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4th May 2012 (Fri) - 24th May 2012 (Thu)
Ivy Gallery
Play at Malton Hotel, Killarney
The Ivy Players are a new, touring, not for profit, drama group formed in 2012 by Aisling Sharkey, Tadgh O'Shea and Ann Fitzgerald. All the members of the group have extensive amateur drama experience and have been in numerous productions in Kerry and Galway.
Their first play is the 1970's Neil Simon (the Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park) Classic.
The plays initial run was at Abbeydorney, Co Kerry, at the Community Hall, in April 2012. Now coming to Killarney More
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14th May 2012 (Mon) - 19th May 2012 (Sat) from 20:00 - 20:00
Viking Theatre at The Sheds
Ergophobia (fear of work)
Written by Ciarán Colley and Aidan Durkan
Viking Theatre @thesheds, Clontarf. 14 - 19 May. 8pm €10. Call 0871129970
Grumble Theatre presents the tale of two friends: One a potential loser and the other a loser with potential.
A hilarious new comedy about two outcasts from post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, left to struggle in a harsh world of unrelenting interviews, unconventional psychiatry and unmerciful rejection letters, with nothing to survive on, apart from the dole, desperate ideas and a lot of false hope. More
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16th May 2012 (Wed) - 2nd Jun 2012 (Sat) at 20:00
Cork Arts Theatre
Cork Rep presents
SHAKERS RE-STIRRED
The 'SHAKERS' girls set to raise Cork's spirits!
from the of 'Bouncers', John Godber with Jane Thornton.
Starring: Claire Loy, Marie O'Donovan, Rachel O'Connell and Jan O'Sullivan
Directed by James Horgan
16th May - 2nd June
Opening week Wed 16th May - Sat 19th May only €10
Tickets €15 /€12 €10 group
Bookings 021 4505624 More
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17th May 2012 (Thu) at 20:00
Cork Opera House
Award winning comedian, actor, writer - and star of Father Ted (C4); My Hero (BBC 1), Val Falvey (RTE) and Leagues Apart (RTE), Ardal O'Hanlon brings his unique brand of stand-up comedy back to Ireland. More
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19th May 2012 (Sat) at 20:00
Draiocht Blanchardstown
Award winning comedian, actor, writer - and star of Father Ted (C4); My Hero (BBC 1), Val Falvey (RTE) and Leagues Apart (RTE), Ardal O'Hanlon brings his unique brand of stand up comedy back to Ireland and to Draíocht's Main stage for the first time. More
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19th May 2012 (Sat) at 20:00
Riverbank Arts Centre
'For a man who ambushes people as they go about their everyday business, makes them uncomfortable and mines their embarrassment for laughs, there is something strangely appropriate about PJ Gallagher's route into comedy' The Sunday Times Culture Magazine
PJ Gallagher has become one of Ireland's best-loved comedians. Following the huge success of his role as Jake Stevens and many others in the hilarious and sometimes outrageous hit TV show Naked Camera, PJ rarely has time to be himself these days as he prepares for yet another TV series based in the USA.
With appearances on The Late Late Show, The Miriam O Callaghan Show and Tubridy Tonight, you can expect to see a lot more of this brilliant, energetic young comic More
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21st May 2012 (Mon) at 20:00
Cork Opera House
What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consists mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy, possibly find to write comedy about? More
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22nd May 2012 (Tue) - 26th May 2012 (Sat) at 12:00
Mill Theatre Dundrum
In its 21st Anniversary year, Rathfarnham Theatre
Group is delighted to stage this timeless and much
loved classic in its most lavish production to date.
Wilde, at his sharpest, weaves a tale of deceit
regarding the courtship between two young men
about town and two beautiful strong minded
young ladies, which is laced with wit, elegance
and paradox. It offers a hilarious commentary on
the life-style of the Upper Orders while mocking
Victorian Society. Brilliant, inventive, witty, full
of social satire and absolutely hilarious, Wilde's
'The Importance of Being Earnest' is a landmark
in the history of western theatre and the writer's
greatest achievement. More
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22nd May 2012 (Tue) from 20:00 - 21:00
Linenhall Arts Centre
Aa virtuoso volley of Victorian melodrama, Love All delivers an hilarious, rapid-fire, homicidal train ride from passion to pandemonium! More
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23rd May 2012 (Wed) from 20:00 - 22:30
Roscommon Arts Centre
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23rd May 2012 (Wed) from 20:30 - 20:30
The Dock
Cheery Wild Theatre in association with Ten42 Productions present
"Love All"
Winner of 2011 Clonmel Junction Festival 'Judges Choice Award'
Love All is a comedy about love, murder and ………tennis!
From the Wimbledon finals to the hangman's noose, this is the true and terrible tale of Irish sporting legend Vere St. Ledger Gould and his mercenary wife Marie Violet. More
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24th May 2012 (Thu) - 26th May 2012 (Sat) at 12:00
Mill Theatre Dundrum
Zocorro is the disgraced Spanish Rose of Tralee,
who won the title only to be disqualified by a
surprise random urine test result. She promised
the world she would be back once she conceived
an eligible Rose of Tralee. All she needed was
the help of an Irish man for a few minutes.
Now she is back: on the 50th anniversary of
Marilyn Monroe's death, a clone of the world's
one and only sex symbol of all time is in the
making. Frankenstein meets Almodóvar in this
dramatically comic brand new comedy show.
Written and performed by Leonor Bethencourt
'Understated wit and lovely comic timing'
the irish Daily Mail
'A keen comic talent' irish times
'Delivers killer jokes' irish theatre Magazine. More
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24th May 2012 (Thu) at 20:00
Solstice Arts Centre
Award winning comedian, actor and writer Ardal O'Hanlon brings his unique brand of stand-up comedy back to Ireland. Ardal has toured to sell out audiences internationally and has released two Top Ten stand-up DVD's. He returns to Solstice with this hilarious live show. More
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24th May 2012 (Thu) from 20:15 - 22:00
Draiocht Blanchardstown
Eric Lalor and Gearoid Farrelly are two of Ireland's most in-demand comedians. More
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24th May 2012 (Thu) from 20:30 - 22:00
Balor Arts Centre
Not every woman gets to spend a night with George Clooney, but Bridie Murphy does! More
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25th May 2012 (Fri) at 21:00
Ernies
For one night only Wicklow Town will be the capital of Irish comedy with an exciting & eclectic triple bill
- Kevin Gildea, reuben the mime guy and, returning to the festival this year as MC for the evening, Abie Philbin Bowman More
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29th May 2012 (Tue) from 20:00 - 22:00
Mullingar Arts Centre
Highly acclaimed actor, Des Keogh, has taken John B. Keane's Letters from a Love-Hungry Farmer and adapted it into a one-man show. The Love-Hungry Farmer is set in rural Ireland in the 1950s. John Bosco McLane is a 56-year-old bachelor and virgin, living in his dilapidated and neglected tiny cottage alone. Desperate for companionship, he decides to make contact with professional matchmaker, Dicky Mick Dicky O'Connor. The Love-Hungry Farmer swings expertly from comedy to tragedy; it is outrageously funny while at the same time deeply moving. More
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30th May 2012 (Wed) - 31st May 2012 (Thu) at 20:00
Mill Theatre Dundrum
DES KEOGH, one of Ireland's foremost actors and
entertainers, returns with his hugely successful
and award winning show THE LOVE HUNGRY
FARMER by JOHN B KEANE. It tells the story of
John Bosco McLane, a bachelor of 'indeterminate'
age and according to his own assessment, 'past
his best' and evidently still a virgin. McLane's
amorous adventures range from the hilarious to
the pitiful.
JOHN B KEANE ranks among the great Irish
writers. His plays include SIVE, THE FIELD and
BIG MAGGIE. His 'Letters' series of books were
a spectacular success, with The Love Hungry
Farmer being particularly outstanding. More
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1st Jun 2012 (Fri) from 21:00 - 22:00
Writers' Week Venue
Join stand-up comedians Carol Tobin and Eleanor Tiernan for an hour of mischief and mayhem. More
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2nd Jun 2012 (Sat) at 20:00
Friars' Gate Theatre
Pat Shortt in 'I am the Band' Pat Shortt presents his new one man show charting the life of Dixie Walsh (Jumbo Breakfast Roll,Where Did My Money Go) a solo lounge musician. More