Galway Comedy Festival, Comedy Acts Page 1
AIDAN BISHOP
New Yorker Aidan Bishop began his comedy career appearing at NY Comedy Club and Stand Up New York. Now resident MC of the International Comedy Club in Dublin and has appeared at many venues in the UK and Ireland including Vicar Street and The Laughter Lounge in Dublin, The Empire in Belfast, The Stand in Edinburgh and The Comedy Store in London. He has also performed at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival, the Letterkenny Comedy Festival and hosted the International Comedy Club stage at Electric Picnic.
DES BISHOP
Firmly established as a major force on Ireland’s comedy circuit, this native New Yorker has become a firm favourite with comedy fans in Ireland and beyond. He has conquered Irish TV with The Des Bishop Work Experience and Joy in the Hood (RTE). Other TV credits include RTE’s Don’t Feed The Gondola’s (RTE), The Empire Laughs Back (BBC2) and the X-It File with Colin Murphy (RTE).
“Bishop’s grip on an audience is instant and unshakeable, partly down to whirlwind energy and physical charisma, and partly down to sheer volume” - Hot Press
BARRY CASTAGNOLA
Barry Castagnola has been performing stand-up in the UK and internationally since the late Nineties - when he blagged his way onto the stage at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. He has appeared in Experimental (Channel 4) and presented The YES/NO Gameshow on the Bravo channel. He has performed at The Melbourne Comedy Festival, Glastonbury and The Reading Festival. He has appeared on The Stand Up Show (BBC), was the presenter and hidden camera performer for the YES/NO Gameshow (Mastmedia for Bravo) and is an accomplished writer for top comedy shows in the UK.
