Al Porter & Barry Murphy & Ian Coppinger - Dalkey - Nov 5
About this show
Dún Laoghaire Comedy Festival performs live at The Queens Bar in Dalkey on Thursday, 5 Nov 2026.
Dún Laoghaire Comedy Festival, sponsored by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, returns this November for its fifth year — bigger and better than ever. Dún Laoghaire Comedy Festival announces a great night of comedy with Barry Murphy & David McSavage Barry Murphy: Barry Murphy's German alter ego, Gunter, is as laugh-a-loud funny as it is satirical. He deserves to be bigger than Riverdance and The Corrs put together" - Irish Times Since starting the Comedy Cellar in 1988 Barry has performed in New York, San Francisco, Kansas, Shanghai, Prague, Berlin, Stuttgart, The Edinburgh festival and all over the UK. A regular at the Galway, Dublin and Cork comedy festivals - He is the only comedian to have performed at every Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival since 1995“One of the 10 Kings of Irish Comedy in the last 20 years” - HOT PRESSS Al Porter is one of few Irish comics ever nominated for a Perrier Award (like Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran before him) Al’s 2023/24 show “Now” was critically acclaimed with reviews like, “Gloriously upbeat! No self pity… Irrepressible stand up storytelling (Chortle ★★★★) and ★★★★ “Dazzling…Brilliant and very funny” (The Scotsman) Ian Coppinger One of Ireland’s 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 have been invited back year after year to perform at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival since 1995 and he has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East and Far East. DETAILS Date: Thur, Nov 5th Showtime: 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) Venue: The Queens Pub Tickets: €25 + booking fee THE SMALL PRINT This is a seated gig. Seats are first come, first served. All shows are rated 18+ Not wheelchair accessible. No refunds allowed No recording the show
Dún Laoghaire Comedy Festival performs live at The Queens Bar in Dalkey on Thursday, 5 Nov 2026.
Dún Laoghaire Comedy Festival, sponsored by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, returns this November for its fifth year — bigger and better than ever. Dún Laoghaire Comedy Festival announces a great night of comedy with Barry Murphy & David McSavage Barry Murphy: Barry Murphy's German alter ego, Gunter, is as laugh-a-loud funny as it is satirical. He deserves to be bigger than Riverdance and The Corrs put together" - Irish Times Since starting the Comedy Cellar in 1988 Barry has performed in New York, San Francisco, Kansas, Shanghai, Prague, Berlin, Stuttgart, The Edinburgh festival and all over the UK. A regular at the Galway, Dublin and Cork comedy festivals - He is the only comedian to have performed at every Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival since 1995“One of the 10 Kings of Irish Comedy in the last 20 years” - HOT PRESSS Al Porter is one of few Irish comics ever nominated for a Perrier Award (like Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran before him) Al’s 2023/24 show “Now” was critically acclaimed with reviews like, “Gloriously upbeat! No self pity… Irrepressible stand up storytelling (Chortle ★★★★) and ★★★★ “Dazzling…Brilliant and very funny” (The Scotsman) Ian Coppinger One of Ireland’s 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 have been invited back year after year to perform at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival since 1995 and he has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East and Far East. DETAILS Date: Thur, Nov 5th Showtime: 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) Venue: The Queens Pub Tickets: €25 + booking fee THE SMALL PRINT This is a seated gig. Seats are first come, first served. All shows are rated 18+ Not wheelchair accessible. No refunds allowed No recording the show