Thanks
May 10th, 2012 by donal
Would you believe it, that is us for yet another term of comedy. We’d just like to take the opportunity to thank all the acts that performed this year and everyone that made it down to our shows. We’ll be back in September with more of the same. We hope to see you there.
Wednesday 9th May 2012
April 30th, 2012 by donal
Wednesday 9th May
Tony Law
Fred Cooke
compere: Colin Murphy
Mandela Hall, QUBSU
Doors 9pm, Tickets £5 (non students welcome)
www.queenscomedyclub.com
We’re delighted that the award winning genius that is Tony Law is back to perform for us. He is genuinely one of our all time favourite comics. We promise you’ll love him too. Joining him on the night is an equally as quirky comedian, the up and coming Fred Cooke. Colin Murphy completes the bill.
Tony Law
As seen on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Russell Howard’s Good News, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, Edinburgh Or Bust and Edinburgh & Beyond.
Join Tony Law for an evening of off-the-wall, award-winning, boundary-defying stand-up comedy and find out why it is that he’s regarded as one of the finest performers on the comedy circuit by audiences and peers alike.
Fred Cooke
Fred Cooke has rapidly become a unique stand-up delivering a style of comedy that simply cannot be imitated.
Fred has already contributed to a variety of successful Irish TV shows, both as a writer and performer, including RTE’s Republic of Telly, The Cafe (as The Crazy Chef), Watch Your Language (The Mad Professor), The Savage Eye, The Modest Adventures of David O’Doherty, and The Liffey Laughs. He even played the main role as Fergus in a series of recent Spar ads – seen as one of the country’s most successful advertising campaigns of the last ten years.
Wednesday 25th April 2012
March 27th, 2012 by donal
Wednesday 25th April
Rob Rouse
Ronan Linskey
Anne-Marie Mullan
compere: John Colleary
Mandela Hall, QUBSU
Doors 9pm, Tickets £5 (non students welcome)
www.queenscomedyclub.com
Our second last show of the term promises to be a great one. We have the one and only Rob Rouse (the original host of Channel 4′s ‘Friday Night Project’ and at one stage the face of ITV) playing the club for the very first time. We’ve tried to get him many many times before but one thing or another got in the way. So we’re delighted he’s agreed to come play for us. He’s a very funny man! Support on the night comes from two local acts who won our open mic nights. Ronan Linskey won the first night and Anne-Marie Mullan the second! As for compere duties, they will be falling to John Colleary who is probably best know for his work on RTE’s ‘Savage Eye’. We’re really excited by it and hope you are too.
Rob Rouse
Rob Rouse got his first break in comedy by winning the So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition in 1998. As well as stand-up, he also performed as part of the Big And Daft trio with Ian Boldsworth and Jon Williams from 1997 to 2002, taking three shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2002 he took his first solo show to the Fringe, and returned the following year. His TV credits include presenting the first series of The Friday Night Project on Channel 4, the C4 sketch show Spoons, and playing Mike in the first series of he BBC3 sitcom Grown Ups.
John Colleary
One of the highlights of RTE’s Savage Eye, John is one of Ireland’s top touring comics. He appeared in the C4 Comedy Lab pilot Headwreckers and is half of the wacky cop duo TJ & TJ (with Bernard O’Shea).
Wednesday 21st March 2012
March 12th, 2012 by donal
Wednesday 21st March
Pete Johansson
Gerry McBride
compere: Colin Murphy
Mandela Hall, QUBSU
Doors 9pm, Tickets £5 (non students welcome)
www.queenscomedyclub.com
Another week another great comedy show. This time up we have Canadian comic Pete Johansson joining us to headline the club for the first time. Gerry McBride supports while Colin Murphy wraps the night up as always. You can’t beat that for £5!
Pete Johansson
Pete arrived in the UK in 2011 and has already become a favourite at London’s renowned Comedy Store (where he recorded his new live CD), been invited on Radio 4’s prominent Loose Ends as well as other radio and TV programmes, performed alongside the likes of Stephen Merchant, Stewart Lee and Simon Amstel, and bagged a starring role opposite Ed Byrne is BBC4’s Sex Bombs.
Wednesday 7th March 2012
February 23rd, 2012 by donal
Wednesday 7th March
Carl Donnelly
Naz Osmanoglu
compere: Colin Murphy
Mandela Hall, QUBSU
Doors 9pm, Tickets £5 (non students welcome)
www.queenscomedyclub.com
We’re excited to welcome back Carl Donnelly for his second appearance at the club. We have been trying to get him back since he last played with Abandoman many moons ago. Support comes from newcomer Naz Osmanoglu and Colin Murphy is compere.
Carl Donnelly
Carl started performing stand-up in 2005 and quickly established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting young comedians. his conversational, silly sense of humour saw him win a host of awards (chortle best newcomer 2007, leicester mercury comedian of the year 2007 among others). Carl has also appeared on various tv shows including mock the week, dave’s one night stand, stand up for the week and russell howard’s good News.
Naz Osmanoglu
Winner of the Amused Moose Laugh-off, runner-up in So You Think You’re Funny, and member of sketch trio WitTank, behold, His Imperial Highness Prince Nazim Ziaeddin Nazim Osmanoglu. Half English poshboy, half Turkish warlord, Naz wields the only scimitar he’s got – a sharp sense of humour and a claim to the Turkish throne.
Wednesday 22nd February 2012
February 14th, 2012 by donal
Wednesday 22nd February – *LINEUP CHANGE*
Karl Spain
Gearoid Farrelly Chris Kent
compere: Colin Murphy
Mandela Hall, QUBSU
Doors 9pm, Tickets £5 (non students welcome)
www.queenscomedyclub.com
Second night back and it’s another corker. Headlining is Karl Spain (one of the comics that inspired us to start booking the lineups ourselves many moons ago) with suport from one of the upandcoming Irish comics; Chris Kent. Hosting duties as always fall to Colin Murphy.
Karl Spain
Karl Spain recently celebrated ten years in Stand Up comedy. Probably best known in Ireland for his TV series Karl Spain Wants A Woman which was a huge success in that he not only got huge ratings but he also found himself a woman. Apart from his own series he has also performed stand up on television all over the world – the U.S, the Middle East, Australia and even as far away as England. He regularly does corporate gigs and spends all his money on sweets and comics.
Chris Kent
Winner of The Bulmers Nuttin’ But Funny Competition 2009 and winner of the Comedy Smackdown at the Galway Comedy festival 2010, Chris Kent is one of Irelands rapidly aspiring Comedians. A regular mc at corks city limits comedy club. His sharp style preys on his own everyday life, along with his simplistic views of the world we live in.
Next Show
February 10th, 2012 by donal
Firstly, thanks to everyone who managed to make it down to our first show back on Wednesday night. We hope you enjoyed it! There’s even some great photos taken by Darragh Tracey below so you can relive the night again and again.
Our second item on the agenda is to mention our next few gigs coming up. On Wednesday 22nd February we have two great Irish comics; Karl Spain and Gearoid Farrelly with Colin Murphy. It’s a great line up even if we do say so ourselves. We’ll have more details on the site in the next few days. On Wednesday 29th of February we have the first of two open mic nights to be held in Bar Sub and hosted by Colin Murphy. More details can be found here.
Wednesday 8th February 2012
January 23rd, 2012 by donal
Wednesday 8th February
Damian Clark
Colum McDonnell
local support : Matthew Collins
compere: Colin Murphy
Mandela Hall, QUBSU
Doors 9pm, Tickets £5 (non students welcome)
www.queenscomedyclub.com
And we are back, with a double headliner no less. First up is Damian Clark, someone who we’ve been wanting to get back since he filled in as compere for Colin at very short notice last year. The second headliner; Colum McDonnell is a familiar Queen’s Comedy face and not just because he looks like everyone with a beard. He also stood in as compere for Colin at longer notice many moons ago. On the night there will be local support from Matthew Collins with Colin Murphy rounding the night off.
Damian Clark
Aussie boy Damian Clark kicked off his comedy career when winning the Perth Comedy Fringe Award in 2000 and hasn’t stopped since. After several successful national tours of Oz, two prestigious comedy awards under his belt and acclaimed TV performances on Rove, ABC’s Stand-Up! and on The Comedy Channel, Damian moved to Ireland where he has established himself as a top circuit comic and wrote and co- starred in RTE TV’s I Dare Ya. Whilst performing a sell out run of his 2011 solo Edinburgh Fringe show, his humour was so intense that one poor lady actually wet herself laughing.
Colum McDonnell
Colum McDonnell is one of the best kept secrets in Irish Comedy. Over the past decade Colum has established himself as a regular on the Irish and U.K comedy circuits, with his unusual and often self depreciating outlook on family, life, love and the pain of being the last living hobbit in Ireland. As well as his numerous appearances in comedy shows on Irish Television (including The Republic of Telly and the Podge and Rodge Show), Colum is a festival regular in Ireland and in many other parts of the world, including Edinburgh, Melbourne and Adelaide. Colum finished a successful 2010 by supporting Scotland’s newest comedy star Kevin Bridges on his UK and Ireland tour.
February 2012
December 9th, 2011 by donal
We’ll that is it for the year of 2011. We’ve had a lot of laughs, seen the welcome return of many of our favourite comics as well as embraced many new faces. We hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have and will join us for a new year of comedy on Wednesday 8th February.
Until then here are some snaps taken by our friend and superb photoman Adam McCausland from our last show of the year.
Wednesday 7th December – Last Show of 2011
November 25th, 2011 by donal
Wednesday 7th December
Jarred Christmas
Tiffany Stevenson
compere: Colin Murphy
Mandela Hall, QUBSU
Doors 9pm, Tickets £5 (non students welcome)
www.queenscomedyclub.com
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We booked Christmas for this years last show. No not that Christmas, the one that goes by the name Jarred. The one from New Zealand. No lineup could be complete without the wonderful Tiffany Stevenson fresh from her time on ITV1′s ‘Show Me the Funny’. Wrapping up the line up is Christmas scrooge himself Colin Murphy.
Jarred Christmas
Jarred Christmas has a unique style that deftly mixes gags with storytelling. He has a dynamic onstage persona and the ability to improvise and roll with anything that’s thrown his way, making his comedy sizzle with originality. He’s also known as the guy from the Pot Noodle ads.
Tiffany Stevenson
From the Comedy Store to Glastonbury Tiffany has since made her presence felt on the club and festival scene and in 2006 she made her entrance on to the hallowed comedy turf of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Talk Radio directed by Stewart Lee. On August 25th this year Tiffany headed to London’s Hammersmith Apollo to perform on the live final of Show Me The Funny, the X-factor style competition which saw a number of comedians taken across the UK on a gruelling knock-out competition.