Laugh at the Bank 2010 by Robbi McMillen

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FĂŠile Comedy Festival Bank Holiday Weekend 27th-30th May 2010 Bank Square Marquee

Karl Spain Neil Delamere Paul Tonkinson Plus much much more!

Weekend Compere: Seamus Carabine

www.feilebelfast.com

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Féile Comedy Festival Gáire maith agus codladh fada an dá leigheas is fearr a deir an seanfhocal ach mura dtig le Féile an Phobail leapa compordach a chur ar fáil duit, is cinnte go gcuirfidh an Fhéile Ghrinn san trilsí gáire sibh! Tabharfaidh fear a tí, Séamus Carabine cead a gcinn do Karl Spain, Neil Delamere agus Paul Tonkinson le linn cheithre la na féile a bheas ar siúl in ollphuball i gCearnóg na Bruaiche i lár Bhéal Feirste. Thanks Féile would like to thank the artists, volunteers and all of those who continue to support Féile an Phobail. Disclaimer Féile an Phobail accepts no responsibility for any injuries, which may result from any event connected with Féile’s Comedy festival. While it is our policy to be all-inclusive it is impossible to endorse all the venues in this programme. Design Mitchell Kane Associates

Ticket Info: Available on the door (subject to availability) or at the following outlets: Teach na Féile 473 Falls Road Belfast BT12 6DD Tel: (028) 90313440

Belfast Welcome Centre 35 Donegall Place Belfast BT1 5AD Tel: (028) 90246609

Please note: Charge of £2 per transaction applies for online bookings.

Tickets available online at www.feilebelfast.com

Booking by Phone Tel: (028) 90313440 Opening Hours: 9.30am-5pm

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Déardaoin 27 Bealtaine

Marquee Weekend Compere

Thursday 27th May

The Craic Pack The Whitefort Inn, Andersonstown Road, 8pm

The Craic Pack Comedy Improv is a high-energy fully improvised comedy show, all based on the suggestions of the audience. Featuring games like Story, Accents, Scene Reduction, No Laughs and many more, this show takes you on a rollercoaster ride of comedy, surprising both performers and audience alike. Established in 2002,The Craic Pack have performed across the country in festivals and comedy venues, even venturing as far as the New Port festival in New York. If you like the comic style of Channel 4’s “Whose line is it anyway” you will love The Craic Pack Comedy Improv! Admission - £3 at door. Bar available.

Seamus Carabine

Dé hAoine 28 Bealtaine

Friday 28th May

The Craic Pack Caifé Feirste, An Cultúrlann, Falls Road, 1pm

Tobchumadóireacht ardfhuinnimh ghrinn - mar a iarrann an lucht éisteachta é - an sprioc atá ag an Craic Pack Comedy Improv. Imreofar cluichí bunaithe ar An Scéal, Blasanna, Giorrú Radharcanna, Díobháil Ghaire agus cuid mhór cluichí eile a chruthóidh ruaille buaille i measc na dtaibheoirí agus an lucht éisteachta araon. Is i 2002 a bunaíodh an Craic Pack Comedy Improv agus ó shin i leith, tá seónna déanta acu ag féilte agus in ionaid ghrinn fud fad na tire - agus ag féile Newport i Nua Eabhrac chomh maith. Má tá dúil agat sa ghreann a bhíodh le feiceáil ar Whose Line is it Anyway de chuid Channel 4, titfidh tú i ngrá leis an Craic Pack Comedy Improv. Free event.

August Féile 30th July - 8th August 2010

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Dé hAoine 28 Bealtaine

Friday 28th May

Buartha a chailíní, tá sibh ró-mhall. Fuair an Spáinneach bean - agus lucht mór leanúna - mar thoradh ar a shraith theilifíse, Karl Spain Wants a Woman. Bhí sé ag rácáil ar Scrap Metal: The Tour agus beidh sé i mBéal Feirste leis an ghreann is géire ó bhí winklepickers ann. Aidan Bishop a thosóidh an seó.

Laugh on the Metro Friday 28th May, 4pm - 6pm A host of local comedians will try to impress you with some of their best jokes and stand up comedy on your afternoon travels! Various Metro routes to and from West Belfast. Sponsored by Translink Metro.

Karl Spain

Supported by Aidan Bishop plus Aaron Butler Compere: Seamus Carabine Bank Square Marquee, Doors 8pm

He’s probably best known in Ireland for his TV series Karl Spain Wants A Woman, which was a huge success in that he not only got huge ratings but he also found himself a woman. Recently Karl could be seen hosting the RTE TV series Karl Spain Wants To Rock, a new series capturing the events of Scrap Metal:The Tour. Spain has appeared at the Montréal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and has also featured on The Panel and is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival - “see him now before he gets too big”(Three Weeks). Support comes from Aidan Bishop, resident MC of the famous International Comedy Club who recently made his television debut on RTE 2 with his show Savage Eye. Tickets £10, available from all Féile outlets. Bar until 1am. Sponsored by Tennents.

Radio www.feilefm.com Tel: 028 9024 2002

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Dé Satharn 29 Bealtaine

Saturday 29th May

Laugh 4 Haiti

Oh Yeah Music Centre, 1pm

Féile’s ‘Laugh 4 Haiti’ will be a spectacular afternoon marathon of stand up comedy in the Oh Yeah Music Centre, including performances from local comedians Mickey Bartlett, Graeme Watson, Joe Lindsey, Marcus Keeley, Hotrod McCaughan, Morgan Hearst, Liam Watson, Lauren Kerr plus many others. Haiti’s strongest earthquake in more than two centuries devastated the Caribbean nation on Tuesday, 12th January 2010. Belfast has shown enormous support for this cause and we hope that you will join us in supporting this event and fund further. All proceeds will go to the Haiti Earthquake Fund of the Disasters Event Committee. Admission - £3 at door. Lineup is subject to change.

Ní cúis gháire í géarchéim Haiti ach is féidir linn leas a bhaint as an ghreann le cuidiú a thabhairt do mhuintir chráite an oileáin sin i ndiaidh an chrith talún i mí Eanáir. Rachaidh gach brabús a thógfar ag an tráthnóna grinn seo, Laugh 4 Haiti, chuig an Haiti Earthquake Fund chun socair mhuintir na tíre sin. I gcomhair le OhYeah.

August Féile 30th July - 8th August 2010

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Dé Satharn 29 Bealtaine

Saturday 29th May

Dráma gearr grinn ina mbuaileann cailín óg Feirsteach agus fear óg Polannach agus iad ag iniúchadh chultúr an dá thír - pitseámaí lasmuigh san áireamh!

Room for One More Written and Directed by Brónagh Diamond King Street Arts, 7.30pm

Tread The Boards Theatre Group presents Room for One More. Remember the first time you saw somebody in their pyjamas outside and thought “What the hell?” whereas it has now become a common sight?...Well just imagine what our lovely tourists think! Room for One More is a short comedy based on a chance meeting between a girl and a young Polish man at a Falls Road taxi stand! We all know that West Belfast is rich in culture and social diversity so let’s have a look at how we see each other in 2010! The Irish are famous for laughing at ourselves because life’s too short...but who can be in such a hurry that they can’t get dressed in the morning! Tickets £5, available from Teach na Féile.

Radio www.feilefm.com Tel: 028 9024 2002

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Dé Satharn 29 Bealtaine

Saturday 29th May

A Night with George Written by Brenda Murphy, Directed by Tony Devlin. Produced by Brassneck Theatre Company Fresh Claim Gallery, King Street, 8pm

Not every woman gets to spend a night with George Clooney, but Bridie Murphy does! Let’s face it, Bridie’s life hasn’t been all parties and premieres like George’s, but it’s a life full of drama nonetheless. Bridie was quite happy to stay in the one place she felt safe and happy, with the family she adores, but events conspired against her. She is forced to accept change, whether she likes it or not. In a period when Ireland is finding a new identity, Bridie has to accept that her family have forged new identities also. She takes George on the journey of her life, the lows and the hilarious highs, and charts the course to her unlikely future. ‘A Night With George’ is a new and indigenous piece of drama, brought to you by the West Belfast Theatre Company Brassneck. It represents a fresh and new direction, while challenging established and malignant viewpoints, with the allimportant razor sharp black Belfast humour as a navigational tool. Admission - £6 at door.

Má tá drama amháin le feiceáil agat i mbliana, gabh chuig an ceann seo, an dráma is greannmhaire dá bhfacthas le fada an lá ach a bhfuil doimhneacht agus briseadh croí ann chomh maith. Is tour de force aisteoireachta é A Night with George ag Donna O’Connor. Ná caill é ar ór nó ar airgead

August Féile 30th July - 8th August 2010

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Dé Satharn 29 Bealtaine

Saturday 29th May

Neil Delamere Supported by Bernard O’Shea

Compere: Seamus Carabine

Bank Square Marquee, Doors 8pm

Best known as the star of RTE’s The Republic of Telly,The Panel and BBC’s Blame Game, Irish comedian Neil Delamere performs his current show, Bookmarks. Life is just a series of bookmarks – the events that highlight how far we’ve come and how far we’ve left to go.They could be anything, weddings, funerals, charges being dropped even facing your fears (don’t). Delamere began his career in 1999 at the Edinburgh Festival. Since then he has worked for both RTE and the BBC, and has also featured on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow back in 2009. Support comes from Bernard O’Shea, one half of TJ and TJ on Today FM’s The Last Word. Bernard O'Shea is a fizzing, iridescent ball of sheer energy; a fast-talking, fastthinking comedian who invigorates a room with his presence. Tickets £10, available from all Féile outlets. Bar until 1am. Sponsored by Tennents.

Cruthúnas gur fíordhuine é Neil Delamere, chan puipéad nach mbíonn le feiceáil ach ar an teilifís amháin - a bheas sa seó seo. Tá Neil ar na daoine is greannmhaire sa tír mar a léirigh sé ar The Republic of Telly agus The Panel ar RTE agus fiú amháin ar The Blame Game de chuid an BBC. Bernard O’Shea a bheas mar thacaíocht (más cuí an focal) ag Neil.

Radio www.feilefm.com Tel: 028 9024 2002

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Dé Domhnaigh 30 Bealtaine

Sunday 30th May

Paul Tonkinson

Supported by Matt Reed plus Gemma Hutton Compere: Seamus Carabine Bank Square Marquee, Doors 8pm

A much sought after comedian for live comedy shows all over the UK and internationally, Paul has presented Take the Mic for ITV,The Big Breakfast for Channel 4 and the London and Manchester Breakfast Shows for XFM. A former Time Out ‘Comedian of the Year’, he recently appeared on BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.Tonkinson has been a regular on the UK comedy circuit for over fifteen years, playing both public gigs and corporate events, and regularly taking shows to the Edinburgh Festival. Paul Tonkinson is described as “Witty and sharp” (Three Weeks) and “Excellent... extremely talented... brilliant” (Time Out). Born and bred in Sunderland, Matt's affable style has won him fans across the UK. He effortlessly plays with the crowd with a natural rapport that is found in few comics. Matt, always ready, never disappointing will always make a good gig – great! Tickets £10, available from all Féile outlets. Bar until 12am. Sponsored by Tennents.

Fear a bhfuil an-ráchairt air ar fud na cruinne is ea Paul Tonkinson. Bíonn sé go minic ar theilifís, ar raidió agus is cuairteoir rialta é ag Féile Dhún Éidinn. Sin ráite, leanann sé Manchester United! Beidh tuaisceartach (Sasanach) eile ar an seo, Matt Reed agus an bealach ar fad ó Bheannchar, Gemma Hutton.

August Féile 30th July - 8th August 2010

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