Mad as a March Hare, this month’s  Craic in the Box at The Model presents David O’Doherty, comedian, philanthropist and 1990 East Leinster U14 triple jump bronze medallist.

David’s life thus far has been one of glittering accomplishment.  Born in 1975, at the age of two he invented the internet; a claim hotly disputed by HTML creator Tim Berners-Lee.  By five he had been nominated for a Nobel Prize and had appeared as a sideman on several Steely Dan albums.

Having fulfilled all other ambitions, he turned to stand-up comedy in 1999.  Since then he has performed four solo shows and a two-hander, Saddled, with his friend Bryan Quinn (a trained clown), which was the first theatrical production ever to feature live repair of audience members’ bicycles.

David is one of the most talked-about comedians to have emerged in recent years.  A curious mix of songs and stories and half-songs and half-stories, his stand-up style draws as much from comedy as it does from the jazz music and musicians he idolises.

  “A new Irish hero… a gifted act with highly fresh and incisive material."

The Irish Times

  He has performed at festivals in Edinburgh , Montreal , New York , Melbourne , Adelaide , Prague , Kilkenny and Iceland .  His latest ambition is to appear in a knitting pattern.

“Those of us who believe that this is the best show on the Fringe are keeping it to ourselves." *****

The Sunday Herald , Scotland

  Awards

·Winner 1999 Channel 4 So You Think You’re Funny?’ Award at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
·Nominee 2000 Perrier Best Newcomer Award
·Winner 2003 Hot Press Irish Comedian of the Year

  “Some shows leave you shell-shocked, O’Doherty will leave you beaming."