Fireworks and Mash has been in business since August 2012 and in that time we’ve booked well over 70 shows. From household names to the up-and-coming comedy stars of the future. See the full list of past shows below or visit all our future shows here.
2012
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Bernard O’Shea
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David O’Doherty
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Scott Capurro’s Position
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Mick Miller
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Bernard headlined Queen’s Comedy Club on Wednesday 19th September with support from Micky Bartlett. Colin Murphy was compere
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David played two shows in the White Room at the Belfast Festival on the 20th and 21st October
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Scott and David Mills brought their chat show to the Elmwood Hall at the Belfast Festival on the 20th and 21st October
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Mick Miller played the Elmwood Hall at the Belfast Festival on Tuesday the 23rd of October
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Abandoman
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Tiffany Stevenson
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Terry Alderton
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Jon Richardson
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Abandoman played the White Room at the Belfast Festival on Tuesday the 23rd of October
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Tiffany headlined Queen’s Comedy Club on Wednesday 24th October with support from Aisling Bea. Colin Murphy was compere
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Terry Alderton played Bar Sub, Queen’s Students’ Union on Thursday 25th October as part of the Belfast Festival.
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Jon Richardson played two shows at the White Room on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of October as part of the Belfast Festival.
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Ireland’s Got Mammies
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Adam Riches
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Great Unanswered Questions
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Daniel Simonsen
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Colm O’Regan brought his twitter account @irishmammies to life at the White Room on Sunday 28th of October as part of the Belfast Festival.
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Adam brought his award winning show BRING ME THE HEAD OF ADAM RICHES to the Elmwood Hall at the Belfast Festival on Monday 29th of October
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Colin brought his TV show Great Unanswered Questions to the White Room at Belfast Festival on Thursday 1st November
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Daniel headlined Queen’s Comedy Club on Wednesday 7th November with support from Jarlath Regan. Colin Murphy was compere
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Joe Lycett
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Benny Boot
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Joe Lycett Headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 21st November with support from Chris Stokes.
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Benny Boot Headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 5th December with support from Dan Nightingale.
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2013
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Tony Law
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Ardal O’Hanlon
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Kevin Gildea
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Jarred Christmas
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Tony Law brought his award winning show Maximum Nonsense, to the Black Box on the 17th January
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Ardal headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 30th January with support from Colum McDonnell and Colin Murphy
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Kevin headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 20th March with support from Foil Arms and Hog and Colin Murphy
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Jarred headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 6th March with support from Lucy Beaumont and Colin Murphy
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Keith Farnan
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Abandoman
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Adam Buxton
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Tom Stade
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Keith headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 20th March with support from Danny Dowling and Colin Murphy
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Abandoman headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 24th April with support from Joel Dommett and Colin Murphy
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Adam brought his Best of Bug show to the Odyssey Cinema as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival on Wednesday 8th May
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Tom brought his critically acclaimed Edinburgh show to Belfast on Saturday 1st June
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Q-CON XX
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Andrew Stanley
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Phil Nichol
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Gary Delaney
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Jarred Christmas and Colin Murphy performed at a special comedy night for the 20th Q-Con Festival
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Damian Clark and Andrew shared headline duties at Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 25th September with Colin Murphy
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Phil headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 9th October, plus Paddy Maguire, Ruairi Woods and compere Colin Murphy
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Gary headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 16th October with support from Steve Day and Colin Murphy
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Boothby Graffoe
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Chris Kent
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Tony Law
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Boothby headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 23rd October with support from Paul Currie and Colin Murphy
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Chris headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 6th November, plus Paddy Nat Luurtsema and compere Colin Murphy
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Tony brought his Nonsense Overdrive show to the Mandela Hall on Saturday 9th November
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2014
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Rob Rouse
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Karl Spain
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Carl Donnelly
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Mick Ferry
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Rob headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 5th February, plus FJ Murray and compere Colin Murphy
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Karl headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 12th February with local support and compere Colin Murphy
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Carl headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 19th February with local support and compere Colin Murphy
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Mick headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 5th March with local support and compere Colin Murphy
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Chortle Student Awards 2014
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Andrew Maxwell
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Little Howard’s Kid Show
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Q-CON XXI
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The 2014 Chortle Student Comedy Award Irish heat took place in the Mandela Hall on Wed 12th March
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Andrew Maxwell brought Banana Kingdom to the Mandela Hall on Thursday 27th March
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Big Howard and Little Howard brought their unique family comedy show to the Black Box for CQAF
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Damian Clark and Colin Murphy performed at a special comedy night for the 21st Q-Con Festival
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Joe Wilkinson
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Kevin McAleer
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Abandoman
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Howard Read
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Joe headlined Queen’s on the 24th of September with support from Jarlath Regan and Colin Murphy
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Kevin headlined Queen’s on 1st October plus George Firehorse and Colin Murphy
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Abandoman headlined Queen’s on the 8th of October with support from Donal Vaughan and Colin Murphy
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Howard headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 15th of October with support from Felicity Ward and Colin Murphy
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2015
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Tony Law
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Tom Stade
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Tommy Tiernan
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Phil Nichol
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Tony brought Enter the Tone Zone to the Black Box in Belfast on the 18th of January
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Tom brought Decisions Decisions to the Black Box on the 22nd of January
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Tommy headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 4th February with support from Eleanor Tiernan and Colin Murphy
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Phil headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 11th February with Alan Irwin and Colin Murphy
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Chris Kent
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Michael Redmond
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Chortle Student Awards 2015
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Jason Byrne
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Chris headlined Queen’s on Wed 18th February with Christian Talbot, Conor Keys and Colin Murphy
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Michael headlined Queen’s on Wed 25th February with Aidan Strangeman and Colin Murphy
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The 2015 Chortle Student Comedy Award Irish heat took place in Bar Sub on Wed 25th February
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Jason Byrne headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Luke McGibbon and Colin Murphy on Wednesday 6th May
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Q-CON XXII
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Ardal O’Hanlon
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Sara Pascoe
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Rob Rouse
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Abandoman headlined with George Firehorse, Matthew Collins and Colin Murphy on Friday 19th June
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Ardal headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Gearoid Farrelly and Colin Murphy on Wednesday 23rd September
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Sara headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Diane Morgan and Colin Murphy on Wednesday 30th September
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Rob headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Ruairi Woods and Colin Murphy on Wednesday 7th October
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Alun Cochrane
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Alun headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Jamali Maddix and Colin Murphy on Wednesday 14th October
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2016
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The Boy With Tape On His Face
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Ellie Taylor
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Kai Humphries
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Carl Donnelly
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Tape Face brought a best of show to the Black Box, Belfast on Sunday 10th of January as part of the OTL Festival
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Ellie headlined Queen’s Comedy with Alison Spittle, Emman Idama and Colin Murphy on Wednesday the 3rd of February
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Kai headlined Queen’s Comedy on the Wednesday 17th of February with support from Fern Brady and Colin Murphy
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Carl headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 24th of February with support from Shane Todd and Colin Murphy
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Joe Lycett
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Zoe Lyons
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Colin Murphy
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Tom Stade
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Joe brought ‘THAT’S THE WAY A-HA A-HA JOE LYCETT’ to the Mandela Hall on Friday 26th of February
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Zoe headlined Queen’s Comedy on the 2nd of March with support from Micky Bartlett and Colin Murphy
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Colin brought his solo show Artificial Hipster to the Mandela Hall on the 20th of April
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Tom brought his sold out show ‘You’re Welcome’ to the Mandela Hall on Sunday 24th April
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Abandoman
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QCON XXIII
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Chris Ramsey
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Jarred Christmas
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Abandoman brought Life + Rhymes to the Mandela Hall on the Wednesday 25th of May
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Adam Bloom headlined with support from Donal Vaughan and Colin Murphy on Friday 19th of June
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Chris Ramsey brought his tour show ‘All Growed Up’ to the Mandela Hall on Friday 1st July
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Jarred Christmas headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Colm Tyrell on Wednesday 21st September
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Lou Sanders
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Tom Stade
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Tom Rosenthal
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Andrew Maxwell
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Lou Sanders headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Steve Bennett on Wednesday 28th September
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Tom Stade headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Joanne McNally on Wednesday 5th October
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Tom Rosenthal headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Terresa Livingstone on Wednesday 12th October
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Andrew Maxwell brought Yo Contraire to the Mandela Hall on Friday 14th October
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Mark Watson
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Fred Cooke
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Mark Watson brought I’m Not Here to Bar Sub on Saturday 5th November
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Fred headlined Queen’s Comedy with support from Alan Irwin on Sunday 11th December
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2017
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Scott Gibson
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Colum McDonnell
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Foil Arms & Hog
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Shane Todd
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Scott headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 1st February with support from Sara Jade Davidson and Colin Murphy
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Colum headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 15th February with support from Alison Spittle and Colin Murphy
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Foil Arms and Hog brought Doomdah to the Mandela Hall on the 17th February
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Shane headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 1st of March with support from Aaron McCann and Colin Murphy
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Fern Brady
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Tony Law
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Kieran Hodgson
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Limmy
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Fern headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 15th March with support from Conor Keys and Colin Murphy
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Tony played the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival on the 30th April with his show A LAW UNDO HIS-ELF
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Kieran played the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival on the 4th of May with his show Maestro
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Limmy brought the SOLD OUT ‘That’s Your Lot’ to the Mandela Hall on Friday 19th May
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Limmy
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Limmy
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Q-CON XXIV
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Owen Benjamin
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Limmy brought the SOLD OUT ‘That’s Your Lot’ to the Mandela Hall on Saturday 20th May
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Limmy brought the SOLD OUT ‘That’s Your Lot’ to the Mandela Hall on Tuesday 6th June
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Rob Derring headlined Q-CON XXIV with support from Matt Collins and Colin Murphy on Friday 16th June
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Owen brought Feel My Heat to the Mandela Hall on Friday 1st of September
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Carl Donnelly
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John Lynn
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Tom Stade
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Mike Wilmot
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Carl Donnelly headlined Queen’s Comedy on 27th September with Steve Bennett and Colin Murphy
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John Lynn headlined Queen’s Comedy on 11th October with Mary Flanigan and Colin Murphy
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Tom Stade brought ‘I Swear’ to the Mandela Hall on Sunday 22nd October
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Mike Wilmot headlined Queen’s Comedy on 25th October with Terry McHugh and Colin Murphy
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Rob Rouse
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Ardal O’Hanlon
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Rob Rouse headlined Queen’s Comedy on 8th November with Laura Byrne and Colin Murphy
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Ardal O’Hanlon headlined Queen’s Comedy on 22nd November with Joanne McNally and Colin Murphy
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2018
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Abandoman
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Damian Clark
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Fern Brady
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Jason Byrne
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Abandoman headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 17th January with support from Ger Staunton and Colin Murphy
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Damian headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wed 31st January with support from Aine Gallagher, Matthew Collins and Colin Murphy
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Fern headlined Queen’s Comedy on Wednesday 28th February with support from Alison Spittle and Colin Murphy
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Jason headlined the last ever Queen’s Comedy on Wed 7th of March with support from Chris Kent and Colin Murphy
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Richard Herring
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Limmy
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Limmy
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Joe Lycett
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Richard brought his tour show ‘Oh Frig I’m 50’ to the Mandela Hall on 6th April 2018
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Limmy brought ‘Limmy’s Vines’ to the Mandela Hall on Saturday 5th of May 2018
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Limmy brought ‘Limmy’s Vines’ to the Mandela Hall on Sunday 6th of May 2018
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Joe brought ‘I’m about to lose control and I think Joe Lycett’ to the Whitla Hall on the 14th June 2018
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Q-Con XXV
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Adam Buxton
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Abandoman headlined the 25th Q-Con with support from Alison Spittle and Colin Murphy
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Adam Buxton brought his BUG David Bowie special to the Whitla Hall on Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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2019
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Foil Arms & Hog
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Foil Arms & Hog
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David O’Doherty
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David O’Doherty
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Foil Arms & Hog brought Craicling to the Whitla Hall on Friday 25th January
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Foil Arms & Hog brought a sold out Craicling to the Whitla Hall on Saturday 26th January
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David O’Doherty brought a sold out You Have To Laugh to the Whitla Hall on Saturday 9th February
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David O’Doherty brought You Have To Laugh to the Whitla Hall on Sunday 10th February
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