British Comedy Guide
Jason Byrne
Jason Byrne

Jason Byrne

  • 52 years old
  • Irish
  • Actor and stand-up comedian

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Jason Byrne splits from wife

Demands of touring are blamed.

Chortle, 12th August 2018

Who to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2018?

Want to catch the show everyone's talking about this Edinburgh Fringe?

Harriet Flook, The Mirror, 27th July 2018

Stars join Edinburgh Fringe Prom Nht

Comedy duo Max and Ivan have added six more of Edinburgh's finest acts to their stellar line-up of comedians taking part in this year's epic Festival finale.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th June 2018

15 Fringe comedy shows you should book now

August may feel a lifetime away, but it won't be long until Edinburgh Festival and Fringe season rolls around.

Alex Watson, Edinburgh Evening News, 19th June 2018

Leicester Comedy Festival review: UK Pun Championships

Eight comedians battled to be named UK Pun Champion.

Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 13th February 2018

Review: UK Pun Championships Final

#UKPunday, founded by the Leicester Comedy Festival, has become a fixture in the social media calender. This year wordplay-based tweets notched up over 100 million impressions during the day. That's a lorra lorra lols. And sometimes during the final of the UK Pun Championships one did feel the best gags had already been hashtag cracked.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th February 2018

The best - and the worst - from the UK Pun Championship

Welcome to the punderdome! In what's taken off as a great marketing gimmick - with #ukpunday trending across Twitter yesterday - eight pun-dits gather at the Leicester Comedy Festival for the closest that word nerds get to sports. One-on-one in a boxing ring they exchange pun-ches in a bid to take the UK Pun Championship.

Chortle, 13th February 2018

Jason Byrne interview

The Irish comedian shares his thoughts on flowers, Full Metal Jacket and fire extinguishers.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 20th October 2017

My comedy hero: Rob Broderick on Jason Byrne

As adlibbing rap duo Abandoman take their Life + Rhymes across the UK, Rob Broderick picks another Irish improviser as his comic idol.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 6th October 2017

Audible offers 12 free stand-up shows

Audible has released for free a collection of 12 shows of stand-up they recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Stars include Ed Gamble, Mark Watson and Angela Barnes.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd October 2017

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