COLIN MURPHY - Public enema Colin Murphy is back with his new stand-up show Public Enema, his latest collection of observations, frustrations, nonsense and whatever happens on the night. Colin is best known for his work on popular and critically successful TV shows such as The Panel, The Blame Game and ... More

Roisin Dubh's Laughter Lounge presents NEIL HAMBURGER (USA), GLENN WOOL (Canada) & Guest MC DAVID MCSAVAGE A FANTASTIC TRIPLE BILL - DARK SHOW NEIL HAMBURGER (USA) For a man whom some have branded "the world's worst stand up comedian", Neil Hamburger, the comic creatiion of Gregg Turkington, has had an impressive career. ... More

Roisin Dubh’s Laughter Lounge is delighted to announce that a new RTE Stand-up comedy show is to be recorded live in our Galway venue. It will air through November and December and is going to be called ‘Stand and Deliver’. Appreciate audiences, a superb venue and the indescribable Galway buzz have ... More

Danny Dowling’s Mad Hatters Tea Party brings together some of the best new faces in Irish stand up for a fast paced blast of top rate comedy. Ireland has an abundance of new talent and we felt it was time for the Galway faithfull to cast their eye over the ... More

Róisín Dubh's Laughter Lounge presents PJ GALLAGHER with Aidan Bishop, Ghost Train Willy & Karl Spain PJ Gallagher This manic affable Dubliner shot to stardom as the undisputed star of the hit RTE 2 series 'Naked Camera' with some of the most memorable characters to ever grace Irish TV screens “Jake Stevens” and ... More

Róisín Dubh's Laughter Lounge presents RUBBERBANDITS with WILSON DIXON, Stephen Bennett & Robbie Bonham RUBBERBANDITS Straddling the comedy and music worlds like a tracksuit wearing colossus, from Limerick's mean streets, Rubberbandits have songs like "Bag of Glue", "Too Many Gee" and "Up Da Ra" Their live show is basically a Prime Time ... More

Galway Arts Festival & Róisín Dubh's Laughter Lounge presents APRÉS MATCH With the World Cup dominating out TV screens Après Match are out of hibernation and playing ball. All credit to Gary Cooke, Risteárd Cooper and Barry Murphy for this new show featuring the sensational singing trio, renowned throughout Letrim “The ... More

With both Galway Arts Festival shows now all but sold out Róisín Dubh's Laughter Lounge are delighted to announce an extra night from REGINALD D HUNTER & STEVE HUGHES with a special guest Karl Spain (Glenn Wool is unavailable). REGINALD D HUNTER - One of the most engaging, brutally honest ... More

Galway Arts Festival & Róisín Dubh's Laughter Lounge presents Stephen Frost improv Allstars in WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY with Stephen Frost, Steve Steen, Andy Smart, Ian Coppinger, Phill Jupitus & special guests JOSIE LAWRENCE This show is completely sold out, sorry. But you can catch it at The Carlsberg Comedy ... More

Comedy Comedy with John Donnellan, Danny Dowling & Gearoid Farrelly Comedy Comedy, the monthly night of skits, sketches and silliness returns to the Roisin Dubh next Saturday, June 26. Hosted by John Donnellan and Danny Dowling, this club features one guest live on stage as well as a myriad of others, ... More

The Laughter Lounge presents IVAN BRACKENBURY'S HOSPITAL RADIO SHOW" and JO CAULFIELD (as seen on Mock the Week & McIntyres Roadshow) IVAN BRACKENBURY'S HOSPITAL RADIO SHOW" The pick of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and a big hit with the UK Critics in Edinburgh "Comedy Genius...THE funniest show at the fringe" Dominic Maxwell, The ... More

The Laughter Lounge & the Irish Super 8 Film Festival presents ARDAL O"HANLON with improv from Snatch Comedy (Cork), Adam Burke & Ian Coppinger ARDAL O"HANLON Ardal and his friends, Kevin & Barry, established Ireland’s first alternative comedy club - The Comedy Cellar in 1992. In 1994, he won the title of Comedy Newcomer ... More

CHORTLE BEST HEADLINER AWARD WINNER 2010 & EDINBURGH BEST NEWCOMER AWARD WINNER 2008 SARAH MILLICAN Writer and comic Sarah performed her first stand-up gig in September 2004, and the following year was runner-up in both the Funny Women and So You Think You're Funny awards, as well as the BBC New ... More

DEAD CAT BOUNCE & DOM IRRERA & KARL SPAIN DEAD CAT BOUNCE - Winners of the Jury prize at the 2010 Sydney Comedy Festival Dead Cat Bounce are one of the most exciting live acts to emerge from Ireland in recent years, Their unique blend of sketch comedy and blistering musical performances ... More

Onwards and upwards for the Laughter Lounge with what we feel is the best 10 weeks of comedy we've ever programmed. It all starts next Wednesday (26th May) with the return of the Hilariously Off Beat, Jason Byrne. June sees visits from perrier award winners Phil Nichol (2nd) & Sarah ... More

The Laughter Lounge CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF COMEDY EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT SINCE 2005 with DAMO CLARK (Australia) and ADDY VAN DER BORGH (UK), Steve Cummins (MC) & guests doing short spots (5 min) including Robbie Bonham, John Donnellan, Danny Dowling, Peter Byrne (Bankers Comedy Club Dublin), Ben Buckley (Cork) & more Damo ... More

Four brave performers will arrive with no script and not the faintest idea of what will happen. Willed on by a supportive crowd, through improvisation they create whole sketches and comic dramas that are amazingly inventive and sometimes take off into flights of surreal brilliance. The TV show of the same ... More

Wednesday 5th May, 8.30pm, €12.50 / €10 online (first 25 online at only €7.50) Bob Mills’ obsession with sport, knowledge of comedy and superb writing skills has enabled him to break into television, hosting shows such as Dial Midnight, Goals On Sunday, Win Lose ... More

The Laughter Lounge presents RUBBERBANDITS with Gerry McBride, Paddy Courtney & David O'Gorman RUBBERBANDITS Straddling the comedy and music worlds like a tracksuit wearing colossus, Limerick's Rubberbandits have manipulated and bullied their way to a level far beyond either their talent or intellect. Songs like "Bag of Glue", "Too Many Gee" and "Up ... More

with a headline set from the host of RTE's "Karl Spain Wants to Rock" & "Karl Spain Wants A Woman" YES it's...KARL SPAIN with Eleanor Tiernan & Eugene Maher and guest mc Colum McDonnell Karl Spain - Karl's new TV show "Karl Spain Wants to Rock" sees this affable hoodlum get ... More

with John Colleary, Cathal Murray & guest MC ian coppinger. CARL DONNELLY "Hilariously silly" –Three Weeks In his relatively new career, Carl has already made a big impact in the industry, quickly garnering four awards acknowledging his talent as a comedian, these being 2006 Laughing Horse New Act of the ... More

Aiken Promotions & Roisin Dubh are proud to present… APRÉS MATCH “Possibly So” Tour 2010 Town Hall Theatre – Galway With the World Cup around the corner Après Match are ready to come out of hibernation and play ball. All credit to Gary Cooke, Risteárd Cooper and Barry Murphy for this new show featuring ... More

MIKE WILMOT (Canada), the winner of the Melbourne Comedy Festival's Barry Award in 2003 & Time Out Comedian of the Year 2002 and Danny Dowling, Stephen Bennett (NUIG) & Paddy Courtney Mike Wilmot - Proffering ‘potty mouth' comedy with a gravel-throated growl, Mike is sure to deliver many a ‘did ... More

2007  if.comedy award winner Brendon Burns Australian comic Brendon Burns has been performing comedy since the early Nineties and is known for his aggressive stage presence and controversial material. He briefly hosted the 11 O'Clock Show and even more briefly the ITV2 spin-off show I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here Now!, walking off after ... More

With all (but a few) tickets now sold for his March 10th show, we are delighted to announce a second show from Edinburgh fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner Rich Hall. This second show will take place first (no I'm not going to explain, you read it again, it makes ... More

So how do I sum up a year that starts off with Pappy's Fun Club, Mike Wilmot & Tom Stade and wraps up with Glenn Wool's last European gig for a while, Jason Manford, Ardal O'Hanlon & PJ Gallagher. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! that's how. In between all that, shows from Phil Jupitus, ... More

The Laughter Lounge with JASON BYRNE (Ballinteer) with Eric Lalor (Ballymun) & Paddy Courtney (Malahide) Wednesday 13th January 2010 8.30pm, €15 / €10 online Jason Byrne High Energy,Critically Acclaimed,Manic,Hilariously Off Beat. There are many ways to describe Jason Byrne the star of RTE'S' Anonymous', but none of them do justice to how ridiculously ... More

David McSavage - Dave's new RTE 2 show, "The Savage Eye" hits our screens in late November. Following the success of David McSavage's pilot for the RTÉ Two comedy series Project Ha Ha earlier this year THE SAVAGE EYE returns for a full six-part run. The series is a ... More

Wednesday December 2nd, 8.30pm, €15 Unfortunately all the online tickets are now sold but there are a few in both Zhivago and behind the bar in Roisin Dubh. Grab them quickly as there are only a few. PJ Gallagher - The undisputed star of the hit RTE 2 series 'Naked Camera' with ... More

The Laughter Lounge presents Ardal O'Hanlon with Gearoid Farrelly Ardal and his friends, Kevin & Barry, established Ireland’s first alternative comedy club - The Comedy Cellar in 1992. In 1994, he won the title of Comedy Newcomer of the Year and was soon spotted by the makers of Father Ted and ... More

The multi-award winning Comedian and star of ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘The Secret Policeman’s Ball 2008’ and ‘XFM’, embarks on his first live national tour with this exciting and hilarious show, that will have audiences begging for more. ‘Deserves a cult following’ Scotsman ‘Very funny’ Peter Kay ‘Hilarious’ ... More

from The Galway Comedy Festival crew to everyone without whose help The Galway Comedy Festival would not have been a success. All the comics, the staff & management of all the venues (Town Hall Theatre, Black Box, Radisson Live Lounge, Kellys, Kings Head, Campbell's Tavern & of course Roisin Dubh), the ... More

The Laughter Lounge with Glenn Wool, Daniel Sloss, Lady Carol & Karl Spain Glenn Wool (Canada) - Here is a man in complete command of the stage, and his material. Part playful, part polemic, Glenn Wool tackles the big issues with a preacher’s zeal but a gagster’s love of the punchline. Daniel Sloss - gawky ... More

The Laughter Lounge with Paul Sinha (UK) Although Paul is a international stand up comic for many years now (and qualified GP by the way), it was only through his second full length solo show "Saint or Sinha" that he really came to prominence, receiving widespread critical acclaim at the ... More

Galway Comedy Festival featuring shows from Jason Byrne, Des Bishop, Stewart Lee, PJ Gallagher, Neil Delamere, Colin Murphy, Andrew Maxwell, Maeve Higgins, Stars of "Whose Line is it Anyway?" with special guest Greg Proops, Reginald D Hunter, Jim Jeffries, Phil Nichol, John Cooper Clarke, Nina Conti, Scott Capurro, Kevin McAleer, ... More

The Laughter Lounge with Damian Clark (Australia) Best knows as the funny one from RTE TV show "I Dare Ya!" "“there is barely a bad word to say about Clark: distinctive and possessing a comic talent beyond his years, both biological and mental’" – chortle.co.uk Support from Gearoid Farrelly As seen ... More

Jarlath Regan is the new face of RTE’'s “The Panel” and the fastest rising star of Irish comedy. Hot Press calls him “"Brilliant. The best young talent in Dublin"”, The Metro describes his performance as “"side-splitting stuff causing near hysteria in the room”" and The Irish Times refers to him ... More

The Galway Comedy Festival will be officially launched by our very special guest Fr Jack Hackett next Wednesday 16th September, 7pm Roisin Dubh. Then we will be unveiling a line up of fantastic shows from Jason Byrne, Des Bishop, Stewart Lee, The Stars of "Whose Line is it Anyway?" with special ... More

with Tom Stade (Canada), Paul B Edwards (UK), The Rubber Bandits & MC Paddy Courtney Tom Stade (Canada) Tom is an 'effortlessly funny performer' (London Evening Standard) with 'intelligent and highly perceptive observations' (Freewheelin'). Tom is a happy camper living in a world where happy people hang out and ... More

The Laughter Lounge with PJ Gallagher (Star of Naked Camera), Steve Patterson (Canada) & MC John Lynn PJ Gallagher (the undisputed star of Naked Camera) This manic affable Dubliner shot to stardom on the hit RTE 2 series 'Naked Camera' with some of the most memorable characters to ever grace Irish ... More