improv night at the international

have you ever seena photograph like this…. ? this is what you might just see if you take a trip to The International Bar on Wicklow Street in Dublin City Centre This is the comedy improv night. Running since 1992…… yes you heard me! This is a Monday night gig never to be missed. I had one of them. It was a Monday. I was bored to pieces. A quick call to my mate Anthony and all of a sudden I’m on a bus. Its costs €7/8 in the door [I don't think you can go to the cinema for that anymore...? ] but when I consider that a normal comedy gig maybe €20 -40 - then throw in four or five of Irelands finest comedians……. that’s pretty good value as far as I’m concerned. On the night I went along on stage was Dermot Carmody [of The emergency fame], … There’s more

Shane Langan and Friends at the Comedy Carnival

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