Craic Den Comedy Club @ Workman’s Club – Kevin Gildea, Aidan Greene + Special Guest!
Event Date:
18 January, 2024
Event Time:
8:30 pm
Event Location:
Workman
THURSDAY 18TH JANUARY
Doors 8pm / Show at 8:30pm
Craic Den Comedy Club brings the best Irish and international comedians to the stage every week in Dublin city. As seen on their acclaimed TV show on Virgin Media, The Craic Den will deliver you a medicinal dose of laughs all evening long.
Kevin Gildea
Kevin Gildea is a comedian, writer, award winning playwright, interviewer, Irish Times book reviewer and potential novelist. Kevin has gigged all over Britain and Ireland and the rest of the known world – from Singapore to Sligo. He’s headlined gigs in Johannesburg and Cape Town and regularly plays all the major comedy festivals in Ireland – The Electric Picnic, ATN, The Vodafone Comedy Festival in the Iveagh Gardens, The Galway Comedy Festival, Kilkenomics
As a TV art’s reporter he has interviewed – amongst others – Terry Gilliam, Will Self, Eddie Izzard, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
‘Highly original and Explosively funny’ The Sunday Times
He’s one of the most daring and committed comedians at work right now. Brave, unafraid and compelling…..and very, very funny.’ Tommy Tiernan
‘Comedy on another level.’ The Irish Times
Aidan Greene
Aidan Greene is undoubtedly Ireland’s foremost stammering comedian. Since stuttering his way into comedy in 2010 he’s become a regular in comedy clubs across Ireland. Along with this he has become a regular at every major Irish comedy festival including the Vodafone Comedy Festival, Longitude, Indiependance and The Cat Laughs. He had a sold out run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his show (500) Days of Stammer, a one man show about stammering and falling in love. The show was performed to acclaim in Dublin, Galway, Albuquerque, and Montreal. In 2018 he returned to the Fringe with another sell out show “Stutter Island”. In 2019 he returned with two sell out show “Eternal Sunshine of the Stammering Man” and “Did I Stutter”
As well as a comedian Aidan is also an accomplished storyteller. In 2016 he was runner up in the Moth Grand Slam in Dublin. His story The Early Days of Stammer was featured on the Moth Radio Hour and was broadcast on over 400 radio stations globally, to a listenership of over 30 million. In October 2017, he was invited to speak at National Stammering Awareness Day in Dublin about being a stuttering performer.
“Aidan Greene clearly has a talent for comedy, and harnessing his gift has given him an authentic edge” Deadline News
PLUS SPECIAL GUEST!
Your host for the evening:
Eddie Mullarkey
Eddie is an established comic at all of Ireland’s major comedy clubs and festivals. Known for his cheeky and seductive wit, Eddie has toured internationally and has just finished a sell out run at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe with his show ‘An Irish Solution to an Irish Problem’.
“Mullarkey has a warmth in his eyes that gives away his compassionate wit.” Mumble
WORKMAN’S CLUB, 10 WELLINGTON QUAY, Dublin 2, D02 VX36
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* Please arrive before the show start time (8:30pm). Late arrivals may have to stand up the back or be refused entry.
** Refund Policy: refunds will be granted up until the day of the event. Refunds will not be given if applied for on the day of the event (Unless otherwise stated) however can be swapped for another date if permitted.
***Lineups Subject to change.