Comedy Showhouse

This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language.

Sketches are performed by brilliant comedy actors Paul Tylak and Tara Flynn. Our favourite Corkman – author of best selling Bolloxology – will unpick the linguistic foibles that characterise this wordy nation of ours.

FASHION with style guru and designer Sonya Lennon

COLM O’REGAN WANTS A WORD is produced by Sideline Productions as part of RTE Radio 1’s Comedy Showhouse in association with the BAI and grintageireland.com .

Sean Hughes sadly passed away in October 2017 aged 51 and here is an opportunity to listen back to his final broadcast stand up performance in one hour long broadcast. The show was produced live at The Project Arts Centre Dublin on February 4th 2016 by Sideline Productions (in association with the Broadcast Authority of Ireland) as part of Comedy Showhouse for RTE Radio 1.

The World Premier of a brand new ‘sketch’ comedy from award winning writer Fiona Looney (Dandelions, Callan’s Kicks). All the sketches are set in ‘a waiting situation’ (parent teachers, ante natal, funeral home, book signing etc) and are performed by the best stage performers in the business. The stellar cast includes –

Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015.

Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE)

Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).

The World Premier of a brand new ‘sketch’ comedy from award winning writer Fiona Looney (Dandelions, Callan’s Kicks). All the sketches are set in ‘a waiting situation’ (parent teachers, ante natal, funeral home, book signing etc) and are performed by the best stage performers in the business. The stellar cast includes –

Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015.

Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE)

Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).

A new panel comedy series presented by the nation’s favourite comedy star BARRY MURPHY (Apres Match, Pictorial Weekly).

If you like your live comedy smart and funny packed with inspired improv & crafted jokes this is for you. Hypothetically this could well be the best radio / tv comedy show EVER.

Barry is joined by star guests Joe Rooney (Killinascully, Fr Ted); Colum McDonnell (Pictorial Weekly, Brigid & Eamon), Tara Flynn (Actress & singer) & Chris Kent (London based Cork born stand up & writer) as the quintet offer their unique insights and humorous look at the world around them.

Recorded live for RTE Radio One May 30th at The Project Arts Centre in Dublin.

In 2016 the radio series won the Irish PPI award and in April 2017 it also won a Celtic Media Award for Best Radio Comedy as it takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he explores one of his favourite subjects – our use of language.

Brilliantly written by Colm, and supported by comedy actors Tara Flynn and Paul Tylak, the show about ‘parenting’ was produced and edited by Eoin Sweeney for Sideline Productions and aired as part of RTÉ Radio 1’s Comedy Showhouse during the summer and produced in association with Grintage Ireland. The series was backed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) and listen back to all the shows on grintage’s soundcloud.

All great comedy starts with the script – so if you (male or female) have an ambition to write comedy then this the show is for you.

Host Katherine Lynch (Dancing with Stars / Wagon’s Den) explores the secrets and tips of writing comedy for stage, radio & screen with Stefanie Preissner (RTE’s Can’t Cope Won’t Cope); Brona C. Titley (Ch4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats) and Alison Spittle (stand up star & new RTE Two series).

HaHa Land is hosted by satirist Paddy Cullivan (Late Late Show band / Camembert Quartet) with a star trio who feature music in their live shows – welcome Fred Cooke (Tommy Tiernan TV Show), Tara Flynn (actress, vlogger and Ex Nuala) & Paul Woodful (AKA Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly).

From Monty Python to Peter Sellers; Foil Arms & Hog to Dermot Morgan; Mel Brooks to Billy Connolly; Tom Lehr to Victoria Wood: Dead Cat Bounce to The Nualas – our distinguished panel of melody makers talk about their favorite acts, writers and performers. Warning – there will live banter AND songs.

DON’T QUOTE ME! is hosted by Sean Hughes (Perrier winner, BBC’s Buzzcocks, Ch4’s Sean’s Show) with stars of Irish comedy – , Fiona Looney, Katherine Lynch, Eleanor Tiernan, Brona C. Titley and more. Special guest 2016 Best Irish Theatre Actor nominee OWEN ROE as ‘the reader’. They'll be asked to answer questions about who said what, where and why... and a musical round of who sung what?

Recorded as part of the Comedy Showhouse, presented by RTE Radio 1 and Grintage Ireland, the world’s first comedy radio festival.

DON’T QUOTE ME! is hosted by Sean Hughes (Perrier winner, BBC’s Buzzcocks, Ch4’s Sean’s Show) with stars of Irish comedy – , Fiona Looney, Dave Fanning, Eleanor Tiernan, Katherine Lynch and more. Special guest 2016 Best Irish Theatre Actor nominee OWEN ROE as ‘the reader’. They'll be asked to answer questions about who said what, where and why... and a musical round of who sung what?

Recorded as part of the Comedy Showhouse, presented by RTE Radio 1 and Grintage Ireland, the world’s first comedy radio festival.