Comedy Interview/Review: Lisa Joyce “Back to School”

Lisa Joyce is an up-and-coming comedian who has been creating a storm around Dublin. With some very prestigious awards under her belt she decided it was time to venture out on her own and do a one woman show! I caught up with before her recent gig in The Twisted Pepper to discuss comedy and being a female comedian in Dublin! What made you want to get into comedy? Well I was in college in Galway and did a few gigs which went really well. Then I did a gig which went really badly, it was during rag week and it made me want to stop. I stopped doing comedy after that. Then I moved to Dublin and started doing a few open mic nights and slots here and there and it was going well. Then I had the idea that I wanted to do my own show and here … There’s more

New Comedy: Lisa Joyce “Back to School”

Lisa Joyce is an up-and-coming Irish comedian trying to make it on the comedy scene and with her comedy CV to date it seems she isn’t doing too badly at all! With comments like “A rising star” and “brilliant” under your belt along with a couple of prestigious awards you know you’re doing a good job. Lisa bounces, quite literally, onto a stage near you soon (if you live in Dublin or Galway!) with her new show “Back to School” in which she promises to bring you back to the classroom except this time you’re allowed to eat sweets supplied by Happy Pills! Go along to the gigs! Laughs guaranteed! Details oare as follows: Galway Town Hall Theatre (Studio), Courthouse Square, Galway 830pm (doors open 8.00) August 19th tickets: www.tht.ie Dublin The Twisted Pepper, Abbey Street, Dublin 1 8.30pm Show (doors open 8.00) 3rd September tickets: www.thetwistedpepper.com Tickets for both … There’s more