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Dara O Briain
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain

  • 53 years old
  • Irish
  • Stand-up comedian and writer

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Dara O Briain extends his tour

Dara O Briain has added new dates to his latest tour due to demand. The Taskmaster star's So... Where Were We? tour has now been extended well into 2023 with new UK dates and also dates in Norway, The Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Cyprus and Germany.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th November 2022

Line up announced for Lost Voice Guy's Christmas Comedy Club on ITV

Lee Ridley's guests on the night include ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, comedians Josie Long and Dara O Briain and freestyle rapper and comedian Abandoman.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th November 2022

What the end of Mock The Week means for TV satire

Co-creator Dan Patterson & host Dara O Briain reflect on 17 years of headline-based comedy, and what lies ahead for the political panel show.

Heather Fallon, Broadcast, 4th November 2022

Dara​ O Briain: So... Where Were We? review

Given its seismic global impact, it's no surprise that the Covid pandemic simulated so much stand-up, good and bad. For Dara O Briain, lockdown's shrinking horizons compelled him to look inward for inspiration, writing a more personal show than he's ever presented before.

Chortle, 27th October 2022

How Mock The Week launched the UK's brightest comedy stars

Since it smashed onto our screens in 2005, the panel show with a mildly terrifying reputation has become one of the best incubators for emerging comedy talent. As the final episode airs, Isobel Lewis speaks to host Dara Ó Briain and some of the series' biggest stars about how Mock The Week overcame that 'elbows out' atmosphere and what the BBC can offer new comedians going forward.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 20th October 2022

Live review: Dara O Briain, Eventim Apollo, W6

Dara O Briain hits the ground running in his latest show, So...Where Were We? Or maybe that should be limping. He arrives onstage brandishing a stick which helps to illustrate a story about his knackered kneecap.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th October 2022

Dara O Briain review: the Mock The Week man gets intimate

Fine crowd-work, choice joke-writing and a standout set-piece about the comedian's Kafkaesque efforts to trace his birth parents.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th October 2022

Dara Ó Briain, Touring review

He lands on a wide range of subjects, going off at tangents and delivering flights of fancy.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 15th October 2022

TV review: Taskmaster Series 14, Episode 2, C4

The pace is hotting up in the current series of Taskmaster with the relative competitive edges of the contestants - Fern Brady, Dara O Briain, John Kearns, Sarah Millican and Munya Chawawa - starting to show.A

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2022

TV review: Taskmaster Series 14, C4

I just hope Fern Brady, in a very tight one piece superhero suit, manages to get to the loo when she needs it. And I don't mean the unplumbed one in the Gatwick south terminal.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th September 2022

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