Kevin McGahern at The Comedy Lodge | The Abbey Lodge
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Kevin McGahern headlines a sessional line up of acts at The Comedy Lodge on Saturday the 1st of March. Support on the night will be from Shane Clifford, Emman Idama, Paddy Armas, Lauren O'Neill, and Claire Roche. Your MC for the evening will be Shane Duffy. About yout acts Kevin McGahern began performing stand up in 2009 and since then has become a well-known face of Irish television and comedy. He can currently be seen hosting the panel show Clear History. Kevin was the host of RTÉ’s celebrated show, Republic of Telly for 10 seasons and went on to present documentaries such as Kevin McGahern’s Fast & Furious and Kevin McGahern’s America for the broadcaster. He played the character of Sim Card in the popular RTÉ 2 television series, The Hardy Bucks which is now available on Netflix. Other television work includes, Alison Spittle’s Nowhere Fast, Finding Joy and Bridget and Eamon. Kevin appeared in the film Redemption of a Rogue which won multiple awards at the Galway Film Fleadh 2020. In 2017 Kevin starred in the film No Party for Billy Burns. In 2014, Kevin co-wrote the play The Devil’s Céilí with Philip Doherty, which won Best Play at the All Ireland Drama Festival. Kevin is a regular in top Irish comedy clubs, in particular the International Bar in Dublin. He regularly performs at a number of festivals including, Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Vodafone Comedy Festival, Forbidden Fruit and Electric Picnic. In 2019 he brought his show Taking Off to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and subsequently performed as part of the Pick of the Fringe programme in London club 2Northdown. Kevin’s latest TV series, Kevin Paints can be found on the RTÉ Player now. He also features on the improvised comedy animation, Talking It Out on the RTÉ Player. After working in retail for 10 years Shane Clifford decided, on a whim, to upload some silly videos to the internet. The videos dealt with issues such as mental health and masculinity through an original, absurd and most of all funny lens and after accidentally attracting a small, but devoted, following he decided to give stand up a go. In the 3 years since he nervously stepped on stage in a tiny room in Killarney and told jokes to 4 American tourists, he has risen quickly performing all over Ireland and appearing at major Irish comedy festivals including Castlepalooza, Cork Comedy Festival and the Vodafone Comedy Festival. In 2018 Shane was a finalist at the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? final at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in October he performed his first solo hour, “Shane’s Brilliant Stand Up Show”, to a sold out audience in Whelans, Dublin. Having achieved so much in such a short period it is clear that Shane has become one of the most original and exciting new acts in Irish comedy. Emman Idama is a Nigerian born Irish comedian, who has been performing around the UK and Ireland with his unique storytelling skills. The 2019 Chortle Student Comedy Award Finalist, finds a way to bring audiences into his life with laughter and wit. He has appeared on “Secrets of the Comedy Circuit” on UTV Northern Ireland, No Worries If Not!, Laughter In The Eye (filmed at the 2019 Galway Comedy Festival), Electric Picnic, Des Bishop’s This Is Ireland in 2016, The Year That’s In It 2015a on RTÉ Television, Try (YouTube Channel) and he has also appeared on a number of Foil Arms and Hog sketches such as Getting Past Irish Immigration, Countries Guess Who They Are and many more. A mainstay at festivals, he has performed at Latitude Festival, Electric Picnic, Forbidden Fruit Festival, Vodafone Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Cat Laughs Festival, Galway Comedy Festival, and too many others to count. A resident host at Stitches Comedy Club, the award-winning comedian has opened for acts such as Eric Cantona, Jamali Maddix, Seann Walsh, Seann Patton & many more. Paddy Armas is a Dublin based comic who has been doing comedy for around 2 years now. Despite his obvious depression he is recent winner of a bray gong show and has previously won the inaugural halfpenny inn comedy competition in 2021, a stitches gong and the Bailey Laughs St Patrick’s day gong show last year. You’ll see him at the major Dublin clubs talking about his bowels and continuing traumas. Not to be missed!
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