Ed Byrne
- 52 years old
- Irish
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Ed Byrne: 'Our London neighbours communicated by yelling. We had to move'
The Irish comedian now makes his own cider and keeps chickens in his countryside home - but his veg patch has seen better days.
Angela Wintle, The Times, 13th July 2023Assembly announces more Edinburgh Fringe shows
Assembly Festival has announced over 100 shows for its 2023 programme.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2023Frankie Boyle returns to Edinburgh Fringe
David O'Doherty, Ed Byrne and Reginald D Hunter also join Assembly line-up
Chortle, 23rd March 2023Ed Byrne announces Tragedy Plus Time tour
Ed Byrne has announced Tragedy Plus Time, a new stand-up show he will tour between September and December 2023. The show will see the comic "mine the most tragic event in his life for laughs".
British Comedy Guide, 6th March 2023Cancer survivor thanks Ed Byrne for 'life saving' joke
A woman who discovered she had bowel cancer after watching comedian Ed Byrne's stand-up show has thanked him for his "life-saving joke".
BBC, 3rd December 2022Derry Girls stars drive World's Most Dangerous Roads for Dave
Dave has revived World's Most Dangerous Roads, with pairings in eight hour-long episodes including Derry Girls stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, stand-ups Ed Gamble and Lou Sanders, Joe Wilkinson and Zoe Lyons, Suzi Ruffell and Maisie Adam, Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, Darren Harriott and Ria Lina, as well as Lara Ricote with Stephen Mangan and Will Mellor with Leigh Francis.
British Comedy Guide, 7th November 2022Ed Byrne honours brother's dying wish by playing 'Disco Inferno' at his cremation
The stand-up comic said his brother Paul, who passed away with Hodgkin's lymphoma, wanted to 'roll into the flames' to The Trammps' classic.
The Irish Mirror, 28th July 2022Brighton Comedy Garden announces 2022 line-up
Brighton's Comedy Garden is to return this summer with headliners Simon Amstell, Stewart Lee, Adam Buxton, Dylan Moran, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
Chortle, 13th April 2022Comics on that Oscars slap
Four seasoned stand-ups - Ed Byrne, Zoe Lyons, Dane Baptiste and Shaparak Khorsandi - all with the comic's dread of hosting awards shows, on what to do when a gig goes very wrong - and how they might have reacted.
Stephen Armstrong, The Guardian, 31st March 2022Jimmy Carr had the most streamed stand-up special of 2021
Jimmy Carr had the most-streamed UK stand-up special in this country last year. The top 10 also featured Russell Howard, James Acaster, Ricky Gervais and Michael McIntyre.
British Comedy Guide, 31st January 2022