I Don’t Want Comedians to Talk to me – Comedy, Storytelling, and Audience Work
“I think seeing… carefully constructed routines… really emphasised for me the things that felt off about the audience-based interactions of other comedians… I find many of them shallow and lacking meaning. They are the type of basic observations and jokes you could make with a group of friends. That’s not to say that they aren’t funny. It just lacks that same intricacy.”
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The Three Little Pigs
Conor retells the classic story of the Three Little Pigs set in modern Ireland.
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Meet the Torch & Pitchfork Party
Are you sick of mad scientists experimenting on your recently deceased loved ones? Fed up of undead monsters rampaging through your village? Looking to join an angry mob of like-minded individuals? Well boy, oh boy, do we have the political party for you…
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The Price of Laughter: Arts Council Funding in Comedy
Money doesn’t have a sense of humour. Or at least that’s what the Arts Council would have you believe.
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Ireland’s First Comedy Club: The Brilliant, The Mediocre, and The Downright Bloody Awful
What makes a great entertainment venue? How do you create a space where magic can happen? Conor Ryan speaks to Oscar Mclennan about running Ireland’s first ever comedy club…
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Amnesty International condemns comedian: “Not funny, didn’t laugh!”
Last night, Dominic Pelch took to the stage at a popular Dublin venue to announce that he is officially the first comedian ever to be sponsored by a Saudi Prince. I met with him in his dressing room before the show to speak with him about how the deal came to be and what it […]
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Tommy Tiernan’s Award-Winning Blasphemy
This week, Conor discusses the impact of the satirical work of comedian Tommy Tiernan, and its reception in a very Catholic Ireland.
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All Joking Aside: The Irish Storytelling Tradition in Stand-Up Comedy
Conor delves into the intertwined history of comedy’s evolution and the tradition of Irish story-telling. From early Gaelic tradition, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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