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Des Bishop returns to 3Olympia Theatre on Wednesday 26th & Friday 28th February 2025 with his new show ‘Lately’.
Due to demand, he has announced a third show on Thursday 27th February 2025!
The world has changed, Ireland has changed and Des’s life has changed … A LOT. ‘Lately’ is a hilarious, in your face standup show that talks about all this and more as Des tried to make sense of all the changes in his life and all our lives.
Tickets priced from €35.90 including booking fee & €1.50 restoration levy go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 15th January with Ticketmaster Ireland
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Since moving from Queens, New York to Ireland in his mid teens, Des Bishop has carved out a highly successful career in stand up and is one of the most enigmatic forces on the international comedy circuit. He has a number of acclaimed television series on RTÉ including The Des Bishop Work Experience (2004), Joy in the Hood (2006), the award winning six episode comedy documentary series In the Name of the Fada (2008) and most recently, Des Bishop’s Election (2016). In 2011, RTÉ broadcast a critically acclaimed documentary made with his terminally ill father, My Dad Was Nearly James Bond .
In 2014 Des spent a year living in China learning Mandarin, as depicted in the six part documentary series broadcast on RTÉ, Des Bishop: Breaking China.
Des has released five stand-up DVDs including Des Bishop Live (2005), Tongues (2008) and Desfunctional (2009) and Made in China (2015) which all secured top ten positions. Des has also written two stage plays, Rap Éire and Shooting Gallery, in collaboration with Arthur Riordan. His first book, My Dad Was Nearly James Bond, a family memoir, was published by Penguin in October 2011.
As well as national and international tours, Des has performed at a variety of international festivals including the Montreal Just for Laughs and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as well as at Kilkenny Cat Laughs and the Vodafone Comedy Festival in Dublin.
Thu 27th Feb 2025 Show Doors 7pm Extra Dates Wed 26th Feb 2025 Show Doors 7pm Low Availability
Fri 28th Feb 2025
Show
Doors 7pm
Sold Out Approximate stage times will be posted here once we receive them from production.
The fees for this event include a €1.50 restoration levy.
The restoration levy will allow 3Olympia Theatre to invest in maintaining and enhancing the theatre to ensure that it continues to consistently deliver the highest quality experience for theatre goers, actors, performers & producers.
Under 14's must be accompanied by an adult. Over 18's ID required to gain access to the bars where alcohol is served.
Please note, due to the nature of this show, parental discretion would be advised for younger patrons.
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