FRIDAY 16TH MAY
Doors 7pm / Show at 7.30pm SHARP
The Craic Den Comedy Club brings the best Irish and international comedians to the stage every week in Dublin city. As seen on their acclaimed TV show on Virgin Media and millions of views on social media, the Craic Den guarantees a night full of laughter and unforgettable comedy.
Patrick McDonnell
Patrick McDonnell is an Irish comedy legend. He has starred in pretty much every hit Irish comedy show on TV. The outrageous RTÉ hidden camera Naked Camera, Moone Boy, Don't Feed The Gondolas, The Young Offenders and the sketch show Stew. However he is probably best remembered at home and abroad for his role as Eoin McLove in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.
Patrick features heavily and co-wrote sketches in The Savage Eye He also is the co-host of the podcast "Talking Ted" from the HeadStuff Podcast Network.
Ian Coppinger
One of Ireland’s busiest comedians Ian is a regular on the world comedy circuit having played to packed houses at the Edinburgh, Melbourne, Montreal Just for Laughs, Galway, Electric Picnic, Glasgow, Dublin, Adelaide and Wellington comedy festivals. Ian is also one of a handful of acts who have been invited back year after year to perform at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival since 1995 and he has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East and Far East.
A regular on all the major stages in Ireland and the UK, Ian has also appeared as a support act for Ardal O’Hanlon on his UK tour and Pat Shortt on his Irish tour, including 7 sell out weeks in Dublin’s Vicar Street. Ian has also appeared on The Panel Live tour 2008 and in 2007 had 250,000 copies of his CD distributed in the news of the world.
A noted improviser, Ian is a co-founder of The Dublin Comedy Improv (1992), where he still performs every Monday night in Dublin’s International Bar, which is Ireland’s second-longest running comedy club. The Dublin Comedy Improv have recorded two hit radio shows for RTE radio. Ian is also a regular guest with the world famous Comedy Store Players performing alongside Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Josie Lawrence and many members of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Ian has also toured Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Far East as Whose Line Is It Anyway? with the original performers.
Breda Hegarty
Breda is an emerging star of Irish comedy, winner of the Best New Act 2025 at the Bray Comedy Festival and Best Comedian at the DICFF Stand up Comp, she was also a Finalist in Scorthy Smiles and The Louthest Laughs competitions in 2024.
She is quickly rising the ranks of the Irish Stand Up Comedy scene and has performed with David McSavage, Adam Bloom, John Colleary, Colin Murphy, Joe Rooney, Pat McDonnell and many more.
Having grown up in rural West Cork, she remains slightly feral but has learned to communicate through the medium of comedy. A trained actor she plays the role of Concepta in season 4 of Harry of Wild. In her stand up Breda shares her hysterical failings as a human, which will in no doubt leave you feeling a bit better about your own life!
WORKMAN’S CLUB, 10 WELLINGTON QUAY, Dublin 2, D02 VX36
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* Please arrive before the show start time (8pm). Late arrivals may be refused entry.
** Refund Policy: refunds will be granted up until the day of the event. Refunds will not be given if applied for on the day of the event (Unless otherwise stated) however can be swapped for another date if permitted.
***Lineups Subject to change.
