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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Gig 4 – Comedy Dublin (D4 Hotel)
Gig 4 – Comedy Dublin (D4 Hotel), Ballsbridge, 25th September 2009 Thinking Back… Pre Show: A toughie. The crowd was 30% friends, 40% comedians / staff of comedy Dublin / other comic’s friends, 30% randomers from the hotel. The mic was a bit tangled which meant I had to spend a few moments shifting it… Read more
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Reading, Boru Review
Reading, Boru Review, Thursday 24th September This isn’t standup, but I figured I’d post it as a) I’m embarrassed about it, and b) it occurred at this point in the standup chronology. The video is of a reading I gave at Hedigans ‘Brian Boru’ pub in Glasnevin, as part of the ‘Boru Review’, a monthly… Read more
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Gig 3 – Ha’Penny Bridge Inn
Gig 3 – Ha’Penny Bridge Inn, 22nd September 2009 Thinking back… Like the the novel after the sophomore slump, this was my best gig so far. I dropped the blasphemy stuff and ran a much more fleshed out version of the virginity stuff I’d improv’d in gig 1. The crowd were quite old (for a… Read more
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Learning from experience
Here’s a list of observations I’ve made from watching brilliant comics, bad comics, and looking back at my own performances. Take em or leave em. Right now, for me they’re gospel. In other words I disobey constantly, and then desperately seek forgiveness. Stay in the spotlight (if there is one), no matter how blinding. If… Read more
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Gig 2 – Underground Comedy Club (Thomas Reads)
Gig 2 – Underground Comedy Club (Thomas Reads), Wellington Quay, Temple Bar, 17th September 2009 Thinking back… Pre show: Incredibly nervous, pacing back and forth, stretching back stage, running out into the bar. Having my friends there made it so much worse. Show: This was the first gig I told my friends about. I invited… Read more
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Writing Comedy
Writing Comedy These are what my notes look like for one bit of my set, ‘Being single’. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you not to write your standup down. While it’s absolutely true that delivery is as (if not more) important than material, working out your set on paper helps you figure out what… Read more
