Ed Byrne Tickets

Irish actor and comedian Ed Byrne returns with a brand-new tour, Tragedy Plus Time. Attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs.

Born in County Dublin in 1972, Byrne found a talent in comedy during university in Glasgow, where he put on The Comedy Cellar, where he booked fellow aspiring comedians while developing his own observational style. In 1998 he was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, where he would later return for many sell-out shows.

Byrne's popularity snowballed throughout the 00s, with shows such as Me Again, Standing Up, Falling Down and Warming Up in the Cold. He also recorded comedy specials including Pedantic and Whimsical, Crowd Pleaser and Roaring Forties. He's also appeared as a guest on the likes of Mock The Week and Never Mind The Buzzcocks (let's not mention getting a pie to the face from Robert Downing Jr. on The Graham Norton Show), plus acted shows and films from Father Ted to Are You Ready For Love?

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 was a bumper 5-star review year for Ed. They came in thick and fast alongside outstanding critical acclaim for this exceptionally funny, ‘Best Reviewed Stand Up Show at Edinburgh 2023’ (British Comedy Guide).  

As seen as Hosting Live At The Apollo and regular appearances on QI and Mock The Week (BBC).

Reviews for Tragedy Plus Time:

★★★★★ “Hilarious, extremely dark, profoundly touching and resolutely unsentimental. Ed Byrne has plumbed the very depths of his soul and found something verging on greatness" ROLLING STONE  (2023)

★★★★★ “This is no misery memoir, Byrne is too talented a comic for that” THE ARTS DESK 

★★★★★ “Poignant, touching, spiky and laugh-out-loud funny… beautifully written and flawlessly performed ” EDINBURGH REVIEWS (2023)

★★★★★ “he has delivered a fantastically funny and moving monologue where there is no doubt that we are seeing the authentic Ed….Byrne has hit new heights” LONDON EVENING STANDARD (2023)

★★★★★"A full range of human emotions, from rage to dark humour to poignancy and back again, is felt during this magnificent comedy hour" LONDON THEATRE 1 (2023)

★★★★★"Side-splitting... Byrne is comedy gold" THEATRE & ARTS REVIEWS 

★★★★★ "A fierce tribute... tremendously funny, thoughtful and fond " FEST MAG

★★★★★  "Moments switch from dark humour to tear jerking observations... he manages to make dying and death very funny" DAILY BUSINESS GROUP

★★★★★ "Touching and inspiring, yes, but funny above all else " CHORTLE

★★★★★ "Ed Byrne breaks the five-star rating system to the point where multiples of stars could be added to this review and it will still not be close enough to what he deserves for this show. Nobody is performing or writing stand-up comedy like Ed Byrne... Byrne deserves to get a standing ovation every night for Tragedy Plus Time"  BROADWAY BABY  

★★★★★"Masterful... a must-see performance that is both hilarious and deeply moving" ENTERTAINMENT NOW

★★★★★ "An unexpected rollercoaster of emotions, with joyous high points. An absolute master of observational comedy…. Very funny indeed!" NORTH WEST END UK