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Des Bishop
Marcus Brigstocke
Ed Byrne
Bursting back onto Ireland’s TV screens with his hit show ‘The Des Bishop Work Experience’ (Network 2), Des is “the foul mouthed voice of every news readers’ conscience” (Metro). Ireland’s funniest New Yorker, he combines “whirlwind energy and physical charisma” (Hot Press) with real political insight – fresh from a huge national tour of sold out shows, Des returns to the festival at the top of his game – book early!
A regular Edinburgh favourite, Marcus returns to Kilkenny after his stunning debut here in 2001. As seen on ‘The Stand Up Show’ (BBC), ‘Have I Got News For You’ (BBC2) and as presenter of cult hit ‘We Are History’ (BBC2), the Telegraph said of his latest Edinburgh show; “Sixteen shows into the Fringe, I’ve yet to see anything funnier!” – book now for a real festival treat...
With sell-out shows here every year, Ed returns to Kilkenny to make it a perfect 10! Most recently seen on Irish TV hosting ‘Ed Byrne’s Just For Laughs’ (Network 2), his list of TV and live credits is simply indecently long. A favourite of every international comedy festival going, Ed is simply “a stunningly original piece of work” (Irish Times) – so book early and prepare to “stand up and cheer with everybody else” (Independent).
www.marcusbrigstocke.com
www.edbyrne.com
www.irish-comedy.com
Jason Byrne
Jimmy Carr
Louis CK
“Deranged, frenetic, gangling, rictusmouthed” (The Scotsman) and a festival legend here for years, Jason’s shows are always “a truly unique experience” (Herald). With 5 star sold out shows in Edinburgh 2003, a Perrier nomination and his own TV shows in the UK and Ireland, Jason is “a comedy star of absurd proportions” (Independent) – and not to be missed...
Making his hat trick appearance here, Jimmy won the Time Out Stand Up Award in 2003 and a Perrier Nomination in 2002. The presenter of ‘Distraction’ and ‘Your Face Or Mine’ (Ch4), he sold out a month of 5 star shows in Edinburgh 2003. He’s “as sick as he is slick… and he’s very sick indeed.” (Independent), a “deadpan one-liner machine” (Standard) and a “world class comedian” (Scotsman) Our advice? Book early!
A huge hit here in 2001, we’re absolutely delighted to have Louis back in Kilkenny! Emmy award winning writer – for ‘Letterman’, ‘O’Brien’ and ‘Chris Rock’, and writer/director of ‘Pootie Tang’ (with Chris Rock), he’s had his own HBO and Comedy Central specials and was named one of the ‘Ten Comics to Watch’ by the Hollywood Reporter. Go, see, thank us later…
www.chortle.co.uk
www.jimmycarr.com
www.louisck.com
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Neil Delamere
Zach Galifianakis
Boothby Graffoe
In the few short years he’s being doing stand-up, Neil has won the RTÉ New Comedy Award, made his debut here last year, played Edinburgh and most recently played the Adelaide festival followed by an Australian Tour! “Fantastic, talented and original” (Herald), he quite literally “charmed the pants off the entire room” (Hot Press) at his gigs last year, so book early and hold on to your pants!
Making his Irish and Cat Laughs debut in Kilkenny and fresh from storming shows at the Aspen Comedy Festival, Zach is the kind of act that has always made this festival special. Completely original, quirky and musical, Zach has had his own Comedy Central special, and has appeared on ‘Letterman’, ‘Leno’ and ‘Conan O’Brien’ as well as on NBC’s ‘Boston Common’ and on Fox’s ‘Tru Calling’. Come see what all the fuss is about!
Perrier nominee and Time Out Award winner, Boothby makes a welcome return to the festival! His sharp surreal humour and comic songs have made him “a wry delight” (Guardian) for audiences here and across the world. As seen on ‘Conan O’Brien’ and ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’ and heard on his own Radio 4 shows ‘The Big Booth’ and ‘In No Particular Order’, he’s simply an unmissable festival gem...
www.irish-comedy.com
www.eva-uk.com/boothbygraffoe
www.zachgalifianakis.com
Jeff Green
Rich Hall
Adam Hills
First seen here in ’95, Jeff is a Perrier nominated star of three ITV specials, and his “uniquely honest and very, very funny” (Herald) comedy has sold shows at Edinburgh and festivals across the world. Author of the bestselling book ‘A-Z of Living Together’, Jeff is quite simply “stand up’s most irresistible rogue” (Guardian), “he’s perceptive and laugh out loud funny” (Herald) and clearly “in a class of his own” (Evening News) and you’d be mad to miss him…
Together with his alter ego Otis Lee Crenshaw (one gig only) what can we say about Rich that we haven’t already said every year for the last 10 years? He’s a comic deity with “rapidfire wit so spontaneous he should leave his brain to science” (Guardian), he’s won a Perrier and an Emmy, appeared on every TV show on the planet, not to mention his radio shows and best-selling books. Nobody forgets their first Rich Hall experience and everyone wants to repeat it! Get in line.
With three Perrier nominations in a row, Adam won the Edinburgh ‘People’s Choice’, has sold out shows on three continents and appeared on countless TV and radio shows. A “naturally damn funny” (Metro) comic, Adam is “so brilliant you wonder why some comedians even get out of bed” (Guardian). Back for his fourth festival here, he’s on top form – “It’s impossible not to enjoy this show and leave feeling happier” (Observer) – Get in there!
www.offthekerb.co.uk
www.offthekerb.co.uk
www.irish-comedy.com
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Jeremy Hotz
Reginald D. Hunter
Dom Irrera
A massive hit when he made his Irish debut here in 2000, he was voted Best Performer at Montreal this year by the Globe and Mail, and named ‘Best in Fest’ by the Montreal Gazette. A frequent guest on ‘Letterman’ and ‘Leno’, he’s had his own Comedy Central special and appeared on MTV’s ‘Half Hour Comedy Hour’, and now he’s back! Run, do not walk, to the box office…
Nominated for a Perrier at last year’s Edinburgh, Reginald left Georgia two years ago to become an actor in London and instead became one of its hottest new stand-ups! “Inspired, confident and thought provoking” (Guardian), he’s also very, very funny and definitely a top festival tip – book now for what might just be “the funniest and most compelling show you can expect to see” (List).
If this festival has a Godfather, it has to be Dom Irrera. A favourite here for 8 and a half festivals (long story), he’s won four American Comedy Awards and two Cable Ace Awards, featured on numerous US TV shows (‘Seinfeld’, ‘Oprah’, ‘Letterman’ to name a few) and he still reads the Kilkenny People every week! Book early for a comic who’s so funny it hurts a little…
www.marksonderproductions.com
www.reginalddhunter.co.uk
www.domirrera.com
Jake Johannsen
Milton Jones
Phil Kay
After a storming Irish debut here in 2001, we couldn’t be happier to have Jake back! A regular guest on ‘Letterman’ and host of Comedy Central’s ‘Two Drink Minimum’ and star of no less than three HBO specials, (one of which was voted one of TV Guide’s ‘50 Funniest TV Moments of All Time’). Jake’s neurotic, bizarre and uniquely hilarious style make him a real festival must see for 2004!
With his confused stage persona and inspired one liners, Perrier nominee Milton Jones was a 2003 Time Out Comedy Award winner and is generally regarded as one of the best stand up comics in Britain. Host of his own award- winning Radio 4 shows ‘The Very World of Milton Jones’ and ‘The House of Milton Jones’ this is the fourth festival visit of the “unrivalled king of surreal wordplay” (Chortle). Don’t miss…
www.jakethis.com
www.comedycv.co.uk/miltonjones
With us back in ’95 and for the last five years straight, the word ‘freewheeling’ may well have been invented for Phil who is “more spontaneous than combustion, more inventive than Edison”(List). Multiaward winning (including a Perrier nomination and a British Comedy Award), star of multiple Edinburgh festivals and his own Channel 4 series “Phil Kay Feels”, he may just be “one of the funniest things on the planet” (Metro). Book now! www.gildedballoon.co.uk
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Jon Kenny
Daniel Kitson
Sean Lock
Jon first appeared here 10 years ago as a solo act back when he was one half of the infamous D’Unbelievables and returns to us now for just two shows. Known and loved across the country for his unique comic style and caricatures, Jon returned to the stage this year to huge acclaim in sold out gigs in Vicar Street and we couldn’t be happier to have him in Kilkenny. It’s bound to be D’Unbelievably popular, so book now!
Back for his fourth Kilkenny in a row, Perrier and Time Out Award winner Kitson may be “the first comic in years to unequivocally deserve every glowing review and every shout and whisper of hype” (The Herald). Fresh from the sell out tour of his new show ‘A Made Up Story’, don’t miss this “hare brained genius” (Standard) whose tickets were “like gold dust” (Times) here last year!
A regular festival favourite since forever, Perrier nominee and Time Out Award winner Sean is back! Currently starring in his own BBC2 sitcom ‘15 Storeys High’, he’s appeared on every British TV and Radio comedy show going and is a long-time collaborator with Bill Bailey on ‘Rock’ and ‘Is It Bill Bailey’ (Ch4) – surreal, intelligent, dark and hilarious, this is one festival show you can’t afford to miss!
www.danielkitson.com
www.staffordm.com
www.offthekerb.co.uk
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Fred MacAulay
Kevin McAleer
Demetri Martin
We’ve asked Fred to every festival here since 1995, because he’s pure comedy class. His caustic observations and easy rapport with audiences have also made him a favourite in Edinburgh and on TV shows ‘McCoist and MacAulay’, ‘Have I Got News For You’ and ‘Life According To Fred’ (BBC) and BBC Radios’ ‘Fred MacAulay Show’. Currently on amazing form, you just don’t want to miss his ninth appearance here!
A regular guest of the festival, Kevin appears regularly on Irish television and radio and his current show ‘Chalk and Cheese’ has sold out venues across the country. His bizarre, delusional and hallucinogenic comedy produces “dizzying rocket trips of imagination” (Herald) in a hugely ‘inventive’ (Times) and uniquely hilarious show you just don’t want to miss – book early for a real comic gem!
After making his debut and winning the Perrier in the same year (2003) Demetri went on to sell out London shows with his “imaginative, intelligent and insane analysis” (Herald) – already an established US star, he’s a top Cat Laughs festival tip, he’s “very funny… and a rare entirely original talent” (Telegraph) with “a great show. Go see” (Edinburgh News) or be left thinking “If I had only bought a ticket…” (List).
www.fredmacaulay.fsnet.co.uk
www.eventguide.ie
www.demetrimartin.com
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Barry Murphy
Colin Murphy
Dara Ó Briain
David O’Doherty
Barry’s been at the heart and soul of this festival since 1995 and at the centre of Irish stand-up for much longer than that! Perhaps best known as one third of the infamous ‘Après Match’ team, his German alter ego Günther and most recently the poet Durcan. He “deserves to be bigger than ‘Riverdance’ and “The Corrs put together” (Irish Times) and we couldn’t imagine this festival without him! Get in line behind the festival directors…
Back for his sixth visit here, and best known for hosting RTÉ’s hit show ‘The Blizzard of Odd’, Colin is a comic in amazing form. With numerous UK TV show appearances, his stand up is simply “observational comedy at its best” (List). A regular feature of this festival and in festivals across the world, Colin absolutely stormed here last year – don’t miss this “genuinely charismatic comic talent” (Scotsman).
Fresh from hosting BBC2’s ‘Have I Got News For You’, his own BBC2 show ‘The Live Floor Show’, and his own Network 2 show ‘The Panel’ as well as sold out Edinburgh ’03 shows and a Montreal Gala appearance, Dara is clearly in “scorching form!” (Chortle) Returning to us for his seventh consecutive Kilkenny, he’s “genuinely imaginative and ridiculously funny” (Independent) and ridiculously likely to sell-out! Book early and often…
Meet the man Daniel Kitson wanted to give his Perrier to! A huge hit here for the last four years, David is a Perrier nominated “new Irish hero” (Irish Times) who has toured across Ireland, the UK, Europe and the US. With an act that’s “a bit like the band Steely Dan if they did comedy instead of music”, his audience “hangs on every word” (Herald) – come find out why!
www.chortle.co.uk
www.irish-comedy.com
www.irish-comedy.com
www.irish-comedy.com
Ardal O’Hanlon
Deirdre O’Kane
Small, Medium, Large
A favourite here since 1995, Ardal is back to celebrate our tenth birthday. With a slew of comedy awards (plus a BAFTA) to his name, and several hit TV series (including ‘My Hero’ (BBC) and ‘Big Bad World’ (ITV) – and much loved as Fr Dougal in ‘Father Ted’ (Ch4) – he’s one of the founding fathers of the Comedy Cellar, and indeed of Irish stand up. He’s simply unmissable…
Long time festival favourite, Deirdre has not only played all the major international festivals, but has just added sold out shows in the Olympia and Vicar Street to her conquests. Star of hit movie ‘Intermission’, she is also well known for her leading roles in comedy hits ‘Fergus’s Wedding’ and ‘Paths To Freedom’ (RTÉ). Guaranteed to “dazzle the audience from start to finish” (List), she’s a real comedy star – book early!
Performing comedy all over the world since 1992, festival veterans, Eddie Bannon, Ian Coppinger and Brendan Dempsey have joined their comedic talents together to bring you ‘Small, Medium, Large’. Coppinger may be “pound for pound the funniest human being to have existed anywhere, ever” (Hot Press), Bannon is “hilariously unique” (Metro) and Dempsey is both “very tall” (Sunday Times) and “hilarious” (BBC Online). ‘Small, Medium, Large’ – because size matters!
www.chortle.co.uk
www.irish-comedy.com
www.irish-comedy.com
MCL 04 B 3ND RUN
18/5/04
2:17 pm
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Owen O’Neill
Emo Philips
Maria Bamford
Karl Spain
Originator and star of the hit production ‘12 Angry Men’ which won multiple awards at Edinburgh, Australia and New Zealand, Owen returns to us for a perfect festival number 10 on a huge career high. A top festival tip – go see his show in Cleeres ‘Bard from Everywhere’ (Sat and Sun only). A true Irish comic “genius” (Scotsman) he’s been one of the real stars of this festival since day one – don’t miss him…
Named America’s best joke writer by Jay Leno, Emo made his Irish debut at our first ever festival in ’95. A major comedy star, with his own Showtime and HBO specials and a regular hit in Edinburgh, he has appeared on practically every UK TV comedy show going! With material others would kill for and a delivery that’s all his own, he’s a comedy original that’s simply not to be missed!
In a last minute line-up coup, we’re delighted to welcome Maria Bamford fresh from winning the prestigious Barry Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival! As seen on Leno, Letterman, ‘Dharma and Greg’, festivals across the world and as a leading voice in Nickelodeon’s cult cartoon ‘CatDog’, she’s just been named one of Variety’s Top Ten Comics to watch in 2004! A genuine “comic gem” (Guardian) you really don’t want to miss this real festival treat!
After an amazing debut here last year, Karl went on to appear in Edinburgh, Montreal (as featured on ‘Ed Byrne’s Just For Laughs’ [RTÉ]) and on a tour of festivals across Australia – and all in one year! Marked as “Ireland’s most promising comedian” by Hot Press after winning RTÉ’s New Comedian of the Year, Karl is clearly a comedy star in the making – come see what all the fuss is about.
The Best of Irish Improv
Tommy Tiernan
Mike Wilmot
At the heart of the festival for years, we couldn’t celebrate our tenth birthday without the cream of Ireland’s comic improvisers from Dublin’s famous International Bar. Don’t miss this opportunity to catch Ireland’s “nuclear powered and riotously funny” (Irish Times) Comedy Improv; Dermot Carmody, Ian Coppinger, Brendan Dempsey, Tara Flynn and Michelle Read in a show comprised of audience-led comedy games and comedy improv that is always “spot on imaginative and hilarious” (Independent).
After appearing in our first festival, Tommy went on to win the Perrier, host his own comedy TV shows on RTÉ, BBC and Channel 4, headline international festivals everywhere (Edinburgh, Montreal, Aspen, New York etc), and most recently he’s sold out Vicar Street more times than is right or decent. Quite simply, when you’re at his show, “you’re in the hands of a master” (Guardian) – Two words: book early!
Back for his third straight year, Time Out award winner Mike started doing stand up the same year we started the festival. He’s at times “raucous, offensive and downright crude”, he’s “nonetheless very, very funny” (Scotsman) – he “exudes intelligence and sweat in equal measures” (Time Out) and he’ll leave you “in a state of hilarity that most comedians can only dream of” (Sunday Times). One of our top tips for 2004!
www.emophilips.com
www.lisarichards.ie
www.irish-comedy.com
www.chortle.co.uk
www.irish-comedy.com
www.offthekerb.co.uk
MCL 04 C 4ND RUN
28/5/04
3:15 pm
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THURS 3 JUNE
WED 2 JUNE 4
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Dom Irrera - ‘Festival of Laughter’ €10 60mins Jon Kenny
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Des Bishop, Emo Philips,Adam Hills Host: Owen O’Neill €20 105mins Jake Johannsen, Fred MacAulay, Dom Irrera Host: Dara Ó Briain €20 105mins Louis CK, Sean Lock Host: Barry Murphy €15 75mins Zach Galifianakis, Maria Bamford, Des Bishop Host: Ed Byrne €20 105mins Jeremy Hotz, Jason Byrne, Demetri Martin Host: Eddie Bannon €18 75mins Zach Galifianakis, David O’Doherty, Emo Philips Host: Des Bishop €22 105mins
Jon Kenny
€20 75mins
Jason Byrne, Jeff Green, Des Bishop Host: Adam Hills €22 105mins
Dara Ó Briain, Mike Wilmot, Dom Irrera Host: Eddie Bannon €22 105mins
Milton Jones, Maria Bamford, Ed Byrne Host: Neil Delamere €20 90mins Owen O’Neill, Jeremy Hotz, Barry Murphy Host: Ian Coppinger €20 90mins Phil Kay
€15 60mins
Marcus Brigstocke, Karl Spain, Rich Hall Host: Ed Byrne €20 90mins
Daniel Kitson
Best of Irish Improv
€15 60mins
€15 75mins
Cat’s Comedy Cellar €12 90mins
Fred MacAulay, Louis CK, Jimmy Carr Host: Karl Spain €22 105mins Tommy Tiernan,Adam Hills, Jake Johannsen Host: Owen O’Neill €22 105mins Boothby Graffoe, Colin Murphy, Demetri Martin Host: Gerry Mallon €20 90mins
Sean Lock, Reginald D. Hunter, Neil Delamere Host: Jason Byrne €20 90mins
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Zach Galifianakis, Des Bishop, Demetri Martin Host: Eddie Bannon €25 105mins
€20 60mins
Barry Murphy, Jimmy Carr, Jeremy Hotz Host: Paddy Courtney €25 105mins
Jeff Green, Dom Irrera, Ed Byrne Host: Barry Murphy €25 105mins
Phil Kay
Otis Lee Crenshaw
€16 60mins
€18 75mins
David O’Doherty, Emo Philips Host: Karl Spain €20 90mins
Best of Irish Improv
Jake Johannsen, Ed Byrne Host: Colin Murphy €20 90mins
€16 75mins
Adam Hills 5:00pm – 6:00pm €15 60mins
Owen O’Neill – ‘Bard from Everywhere’ €16 60mins
Ian Coppinger, Eddie Bannon, Brendan Dempsey – ‘Small, Medium, Large’ €18 90mins
Daniel Kitson €16 60mins
Cat’s Comedy Cellar €15 105mins
Boothby Graffoe, Deirdre O’Kane, Demetri Martin Host: Neil Delamere €25 105mins
Maria Bamford,Tommy Tiernan, Milton Jones Host: Dara Ó Briain €25 105mins
Colin Murphy, Des Bishop, Jeff Green Host: Owen O’Neill €25 105mins Tommy Tiernan, Reginald D. Hunter Host: Eddie Bannon €20 75mins
Neil Delamere, Jimmy Carr, Louis CK Host: Adam Hills €25 105mins
Jason Byrne, Mike Wilmot, Marcus Brigstocke Host: Gerry Mallon €22 90mins
Cat’s Comedy Cellar
Jake Johannsen, Deirdre O’Kane Host: Fred MacAulay €20 90mins
Reginald D. Hunter, Mike Wilmot Host: David O’Doherty €20 90mins
Dara Ó Briain, Des Bishop, Louis CK
€16 90mins
Fred MacAulay, Dom Irrera, Jason Byrne Host: Karl Spain €22 90mins
Adam Hills, Rich Hall, Karl Spain Host: Paddy Courtney €25 105mins
€25 105mins
Jeremy Hotz, Boothby Graffoe,Tommy Tiernan Host: Gerry Mallon €25 105mins 15
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POTTY Friday 4 – Monday 7 June at Abbey Business Centre humour Flicks Saturday 5 – Monday 7 June at Watergate Theatre
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Saturday 5 June at Kilkenny Complex
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Club 51 at Kilford Arms
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Coda
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Hotel Kilkenny
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Newpark Hotel
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Jake Johannsen, Zach Galifianakis,Ardal O’Hanlon Host: Owen O’Neill €25 105mins Neil Delamere, Jimmy Carr, Rich Hall Host: Paddy Courtney €25 105mins
Kevin McAleer €16 60mins
Phil Kay
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Widow McGraths
KILBRIDE at KK Ormonde
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Dara Ó Briain, Milton Jones, Maria Bamford Host: Ian Coppinger €25 105mins
The Village Inn
VENUE BAR at KK Ormonde
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Tommy Tiernan, Zach Galifianakis, Boothby Graffoe Host: Eddie Bannon €25 105mins
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Dom Irrera, Colin Murphy Host: Dara Ó Briain €20 90mins
Best of Irish Improv
€16 60mins
€16 75mins
Des Bishop 5:00pm – 6:00pm €15 60mins
Owen O’Neill – ‘Bard from Everywhere’ €16 60mins
Ian Coppinger, Eddie Bannon, Brendan Dempsey – ‘Small, Medium, Large’ €18 90mins
Daniel Kitson €16 60mins
Cat’s Comedy Cellar €15 105mins
Karl Spain, Jimmy Carr, Reginald D. Hunter Host: Paddy Courtney €25 105mins
Fred MacAulay, Ed Byrne, Maria Bamford Host: Des Bishop €25 105mins
.Jeff Green, Rich Hall, Jason Byrne Host: Owen O’Neill €25 105mins
Tommy Tiernan, Emo Philips,Adam Hills Host: Neil Delamere €25 105mins Dom Irrera, Jeff Green, Deirdre O’Kane Host: Gerry Mallon €22 90mins
Cat’s Comedy Cellar €16 90mins
Emo Philips, David O’Doherty Host: Gerry Mallon €20 90mins
Milton Jones, Mike Wilmot Host: Karl Spain €20 90mins
Des Bishop, Colin Murphy,Adam Hills Host: Neil Delamere €25 105mins
Boothby Graffoe, Louis CK, Dara Ó Briain Host: Adam Hills €25 105mins
Reginald D. Hunter, Barry Murphy, Marcus Brigstocke Host: Ed Byrne €22 90mins Milton Jones, Karl Spain, Des Bishop Host: Fred MacAulay €25 105mins
Ardal O’Hanlon, Jeremy Hotz Host: David O’Doherty €25 105mins 15
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Comic’s Football Match Sunday at the Fairgreen (see Map) Ireland Vs the Rest of the World Kickoff 2:30pm - ITS FREE!
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A Good Laugh**– Adam Hills, Des Bishop, Barry Murphy Host: Eddie Bannon €20 105mins
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Kilkenny Exposed
G’nite Cats
€20 75mins
€30 ‘til late…
Paddy Courtney, Jeremy Hotz, Mike Wilmot, Brendan Dempsey Host: Karl Spain €15 105mins
G’nite Cats Two €25 ‘til late…
Emo Philips, Jason Byrne, Jake Johannsen Host: Dara Ó Briain €15 105mins
Lunchtime (2:30pm) – Barry Murphy, O’Hanlon, Zach Galifianakis RivercourtRich Hall, Owen O’Neill, Eddie Bannon, Ed Byrne Maria Bamford,Ardal Host: Ian Coppinger €15 105mins
David O’Doherty,Tommy Tiernan, Louis CK Host: Neil Delamere €15 105mins
( A purrfect 10) €15 105mins
** ‘A Good Laugh’ is a benefit performance – all proceeds go to Enable Ireland Kilkenny and North Star in Kildare, helping people with learning and physical disabilities.
Bard from Everywhere Sexy ginger-haired Tyrone man, late thirites, early forties, would like to meet audience for fun and games. Must have G.S.O.H. Owen likes reading raucous poignant poetry and telling hilarious tales of comic tragedy. Genuine callers only.
Kitty Flicks
Kilkenny Cineplex Saturday June 5 at 2:30pm (Sharp) Screen three
Owen O’Neill Cleere’s
Tickets €12 Booking – 056 7763837
Po scre st Q&A sening with He ssion ar Pekar vey
Saturday | Sunday at 6:00pm Tickets €16 Booking – 056 7763837
Stephen Dee’s
POTTY
Tickets €6 Booking – 056 7763837
Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday 11:00pm to 6:00pm
humour
Watergate Theatre Saturday | Sunday | Monday Lunchtimes (1:00pm to 2:00pm)
Abbey Business Centre
Presenting the inaugural
Admission is FREE ADVERTISMENT
Bollards Wed 02 June 8:00pm to 9:00pm Tickets €10
Langton’s Programme in association with
Credit Card Booking Fee €1 per ticket * Langton’s Programme in association with Today Fm. Details correct at time of going to print. Murphy’s Cat Laughs reserves the right to change or alter the programme. Designed at bitedesign.com / Illustrated at SteveSimpson.com
02 June - 02 June
Dom Irrera Festival of Laughter
Official Broadcast Partner
The Cat Crew are supported by St. Canice’s Credit Union
INTRODUCING GÜNTHER
SEE MAP ON INSIDE BACK PAGE
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Kitty Flicks In association with
Watergate Theatre Saturday | Sunday | Monday Lunchtimes 1:00pm to 2:00pm Tickets €6 through the Box Office 056 7763837 or on the door. All shows are 1hr (approx.) Celebrating its fifth birthday this year, Kitty Flicks is back to the Watergate with over 40 of the very best comedy short films from around the world!
Harvie Krum pet
By way of celebrating our birthday and the Cat Laughs tenth life, this year Kitty Flicks will screen our choice of the alltime funniest live-action shorts on Saturday, the very best of the last five years Kitty Flicks animation on Sunday and a whole hour of award winning new shorts on Monday!
the festival and come see new comedy shorts like the Oscar® Award Winning Short for 2004 ‘Harvie Krumpet’ featuring the voice of Geoffrey Rush (‘Shine’, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’) as well as brand new ‘Creature Comforts’ from the makers of ‘Wallace and Gromit’, not to mention award-winning favourites from previous years! Not suitable for children as some films contain violence/strong language or deal with adult themes.
CarrHot
© AardCrmeature Comforts an Animat ions 2003 Angry Kid © Aardman Animations 2002
The Comeback
© Aardm Vacation an Animat ions 2002
Clowns at Wa r
So make the coolest lunchtime date of
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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize SUNDANCE Film Festival 2003
Kilkenny Cineplex Saturday June 5 at 2:30pm Screen three
Winner of the International Film Critics Award Cannes Film Festival 2003
Po screesnt Q&A s ing with He ssion ar Pekar vey
Tickets €12 Booking – 056 7763837 Your chance to see this award-winning film, in the company of the man himself. Harvey Pekar, along with Joyce Brabner will be attending this one off special screening of the Oscar® nominated ‘American Splendor’, described by the Rolling Stone as “an exhilarating blend of life, comics, actors and the cranky Pekar himself.” After the screening, Donald Clarke, film critic with The Irish Times will host a Q&A session with Harvey and Joyce. ‘American Splendor’ tells the true story of Harvey Pekar, a hospital file clerk and a hilariously grumpy observer of life’s strange and unpredictable pageant. Since 1976, the pages of his comic book series ‘American Splendor’ have found Harvey puzzling, fuming and marvelling over the minutiae of his day to day existence.
“Movies like this seem to come out of nowhere, like freestanding miracles.” – Chicago Sun-Times
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Stephen Dee’s
Live exhibits! (pleas e do not feed the comedians)
POTTY
humour
Brings comedianisze down to s
Abbey Business Centre Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday 11:00am to 6:00pm Admission is FREE (See map for location)
POTTYhumour is a special exhibition to celebrate ten years of the Comedy Festival in the only way we know how – with laughter, silliness, tales of triumph, scandalous stories of dark deeds and funny memories (many involving drink, football and Johnny Vegas). Stephen Dee is the creator of ‘Freakshow’, one of the big hits of the 2002 Galway Arts Festival.
The gigs that time forgot
Funny sculpturure it-e see your favoought comedians br ze down to si
Festival t never berfioviaseen by m re or beast an
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Cats Comedy
Cellar
Tickets €16/15/12 Due to continued phenomenal demand we’ve kept the second Cats Comedy Cellar Club 51 at the Kilford Arms along with our regular venue at Bollards. Don’t miss some of Ireland’s finest comedians in a mixture of new and well-known faces to Kilkenny. These include: Dermot Carmody, Dave McSavage, Tommy Nicholson, Reuben, Sue Collins, Andrew Maxwell, PJ Gallagher and Andrew Stanley. Possibly the best value in town…
Handy Numbers Dermot Carmody
Dave McSavage
Tommy Nicholson
Reuben
Sue Collins
Andrew Maxwell
PJ Gallagher
Andrew Stanley
A Good Laugh!
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(charity performance)
Watergate Theatre, Monday at 7:30pm Tickets €20 available from the Box office 056 7763837
Get yourself to the Watergate Theatre on Monday night and have a good laugh – and all for a good cause. Featuring; Adam Hills, Des Bishop and Barry Murphy, hosted by Eddie Bannon. All proceeds from the night go to Enable Kilkenny (O’Neill Centre) and the North Star Club in Kildare.
www.murphyscatlaughs.com Credit card booking fee €1 per ticket. Details correct at time of going to print. Murphy’s Cat Laughs reserves the right to change or alter the programme.
Kilkenny Exposed Langtons, Monday at 9:15pm Tickets €20 Based on the roaring success of the past 5 years, Owen O’Neill, Dom Irrera and Rich Hall are back. Sprinkled with local issues, the three comics will take a look at the funniest headlines and news stories to come out of Kilkenny through the eyes of the local media over the past year. Cool Cats don’t miss this one…
Here, There & Everywhere... We’re delighted to welcome back two of Ireland’s funniest and most experienced MC’s from the Comedy Cellar and Cuba in Galway.
Paddy Courtney
Gerry Mallon
MB195 CatLaughs. A5
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KILKENNY, JUNE 3rd - JUNE 7th
TICKETLINE 056-7763837 www.murphyscatlaughs.com