The biggest selling comedian at the Edinburgh Comedy 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 Chortle Award for Best Headliner 2007, Perrier Newcomer Award Nomination 1998 and Perrier Award Nomination 2001.

 
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 early 2011 saw his biggest, most exciting tour there to date – which he hopes to top in 2012.

 
His television credits include Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford (ITV1), hosting Dave’s One Night Stand (Dave) in Dublin, The Channel 4 Comedy Gala (Channel 4), Marco’s Kitchen Burnout (ITV1) and Anonymous (RTE2). Jason’s radio credits include two series’ of The Odd Half Hour (BBC Radio 4), Just A Minute (BBC Radio 4), And The Winner Is…(BBC Radio 2). He has also hosted three series’ of The Jason Byrne Show (BBC Radio 2), for which he won the Sony Gold Award for Best Comedy in 2011.

Upcoming shows include The Comedy Annual 2011 (ITV1), The Late Late Show (RTE), and Father Figure (BBC Radio 2).

Jason recently finished his sell out ‘Cirque Du Byrne’ tour, which will be released on DVD on the 12th November 2012.

He’ll be bringing a brand new show to the UK for his second major nationwide tour in Autumn 2012.

“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