Rowena Haley – Original Review
23/06/2008 … While Rowena Haley’s songs feel slightly two-dimensional, there was certainly plenty to enjoy.
2008 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 23 June 2008
Thu 12 June 2008
John Ryan: Those Young Minds
12/06/2008 … It may be unkind, but I must to admit to a hefty distrust of the very idea of a stand-up show commissioned solely to push a message, even when it’s as worthy…
Tue 10 June 2008
Arj Barker – Original Review
10/06/2008 … Much-travelled San Franciscan comic Arj Barker’s almost oxmoronic persona is that of an angry drifter… a man happy to saunter aimlessly through life, but prone…
Mon 09 June 2008
Dermot Whelan – Original Review
09/06/2008 … Dermot Whelan’s a likeable, upbeat act – so you can easily see how he landed his day job as the breezy breakfast host of a mainstream Dublin radio station.
Fri 06 June 2008
Aidan Bishop – Original Review
06/06/2008 … Aidan Bishop’s rather unlucky that his brother Des has already made the trip from New York to the comedy clubs of Ireland, as it means he will inevitably be compared…
Thu 05 June 2008
Colm O'Regan – Original Review
05/06/2008 … Softly spoken Irishman Colm O’Regan emits so little energy he could be the first carbon-neutral comic.
Willie White – Original Review
05/06/2008 … Willa White learned how to do stand-up through a reality TV show – but now he has acquired the confidence, he needs to unlearn some of the standard techniques…
Wed 04 June 2008
Tim Nutt – Original Review
04/06/2008 … Like his fellow countryman Glenn Wool, Tim Nutt has a dry line in sly and silly mockery, performed with a knowing glint in his eye and a crafty smile playing across…