Danny O'Brien - NZ Comedy Festival Irish Comedian

Crack Up Comedy are proud to present, international Irish comedy sensation, Danny O'Brien!
Danny was flown over for the NZ International Comedy Festival, starred on 7 Days and now, the biggest of all achievements... Performing at The Monkey House Theatre!!

Danny has been performing stand-up comedy for over fourteen years, headlining regularly at top comedy clubs and festivals to worldwide audiences. As the resident host of The Comedy Crunch, The Laughter Lounge, and the owner of Drumhill Event Management in Dublin- one of Ireland’s most successful comedy event companies -Danny’s comedically experienced, high energy, and anecdotal style draws in an audience and brings on the big laughs with ease!

Following in the footsteps of Simon Pegg, Dylan Moran and Dara Ó Briain – Danny was handpicked in 2016 to perform as part of the iconic ‘Best of The Edinburgh Fest’ Show across Australia touring Perth World Fringe, Adelaide Fringe Festival and The Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He was asked back in 2018 and again 2019, making him the only Irish comic to do the tour a record three times.

He performed his first solo show at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival to rave reviews and scooped the title of “Dublin’s Funniest Comedian” at the prestigious “Stand Up For FM104” that same year. In 2013 Danny took part in the Irish TV show The RTE Comedy Awards and released his first comedy album on iTunes as part of the Irish Underground Comedy Show. He also beat sixteen of Ireland’s best up-and-coming acts to take the coveted Toilet Duck Award at 'Tedfest' (the now-famous Father Ted celebration).

Danny featured in The 2017 Comedy Central Show “Brexit at Tiffany’s” and is a regular on Irish Television and Radio. He has toured nationally with Ireland’s biggest radio stars Dermot & Dave on their sell-out live show as well as regularly opening for acts such as The USA’s David Cross and Scotland’s Iain Stirling in Ireland’s premier comedy venue, Vicar Street. In 2018 he opened for American comedian Bill Burr in front of over 8,000 people in Dublin.

He has returned to The Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new hour each and every year since. His 2018 solo show ‘Lock-In’ sold out its entire run at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Galway Arts Festival, Wexford Spiegeltent Festival, Clifden Arts Festival and received rave reviews. The show toured over 60 dates all over the globe in 2019 including an extensive Irish tour as well as cities including London, Prague, Brno, Budapest, Berlin, LA and finally finishing with a month-long tour of Asia including Bangkok, Saigon, Hanoi, Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. His brand new show ‘Reformer’ debuted at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival and had a series of sold-out shows in the US, Europe and a
whole host of Festivals as well as a 30+ date sellout Irish and UK Tour in early 2020.

After a summer of sold out outdoor festival shows and live comedy finally returning to Ireland, O' Brien has performed to a sold out Vicar Street coming out of restrictions in the autumn of 2021, sharing the stage with Deirdre O' Kane and Ardal O' Hanlon.

“He opened for me at the 3Arena and f*cking murdered it!
Bill Burr

“O’Brien is genuinely, uproariously funny with a huge stage presence and wicked timing”
The Sunday Independent

“O’ Brien took to the stage like a force of nature...one suspects it won’t be too much longer before stadiums come calling”
The Examiner

"A perfect mix of brains, banter and brilliance"
Great Scott

"Danny is everything you could want from an Irish comedian. A born storyteller who knows how to get the crowd roaring with laughter"
Glam Adelaide