Booze and Craic: A Night of Irish and Scottish Comedy

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Booze and Craic: A Night of Irish and Scottish Comedy is bringing the laughs to Wanaka with a line up of brilliant Celtic Comedians from Bonnie Scotland and the Emerald Isle

Hosted at the awesome Rhyme and Reason Craft Brewery

The show features:

Making her Wanaka debut our headliner: Lolsy Byrne

Lolsy is a previously Dublin-based now Auckland comedian and one of the stars of the Irish viral YouTube channel ‘TRY’, amassing hundreds of millions of views.

A regular on the Irish comedy scene and further afield, notable appearances include Electric Picnic, Vodafone Comedy Festival, Longitude, Forbidden Fruit, “Best of Irish” at The Stand, tour support for Abandoman, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where three years in a row she has performed her solo comedy shows to sold-out crowds. Winner of "Show Me the Funny" 2017. Irish finalist “Funny Women” 2017, 2018 AWARDS

Alan McElroy:

Award winning comic who was recently nominated for Best MC at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, Electric Picnic & performed to soldout crowds in Australia. His show at NZ International Comedy Festival received rave reviews and more stars!

☆☆☆☆☆ “Excellent Irish storyteller performing a hilarious night of comedy”
Funny Tonne, Melbourne International Comedy Festival

☆☆☆☆☆"Alan McElroy is the Energizer Bunny of the comedy world! Comically bouncing around the stage with a full AA battery, never once falling flat!"
Pumpkins in Trees

Gary Sansome:

Baldy Scotsman who is known for his 5 star Edinburgh Fringe show Bald Man Sings Rihanna. Gary has performed across the world at some of the worlds top comedy clubs including Carolines on Broadway in New York, Yuk Yuks Torono, Comedy Store Sydney and The Classic Auckland.

☆☆☆☆☆ "Pure Entertainment and Hilarity" Bunbury Magazine Edinburgh Fringe

"Sansome is a natural entertainer, striking up easy conversation with the audience in perhaps the most improvised, effortless stand-up show I’ve ever seen." Regional News Wellington

Plus support from

Sean Tinker: Wanaka-based Irish comedian who has been taking the scene by storm with raunchy true stories laced with good old fashioned Catholic Guilt.

Shane Mulvey: Raw Comedy Semi Finalist

Tickets just $15 online or $20 on the door on the night

Doors 730pm - show starts 8pm

Line up is subject to change