Ed Byrne
As an observational stand up, Ed Byrne is unrivalled. He has performed 5 hit UK tours, performed solo runs at Dublin’s Gaiety and Ambassador Theatres and has made his London West End debut in a 2 week run at The New Ambassadors Theatre. Byrne’s “dazzling” (Sunday Times) stand up routine has made him a true star of the international circuit, with six appearances at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival (2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 & 1999), the US Comedy Arts Festival (1998), and five appearances on NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”!
Byrne has performed to capacity crowds in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium, France, and Canada. In 2006 he was selected to host the Irish Gala at the St. Denis Theatre in Montreal, and in 2003 he made a special guest appearance in Boston at the “Comics Come Home” benefit alongside Denis Leary and Dane Cook.
In his native Ireland, Ed is best known as the host of RTE’s “Ed Byrne’s Just for Laughs”, and as a frequent guest on the popular late night humour show “The Panel.” In addition, he has hosted the “Meteor Irish Music Awards” (2003 & 2005), and he had a starring role in the hit Father Ted Christmas special “A Christmassy Ted.”
In addition to “Conan”, Byrne has appeared in over 80 television shows across the globe, including the “The Stand Up Show” (BBC), “Sunday Nights at the Palladium” (ITV), “Heaven & Earth Show” (BBC), “Late Late Show” (RTE), “The Live Floor Show” (BBC Scotland), “My Life in Music” (VH1), “Never Mind the Buzzcocks” (BBC), “The World Stands Up” (Paramount Comedy), “Mock the Week” (BBC), “The Comedy Store Live” (CH5), “8 Out Of 10 Cats” (BBC), “Just for Laughs Irish Gala” (CBC Canada) and “Graham Norton’s Bigger Picture” (BBC).
In 2006, Ed released his first ever stand up DVD, “Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsical” (Warner Music Vision), and his one man show “Standing Up & Falling Down” was the biggest selling comedy show at the world renowned Edinburgh Festival.
What the critics are saying about Ed Byrne:
"Astoundingly polished material"
~THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
"Tickets for his shows are like gold dust...Truly a master
of the art of comedy"
~
THE LIST
"Catch him before he's swallowed up by global fame"
~
THE
GUARDIAN
"Jokes come so fast that hecklers don't have a chance to get
a word in edgeways"
~THE TIMES
"It is rare for comedy to merit the word "masterful" but
in this case it's no overstatement"
THE SCOTMAN
“****1/2… If you fancy eloquent rage aimed at
ostensibly innocuous stuff, Byrne's your bloke.”
~THE
AGE
"His set had the audience in stitches for most of the evening
- they roared their approval at the end - but he is technically excellent
as well, the sure sign of a comic on the cusp of a major league career."
~THE
STAGE
“The audience went into raptures and insisted on an encore”
~TIME
OUT
"He may be thin and weedy but his material certainly is not!"
~DAILY
EXPRESS
"A stunningly original piece of work.... a real comedy star"
~THE
IRISH TIMES
“He'll make you smile, he'll make you laugh, he'll make you
want to fall in love with him"
~THE STAGE
"Byrne looks destined to be a comic who will inspire as many
swoons as guffaws"
THE SCOTSMAN
'Dazzling'
~SUNDAY TIMES
Keith
Farnan