Friends at the Comedy Carnival

  By Darren Byrne | July 21, 2009 - 8:52 am | Comedy, Events, Featured Post, The Culch
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I have spoken about Shane Langan before - his nervous, awkward comedy is fantastic to watch and listen to. His show is an evening of comedy literature and for the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival he has a number of special guests joining him, including Maeve Higgins, Mark Doherty, Jarlath Regan, Barry Murphy, Ian Coppinger, Kevin Gildea and The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson. …not like any comedy night I’ve been to before. It was chaotic and random, it was clever and thought provoking, but above all else, it was funny from start to end. I spoke with Shane about his show, Not Also But Only: The Not Also But Only show is likely to be the highlight of the Comedy Carnival. With so many acts breaking out of their own comfort zones, it will certainly be the most varied act of the weekend. It runs on Sunday 26th July at 6pm … There’s more →

Funny enough…

  By Darren Byrne | June 29, 2009 - 3:40 pm | Comedy, Events, The Culch
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Dublin is clearly the place to be at the moment for the craic. With the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival kicking off in July and a host of comedians in preparation for The Edinburgh Comedy Festival, there is a lot of comics pandering their wares for a very reasonable rate. This evening we’re popping down to the International Bar on Wicklow Street at 6.30 to catch the first preview of Shane Langan’s Edinburgh Show. Shane is the genius behind Not Also But Only and is part of the comedy troupe Diet of Worms. Shane’s gig is completely free and will also run on Wednesday July 1st and Saturday July 4th at 6.30 for just under an hour. Later this evening, at 9.30, we’ll be catching Dermot Whelan at the Comedy Improv gig (Whose Line is it Anyway style) in the International. The gig is a measly few euro and should be fun. … There’s more →