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I’ll be appearing at one of my favourite festivals at the start of next month and I’ll also be bringing Kidocracy to Kilkenny. Tickets available here.

Anonymous will be heading to the Stand as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival on the 19th March. Support will be from Derek Ryan. There’s a little blurb below with some reviews. cheers. K Liberty. Privacy. Comedy. Irish comedian Keith Farnan’s show combines all of these elements before the first two disappear in his brand […]

My new show Bad Socialist will be previewing at the Leicester Comedy Festival. It’s sort of like Bad Santa, but with Socialism instead of Santa. I think I’ve pretty much failed at everything but being a bad socialist is the thing that might affect the most people, so it’s like a really long funny apology. […]

Kidocracy is an interactive theatre show for children aged 6+, presented by Brehon, an ancient Irish know-it-all. He’s appeared from the past because adults have made such a mess of ruling, kids are to be given an island where they’re to be in charge but it isn’t easy as we soon find out because it’s […]

The JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL MONTREAL is coming to LONDON where I will be performing my latest show, ANONYMOUS, a show about a world without privacy, which is this world, not just some other world I’ve come back from, that’ll be the next show. The show will be  on the 14th July at The Mix. Details can be found on […]

ANONYMOUS – PREVIEWING It’s that time again for a new show to roll out in whatever mess I can create, so there’ll be previews of this new show, where I’ll be rambling on about the idea of privacy and other notions that come to me about identity but it’ll be hopefully an enjoyable ride, as […]

My new show, Fear Itself will be playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from the 1st-25th August – (No show 13th) Tickets on sale here. https://www.underbelly.co.uk/node/3075664 There’s all sorts of blurb about it but it’s on at 6.20pm every day at the Underbelly, Cowgate and will be doing its best to be all it can […]

Showtime USA  – Live from Amsterdam – July 5th 11pm For the first time,lovely American  people will get a chance to wonder at how they let hairy people on TV (or Showtime at least, which is like posh subscription TV) when Live from Amsterdam will be broadcast on July 5th at 11pm featuring my good […]

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY: KEITH FARNAN VERSUS THE ECONOMY Money, Money, Money: Keith Farnan Versus The Economy is a 40-minute comedy documentary adapted from Keith Farnan’s critically acclaimed stand-up show of the same title with interviews, archive footage and insights. Written and presented by lawyer-turned-comedian Keith Farnan, the programme takes a long hard look at the […]

Michael Mcintyre’s BBC Comedy Roadshow This show was recorded with the amazing Zoe Lyons, Andrew Lawrence and Tommy Tiernan in the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Favourite moment – When I walked onstage for one of my biggest gigs ever and said I was from Cork and the Dublin crowd booed for so long, they had […]

Sex Traffic – Comedy Versus Sexism ******“This is political comedy at its best, perfectly balanced, deadly serious and very funny” – THE SKINNY ******“Incisive, brilliant comedy…We should be shouting from the rooftops about him.”-WHATSONSTAGE.COM **** “Farnan has taken the age-old women are from Venus, men are from Mars line and given it a sharp, funny […]

No Blacks. No Jews. No Dogs. No Irish. All Welcome – Comedy versus Racism! “Both witty and insightful, Farnan combines charm and chutzpah and tells a good yarn – his jokes can be sparky and sometimes even edgy, yet he remains gleeful throughout”  – The Stage “A Comedian with formidable skill” – The List “ […]

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL – COMEDY VERSUS THE DEATH PENALTY “Keith Farnan: Cruel And Unusual manages to be genuinely informative about death row, genuinely realistic about the possibility of change, and genuinely funny enough to receive several rounds of applause.” – Three Weeks “Spellbinding!” –Chortle “The Show you should try to see this festival!”-The List Cruel […]

BRAINSKIP 22 – REASONS TO LOVE ST. PATRICKS DAY. Ok, so today most people are re-enacting the Hangover, desperately trying to reconstruct the events of the night before, while trying to figure out where their lost friend is. (He’s on the roof! Whatever building you are in right now, your lost friend is on the […]

BrainSkip 19 – Election Day, Doomsday, Radiohead Day! ENDA THE WORLD As the song goes, todays the day the teddy bears have their picnic. But just who exactly will lead that picnic. That’s the question being answered by the Irish People. There’s a lot of support for Independent candidates who are claiming they’re part of […]