Pope Lonergan
- Stand-up comedian and writer
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British Comedy Guide launches Laughter Lounge online comedy festival
British Comedy Guide is launching Laughter Lounge, a virtual comedy festival due to run Monday 28th September until Sunday 4th October. Acts include Tom Allen, David O'Doherty and Luisa Omielan.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2020Corona and comedy's class divide
From care work to shelf-stacking, many stand-ups have taken up jobs to survive lockdown - highlighting how privilege has created a two-tier system in comedy.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 26th May 2020Pope Lonergan talks drugs, death and dementia
"It's about turning base functions into something of worth."
Blizzard Comedy, 27th October 2019Slaughtered at the Abattoir: Episode 6
Copstick is back at Surgeons' Hall chatting to Martha McBrier, Darcie Silver, Pope Lonergan and Lisa Frischemeier about 'hard topics' in comedy.
Kate Copstick, Broadway Baby, 17th August 2019British Comedy Guide's top tips
The British Comedy Guide team selects the best Edinburgh Fringe shows they've seen so far in preview.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd August 2019Pope Lonergan: the Edinburgh interviews 2019
Interview with Pope Lonergan.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 23rd July 2019Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Pope Lonergan
Comedian Pope Lonergan is the mastermind behind the recent The Care Home Tour.
Beyond The Joke, 3rd September 2018Where stand-up and Alcoholics Anonymous meet
Late afternoon in a dark, intimate room in London and people are sharing their experiences of addiction. Alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, sex and love, their raw pain and degradation revealed to strangers. But there's laughter too.
Jay Richardson, i Newspaper, 11th June 2018