TV Appearances: Live At The Apollo, Wild Things (SKY 1), Dave’s One Night Stand
Awards: Sony Radio Gold Award for Comedy (Winner), Edinburgh Comedy Award (Nominee), Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award (Nominee)
Quotes: ‘Outright King of live comedy’ The Times
The biggest selling comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Jason Byrne’s inspired, original brand of high-energy intelligent lunacy ensures that there is no other comedian like him and his sell out shows have attracted accolades including the highly coveted Perrier Newcomer Award Nomination and the Perrier Award Nomination.
He will also embark on another UK tour in the Autumn with his brand new show ‘Jason Byrne’s Special Eye’ ““ beginning in Edinburgh at the prestigious Fringe Festival, followed by the release of a DVD in November.
His television credits include Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Comedy Annual (ITV1), Dave’s One Night Stand (Dave), The Channel 4 Comedy Gala (Channel 4), John Bishop’s Only Joking (Sky One) and Anonymous (RTE2).
Jason’s radio credits include Just A Minute (BBC Radio 4), And The Winner Is”¦(BBC Radio 2) and of course, Father Figure (BBC2). He has also hosted three series’ of The Jason Byrne Show (BBC Radio 2), for which he won the Sony Radio Gold Award for Best Comedy in 2011.
With a growing international profile, Jason has performed in New York, Boston, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brussels, Milan, Paris and Australia. His fan base in Australia continues to flourish and he’ll be back there with ‘Jason Byrne’s Special Eye’ this September.
“Unmissable” Evening Standard
“Full-on, doubled-up, gasping-for-oxygen hilarious” Chortle
“A comedy God” Mirror.co.uk
“It’s hard to think of any other comic who matches Jason Byrne for ebullient energy and regulated chaos” Independent
“An hour of stand-up so joyous the clinically depressed should get it on prescription”
Metro
“Outright King of live comedy”
Times
