Top comedian begins new nationwide tour in Kildare

One of Ireland’s most popular comedians, PJ Gallagher, is taking to the road with his brand new show, Dickhead, which will tour nationwide from 6th October in the Westgrove Hotel in Clane through to March 2018.

A natural on stage, PJ’s previous tours, Concussion and Separated at Birth (with Joanne McNally), received critical acclaim and played to sell-out audiences.

The Dublin funnyman is also a festival favourite and regularly plays sold-out shows at Kilkenny Cat Laughs, The Vodafone Comedy Carnival and the comedy stage at Electric Picnic.

Well known as the star of RTE’s Naked Camera, PJ’s various personas in the series included ladies man Jake Stevens, ‘Dirty Auld One’ and a brilliantly gormless taxi driver who thoroughly duped sports pundits George Hook and the late Bill O’Herlihy. PJ’s other TV shows include Meet your Neighbours, Next Week’s News and BBC's The I Hate Show. He also participated in season 4 of Celebrity Bainisteoir, in which he managed St Patrick's GAA Club Donabate.

A talented broadcaster, Gallagher presents P. J. and McCabe in the Morning with Jim McCabe on Classic Hits 4FM. More recently, PJ has also garnered success as an actor. A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting, he performed at last year’s Dublin Theatre Festival in Alien Documentary and appeared in The Young Offenders, which won Best Irish Film at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh.

Ryan Tubridy has described PJ as "an inspiration to aspiring Irish actors and comedians”. The Sunday Times has said of him, “For a man who ambushes people as they go about their everyday business, makes them uncomfortable and mines their embarrassment for laughs, there is something strangely appropriate about PJ Gallagher’s tour into comedy”.

NATIONWIDE TOUR DATES

October

Friday 6th October Westgrove Hotel Clane Kildare

Saturday 7th October Mermaid Arts Centre Bray Wicklow

Friday 20th October Greville Arms Mullingar Westmeath

Saturday 28th October Spiegeltent Festival Wexford

Sunday 29th October Galway Festival Galway

November

Friday 3rd November Vicar Street Dublin

Saturday 4th November Spirit Store Dundalk Louth

Friday 10th November GB Shaw Carlow

Saturday 18th November Roscommon Arts Centre Roscommon