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Dara O Briain
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain

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

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Dara O Briain announces new tour: So... Where Were We?

At the end of his last tour, Dara had performed the show Voice Of Reason 180 times, over two years across 20 countries, from Auckland to Reykjavik, from Moscow to New York; and by March 2020 he was ready for a break! He would now like to apologise for saying that and will never wish for anything like that again.

Off The Kerb, 25th October 2021

Stand Up For Shelter 2021 review

As unexpected guests go, Michael McIntyre is quite the coup.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th October 2021

Live at the Globe with Dara O Briain review

The Mock The Week man clearly enjoys his turn on the prestige stage, and Jen Brister, Athena Kugblenu and Nina Conti are able supporting players.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th September 2021

Big name comics pull out of Comedy in the Park gig

Comedians Russell Kane, Judi Love, Rob Beckett and Dara O Briain have announced they will not take part in next year's Comedy in the Park gigs taking place at venues across the country including Wicksteed Park.

Kate Cronin, Northampton Chronicle, 20th August 2021

Dara O Briain to host Channel 4 quiz

Dara O Briain is to host One & Six Zeros, a Channel 4 quiz show in which contestants can win a million pounds.

British Comedy Guide, 16th August 2021

St Albans Comedy Garden review

St Albans has become the latest city to get a big-name Comedy Garden festival, following similar events in Bristol, Brighton and Greenwich. More excitingly, this run of impressive open-air gigs is the first the organisers have staged in well over a year not to have any form of Covid restrictions.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd August 2021

TV review: Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Dave

Davies is the perfect host because he doesn't do much. But that's a skill in itself - and he always has plenty of stories up his sleeve if the conversation calls for them.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th July 2021

Salisbury gets its first comedy festival

Salisbury is to stage its first comedy festival - a day-long outdoor event headlined by Frankie Boyle and Dara O Briain.

Chortle, 25th May 2021

St Albans gets its own Comedy Garden festival

Dara O Briain, Sara Pascoe, Alan Davies, Tom Allen and Aisling Bea are among the big names who will be playing the St Albans Comedy Garden.

Chortle, 23rd April 2021

Dara O Briain reveals search for his birth mother

The 48-year-old spoke publicly for the first time about his adoption at an early age on Wednesday evening, at The Irish Times Winter Nights festival.

BBC, 28th January 2021

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