Ardal O’Hanlon

Shindig are absolutely delighted to announce the return of Ardal O’Hanlon back to Newcastle making his first appearance since to 2015 to a sell out crowd! Arguably most famous for playing Father Dougal Maguire in Channel 4’s Father Ted, Ardal has appeared most recently in Death in Paradise, Taskmaster and Would I Lie to You, as well as cameo appearances in Dr Who and Derry Girls.
Ardal continues to tour his acclaimed (and very silly) live show worldwide…

The Showing Off Must Go On

Ardal is conflicted. Where he comes from there is nothing worse than showing off. It’s right up there with arson or murder. Yet he shows off as a way of life. Three questions. Why? Why? Why?

But just when he thought he’d made sense of the world, when he’d finally found wisdom and peace, the world went mad again, fell off its axis. And you can’t just stand idly by.

In an age of raging populism, angry identity politics, the end of truth, the collapsing middle ground, and peak avocado, Ardal, an otherwise gentle voice of reason is forced to rejoin the fray. Terrified of being on the wrong side of history and keen to prove his age, race, gender and class don’t necessarily define him as a person, he turns to comedy, comedy as ever being the best, most therapeutic emergency response to extreme events there is.

This event is now SOLD OUT

Support tbc

Doors 7pm

Comedy 8pm

Show End: Approx 10pm

Over 18’s - Fully Licensed Bar