David O’Doherty: It’s David O’Doherty Time

Winner 2008 if.comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

What’s the time?
It’s David O’Doherty time.
Tick tock, tick tock,
It’s O’Doherty o’clock

Hang on to your minds world, David O’Doherty, the viscount of rumpled whimsy, the marble fawn of tiny keyboard based musical comedy is coming. This is his first tour. Please come and see him. It’ll be shit otherwise.

There will be some sitting, there will be some standing, there will be two small keyboards and a chair. There may be a song called Bangin’.

“Can there be anything more evil than someone trying their damndest to give musical comedy a good name? Dublin’s David O’Doherty not only attempts this malevolent feat, but succeeds to the point of very nearly elevating this stand-up subgenre to true art.” The Scotsman

Some facts about David O’Doherty
1. He was born twelve days before Tiger Woods.
2. He shares his name with a mathematician, a violinist and one of Australia’s top barristers.
3. If David had been born a girl he would have been called Bridget.
4. David O’Doherty has an excellent rapport with most pets.

“It’s truly delightful – a glistening stream of consciousness that turns mundanity to enchantment wherever it flows.” Metro

David O’Doherty first attempted stand up comedy in 1998. In 1999 he won Channel 4’s newcomer competition. In 2008 he won the if.comedy award for best show at the Edinburgh Fringe.

He has performed in Melbourne, New York and Iceland. He has toured with Demetri Martin and Noel Fielding. His recent TV appearances include Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2), Comedy Live Presents (Channel 4) and his own series The Modest Adventures of David O’Doherty (RTE2). He has written a book and a play for children. He is currently writing a book about pandas and will appear in the forthcoming feature film ‘A Film With Me in It’ with his brother Mark and Dylan Moran.

For a full list of David’s tour dates see www.davidodoherty.com | www.myspace.com/phlaimeaux

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