Aideen McQueen at The Comedy Lounge

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Come joins us at The Kildrought Lounge on Saturday 5th April. Featuring Aideen McQueen, with support from Becky Cheatle, Dan Stephens, Ally Ryan and Breda Hegarty. Your MC for the evening will be The Comedy Lodge's own Stephen Robert-Walters.

Aideen McQueen is one of the brightest sparks in the new generation of Irish comics. She’s sassy, sexy, saucy and side-splittingly funny.

Aideen appears regularly on RTE, TG4, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 4. She is one of the resident comperes at the world famous International Comedy Club in Dublin and has appeared alongside Sean Hughes, Reginald D Hunter, Ardal O’ Hanon, Dylan Moran, Johnny Vegas, Phil Kay and Frankie Boyle.

She has performed at many festivals including The Vodafone Comedy Festival,The Electric Picnic Festival and Prague Comedy Festival. In 2019 she had two sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

IG: @comedymcqueen

Becky Cheatle is a rising star of the Irish comedy scene, however her 50 years spent as a man received mixed reviews. She’s performed in Dublin Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Paddy Power Comedy Festival and was a semifinalist in the UK’s LGBTQ+ Comedian Of The Year contest.

Dan Stephens won Ireland's Next Top Comic 2024 at the Legendary Ha'penny Inn Comedy Club. He then supported Joe Dowlin in Liberty Hall, as well as doing shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, then headlining several sold out shows in Florida in November later that year. He is steadily becoming a regular on the Irish Stand Up Comedy scene and has performed with David McSavage, and Father Ted legends Joe Rooney and Pat McDonnell.

He is also the host of the podcast "The Truth is In There"

Ally Ryan is a fresh faced (not botox I promise) comedian from Dublin. They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit and Ally is the lowest of the low. With a biting wit and a penchant for filthy jokes, Ally has taken the stage at Paddy Power Comedy festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and reached the semi finals of the international Funny Women Competition in 2023. "

Breda Hegarty, having grown up in the middle of nowhere in West Cork, she remains slightly feral but has learned to communicate through the medium of comedy.

She has performed in many of the top comedy clubs in Ireland and was the winner of DICFF Comedian of the Year 2024 and Bray New Act 2025.

She has supported and performed alongside many well known acts such as Colin Murphy, Fred Cooke, Killian Sunderman, Emma Doran, John Colleary and many more.

A trained actor, she has played a mad woman, sad woman, abandoned woman and dismayed woman, in hindsight she probably didn’t need the acting classes.

In her stand up Breda shares her hysterical failings as a woman and as a human in general, which will no doubt leave you laughing and squeezing out a little pee, while also making you feel better about your own life!

Stephen Robert-Walters is one of the longest names in Irish comedy. A voice actor by day, a comedian by night, Stephen will do anything in his power to avoid an honest day's work. Performing some of the best clubs throughout Ireland, the UK, such as The Comedy Store, Angel Comedy, Just the Tonic, and Backyard Comedy in the UK, and The Craic Den, Cherry Comedy, and Hawkswell Theatre in Ireland.

Stephen recently performed at Top Secret Comedy Club, London as part of a new act showcase featuring 5 of the best up and coming comedians from the UK and Ireland. He has also been lucky enough to share the stage with some heavyweight names on the comedy circuit including Kevin McGahern, Emma Doran, John Colleary, and the legendary Ardal O'Hanlon.