If you missed out on tickets for Comedy Unleashed in association with Gript, fear not!
After a group of cry bullies pressured the Drogheda venue into cancelling one of the sold out dates, Gript decided to move the event to a venue in Newlands Cross with roughly twice the capacity AND add an extra event to the tour on Saturday the 14th of September.
The cancellation of the Drogheda venue was rather disappointing for two reasons. Firstly, the reaction to the shows amongst subscribers and readers had been extremely positive and losing the Drogheda show means people missing out. Secondly, all the shows had sold out.
Given that we only have two weeks until the event goes ahead the sensible, financially prudent thing to do here would be to simply refund everyone who had bought tickets to the Drogheda show and take the loss.
That would be sensible, reasonable even, but frankly it’ll be a cold day in hell before we let some overly inflated bullies tell us what we can and can’t do, or tell our readers what sort of events they’re allowed to attend. We’re going to double down, and make the planned show bigger.
We’ll already reached out to those of you who had already bought tickets for the Drogheda show shortly, offering either a refund or a ticket for one of the two new shows. Hopefully this won’t cause any of you difficulty, but please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly if it does.
Here are the full list of shows and links to where you can purchase tickets to the ones that are not already sold out.
Wednesday, 11th September : 7pm : Lucan : Buy tickets here
MC Aidan Killian, Graham Linehan, Andrew Doyle, headliner Alistair Williams
Thursday, 12th September : 7pm : Dalkey : Buy tickets here
MC Aidan Killian, Graham Linehan, Andrew Doyle, headliner Alistair Williams
Friday, 13th September : 7pm : Newlands Cross : Buy tickets here
MC Adian Killian, Graham Linehan, Lewis Schaffer, headliner Andrew Doyle
Saturday, 14th September : 1pm : IrishTown : Buy tickets here
The previously unlisted Saturday show will feature a discussion between Graham Linehan and Andrew Doyle about Graham’s life, his experiences as a comedy writer, and his recently released book. It’ll be a relatively intimate affair with a chance for a Q&A and audience discussion with Graham and Andrew.
No further dates will be added, so get those tickets fast if you want them.
Here’s a rundown of what you have to look forward to!
Graham Linehan
Graham is one of our top sitcom and comedy writers, including Father Ted and The IT Crowd. Graham has campaigned for women’s rights and had been targeted by activists as a result. He has been cancelled from his own creation Father Ted Musical and has been trying his hand at stand-up comedy. Graham performed outside the Scottish Parliament at the Edinburgh Fringe, after his Comedy Unleashed show was cancelled. Graham’s recent autobiography Tough Crowd charts how he made and lost a career in comedy.
Andrew Doyle
Playwright, journalist, author, political satirist and stain comic, Andrew Doyle is also the co-founder of Comedy Unleashed – the UK’s free-speech comedy club.
Many people know Andrew from his hit parody character Titania McGrath, the entitled social justice warrior. Originally born in Derry, Andrew now produces the comedian-led news reviews show Headlinersand Free Speech Nation on the UK TV channel GB News. He is the author of Free Speech and Why It Matters (2021) and The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World(2022).
Aidan Killan
Aidan Killian is a spirited, charismatic and passionate storyteller and comedian who left a corporate banking job in 2008 to save the world, one endorphin at a time. He studied storytelling at Emerson College in 2009 and at the Mezrab Storytelling School in 2020.
Aidan’s impassioned and hilarious shows have been known to expose the hypocrisy and injustice in this world while leaving the audience in a state of joy. After a show, at Electric Picnic he was greeted with a giant group hug.
He is in demand internationally as an experienced, professional and truly global act, and has performed shows all over the world; A peace festival in the Middle East, Off Broadway in New York, The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival in 2019 and he did a storytelling tour of Ireland called The Sitting Room Bards.
He has performed his unique comedy style for 7 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and was a ‘highlight’ at Glastonbury Festival 2016 and 2017. In 2017 he was nominated for Best Comedian at The World Fringeand has been sharing laughter on stages all over the world since.
He is presently passionate about sharing the ancient wisdom from Irish Mythology and believes that peace can be gained from a well-told story, and shall keep telling stories until this is achieved. He is excited about his eighth one man show, the story of Ireland’s mythological saviour, Lugh.
Alistair Williams
Alistair won Comedian of the Year 2023 – as voted by a live audience, not comedy industry wonks. Despite this, Alistair is excluded from many comedy clubs and banned from YouTube, Alistair Williams is utterly counter-cultural and bloody hilarious. Here’s clip of Alistair at the London club
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Jonathan Kogan
Launching himself into the world of stand-up over the last 2 years with a genuine love for and fascination with comedy, he forges his sharp material from a combination of astute observations, self-deprecating Jewish humour and unique one-liners, all with a natural anti-authoritarian slant. Here’s a clip of Jonathan at the London club
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Lewis Schaffer
Lewis is the darling of the satirical news show Headliners. He’s a top New York comedian who settled in the UK. He is particularly loved by women of a certain age – charming, unpredictable, spontaneously surreal and utterly maverick.
We hope to see you there!