skycatlaughs.com - The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
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skycatlaughs.com - The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
Thurs 28th May-Mon 1st June 2015 SKYCATLAUGHS.COM BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM WELCOME And so it seems our Cat is the same age as Harry Styles from One Direction who was also born in 1995. Makes you think, doesn’t it? Harry celebrated his 21st with footballer David Beckham, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and TWO ex girlfriends. Likewise, the Cat will celebrate his 21st with veteran members of the Ireland versus the Rest of the World football squads and Rich Hall’s Hoedown band, as well as an amazing lineup of the best comedy talent anywhere. I think we can all agree which will be the better party! Having worked on so many of them over the years, it is a great honour and pleasure to present the programme for the 21st Sky Cat Laughs Comedy Festival. It is a tribute to the clear vision and dogged determination of its founders that it has not only survived but grown to be one of the world’s best loved comedy festivals – one which has played a role in the careers of some of the biggest stars in the business. We’re delighted once again to partner with Sky: not only as a sponsor but also as a producer of top quality comedy shows which fit so wonderfully with the festival programme. This year, we’re thrilled to present with Sky an exclusive preview of After Hours starring Ardal O’Hanlon as well as a sneak peek behind the scenes of Sky 1’s hit comedy Moone Boy when Jason Byrne interviews two of its stars: David Rawle (Martin) and Ian O’Reilly (Padraic). Our family friendly programme also returns with the Kitten Club shows in medieval Rothe House as well as special workshops with the Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon studio, which produced the animation for Sky 1’s Moone Boy. The Cat is coming of age: come and join us in Kilkenny city for the “best little comedy festival in the world”. Drink deep, eat well and laugh out loud responsibly. Naoise Nunn Artistic Director Jane Russell Chief Executive /catlaughs @skycatlaughs skycatlaughs BACKSTAGE Jane Russell Naoise Nunn Chief Executive Artistic Director Design: RedLemonade.ie Cat Illustration: Alé Mercado Michael Burke Production Manager Lilian Burke Box Office Manager Midas PR Public Relations Web: Emagine.ie Festival Founders: Richard Cook, Lynn Cahill, Michael McCarthy. Board of Directors: Bren Berry, Richard Cook (Chair), Kieran O’Gorman, Teresa Corcoran Accountant Rose Parkinson, Jonathan Shankey, Tony Walsh. 2 #SkyCatLaughs ABOUT Sky, Ireland’s leading home entertainment provider, continues its sponsorship of the Sky Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, collaborating to bring a host of original content to a dedicated, comedy-loving audience. This year, Sky is proud to present the premiere of brand new Sky 1 sitcom After Hours in the company of star Ardal O’Hanlon and director Craig Cash ahead of its launch later this year. Comedy is central to Sky’s content investment and the past year has seen the return of hit series Stella, Moone Boy and Psychobitches with brand new Mid Morning Matters, Yonderland and Doll & Em still to come. As the home of Chris O’Dowd and Nick Vincent Murphy’s multi award winning Moone Boy, we’re proud to present at this year’s festival a special conversation with Martin and Padraic themselves, aka David Rawle and Ian O’Reilly, hosted by Jason Byrne. Jason was also at the helm of the all new Wild Things on Sky 1 this year - a wild ride of a game show that showed that it can be a jungle out there... even if it’s just a woodland. Sky continues to be the home of funny factual programming too. Following the successful run of 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy, which debuted at last year’s festival, Baz and Nancy Ashmawy are currently on their travels filming a brand new set of adventures coming to Sky 1 soon. Alongside its commitment to offer customers a greater choice of high-quality content, Sky is a leading innovator. Sky+ gives you total control of how you watch TV, including the ability to record entire series with Smart Series Link, access to Ireland’s biggest Catch Up TV service, plus you can enjoy more of the latest and greatest, full series Box Sets. And with Sky Go, you can watch the TV you love, live and on demand, whenever you want, wherever you are. In Ireland, Sky employs over 850 people and is committed to creating opportunities for young people through its Sky Academy TV, Arts and Sports Scholarships and through the successful roll out of theSky Sports Living for Sport programme in one third of secondary schools by 2016. 3 BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM 4 AISLING BEA FRED COOKE Aisling returns to Kilkenny with a 2014 British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comic under her belt. She was nominated for a Best Newcomer award at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival and, in 2012, won So You Think You’re Funny. Recent TV includes Live at the Apollo, QI and Sky 1’s Trollied. @WeeMissBea Fred realised at a young age that he would never become a professional footballer. It was at this moment that he became a multi-award winning stand-up comedian (even before his first gig). Since then he has rapidly become a unique stand-up delivering a style of comedy that simply (hopefully) cannot be imitated. @CookeFred JASON BYRNE NEIL DELAMERE Jason is one of the Edinburgh’s most popular acts. His original brand of high-energy lunacy has brought him nominations for Best Newcomer and Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. TV credits include Live at the Apollo, Sky 1’s Wild Things and Snaptastic for TV3. @TheJasonByrne Neil’s live shows have received 5 star reviews at festivals the world over while his recent comedy documentaries have garnered IFTAs and international TV awards. He’s a regular on topical news shows like BBC’s The Blame Game as well as presenting stints for RTÉ Radio 1 and Today FM. He also has a cool dog. @NeilDelamere LOCAL ELIXIRS GEARÓID FARRELLY FOIL, ARMS & HOG A rising star on the Irish scene, Gearóid was a finalist in Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny competition in Edinburgh. He regularly tours as support for Neil Delamere and opened for Joan Rivers. He’s also appeared on TV in Meet the Neighbours, Hey Ho, Let’s Go and The Apprentice: You’re Fired. @GearoidFarrelly The lads recently completed a world tour, taking in Chicago, San Francisco, LA and Adelaide, culminating in a sell-out show at Dublin’s Vicar Street. Last summer they sold out their sixth Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a brand new show. As seen in Snaptastic: TV3’s new chat series with Jason Byrne. @FoilArmsandHog PJ GALLAGHER CHRIS KENT PJ is best known for his much-loved characters on Naked Camera including a taxi driver, ladies’ man Jake Stevens and the “Dirty Auld One”. PJ also featured in Next Week’s News and Meet the Neighbours for RTÉ. After a break from stand up, PJ returns to Kilkenny with his characteristic manic performances. @PJGallagher With his distinctive dry, laconic style of storytelling, Chris is one of the most exciting and original talents to emerge on the Irish comedy scene in recent years. He makes a return to the Sky Cat Laughs with three stints in Edinburgh to his name. “Compelling storyteller...beautifully delivered.” (The Scotsman) @ChrisKentComic 5 BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM 6 ANDREW MAXWELL BARRY MURPHY Andrew is renowned for his cutting edge comedy and intrepid social commentary. He’s a double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and star of John Bishop’s Only Joking and Live at the Apollo. He also hosts BBC 2’s Edinburgh Comedy Marathon and was a series regular on Sky’s Wall of Fame. @AndrewisMaxwell The only comedian to have performed at every festival since 1995, Barry is co-founder of Après Match and creator of cult TV shows such as Couched, Soupy Norman and Irish Pictorial Weekly. Barry will be played by a much younger man in the Ireland versus The Rest of the World football match. @BarryMurphy180 COLIN MURPHY DAVID O’DOHERTY Perennial favourite, Colin Murphy is a razor-sharp comic from Belfast. He hosted and co-wrote The Blizzard of Odd and The Unbelievable Truth and was a longtime panelist on The Panel for RTÉ. He also appears on BBC’s The Blame Game and RTÉ’s Hey Ho, Let’s Go. David O’Doherty is the stage name of David O’Doherty: comedian, writer and 1990 East Leinster under 14s triple jump bronze medalist. 2008 Edinburgh if.com award winner, David has been performing comedy since 1998 and now tours his solo shows all around the world. @phlaimeaux LOCAL ELIXIRS ARDAL O’HANLON DEIRDRE O’KANE In the 1980s Ardal was part of the emergent Irish comedy scene at Dublin’s International Comedy Club and a founding member of the legendary Mr. Trellis sketch outfit. His comedy acting credits include Fr Dougal in Father Ted and My Hero and, most recently, After Hours for Sky 1. @ArdalsFolly Having started her stand up career after filming the festival in 1996, Deirdre appeared at the Melbourne and Adelaide festivals and toured the Middle East, Hong Kong, Shanghai and London. Her acting credits include Intermission, Sky 1’s Moone Boy and, most-recently, the award-winning biopic: Noble. @DeirdreOKane1 COLM O’REGAN BERNARD O’SHEA From Dripsey in Cork, Colm realised the comic potential of place names at an early age. He’s an expert with the auld computers, clever comedy slide shows and has created a cottage industry from his Irish Mammies Twitter account that now boasts more than 169,000 followers, three books and a range of tea towels. @ColmORegan @IrishMammies Best-known for his roles in Republic of Telly and Naked Camera, Bernard has performed stand up at the Montréal and Edinburgh festivals and has toured throughout the world. He presents 2FM’s Breakfast Republic daily with Jennifer Maguire and Keith Walsh. @BOShea5 7 BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM T BU DE 8 AL PORTER ANDREW RYAN Al is one of Ireland’s youngest, most colourful and energetic new comics. He’s already appeared in RTÉ’s new comedy series Hey Ho, Let’s Go and was a finalist in So You Think You’re Funny? at the Edinburgh Fringe. Despite his youth, he brings an old-school approach to his act that has to be experienced. @AlPorterComic Hailing from Cork, Andrew’s quintessential storytelling abilities and cheeky, friendly demeanour make him a natural observational stand up. He has performed stand-up on BBC3’s Russell Howard’s Good News, Best of the Edinburgh Festival Live on BBC3 and Live at The Comedy Store for Comedy Central. @AndrewRyan_ KARL SPAIN ELEANOR TIERNAN Karl was born and still lives in Limerick but has performed in Montréal’s Just For Laughs festival, the Middle East and Finland. He’s probably best known for his two RTÉ series Karl Spain Wants a Woman and Karl Spain Want to Rock. Karl has played the festival every year since 2002. @karlkingov A Sky Cat Laughs regular, Eleanor has most recently been seen as the TV court reporter and Terry Prone, among other characters, in RTÉ’s critically acclaimed Irish Pictorial Weekly. Eleanor has performed at Montréal and Edinburgh Fringe and supported Tommy Tiernan, playing to more than 120,000 people. @EleanorTiernan EXOTIC IMPORTS T BU DE JAMES ACASTER JACK DEE Nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for his last three consecutive shows, including last year’s Recognise, which won the New Zealand Comedy Festival Award for Best International Show, James is one of the outstanding talents of British comedy. He is also pretty handy on a drum kit. @JamesAcaster Now established as one of Britain’s biggest and best-loved comedy stars, Jack has captured the imagination of audiences and critics with his dry humour and dead pan delivery. He’s won three British Comedy Awards and was nominated for Best Entertainment Performer at the 2005 BAFTAs. Don’t worry; be happy. @TheRealJackDee T BU DE SIMON EVANS RICH HALL A prolific writer as well as standup comedian, Simon has most recently appeared on Live at the Apollo and Stand Up for the Week. He has performed one man shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 2000, the New Zealand and Cape Town comedy festivals as well as in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Dubai. @TheSimonEvans Grouchy comic genius, Rich Hall, quit his job as a hurricane namer for the United States Met Service two decades ago and hasn’t looked back. His appearances and writing on The David Letterman Show won him two Emmy Awards. Rich also won the Perrier Award in 2000 with his alter ego Otis Lee Crenshaw. 9 BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM 10 BEC HILL DOM IRRERA With her brilliantly creative approach, using pop-up flip-charts, drawings and cartoons, Aussie Bec Hill returns to Kilkenny with a winning comedy formula that will charm adults and kids alike. She’s also one of Time Out’s Ten Funniest Comedians on Twitter. @BecHillComedian Dom has appeared at the festival more often than any other American comedian and with good reason. He is a true master of stand-up comedy and an unstoppable gag machine. He’s appeared in The Big Lebowski and on shows hosted by Letterman, Leno, Conan and even Oprah. To us, he’s simply Uncle Dom. @DomIrrera AL LUBEL FRED MACAULAY Winner of the 2013 Amused Moose Comedy Award in Edinburgh, Al is no newcomer to stand-up comedy. He was a guest on one of Johnny Carson’s final Tonight shows in 1992 and became a regular with David Letterman. A big hit at last year’s festival, Al returns to Kilkenny with all-new material. @AlLubel Undoubtedly one of the most popular Scottish comics around, Fred has been a regular visitor to Kilkenny for many years. He presented BBC’s McCoist and MacAulay with Ally McCoist for three years and has presented MacAulay and Co for BBC Scotland since 1997. @FredMacAulay EXOTIC IMPORTS T BU DE T BU DE SEAN MCLOUGHLIN LUISA OMIELAN A regular on the London comedy circuit and throughout the UK, Sean has also performed in the US, Europe and Scandinavia. He has recently supported Doc Brown and Katherine Ryan on their nationwide tours. “This guy is an exciting talent” (The Scotsman). @SeanMcLoughling Luisa’s debut show What Would Beyoncé Do? Had 5 sell out runs in the Soho Theatre, two sell out Edinburgh festivals; and played Latitude, Leeds, Reading, Altitude and Dublin Festivals as well as Estonia, LA, New York and Singapore. She debuts in Kilkenny with her knockout follow-up show Am I Right Ladies? @LuisaOmielan T BU DE ROMESH RANGANATHAN JON RICHARDSON Romesh comes to Kilkenny for the first time since he debuted as a finalist in the Latitude New Act and So You Think You’re Funny finals in 2010, when he was also a runner up in Amused Moose Laugh Off 2010. Since then, Romesh has supported Ricky Gervais and Bill Burr among others. @RomeshRanga Nominated for Best Comedy Show in Edinburgh in 2009, Jon is a regular panelist on Have I Got News For You?, star of Live At The Apollo, team member of Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week and team captain of Channel 4’s long-running series 8 Out Of 10 Cats. @ronjichardson 11 BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM UT B DE LOU SANDERS BETH STELLING Lou has appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News and has cropped up on XFM, Absolute Radio and Radio One and starred in BBC’s Laughter Shock and Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience – though she was axed from the latter, because she did the whole show naked. Very alternative. Too alternative. @LouSanders Named the Best Stand-up Comedian in Chicago by The Chicago Reader in 2010, Beth was picked as a New Face of Comedy for Montréal. In her first year in L.A., Beth made her TV debut on Conan and has since appeared on Chelsea Lately, The Pete Holmes Show and @midnight on Comedy Central. @BethStelling MIKE WILMOT Mike moved to the UK from Canada in 1995 and has since toured the world. He’s appeared on Live at the Apollo and with regular collaborator Rich Hall on his eponymous Fishing and Cattle Drive Shows. “...raucous, offensive and downright crude ...a most entertaining experience.” (The Scotsman). @MikeWilmot1 12 T BU DE SIDE SHOWS presents Sky 1 Premiere and Q&A with David Rawle & Ian O’Reilly Ardal O’Hanlon and Craig Cash in conversation with Jason Byrne After Hours follows the journey of Willow Hannigan (James Tarpey, The World’s End), an 18 year old music lover who’s just had his heart broken for the first time. There are no jobs, his beautiful ex-girlfriend Jasmine (Georgina Campbell) has moved on to someone new and most of his mates have gone away to university whilst he’s been left behind, living with his parents. The only thing that keeps him sane, other than his best friend Chris (Fergus Van Gelder) is listening to After Hours. Broadcast from a canal boat, After Hours is a local internet radio show run by Lauren (Jaime Winstone) and Ollie (Rob Kendrick), two friends in their late 20s who have somehow, ended up living in Shankly. Ardal O’Hanlon stars as Willow’s dad, Peter Hannigan, an exmilkman who found himself jobless when the big supermarket opened, he’s married to Anna (Susan Cookson) who would secretly love a job at the new supermarket and John Thomson plays Geoff, Peter’s best friend who finds sanctuary on the Hannigan’s sofa. The series, written by Molly Naylor and John Osborne, is directed by Craig Cash (Early Doors, The Café). Meet David Rawle and Ian O’Reilly, the stars of Moone Boy, as they look back at the hit Sky 1 show that propelled them to stardom in an exclusive conversation with Jason Byrne. In 2012 the boys took up their roles as Martin Moone and Padraic O’Dwyer and we all took them to our hearts in Chris O’Dowd and Nick Vincent Murphy’s semi-autobiographical series Moone Boy. Set in Boyle, Co Roscommon, in the late 80s/early 90s, the show follows the adventures of the youngest member of the Moone family, 11-year-old Martin (David Rawle), as he negotiates growing up amid a chaotic family with the support of his imaginary friend, Sean Murphy (O’Dowd), and real life friend Padraic (Ian O’Reilly). In this special event the two will talk about their Moone Boy journeys and their fun friendship that endures off screen as well as on. Sat 7pm Langton’s Set, 70 mins Free but ticketed Sat 4pm Langton’s Set 70 mins Free but ticketed 13 BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM UNCLE DOM’S FIRESIDE CHATS RICH HALL’S HOEDOWN Following the great success of last year’s outings, avuncular festival favourite, Dom Irrera hosts intimate one-to-one fireside interviews with some of the more intriguing artists performing at the festival. Be prepared to hear personal testimonies of life in comedy as well as gossip, inside stories and everything you definitely won’t hear on a TV chat show. Join Rich and his virtuoso musical mates for a mash-up of music, comedy and gratuitous coloration. Performing will be the Hoedown’s regular band of talented and chronically unemployable urchins. The floor will reek of liquor and spent dreams. “Immaculate wordplay imbued with a genuine passion for the songwriter’s craft”. - The Times Sat 3pm, Al Lubel and Deirdre O’Kane Sun 3pm, Beth Stelling and Andrew Maxwell Sat 10:30pm & Sun 10.30pm The Hole in the Wall Langtons Set 60 mins €18 80 mins €28 FESTIVAL CLUB The Kilkenny Ormonde After a day and evening of great laughs, let your hair down and party into the night with top DJs and late bars at the Kilkenny Ormonde. Sat & Sun from midnight ‘til late Free admission to holders of any Sky Cat Laughs show tickets 14 SIDE SHOWS KITTEN CLUB 2015 sees the return of our hugely popular programme of family-friendly shows at the festival. So if you haven’t been to the festival before, or it’s a while since you’ve been because of the smallies, this year - take them with you! We’ve got two shows daily in the wonderful Rothe House featuring the clever, laugh-out-loud funny flip-chart shows from Australian comic Bec Hill. The ticket also gets you a 20% discount on a tour of the medieval merchant’s house before or after the comedy show. CARTOON SALOON WORKSHOPS We’ve teamed up with Kilkenny’s own double Oscar nominated animation studio to present some fun workshops demonstrating how they weave their magic into such work as Song of the Sea and Sky 1’s Moone Boy. See skycatlaughs.com for details Sat 2pm & Sun 2pm Rothe House 60 mins €12 FOOTBALL MATCH The Comedians’ Ireland versus The Rest of the World Football Match Every year since 1995, in the hallowed grounds of Kilkenny City’s Fairgreen (except one year when it was in the Waterbarrack and Ross Noble fell into the River Breagagh), thousands have come to marvel at the spectacle of approximately 22 comedians and special guests making a mockery of the beautiful game. With live PA commentary by Karl Spain and Steve Frost. Sun 2pm, The Fairgreen, 90 mins FREE 15 BOOK NOW: SKYCATLAUGHS.COM PHYSICAL COMEDY SHOWCASE LAST DEAD STAND UP STANDING Pajama Men is a world-renowned double act known for their unique style of narrative-sketch comedy that incorporates elements of stand-up, sketch, improv, and both outlandish and familiar characters, all of which are narrowly contained by intricately woven story threads that tend towards the surreal and the macabre. They are joined by Irish sketch maestros Foil, Arms & Hog and very special guests for a tour de force of physical comedy. Immortal lines from the dearly departed, a tribute to some of our favourite comedy heroes who left us too soon: Mitch, George, Robin, Groucho, Bill and more. Vote for your favourite genius jokes recalled and performed by some very special guests in the company of Barry Murphy. Sat 9.30pm (90 mins) €28, Sun 6.30pm (80 mins) €26 Sun 10pm Cleere’s 60 mins €20 Ormonde Hotel, King’s Suite WILDCATS Grab the opportunity to see some of Ireland’s best upand-coming talent in these fast-paced showcase shows. With amazing new comedians on every bill, you’ll enjoy a dazzling array of comedy styles and forms and most likely see several big stars in the making. Sat 7pm, Hole in the Wall, 80 mins, €20 Sat 9pm, Brewery Corner, 80 mins, €18 Sun 7.30pm, Hole in the Wall, 80 mins, €20 Sun 9pm, Brewery Corner, 80 mins, €18 16 SIDE SHOWS KARL SPAIN’S HYSTERICAL WALKING TOUR OF KILKENNY INTERNATIONAL ALL STAR IMPROV After the huge popularity of last year’s high-jinx on the streets of Kilkenny, we’ve teamed up again with Tynan Tours who have led walking tours through the medieval streets and slipways for more than 30 years. Prepare yourself for a hugely entertaining hour of dubious history. Putting the smile in the Medieval Mile. We’ve merged the talents of the best improvisers from the Dublin Comedy Improv with those of the stars of Whose Line is it Anyway to create a comedy improv monster of epic proportions. Brilliantly funny and ingeniously crafted comedy games and songs from Ian Coppinger, Tara Flynn, Joe Rooney, Steve Frost, Steve Steen, Andy Smart and many more. Sat 4pm & Sun 4pm Sat 8pm & Sun 8pm Kilkenny Tourist Office Village Inn 60 mins €10 80 mins €24 NATIONAL THERAPY PROJECT Poor little Ireland. Trouble has beset our misfortunate country in many guises over the years... Vikings, famine, colonisation, religious oppression, a litany of sporting defeats and now a stream of manufactured bands “showcasing” Irish talent. Our collective indignity haunts us, ruling our thoughts and deeds. How would it be to mend these wounds in a gentle healing ceremony with your fellow citizens? Embrace a new way of hiberno-living. Like the National Car Test, only for your soul. Attendance is compulsory on a voluntary basis. Wear comfortable clothing. Sat 2pm & Sun 2pm, Ormonde Hotel, King’s Suite, 60 mins, €12 17 LINE UP 2015 JAMES ACASTER * AISLING BEA * JASON BYRNE * FRED COOKE * JACK DEE * NEIL DELAMERE * SIMON EVANS * GEARÓID FARRELLY * FOIL, ARMS & HOG * PJ GALLAGHER * RICH HALL * BEC HILL * DOM IRRERA * CHRIS KENT * AL LUBEL * FRED MACAULAY * SEAN MCLOUGHLIN * ANDREW MAXWELL * BARRY MURPHY * COLIN MURPHY * DAVID O’DOHERTY * ARDAL O’HANLON * DEIRDRE O’KANE * LUISA OMIELAN * COLM O’REGAN * BERNARD O’SHEA * PAJAMA MEN * AL PORTER * ROMESH RANGANATHAN * JON RICHARDSON * ANDREW RYAN * LOU SANDERS * KARL SPAIN * BETH STELLING * ELEANOR TIERNAN * MIKE WILMOT *