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Ed Byrne
'His wit won deafening cheers and feet stomping'
THE GUARDIAN
“Delightful lead performance from Ed Byrne”
Scotsman
'Dazzling'
SUNDAY TIMES
As an observational stand up Ed Byrne is unrivalled. He has performed 5 hit UK tours, performed solo runs Dublin’s Gaiety and Ambassador Theatres and has made his London West End debut in a 2 week run at The New Ambassadors Theatre. He has also developed huge success on the international circuit where he has performed to capacity audiences in Montreal (Just For Laughs festivals), Canada (Just For Laughs tours), Ireland, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Belgium and New Zealand. In the USA Ed has performed at US Comedy Arts Festival (Aspen), plus top comedy clubs in New York and LA and has made 5 appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC).
To date his films include, RAT (Universal Films (UK)) produced by Alison Owen (Ruby Films) where he plays a supporting role of Rudolph, a cameo in I Could Never Be Your Woman (Universal), a co-lead role in Are You Ready For Love (Carnaby Films) and the lead role in Zemanovaload (writer/Dir: Jason Rothwell, distributor: Red Bus). In this dramatic role Ed portrays his character, a screenwriter with obsessive tendencies with great sympathy.
For television Ed was in a Father Ted Christmas Special as a ‘grungy teenager’, the ITV/LWT Christmas Day Panto, Aladdin where he played Aladdin opposite Patsy Kensit. He was co-lead as Davina McColl’s flatmate ‘Alex’ in the ITV sitcom, Sam’s Game. Following this he played the lead role of Barry Cassidy for RTE’s The Cassidy’s (6 part sitcom). He has also featured in BBC’s Doctors as Mickey Moran a wheeling, dealing ducker and diver.
Ed’s theatre work has included the lead role in Brian McAvera’s (Picasso’s Women) ‘Kings Of The Road’ which played Edinburgh Festival for the full 3 week run in 2004 before transferring to Dublin’s Ambassador’s Theatre for 3 weeks after a short run at Greenwich Festival and Winchester Theatre Royal.
Ed has made numerous other appearances including presenting various shows such as his own 6 part series Ed Byrne’s Just For Laughs (4 series) for RTE, various voice overs and presenting to camera using Blue Screen, numerous panel, stand up and chat shows. Recently Ed has made some sparlkling appearances on Mock The Week (numerous), 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Buzzcocks and Graham Norton’s Bigger Picture.
On top of all of this Ed performs stand up at a huge amount of corporate events (hosting awards show or after dinner stand up) and can be heard as the voice of The Carphone Warehouse on both their radio and TV commercials.
In July 2006 Ed was given the enormous honour of HOSTING the 2006 Just For Laughs Festival (Montreal) Irish Gala at the St Denis Theatre. Following this Ed performed his latest show, Standing Up & Falling Down at the Edinburgh Festival where he was the biggest selling comedy show. He has since been on a promotional tour with this show promoting his first ever stand up DVD (through Warner Vision), Pedantic & Whimsical. In February 2007 Ed performed a hugely successful residency with Standing Up & Falling Down at Riverside Studios and April and May will be spend performing this show at the Melbourne and New Zealand comedy festivals.
"He'll make you smile, he'll make you laugh, he'll make you want to fall in love with him"
THE STAGE
"Comic gold...Lovable.. You just stand up and cheer with everybody else"
INDEPENDENT
"Catch him before he's swallowed up by global fame"
THE GUARDIAN
"Tickets for his shows are like gold dust...Truly a master of the art of comedy"
THE LIST
"Charming his way to the top"
EXPRESS
"You'll laugh so much that laughing will become more normal than breathing!"
THE STAGE
"Jokes come so fast that hecklers don't have a chance to get a word in edgeways"
THE TIMES
"Hottest tip this year is Ed Byrne...Fluent, assured and wicked"
THE SUNDAY TIMES
"It is rare for comedy to merit the word "masterful" but in this case it's no overstatement"
THE SCOTMAN
"His set had the audience in stitches for most of the evening - they roared their approval at the end - but he is technically excellent as well, the sure sign of a comic on the cusp of a major league career. 1998 is proving a good year for comedy on the Fringe and it does not come better than this"
THE STAGE
"Utterly charming"
THE LIST
"Astoundingly polished material"
The SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
He'll make you smile, he'll make you laugh, he'll make you want to fall in love with him"
THE STAGE
"This charming man may well be threatening to give stand-up a good name"
THE LIST
"Byrne looks destined to be a comic who will inspire as many swoons as guffaws"
THE SCOTSMAN
"He describes himself as a stick insect rather than sex symbol but the high proportion of women hanging onto his every witticism suggests otherwise. He may be thin and weedy but his material certainly is not"
DAILY EXPRESS
"In complete rapport with his capacity audience"
SCOTSMAN
"A stunningly original piece of work.... a real comedy star"
IRISH TIMES
'The audience went into raptures and insisted on an encore'
TIME OUT
'His wit won deafening cheers and feet stomping'
THE GUARDIAN
'Dazzling'
SUNDAY TIMES
‘He is given a tumultuous welcome. By the end of the night heady anticipation has turned into something close to rapture”
TIME OUT, Maclolm Hay
