Patrick Monahan

Performing: September 2nd

Patrick first started performing stand-up comedy as a 23 year old, in the summer of the year 2000.

Patrick made an impact on the Irish/Iranian/Geordie Circuit before breaking onto the London circuit and travelling across the UK.
So far to date (Dec 2002) he has done over 750 gigs - including venues, such as 'The Pleasance Cavern' in Edinburgh, The Avalon Comedy Network, Paramount/Off The Kerb Uni Network, Headlining Various gigs in Manchester & the NorthEast England, and compereing for 'Raw Hide' In Liverpool, and doing various venues in Newcastle, Wales, Scotland, Southampton, Birmingham, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Glasgow, Eastbourne, Leicester, Merseyside, Lancaster, Loughborough, Manchester, Hull, Hartlepool, Bradford, Bracknell, Belfast, Bristol, Bedford, Bath, Coventry, Devon, Leeds, Preston, Peterborough, Reading, Lincoln, Sunderland, Swansea, Exeter, Portsmouth and Plymouth. Headlining Various gigs in Manchester & the NorthEast for
Laughing Gas Comedy

In London - Clubs such as The Comedy Store (London & Manchester), Jongleurs (Battersea & Camden), The Comedy Café, Bound & Gagged (Tufnell Park & Palmers Green), Up The Creek (Greenwich & Croydon), Ha Bloody Ha, Banana Cabaret, Amused Moose, Roar With Laughter, The Bearcat, Downstairs at The Kings Head, Smilers Comedy Club, Aztec Comedy Club, Brixton Comedy Club, So Ho Ho, The Bearcat, Hackney's Bullion Theatre, and The Riverside Studio's (Hammersmith).

Edinburgh Festival 2002
'Comedy Clone' The Pleasance, Every Night at 11.05pm.
I also did spots at 'Late n Live', at the Gilded Balloon, The Establishment, at the C Venue and 'The Amused Moosed Comedy's Hot Starlets' at the Underbelly.

Television
'Playing Away' Presenting a 5-part Travel Show For Tyne Tees
Television, ITV1 Friday Nights, 10-11pm, July/August 2002
'Mega Malai - Cream Of Comedy' Asian Stand-up Show On BBC2, 11.20pm, 19th Dec 2002.
'Rum TV' Various Short Sketches Sky One, September 2001
'Take The Mike' Stand-up Show on ITV, September 2001
'London Comedy Festival' LWT, July 2001

MC'ing
Patrick's compered several venues regularly including Up The Creek (Greenwich & Croydon), Ha Bloody Ha (Chiswick), Raw Hide (Liverpool), Hyena Café (Newcastle), Amused Moose (Soho), Stand & Deliver (various Venues across UK), and various smaller clubs across London and the UK.

TV Warm-Up's
Thames TV - Open House With Gloria Hunniford (C5) (15 shows)
Brighter Pictures - Take The Mic (ITV) (8 shows)
BBC Birmingham - Network East (BBC2) (2 shows)

Competitions
Runner-Up Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year 2002
Finalist (Commendation) 'Gagging For It' Lewisham 2002
Winner of the Guildford New Talent Comedy Festival 2001
Winner of 'Take The Mike' (Series 1 - ITV) 2001
Finalist in the Avalon - Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 2001
Finalist in the Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2001
Finalist in the Hackney Allstars & London Comedy Festival 2001
Semi-Finalist (Commendation) in BBC Comedy Awards 2001
Runner up in the Peterborough Comedy Festival 2001

Press Quotes
"Monahan's tightrope walk between laughter and embarrassment, singles him out as a Star-In-the-making" - Daily Telegraph (2001)

"One to watch (for the future)" - Time Out (2001)

"All energy and bustle, Monahan has it in him to become a perfect circuit comedian and compere" - Time Out (Malcolm Hay - 2002)

"An upbringing infused with culture clashes and his unconventional mind, Monahan is a hybrid calamity with a comic pedigree that's all his own." - The List (Maureen Ellis - 2002)

"He has all the charm of Ed Byrne, the energy of Adam Bloom and wild leaps of imagination that are resonant of Ross Noble" - The List (Maureen Ellis - 2002)

"Manic physical comic" - The Guardian (William Cook - 2002).