Ireland - ‘This is going to be ... magical’

.................So what can those attending next week’s show at the Alhambra expect?
Dara continued: “I’ll be talking about the awkward conversations we will have about grandchildren about all the resources we’ve used up and all the wonderful advances we’ve casually wasted, like Concorde and the space shuttle.”

The comedian will also be tackling the subject of “an angel therapist who is leading a campaign to remove fluoride from the water in Ireland because she thinks it’s poisoning the nation. For sheer energy, you have to admire her campaign.”

Dara is a graduate from University College Dublin in maths and theoretical physics and he’s drawn on that background for shows like ‘Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums’ and ‘Dara O Briain’s Science Club’.

Despite his clever routines, Dara underscores that the show is first and foremost about jokes, so what does he hope people will take away from ‘Crowd Tickler’.

“It’s great to tackle subjects that are more thought provoking, but I have this dread that people will go ‘Oh Dara’s show - there’ll be some bit where he bores us with some science thing’,” he said.

“I hope they’re unable to talk because I beaten them over the head with so much humour and punched them repeatedly in the face with jokes - that’s my aim!

“I want them spent. I want them silently driving back home absorbing it all, while I’m left in the empty theatre quietly wiping the make-up off my face in a mirror surrounded by light bulbs.

“I make points here and there, but that’s secondary. “Above all, I hope that it’s a great night’s entertainment. I hope people walk out and say ‘Dara’s still got it. I hope he doesn’t leave it another three years!’ If they do that, then I will be delighted.”

Shame they can't meet before the show as he may realize despite what he may have read she comes over very down to earth.