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A Stand Up Comedy show for Dublin Lunar New Year Festival at the International Bar, the home of Irish comedy Join us for a late afternoon stand-up comedy special in the historic International Bar, in celebration of Dublin Lunar New Year Festival 2026! Hosted by Sharon Mannion (of The Comedy…
A Stand Up Comedy show for Dublin Lunar New Year Festival at the International Bar, the home of Irish comedy
Join us for a late afternoon stand-up comedy special in the historic International Bar, in celebration of Dublin Lunar New Year Festival 2026!
Hosted by Sharon Mannion (of The Comedy Cellar, Ireland’s longest-running stand-up comedy club) and featuring up-and-coming acts plus some very special ‘Year of the Horse’ themed comedy!
(Over 18’s event)
More about the acts!
SHARON MANNION
‘Brilliant, mischievous, catch her while you can!’ – Neil Delamere
‘Turbo-charged – started at fever pitch and stayed there’ – Evening Standard, London
‘There she is now, the talented wench’ – Deirdre O’Kane
‘Fabulous and hilarious’ – Rosie O’Donnell
Sharon Mannion is best known for her role as ‘Concepta’ in the RTE2/UKTV hit comedy, ‘Bridget & Eamon’. She is resident host of The Comedy Cellar at the International Bar, the longest running comedy club in Ireland and is currently touring the country with her solo show Jukebox Donkey’ following the success of ‘Sharondipity’
She has been tour support for Deirdre O’Kane on her national tour ‘O’Kaning It’ as well as for Rosie O’Donnell on ‘Common Knowledge’
She performs as a stand up at clubs and festivals all over Ireland and the UK including The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival – Kilkenny, Paddy Power Comedy Festival – Iveagh Gardens Dublin, Vodafone Comedy Carnival, Galway and more.
FILM/TV credits include ‘Bad Sisters 2’ (Merman Pictures/Apple TV) ‘Small Town Big Story’ (Sky TV), ‘Aisha’, ‘Michael Inside’ (Pathway Films, directed by Frank Berry), ‘Republic of Telly’, ‘Irish Pictorial Weekly’ (RTE), ‘Damo & Ivor’ (RTE), ‘Prosperity’ (RTE, directed by Lenny Abrahamson), ‘Roy’ (BBC) and more.
KEVIN GILDEA
‘Highly original and Explosively funny’. – The Sunday Times
He’s one of the most daring and committed comedians at work right now. Brave, unafraid and compelling…..and very, very funny.’ – Tommy Tiernan
‘Comedy on another level.’ – The Irish Times
Kevin has gigged all over Britain and Ireland and the rest of the known world – from Singapore to Sligo. He’s headlined gigs in Johannesburg and Cape Town and regularly plays all the major comedy festivals in Ireland – The Electric Picnic, ATN, The Paddy Power Comedy Festival in the Iveagh Gardens, The Galway Comedy Festival, Kilkenomics and etc. He is a regular at The Edinburgh Comedy Festival.
MEGA MAX METHOD with DAVE COFFEY & MARK CANTAN
The MegaMax Method is going to change your life! TJ Wolf and Patsy Flan are more than just motivational speakers; they’re hopivational shouters. Together they have come up with a guide to successfulnessity that draws on the wisdom of the Maya, the philosophical writings of Jerry Bruckheimer and the mutterings of a man they met in Rick’s Burgers at 2am who really needed the toilet. In this hyper-seminar they’re going to pass that knowledge on to your enfeebled minds so that you can join them in becoming maximised individuals capable of megafying your whole lives. Come. Experience. Be.
Mark Cantan and Dave Coffey are writer-actor-improvisers from Dublin. Together they
also produce the comedy improv podcast Welcome Back.