John Colleary hits City Limits Comedy Club this Saturday 30th August.

Born in Sligo and based in Dublin, coming comic John Colleary is a familiar face on the Irish comedy scene making regular appearances at The International, The Comedy Cellar, and The Capital Comedy Club in Dublin and a host of venues throughout the country.

“The familiar cheeky wit of John Colleary guided an expectant audience through an evening of tear-inducing laughter.”
– The Weekender

The show kicks off at 9pm and tickets are available now at €18. To be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets for Saturday night’s show, just send your name in an email to competitions@corkgigs.com with the subject “John Colleary”.
Competition closes midnight Thursday 28th.

More about John Colleary:

Being resident MC on a monthly basis at Craic in the Box, Sligo, Leitrim Laugh, Carrick-on-Shannon, and Last Laugh at Roscommon Arts Centre, John has honed his comedic skills appearing with every top act in the country and beyond including; Jason Byrne, Des Bishop, Colin Murphy, Barry Murphy, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere ,Karl Spain to name but a few.

“Craic in the Box gets it right”
– The Scene

A “quick-fire, think-on-his feet comedian”, John has gigged all over Ireland appearing at City Limits, Cork, Cuba, Galway, and Dolans, Limerick, not to mention having appeared three times at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs…twice at the Comedy Carnival at the Iveagh Gardens..and it has been reported that Colleary was seen twice at the Edinburgh Festival.

“John Colleary delivered what can only be described as a flawless set”
– GO Belfast

John also has some TV work to his credit having appeared in the first series of Naked Camera also showed up in the comedy showcase One Night Stand (BBC2)..most recently John contributed to and starred in the exciting C4 Comedy Lab pilot Headwreckers.

However it’s the world of radio where John has performed most consistently since 2006 by being one half of wacky cop duo (with fellow comic Bernard O’Shea) TJ & TJ on The Last Word on Today FM, neatly showcasing his talent for accents and impersonations which also form the basis of his live work.

“The future of Irish comedy in good hands.”
– Comedy Times, London

Also on Saturday night – MC Jason Coughlan, plus support.

Jason Coughlan is an up and coming stand up (a stand up guy) from Ireland, His off the cuff playful style, combined with his fine storytelling has one over many audiences in all the top clubs on the Irish circuit.To date Jason has performed in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and as far away as Austin Texas.

Jason was asked to perform at the Green party convention. Currently the resident compere in City limits comedy club Cork since May 06. A co presenter on The Friday night show on Corks 96fm. More recently Jason has worked as the warm up act on The Saturday night show with Miriam O’Callaghan which airs on RTE1.