Sat 30 Nov 2024
Wed 24 Sep 2025
Ardal O’Hanlon – Not Himself
On at the Corn Exchange
Prices
£29
Times
Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm
Run times & Intervals
30 minute support act (TBC)
20 minute interval
60 minute main act
Age guidance
Recommended 16+
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Oh, it’s all there! All the trademarks are in evidence in Ardal’s latest
show. Beautifully crafted stand-up comedy? Yes. Celebrated use of
language? Tick. Lateral thinking, surreal flourishes, sharp
observations? Of course. As for the occasional profundity? Maybe.
Despite his best attempts over many decades to put the world to
rights, it is still a colossal mess. And so, Ardal has no choice but to
go out on the road again. Like the good comedy doctor he is, he
fearlessly diagnoses the various pathologies and neuroses that are
currently ravaging humanity. Disclaimer: No solutions provided.
After an alarming experience at the supermarket, Ardal reflects on
who he is as a man and a comedian. He examines his own ethnic
and religious background. And thinks twice about the very core of
his identity as a voice of reason. Is everything a big lie? With no
major trauma of his own to draw on for material, apart from the
drag of getting older, he also turns his gaze outwards at the joys
and follies of contemporary life. Towel Animals? A.I.? Chair Yoga?
Cauliflower as a main course? Yes. Yes. Yes. And Yes. No current
idiocy is left unexamined. With a highly developed sense of the ridiculous, and proper
comedy bones, NOT HIMSELF, is a testament to the healing power
of humour. And the joy of jokes.