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One of irelands busiest comedians, Ian is a regular on the world comedy circuit
having played to packed houses at the Edinburgh, Melbourne, Montreal, Just For
Laughs, Galway, Electric Picnic, Glasgow, Dublin, Adelaide and Wellington Comedy
Festivals.
Ian is also one of a handful of acts who has been invited back year after year
to perform at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival since 1995 and has
performed throughout Europe, the Middle and Far East.
A regular on all the major stages in Ireland and the UK, Ian has also appeared
as a support act for Ardal O’Hanlon on his UK tour and Pat Shortt on his Irish
tour, including 7 sell-out weeks in Dublin’s Vicar Street. Ian has also appeared
on The Panel live tour 2008 and in 2007 had 250,000 copies of his CD distributed
in The News Of The World.
A noted improviser, Ian is a co-founder of the Dublin Comedy Improv (1992),
where he still performs every Monday night in Dublins International Bar, which
is Irelands second longest running comedy club. The Dubin Comedy Improv have
recorded two hit radio shows for RTÉ.
Ian is also a regular guest with the world famous comedy store players
performing alongside Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Josie Lawrence and many
members of Whose Line Is It Anyway. Ian has also toured Australia, New Zealand,
the Middle and Far East as Whose Line Is It Anyway, with the original
performers. The only improviser to have been invited to perform at every Cat
Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny since 1995, Ian has improvised alongside some
of the great improvisers in the world.