Tommy Tiernan

Round-up of 2011: Comedy

Tim Key, Tommy Tiernan, Stephen Merchant, Luke Wright and Jerry Sadowitz make our laugh-list

Tim Key Having netted Edinburgh’s big fat award for comedy in 2009, the former Coward blasted back in August with an absolute corker of a show. Masterslut was a masterclass of interactive improv raised to glorious levels by the most memorable use of a…

Best of 2011: Comedy

The best comedy shows of 2011, including Tim Key, Tommy Tiernan, Stephen Merchant, Luke Wright and J

Tim Key Having netted Edinburgh’s big fat award for comedy in 2009, the former Coward blasted back in August with an absolute corker of a show. Masterslut was a masterclass of interactive improv raised to glorious levels by the most memorable use of a…

The best comedy DVDs to give as Christmas presents in 2011

Tim Vine, Tommy Tiernan and Richard Herring among highlights

What does it say about America that ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is among that nation’s top earning comedians? In 2009, Forbes.com placed him third behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, having banked an estimated $30m. In response, an astonished Dunham…

Best comedy gigs of 2010 in Scotland

Bo Burnham, Tommy Tiernan, Stewart Francis, Jenny Eclair, Stewart Lee

Bo Burnham After receiving top marks from both The Guardian and The Independent, little Bo Burnham really needed to be taken down a peg or three. Yet, the uber-talented wee tyke simply got on with his job and showed what a prospective comedy superstar…

Comedy DVDs round up - The best and worst

The verdict on DVDs from Richard Herring, Greg Giraldo, Tommy Tiernan and Kevin Bridges

The former Popworld and Never Mind the Buzzcocks host proves that behind the barbed sarcasm, he’s a vulnerable little soul. Over the course of 80 minutes, he chats about his inability to find a good man and his oddball family. A tortured Jewish lad…

5 Comedy Shows Worth Watching On Telly

Him and Her Ex-Cowards chap Stefan Golaszewski brings us his own ‘anti-romantic comedy’ about a young couple who are madly in love but with little appetite for the outside world. So the outside world decides to come to them. Russell Tovey, Sarah…

Tommy Tiernan

A passionate man taking glorious risks

For a few minutes there it looked like Tommy Tiernan had lost the plot. Starting off Crooked Man slower than Wayne Rooney at a Mensa convention, he tosses out a few semi-derogatory quips about the state of comedy at the Fringe and wondering why he’s…

Tommy Tiernan - Crooked Man at the Edinburgh Fringe

‘There have to be places where people can be mentally unstable in public’

He may be the holder of a Guinness World Record, but there are plenty out there who just want to throw the book at him. As the passionate Tommy Tiernan makes his way back to Edinburgh, he tells Brian Donaldson why he doesn’t want to be Mr Angry forever

Tommy Tiernan kicks off Glasgow Comedy Festival

It’s not an official launchpad for the Glasgow Comedy Festival but this opening night gig gets the 18-day extravaganza off to a pulsating flyer. On his game, there are few stand-ups alive to beat Tommy Tiernan as he possesses an intelligence and…